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Chinese Transliterations

Created by thejazzkickazz

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Chinese

	"This quiz regards transliterations, or loanwords, that have entered the Chinese vocabulary. These are the types of words that a foreign student of Chinese loves to see...it makes it easier to study. Have fun!"
15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit

1. What English word is represented by the following 'mo tuo che'?

Answer: (One Word)

2. 'Lei she' is the Chinese transliteration of what English word?

laser

lace

lazy

leash

3. What are you sitting on if you sit on a 'sha fa'?

Answer: (One Word)

4. Which of the following is a transliteration of 'salad'?

sa li de

sha la

sai le

she li da

5. Whose name has been transliterated as 'Ke lin dun'?

Answer: (Famous American)

6. 'Ao Da Li Ya' is the transliteration of what country's name?

Japan

Rwanda

Romania

Australia

7. What English word is transliterated as 'mei ti'?

mate

media

mayday

meat

8. Which of the following country names is not transliterated in Chinese?

Turkey

Spain

Australia

United States

9. The only term for 'philosophy' in Chinese is a transliteration.

True

False

10. The Chinese language has very few loanwords from English and other Western languages (i.e. less than 1% of the dictionary).

True

False