Question

China is a country with a long history. It has great traditional culture, especially Chinese characters. Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are very interesting. Here are six ones. We use “pinyin” here because “pinyin” is the Chinese spelling way for the characters. For example, “fu” is the “pinyin” for good luck in Chinese. “pinyin” “fu” is only the phonic part of the character and if you want to know the meaning of good luck “fu”, you must read Chinese character 福 because “fu” also represents(代表) other Chinese characters that sound the same.

“fu” means blessing, good fortune, good luck. Chinese character “fu” is one of the most popular ones used during Chinese New Year. Chinese people often put up “fu” upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment. The upside down “fu” means good luck comes since the character for upside down in Chinese sounds the same as the character for “come”.

“lu” is used to mean official’s a pay in old China. “shou” means long life, age or birthday. “xi” is happiness, The doubled character “xi” means double happiness. It is usually put up everywhere at Chinese weddings. “cai” is weath or money. Chinese often say “ money can make a ghost turn a millstone”. It is to say money really can do a lot of things. But, money can’t buy everything. “he” is an important part of Chinese culture. It means good relations with other people, when you have “he”, things will be a lot easier for you.

The top six lucky Chinese charaters. “fu” “lu” “shou” “xi” “cai” “he”,are particularly loved by Chinese people.

1.We use ______ to show how to read the Chinese characters.

A. “pinyin” B. letters

C. words D. spelling

2.The upside down 福 “fu” means .

A. coming B. good luck comes

C. good fortune D. “fu” is upside down

3.People in China most probably put up the Chinese Characters _______ on the front door at their wedding.

A. upside down “cai” B. upside down “fu”

C. doubled “xi” D. doubled “he”

4.Which of the following in Not true according to the passage?

A. “Cai” is wealth or money

B. “lu” is used to mean offical’s pay in old China

C. “shou” means keeping thin

D. Things will be a lot easier if you have “he”

5.The underlined word “character” means _____ in this passage.

A. 角色 B.特征 C.性格 D.漢字

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