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1. The words "ba li" in Chinese may refer to two totally different places. They have the same pronunciation but different writing. The first one refers to Bali, Indonesia. The second one refers to the capital city of a romantic European country. Can you name it?
2. The word "feng shui" is not obscure to a non Chinese. It refers to an ancient Chinese practice which is still popular nowadays. Now, "feng" means wind. What is meant by "shui"?
3. A bit of botany in this question. Ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicine. In Chinese, ginseng is "ren seng". What does the word "ren" mean?
4. The longan is a type of delicious and juicy fruit. This word can be broken down into 2 parts, namely "long" and "an". "An" means eye in Cantonese (a Chinese dialect that is spoken widely in Hong Kong). On the other hand, the word "long" refers to which animal?
5. In Chinese, a computer is called "dian nao". "Dian" means electricity or electrical. What does is meant by "nao"?
6. In both Chinese and English, the expression "hi" is used to greet people. It is pronounced as "hai" in Chinese. "Hai" in Chinese also means ___.
7. In Chinese, you are a lady, or "xiao jie" if you are not married. Here, "xiao" means small and "jie" means sister. But if you are someone's wife, you are his "lao po". "Lao" means old. What does "po" mean?
8. Let's have some fun with numbers. In Chinese, "yi er san si wu liu qi ba jiu shi" means the numbers one until ten. So, how do you say the number thirty four?
9. There are 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, namely "shu, niu, hu, tu, long, she, ma, yang, hou, ji, gou and zhu". Which animal is represented by the word "shu"?
10. In Chinese, "hong chen huang lu lan dian zi" are the seven colors of the rainbow, but how do you say gold in Chinese?
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Matthew_07
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