The Great "Ni Hao, Kai-lan" Trivia Quiz

Answer: hello

"Ni hao" is "hello", and "zai jian" means "goodbye".

Kai-lan has been referred to as the "Chinese Dora", because both shows feature girls and their animal friends teaching a second language (Mandarin Chinese for Kai-lan and Spanish for Dora).

Answer: Kai-lan's grandfather

YeYe translates as "paternal grandfather", which means that YeYe is the father of Kai-lan's father.

Having Kai-lan and her grandfather interact is an important part of the multi-cultural curriculum of the show, demonstrating a multi-generational household.

Answer: tiger tiger roar!

The Mandarin Chinese word for "tiger" is "hu​".

In the premiere episode, "Dragonboat Festival", Rintoo gets mad when he doesn't listen to the drum beat and has problems rowing.

Answer: giant panda

In the episode "Kai-lan's Great Trip to China", the friends met Xiao Xi Gua the baby giant panda, but Tolee wasn't as enthusiastic and excited as viewers expected.

In "Twirly Whirly Flyers", Tolee accidentally steps on the ant's bridge, and runs away. Kai-lan helps him see that he needs to confess to the ants and rebuild their bridge.

Answer: monkey

In the episode "Kai-lan's Big Play", Rintoo the tiger is chosen to play the monkey king, and Hoho gets so upset that he quits the play.

Hoho is usually impatient, which gets him into trouble. In the episode "Wait, Hoho, Wait!", Hoho breaks Rintoo's car when he plays with it before the car is ready.

Answer: rhinoceros

Lulu flies through the air with a balloon tied to her horn.

Lulu isn't the focus of many episodes, but she takes center stage in "Lulu Day", when she and Kai-lan have a play date and have to compromise.

Answer: ants

The ants of Ant City are led by San San. In "Twirly Whirly Flyers", Tolee accidentally breaks their bridge, but at the end of the episode the ants get to ride the twirly whirly flyers that Kai-lan and her friends are playing with.

Answer: Stompy

Stompy is Kai-lan's biggest friend. Stompy has a roller coaster, as seen in the episode "Kai-lan's Carnival".

Answer: Mr. Sun

Kai-lan needs help to wake up Mr. Sun, and getting the preschool audience involved is a regular way to get them interacting with every show. As a reward for waking him up, Mr. Sun sends down "sun fuzzies", which tickle.

Answer: You make my heart feel super happy.

"Ni Hao, Kai-lan" places an emphasis on being happy and content instead of being excited.

Before its current form, the original idea for the show was "Downward Doghouse", a 2-minute "between shows" mini show to introduce children to yoga.