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Chinese Culture
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1. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Sun Zi ??
True
Tray of Togetherness
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
2. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Black ??
white rice
bring in good luck and prosperity
3. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Hong boa or Lai see
56 (including Han)
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
4. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Gong Xi
1600
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Red and Yellow
5. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
Pinyin
multiple
Shuo W
6. How should one receive business cards?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Hong boa or Lai see
October 1st
with both hands
7. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Red and Yellow
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Parts of Chinese characters
greeting you
8. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Fourth
Red and Yellow
Atheism
just over 8
9. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Chinese Americans in USA
Television
10. What is the official language spoken in China?
Fortune cookies
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Mandarin Chinese
bring in good luck and prosperity
11. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
12. What does Kung Fu mean?
Peach (T
people's money
Sun Zi ??
learned skill
13. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
March 8th is International Women's Day - on this day women will get a paid day or half day off - while all men must still go to work; May 1st is International Labor Day; May 4th is Youth Day - in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919; Jun
56 (including Han)
xu Sh
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
14. What are lion dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
scare away the evil spirits
Emperor and Empress
Peach (T
15. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Peach (T
Gong Xi
Atheism
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
16. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Pinyin
the Shaolin Monks
people's money
17. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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18. What does 'radical' means?
Dessert (Small Heart)
October 1st
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Parts of Chinese characters
19. Name a public holiday that China has.
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20. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Tea (Cha)
cat
Inflate your prices
communist
21. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Shuo W
limp and brief
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
22. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
red
False
greeting you
Mao Zedong
23. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
you could wipe away your good fortune
October 1st
Fortune cookies
24. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
Hin Jintao
Atheism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
25. And the traditional form of characters is used in
March 8th is International Women's Day - on this day women will get a paid day or half day off - while all men must still go to work; May 1st is International Labor Day; May 4th is Youth Day - in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919; Jun
China - Signapore
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Taiwan - Hong Kong
26. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Tea (Cha)
East
15
200 B.C. - people feared 'Nien' the mythical - evil monster - so they would make loud noises bright lights - and big dragons to scare it off
27. What is the longest river in China?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Yangzi
Signature
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
28. What the three common Chinese greetings?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Nihao! Zenme y
Emperor and Empress
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
29. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
the Shaolin Monks
scare away the evil spirits
East
30. What color is considered lucky?
Tray of Togetherness
red
March 8th is International Women's Day - on this day women will get a paid day or half day off - while all men must still go to work; May 1st is International Labor Day; May 4th is Youth Day - in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919; Jun
scare away the evil spirits
31. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
false
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
learned skill
white rice
32. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Black ??
East
Show emotion
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
33. What economy does China have?
Atheism
communist
Chinese Americans in USA
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
34. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Parts of Chinese characters
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
35. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
2500
Emperor and Empress
36. What flower represents courage and hope?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
the lantern celebration
Mao Zedong
37. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Mandarin Chinese
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
55
people's money
38. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
people's money
the Shaolin Monks
Fourth
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
39. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
NE quadrant
True
Red and Yellow
Han
40. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Dragon Boat Festival
Face to Face
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
41. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
her own last name
just over 8
Shuo W
42. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Hin Jintao
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
you could wipe away your good fortune
43. There are often what main courses?
scare away the evil spirits
2
True
multiple
44. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
xu Sh
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
45. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
noodles
Hong Kong
Inflate your prices
46. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
Hong Kong
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Red and Yellow
47. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
March 8th is International Women's Day - on this day women will get a paid day or half day off - while all men must still go to work; May 1st is International Labor Day; May 4th is Youth Day - in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919; Jun
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Pinyin
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
48. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
title
you could wipe away your good fortune
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
49. ____________ were not invented in China?
Hong boa or Lai see
Fortune cookies
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Mao Zedong
50. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hong boa or Lai see
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hin Jintao
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
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