{"id":11524,"date":"2015-09-10T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=11524"},"modified":"2015-09-09T04:36:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T08:36:38","slug":"calling-all-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/calling-all-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling All Readers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hello everyone<\/strong>! (\u5927\u5bb6\u597d &#8211; d\u00e0 ji\u0101 h\u01ceo)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-rice\/\">last post here was all about my journey in China<\/a> and how I&#8217;ve decided to leave (for now at least) to study in Indonesia. I already received a few great comments from you, our dedicated readers, and I just wanted to let everyone know that while I won&#8217;t physically be <em>in<\/em> China, I will still very much virtually be there and will continue to share cultural insights, language tips, and of course tons of stories and pictures from my many years there. This time, however, I&#8217;d like to hear more about YOU! We love getting comments and getting to know everyone who follows the blog, so this is your chance to introduce yourself and practice a little Chinese. The first section features some simple questions in Chinese, which you can try to answer in Chinese or use your native language if you&#8217;re not comfortable typing the characters yet. Sections two and three are\u00a0multiple choice, on China and Chinese. Do your best to answer these without the assistance of Google! Finally, there are some questions in English related to the blog, and we&#8217;d really appreciate your feedback on those. I&#8217;d like to personally encourage all readers to post a comment with their answers &#8211; don&#8217;t be shy!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11526\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11526\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11526\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/1-DSC_0038.jpg\" alt=\"\u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u8bf4\u4e2d\u6587\uff01\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/1-DSC_0038.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/1-DSC_0038-350x235.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u8bf4\u4e2d\u6587\uff01<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Section 1 &#8211; Chinese Practice<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>What&#8217;s your name? Do you have a Chinese name?<br \/>\n\u4f60\u53eb\u4ec0\u4e48\u540d\u5b57\uff1f\u6709\u4e2d\u6587\u540d\u5b57\u5417\uff1f(n\u01d0 ji\u00e0o sh\u00e9n me m\u00edng z\u00ec? y\u01d2u zh\u00f2ng w\u00e9n m\u00edng z\u00ec ma)<\/li>\n<li>What country are you from?<br \/>\n\u4f60\u662f\u54ea\u4e2a\u56fd\u5bb6\u7684\uff1f(n\u01d0 sh\u00ec n\u01ce ge gu\u00f3 ji\u0101 de)<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s your job?<br \/>\n\u4f60\u505a\u4ec0\u4e48\u5de5\u4f5c? (n\u01d0 zu\u00f2 sh\u00e9n me g\u014dng zu\u00f2)<\/li>\n<li>What are your hobbies?<br \/>\n\u4f60\u7684\u7231\u597d\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48? (n\u01d0 de \u00e0i h\u00e0o sh\u00ec sh\u00e9n me)<\/li>\n<li>Have you been to China? Which places have you been to?<br \/>\n\u4f60\u53bb\u8fc7\u4e2d\u56fd\u5417? \u53bb\u8fc7\u4ec0\u4e48\u5730\u65b9? (n\u01d0 q\u00f9 gu\u00f2 zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 ma? q\u00f9 gu\u00f2 sh\u00e8n me d\u00ec f\u0101ng)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Section 2 &#8211; China Multiple Choice<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Which of these cities is NOT one of China&#8217;s great ancient capitals?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>a. Luoyang<\/li>\n<li>b. Hangzhou<\/li>\n<li>c. Xi&#8217;an<\/li>\n<li>d. Nanjing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. How many ethnic minority groups are there in China?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a. 53<\/li>\n<li>b. 54<\/li>\n<li>c. 55<\/li>\n<li>d. 56<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. What is the most populous region of China? (Includes provinces, SARs, municipalities, and autonomous regions)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a. Guangdong<\/li>\n<li>b. Henan<\/li>\n<li>c. Beijing<\/li>\n<li>d. Shandong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. Who was the last President of China (before Xi Jinping)?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a. Jiang Zemin<\/li>\n<li>b. Yang Shangkun<\/li>\n<li>c. Li Xiannian<\/li>\n<li>d. Hu Jintao<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5. On what day does China celebrate its National Day?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a. 5th day of the 5th lunar month<\/li>\n<li>b. October 1st<\/li>\n<li>c. 15th day of the 8th lunar month<\/li>\n<li>d. May 1st<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Section 3 &#8211; Chinese Multiple Choice<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>What is the correct measure word in this sentence?\u00a0\u8fd9___\u72d7\u5f88\u53ef\u7231 (zh\u00e8 ___ g\u01d2u h\u011bn k\u011b \u00e0i)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>a.\u00a0\u8f86 (li\u00e0ng)<\/li>\n<li>b.\u53ea (zh\u012b)<\/li>\n<li>c.\u00a0\u5bb6 (ji\u0101)<\/li>\n<li>d.\u00a0\u4ef6 (ji\u00e0n)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. How do you say &#8220;The book is on the table&#8221; in Chinese?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a.\u00a0\u4e66\u4e0a\u5728\u684c\u5b50 (sh\u016b sh\u00e0ng z\u00e0i zhu\u014d zi)<\/li>\n<li>b.\u00a0\u684c\u5b50\u4e0a\u4e66 (zhu\u014d zi sh\u00e0ng sh\u016b)<\/li>\n<li>c.\u00a0\u4e66\u5728\u4e0a\u684c\u5b50 (sh\u016b z\u00e0i sh\u00e0ng zhu\u014d zi)<\/li>\n<li>d. \u4e66\u5728\u684c\u5b50\u4e0a (sh\u016b z\u00e0i zhu\u014d zi sh\u00e0ng)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. What\u00a0does the Chinese idiom &#8220;\u9a6c\u9a6c\u864e\u864e&#8221; (m\u01ce m\u01ce h\u01d4 h\u01d4) mean?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a.\u00a0So-so<\/li>\n<li>b. Good<\/li>\n<li>c.\u00a0Amazing<\/li>\n<li>d. Beautiful<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. Fill in the blank:\u00a0\u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u5403\u4e2d\u9910____\u897f\u9910? (n\u01d0 x\u01d0 hu\u0101n ch\u012b zh\u014dng c\u0101n x\u012b c\u0101n)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a. \u53ef\u662f (k\u011b sh\u00ec)<\/li>\n<li>b. \u6216\u8005 (hu\u00f2 zh\u011b)<\/li>\n<li>c. \u8fd8\u6709 (h\u00e1i y\u01d2u)<\/li>\n<li>d. \u8fd8\u662f (h\u00e1i sh\u00ec)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5. How would you say &#8220;I&#8217;ve been to Shanghai three times&#8221; in Chinese?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a.\u00a0\u6211\u7b2c\u4e09\u6b21\u53bb\u4e0a\u6d77 (w\u01d2 d\u00ec s\u0101n c\u00ec q\u00f9 sh\u00e0ng h\u01cei)<\/li>\n<li>b.\u00a0\u6211\u53bb\u4e0a\u6d77\u4e09\u6b21 (w\u01d2 q\u00f9 sh\u00e0ng h\u01cei s\u0101n c\u00ec)<\/li>\n<li>c.\u00a0\u6211\u53bb\u8fc7\u4e0a\u6d77\u4e09\u6b21 (w\u01d2 q\u00f9 gu\u00f2 sh\u00e0ng h\u01cei s\u0101n c\u00ec)<\/li>\n<li>d.\u00a0\u4e09\u6b21\u6211\u53bb\u4e86\u4e0a\u6d77 (s\u0101n c\u00ec w\u01d2 q\u00f9 le sh\u00e0ng h\u01cei)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Section 4 &#8211; About the Blog<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>How long have you been reading the Chinese Language &amp; Culture blog?<\/li>\n<li>What do you like about it? (i.e. which type of posts)<\/li>\n<li>If you could change something about the blog, what would it be?<\/li>\n<li>What would you like to see more of on the blog?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have any specific requests for posts?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance to everyone for participating. Without our readers, this blog wouldn&#8217;t exist and I&#8217;d be out of a job, so I can&#8217;t thank you enough for your continued support! We love hearing from you, whether it&#8217;s a comment on a blog post or a message on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/learn.chinese.language\">Facebook group<\/a>. I&#8217;m looking forward to your responses, and I&#8217;ll post the answers sometime next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/1-DSC_0038-350x235.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/1-DSC_0038-350x235.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/1-DSC_0038.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Hello everyone! (\u5927\u5bb6\u597d &#8211; d\u00e0 ji\u0101 h\u01ceo) The last post here was all about my journey in China and how I&#8217;ve decided to leave (for now at least) to study in Indonesia. 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