Word Comparisons
In China, what color word means good fortune?
What is red?
Relative pronoun
What is who, that, which, whom, etc.?
Translate one for word
What is Literal Translation?
The Chinese term "gongfu"
What is "kungfu"?
The number of tones in Chinese Mandarin
What is four?
Chinese words you can’t translate
What is yuanfen, yuanwang, junzi, jiayou, guanxi, etc.? (name at least one)
A hypotactic language that subordinates one clause to another
What is English?
Definition of Translation
What is transfer meaning between languages and culture through the written word?
Slang for English that is influenced by Chinese
What is Chinglish?
Romanization system of Chinese Characters
What is Pinyin?
Abstract words
What are words with very different cultural meanings (ex. individual)?
Word order for saying the date in Chinese
What is Year, Month, Date, (Day of the Week)?
Types of Register
What are officialese, official, formal, neutral, informal, colloquial, slang, taboo? (name at least one)
The Zodiac sign for the Year of 2023
What is the rabbit (tù)?
The general rule for writing Chinese characters
What is from top-left to bottom-right?
Yellow
In Chinese, time & location are generally placed here.
What is the Beginning of a Sentence?
Translation Styles
What are End-User Oriented Translation, Message-Oriented Translation, & Style-Oriented Translation?
The Number of Chinese Zodiac Signs
What is 12?
The one sound the does not exist in Mandarin.
What is "th"?
Talked about in Arrival; the idea that different languages create different ways of thinking.
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
A Left Branching Direction Language
What is a language that places the modifier before the modified element or Chinese?
Functions of Texts
What are Expressive (literature, etc.); informative (scientific terms); and Vocative (persuasive)?
A popular dish for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner; a homophone for fortune
What is Fish (yú, 鱼)?
The basic finals (vowels) in Mandarin
What are "a, o, e, i, u, ǔ"?