Chinese Words

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1. Which of these idioms refers to older women who are nosy and officious? Miao shou ren xin Yi mao bu ba San gu liu po San ren cheng hu

2. Which of these words is not pronounced 'shu' (first tone) in Chinese? book door lose transport

3. Which of these English words is not pronounced 'zhong' (first tone) in Chinese? clock to cut the middle the end

4. If you call a woman 'congming' in Mandarin Chinese, what do you think of her? She is beautiful She is smart She is ugly She is boring

5. What is the term for a person who drives a taxi cab? Gaotou Siji Fengli Cunzhang

6. Which of these would not be a term for a government dignitary? Zongtong Shizhang Zhuxi Nuli

7. There is no single character in Chinese that refers to the number '1 million'. However, there is a character for '100 million'...how do you pronounce it? Qian Wan Yi Bai

8. 'Fojiao' refers to Buddhism, 'Jidujiao' to Christianity and 'Daojiao' to Taoism...but to what does 'Huijiao' refer? Hinduism Judaism Shintoism Islam

9. True or false: The word typhoon comes from the Chinese langauge. True False

10. If you are staring at a 'diannao'...what do you have before you? A television set Headlights A rabid dog A computer