Chinese Quiz (1)
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From today, we will be giving several easy Chinese quizs or Chinese words games for you to take. You will learn basic Chinese for daily life and enjoy the fun of learning a new language! Have a great day!1) If today is “xīngqīliù” “ 星期六”, tomorrow is _____?A. xīngqītiān 星期天B. xīngqīqī 星期七C. xīngqīsì 星期四D. xīngqīwǔ 星期五2) How do you say “ teacher” in Chinese?A. uéshēng 学生B. lǎoshī 老师C. lǎobǎn 老板D. tóngxué 同学3) How do you say“air conditioner” in Chinese?A. xǐyījī 洗衣机B. diàn bīngxiāng 电冰箱C. kōngtiáo 空调D. diànshì 电视Feel free to give your answers. The correct answers will be published afterward.
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a,b,c
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Wonderful, Grace! Yes, the correct answers are 1) A. xīngqītiān 星期天 2) B. lǎoshī 老师 3)C. kōngtiáo 空调
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Yay! I must say, I was choosing between A and B for question number one since the rest of the week has a number in it. Would you by any chance know the reason why it is xingqitian, and not xingqiqi?
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When I worked for Carrier Air Conditioning in Taiwan in the '80s, we used the word 冷气机。
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Grace, that is a good question. There are many origins regarding seven days' names. There is a simple reason. As is known to all, Sunday is the first day of a week, not the last day of a week. Also, it is weekend . So it is a very special day among the seven days of a week. If it is called as 星期七， people may consider it as the last day of a week.
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HouXiansheng, well, Taiwan has a tropical temperature. So the air conditioning is mostly used to cool the air, hence I suppose the term 冷气机 (cold air/gas machine). But here in the United States, my central A/C can both cool down and warm up the air. So I use 空调 (air/atmosphere adjustment) when I am talking about it. But I am sure people can figure out what you mean regardless which vocabulary you use. This is the cool thing about the Chinese language......you can figure out the meaning of a word/vocabulary by analyzing the meaning of its individual characters.
