Festivals jié rì
Customs xí sú
Characters hàn zì
Language yu yán
Geography dì li
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It is the first day of January in the lunar calendar. It is also the biggest festival in China.

什么是 Spring Festival 春节 chūn jié

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The colour Chinese people wear at funerals.

什么是 white 白色 bái sè.

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The meaning of this character 人 rén

什么是 people.

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The language spoken by the people who live in Beijing.

什么是 Mandarin 普通话pǔ tōng huà.

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The capital city of China.

什么是 北京 běi jīng.

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Chinese people have moon cake (月饼 yuè bǐng) on this festival.

什么是Mid-autumn festival 中秋节zhōng qiū jié.

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Chinese people love to wear this color on Spring festival.

什么是 red 红色 hóng sè.

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The meaning of this character 山 shān

什么是 mountain.

200

The dialect spoken by the people who live in Shanghai.

什么是 Shanghainese 上海话 shàng hǎi huà.

200

The longest river in China.

什么是 Yangzi River 长江 cháng jiāng.

300

China’s independence day/ national day (国庆节 guó qìng jié) is on this date.

什么是 10.1 shí yuè yī rì.

300

In Lantern festival, people will write this on the lantern.

什么是 riddle 谜语 mí yǔ.

300

The meaning of this character 门 mén

什么是 door.

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The dialect spoken by the people who live in Hong Kong.

什么是 cantonese 广东话 guǎng dōng huà.

300

The city used to be a colony of the Great Britain.

什么是 Hong Kong 香港 xiāng gǎng.

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In honor of an altruistic poet in ancient China, people have zong zi and hold dragon boat contest on this festival.

什么是 dragon boat festival 端午节 duān wǔ jié.

400

At Chinese New Year, people give these to children.

什么是 红包 hóngbāo - red envelope.

400

The meaning of this character 木 mù

什么是 wood.

400

The character that the Beijing people love to add at the end of many words.

什么是 ér 儿.

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The city is famous for thousands of warriors made of terracotta

什么是 Xian 西安

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The couple, Niu Lang and Zhi Nǚ, will meet once a year on this festival. Therefore, it is the Chinese valentine’s day.

什么是 qī xī 七夕.

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A kind of dance that is normally seen in Spring festival, or in front of a newly open store.

什么是 lion/dragon dance 舞狮/舞龙wǔ shī wǔ lóng.

500

The meaning of this character 火 huǒ.

什么是 fire.

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The tone for the second character in this word: 儿子

什么是 neutral tone 轻声 qīng shēng.

500

The highest mountain in China.

什么是 Mount Everest 珠穆朗玛峰 zhū mù lǎng mǎ fēng.

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