The invention provides a song playing method and a mobile terminal. The song playing method comprises the steps that the single character playing instruction of a target song inputted by a user is acquired; at least one character included in the target lyrics is displayed according to the single character playing instruction, wherein the target lyrics are the lyrics of the target song; and the pitch of the target character is played when the selection operation of the user for the target character of at least one character is received. According to the scheme, at least one character included in the lyrics is displayed when the single character playing instruction is received, and the pitch of the character is played when the selection operation of the user for the single character is acquired so that playing of the single character can be played according to the selection operation of the user, the user can be assisted to perform song learning by aiming at the single character and thesong learning accuracy of the user can be enhanced.