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Chinese Quiz
Take the Firefly Chinese challenge by matching the Chinese with the highlighted English below.
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| Pinyin spelling (script spelling) | A. bao3bei4 (bao bay) | B. dang1ran2 (dahng ran) | C. dong3 ma5 (dong ma) | D. fei4wu4 (fei-oo) | E. ma3shang4 (ma-shong) |
| F. mei4mei5 (mei-mei) | G. ni3hao3 (ni hao) | H. shuai4 (swai) | I. wei4 (way) | J. shen2me5 (shuh muh) | K. xie4xie5 (sheh-sheh) |
- Hello, let's start.
- Understand?
- Now!
- Hey! I'm talking to you.
- Are you thinking about cute Simon?
- Or about "Little Sister"?
- What?
- Zoe told you this quiz is a piece of junk?
- Of course it is.
- Thank you for playing anyway.
Answers below
Scoring
- 7-10 correct: "Tyen tsai,"
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: tian1cai2]](../images/tiancaidkbl.gif)
(Genius) - 4-6 correct: Pu tong,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: pu3tong1]](../images/putongdkbl.gif)
(Average) - 0-3 correct: What's that funny-talk on Firefly?
More Firefly-Serenity Chinese
- filk song: Firefly Fans (Spawned a Dongma)
- my other site: Firefly-Serenity Chinese Pinyinary
Answers
- hello: (G) ni3hao3,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: ni3hao3]](../images/nihaodkbl.gif)
(literally: you good) - understand?: (C) dong3 ma5?,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: dong3 ma5?]](../images/dongmadkbl.gif)
- now! (right away): (E) ma3shang4,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: ma3shang4]](../images/mashangdkbl.gif)
(literally: on horseback) - hey!: (I) wei4,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: wei4]](../images/weidkbl.gif)
- cute (handsome): (H) shuai4,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: shuai4]](../images/shuaidkbl.gif)
(literally: to command) - little sister: (F) mei4mei5,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: mei4mei5]](../images/meimeidkbl.gif)
- what?: (J) shen2me5?,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: shen2me]](../images/shenmedkbl.gif)
- junk (useless thing): (D) fei4wu4,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: fei4wu4]](../images/feiwudkbl.gif)
- of course: (B) dang1ran2,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: dang1ran2]](../images/dangrandkbl.gif)
- thank you: (K) xie4xie5,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: xie4xie5]](../images/xiexiedkbl.gif)
- [UNUSED] sweetheart: (A) bao3bei4,
![[IMAGE: Chinese characters; TEXT: bao3bei4]](../images/baobeidkbl.gif)
(literally: precious cowrie [shell once used as money])
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