Chinese Culture
Chinese-> English
English -> Chinese
Geography/ S.S
Mystery
100
2026 is the lunar year of the ___________.
a. pig
b. horse
c. lion
d. snake
Answer: b. horse 
马 mǎ ( the horse)
100
What is __zai jian_______in English?
a. hello
b. goodbye
c. how are you
b. goodbye
100
What is _hello________in Chinese?
a. ni hao
b. zai jian
c. wo de ming zhi
a. ni hao
100
What color is the Yangtze River in China?
a.Hóngsè
b. chéngsè
c. lǜsè
d. huángsè
Answer:
d. huángsè
100
what time is san dian?
a. 4'oclock
b. 6 o'clock
c. 3 o'clock
c. 3 o'clock
200
The Moon Festival is called 中 ___ 节
zhōng jié
a. kuei b. qiū c. chu
Answer:
b. qiū
200
What is niu in English?
a. cow
b. pig
c. horse
d. chicken
a. cow
200
What is ___cat______in Chinese?
a. gou
b. mao
c. zhu
b. mao
200
what the largest man-made structure used to protect China?
a. Chángchéng- 长城 (The Great Wall)
b. bīngmǎyǒng- 兵马俑 ( Terra Cotta Army)
c. Zhēn zhū tǎ - 珍 珠塔 ( Pearl Tower)
d. Gù gōng - 故宫 ( Forbidden City)
a. Chángchéng- 长城 ( The Great Wall)
200
What is the phrase " chun jie kuei le"
a. Happy Birthday
b. Happy Halloween
c. Happy Spring Festival
c. Happy Spring Festival
300
During Chinese New year, what do adults give to children that has money in it?
a. bian pao ( fire-crackers)
b. chun lian ( paper couplets)
c. hóng bāo ( red envelopes
d. Qián ( money)
Answer: C. red envelopes or 红包 ( hóng bāo ) or red envelopes
300
What is _biao ge________in English?
a. cousin( male)
b. Cousin ( female)
c. uncle
a. cousin ( male)
300
What is __I like...._______in Chinese?
a. wo bu ai
b. wo xi huan
c. wo shi
b. wo xi huan
300
In what city in China is the annual Ice Festival held in?
a. Cheng-du
b. Beijing
c. Harbin
d. Hong Kong
C. Harbin
300
What is chun lian in English?
a. window
b. door
c. curtain
c. curtain
400
What is the food eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival that is sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves? Why is it eaten?
Answer: 粽子 (zòng zǐ) to feed the river gods and the fish to protect the body of the Chinese poet Qū Yuán .
400
What is _hua chuan________in English?
a. go camping
b. surfing
c. row a boat
c. row a boat
400
What is _Happy Thanksgiving_in Chinese?
a. gan en jie kuei le
b. shen ri kuei le
c. xin nian kuei le
a.a. gan en jie kuei le
400
What are the two major rivers in China? Why are they important?
The Yellow River (Huáng hé) and Yangtze River ( Cháng jiāng)
The Yellow River helps to irrigate and fertilize the land so farmers could grow crops on their farms.
The Yangtze River is China's longest river used for transport and travel.
400
who won 4th place in the race of animals ( Chinese zodiac signs)
a. rat
b. dragon
c. rabbit
c. rabbit
500
Name at least two different activities Chinese people do to celebrate chinese New Year? ( Bonus: +10 if said in chinese)
1. Beating drums (Qiāo luó dǎgǔ)
2. Set firecrackers (fàng biānpào)
3. hang couplets (tiē chun lián)
4. Dragon Dance( wǔlóng)
500
What is __yi ta li mian_______in English?
a. spaghetti
b. hamburger
c. salad
a. spaghetti
500
What is ___strawberry______in Chinese?
a. cao mei
b. lan mei
c. ju zhi
a. cao mei
500
What is this picture in Chinese ? ( 3 words). Why was it important to China's First Emperor?
Bīng __ ___
Bīng mǎ yǒng ( Terra Cotta Army)
The Terra Cotta Army was built as a personal army to protect China's First Emperor in the afterlife (after death).
500
Who was Hou yi?
a. a friend
b. the emperor
c. Chang e's husband
c. Chang e's husband