Test your knowledge of Chinese culture

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by [mJ9], Apr 27, 2009.

  1. [mJ9]

    [mJ9] Well-Known Member

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    1. What is the capital of China?
    a. Hong Kong
    b. Beijing
    c. Shanghai

    2. What is the official language of china?
    a. Mandarin
    b. Cantonese
    c. English

    3. If the Chinese woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei, is Zhang:
    a. her husband's last name
    b. her first name
    c. her own last name

    4. How many minority nationalities in China?
    a. 10
    b. 55
    c. 2

    5.When you heard of a Chinese person mentions my "Ai Ren"(Ai means love, and Ren means person), the meaning of the word "Ai Ren" is:
    a. wife or husband
    b. Lover
    c. Girlfriend or Boyfriend

    6.When a Chinese friend says: "Have you eaten yet?" to you, what does it mean:
    a. Invite you to have dinner
    b. Greeting you
    c. just curious

    7. When you receive a red envelope (hong bao) from a Chinese person, what do you get inside>
    a. love letter
    b. cash
    c. candy

    8. What does the word yellow imply?
    a. adult content
    b. good luck
    c. bad luck

    9. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
    a. Mainland China
    b. Hong Kong
    c. Chinese Americans in USA

    10. Which animal does not belong to 12 Animal Zodiac?
    a. Cat
    b. Pig
    c. Ox

    1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-b, 5-a, 6-b, 7-b, 8-a, 9-c, 10-a

    I saw this in a magazine and i was surprised i didn't get them all,some are easy though. Between,what's the fortune cookie??
     
  2. fearless_fx

    fearless_fx Eugooglizer

    the only one i wasn't sure of was 8.

    why does yellow imply adult content lol
     
  3. Natsu

    Natsu Well-Known Member

    yeah the yellow - adult content, i didnt know that one ~
     
  4. [mJ9]

    [mJ9] Well-Known Member

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    i didn't know it either but what's the fortune cookie?
     
  5. ralphrepo

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    Ha ha, easy... Flushing, New York. LOL... -bowroflarms (sorry, couldn't resist)

    Seriously, if this was meant to be a real measure of one's knowledge of Chinese culture, then we're in some serious shit... This would the sort of questions I would ask a non Chinese tourist. -rolleyes
     
  6. EvilTofu

    EvilTofu 吃|✿|0(。◕‿◕。)0|✿|吃

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    Q4, China officially registers 56 ethnic groups.
    Q5, it can mean "lover" as well.
    Q8, in cantonese the sound of "yellow" is similar to good luck as well as adult content.
     
  7. AARONBOEYKHG

    AARONBOEYKHG Well-Known Member

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    I thought yellow can be either adult content or good luck.....depends on the situation or topic....hmm
     
  8. ralphrepo

    ralphrepo Well-Known Member

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    Actually, in canto:

    WORNG 旺 means to grow or to flourish; as in Mong Kok 旺角 (pronounced as WORNG GORK)

    WONG 黃 means yellow; as in the color yellow 黃色 (pronounced as WONG SIK)
     
  9. sl7ugglez

    sl7ugglez Active Member

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    hahaha..at least got most of these right lol
     
  10. countryboy

    countryboy Well-Known Member

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    the capital of China can never be Hong kong.
    I thought HONG KONG is the centre of the universe or something with all the attention grabbing people in HK.
    hongkong is all important, sheeeesh!.......( I am not from HK, in case eomeone dont know.)
     
  11. Phoenix

    Phoenix *~Though she be but little, she is fierce~*

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    a fortune cookie is cookie an u get a little message on the inside...

    looks like this
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    an then u got a slip of paper..an u break the cookie to get it...

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  12. orchidGrl

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    Adult content. In Hong Kong we use it. Do you know famous street in Mong Kok? Portland street? Many there.
    Nightclub or company name is on yellow signboard, so yellow always refers to adult content.
     
  13. njthaman

    njthaman Property of C Mui

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    i got all of those part from the yellow one as well...

    with q3 about the surname... if she marries and takes the husbands name surely that's also the right answer? or am i mistaken? i know some women take both names (bit like double barrelled surnames in western culture) but i would have thought both a and c would have been correct answers...


    american gimmicks lols... but there's speculation that they have their origins in japan...
     
  14. [mJ9]

    [mJ9] Well-Known Member

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    The questions were particularly directed to the non-chinese


    thanks,i've actually seen this in movies but i never knew the name...
     
  15. smartangel

    smartangel Well-Known Member

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    wow, I only don't know 3 of them; may be I still too asian style
     
  16. Woruro

    Woruro Active Member

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    The question asked how minority groups there were, so it doesn't include the 56th ethnicity, which is Han.
     
  17. Xib

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    1. What is the capital of China?
    a. Hong Kong
    b. Beijing X
    c. Shanghai

    2. What is the official language of china?
    a. Mandarin X
    b. Cantonese
    c. English

    3. If the Chinese woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei, is Zhang:
    a. her husband's last name X
    b. her first name
    c. her own last name

    4. How many minority nationalities in China?
    a. 10
    b. 56 X
    c. 2

    5.When you heard of a Chinese person mentions my "Ai Ren"(Ai means love, and Ren means person), the meaning of the word "Ai Ren" is:
    a. wife or husband
    b. Lover X
    c. Girlfriend or Boyfriend

    6.When a Chinese friend says: "Have you eaten yet?" to you, what does it mean:
    a. Invite you to have dinner
    b. Greeting you X
    c. just curious

    7. When you receive a red envelope (hong bao) from a Chinese person, what do you get inside>
    a. love letter
    b. cash X
    c. candy

    8. What does the word yellow imply?
    a. adult content X
    b. good luck X
    c. bad luck

    9. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
    a. Mainland China
    b. Hong Kong
    c. Chinese Americans in USA X

    10. Which animal does not belong to 12 Animal Zodiac?
    a. Cat X (the cat couldn't make it to the meeting )
    b. Pig
    c. Ox
     
  18. hobogloves99

    hobogloves99 Well-Known Member

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    got them all right.
    learnt number 8 during the listening part of my chinese exam last year. searched it (huang ye) up in the dictionary and was like o_O some people didn't realise and wrote yellow pages =.="
     
  19. wysandman

    wysandman Well-Known Member

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    fortune cookies actually originated in japan