Cultural Life
Explore Chinese words for festivals, family, music and food. Every word comes with its characters, pinyin to help you say it, and the English meaning.
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Cultural Life 🎉
Cultural life is about **festivals, family, food, music and traditions**. In this module you will learn the key Chinese words for them. Chinese is written in **characters**. Every word below is shown with its **characters**, the **pinyin** in brackets to help you say it, and the **English** meaning.
Key words (1) 🗂️
Learn these four cultural words:
Match each word to its meaning
- 节日 (jiérì)
- 家 (jiā)
- 音乐 (yīnyuè)
- 食物 (shíwù)
- festival
- family
- music
- food
What does it mean?
What does the Chinese word 音乐 (yīnyuè) mean?
- music
- food
- family
- festival
Key words (2) 🎵
Now four more words about celebrations:
Match each word to its meaning
- 春节 (chūnjié)
- 传统 (chuántǒng)
- 舞蹈 (wǔdǎo)
- 歌 (gē)
- Spring Festival
- tradition
- dance
- song
Cultural life
Select the TWO things that are part of cultural life.
- Celebrating festivals with family
- Enjoying music and dance
- Ignoring all traditions
- Never celebrating anything
Choose the Chinese word
In Chinese, the word for 'family' is _____, and the word for 'music' is _____.
Characters and tones 💡
Chinese is written in **characters**, each standing for a syllable or word. The **pinyin** in brackets shows the sound, and its **tone marks** (ā á ǎ à) show the pitch. The **春节 (chūnjié)**, or Spring Festival, is the most important festival, celebrated with family, food and fireworks.
A special day
What does the Chinese word 节日 (jiérì) mean?
- festival
- homework
- school
- the weather
Cultural life in action
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One more
The Chinese word for 'food' is _____, and the word for 'festival' is _____.
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