Topic 4: Chinese Cultural Practices

Question 1

食品

Answer 1

shí pǐn: food, foodstuff

Question 2

元宵节

Answer 2

Yuán xiāo jié: Lantern Festival (final event of 春节)

on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

Question 3

汤圆

Answer 3

tāng yuán: boiled balls of glutinous rice flour eaten during the Lantern Festival

Question 4

端午节

Answer 4

duān wǔ jié: Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th Lunar Month)

duān: end, extremity

Question 5

挂

Answer 5

guà: to hang or suspend

Question 6

满了

Answer 6

mǎn le: to fill, full, satisfy, reach limit

Question 7

灯笼

Answer 7

dēng lóng: lantern

Question 8

谜语

Answer 8

mí yǔ: riddle (m. word 条)

Question 9

尽管

Answer 9

jǐn guǎn: although, despite, even though

Question 10

猜

Answer 10

cāi: to guess

Question 11

表示

Answer 11

biǎo shì: to express, show, indicate

Question 12

团圆

Answer 12

tuán yuán: to have a reunion

meanwhile, 团员 (also tuán yuán): member, group member

Question 13

馅

Answer 13

xiàn: stuffing, filling

Question 14

火腿

Answer 14

huǒ tuǐ: ham

Question 15

据说

Answer 15

jù shuō: it’s said that, reportedly

Question 16

习俗

Answer 16

xí sú: custom, local tradition

Question 17

纪念

Answer 17

jì niàn: to commemorate, remember, memorialize

Question 18

治理

Answer 18

zhì lǐ: to govern, administer, manage, control

Question 19

嫉妒

Answer 19

jí dù: to be jealous, to envy

Question 20

渐渐

Answer 20

jiàn jiàn: gradually

Question 21

疏远

Answer 21

shū yuǎn: to drift apart, become estranged

Question 22

流放

Answer 22

liú fàng: banishment, exile

Question 23

衰落

Answer 23

shuāi luò: to fall, drop, decline, deteriorate

Question 24

于是

Answer 24

yú shì: as a result, thus, consequently

Question 25

怀念

Answer 25

huái niàn: to cherish the memory of, reminisce

Question 26

竹叶

Answer 26

zhú yè: bamboo leaf

Question 27

投

Answer 27

tóu: to throw oneself (into a river, etc.), cast, send

Question 28

流传

Answer 28

liú chuán: to spread, circulate, hand down

Question 29

大都

Answer 29

dà dū: for the most part

Question 30

咸

Answer 30

xián: salty, salted

Question 31

粽子

Answer 31

zòng zi: glutinous rice and filling wrapped in leaves and boiled (sticky rice)