Hula is a Hawaiian dance. The hips roll in a soft, steady way, and the hands often tell a story — the sea, a mountain, a feeling.

Hula呼拉舞 is是 a Hawaiian dance.一種夏威夷舞蹈。The hips roll臀部會用柔和、穩定的方式擺動 in a soft, steady way,， and the hands often tell a story而雙手常常在說一個故事 — the sea, a mountain, a feeling.——大海、山，或一種感覺。

Outside Hawaii, people usually picture women in grass skirts doing this for tourists, and that picture is not completely wrong: women have long been the face of hula that visitors see. Though actually, in Hawaii men dance hula too, and serious hula is not a hotel show.

Outside Hawaii,在夏威夷以外的地方， people usually picture人們通常會想像 women in grass skirts穿草裙的女生 doing this for tourists,為觀光客表演這個舞， and that picture is not completely wrong:而這個印象也不完全錯： women have long been the face of hula女性長久以來都是呼拉舞給人的印象 that visitors see.遊客看到的那個樣子。Though actually,不過其實， in Hawaii men dance hula too,在夏威夷男生也會跳呼拉舞， and serious hula is not a hotel show.而正式、認真的呼拉舞並不是飯店的表演秀。

It can be old-style, with chanting and no pop music, or newer-style, with song and ukulele. English borrowed the word whole from Hawaiian; we did not build it from English pieces.

It can be old-style,它可以是老式的， with chanting and no pop music,有吟唱、沒有流行音樂， or newer-style,或是新式的， with song and ukulele.有歌唱和烏克麗麗。English borrowed the word whole from Hawaiian;英文是整個字直接從夏威夷語借來的； we did not build it from English pieces.不是用英文的零件拼出來的。

In everyday talk, hula also makes many people think of the hula hoop, the toy you spin around your waist — that name came from the same hip movement, not from a second Hawaiian word.

In everyday talk,在日常對話裡， hula also makes many people think ofhula也會讓很多人想到 the hula hoop,呼拉圈， the toy you spin around your waist那個你繞著腰轉的玩具 — that name came from the same hip movement,——這個名字是來自同樣的臀部動作， not from a second Hawaiian word.而不是來自另一個夏威夷字。