
About This Quiz
In China, each province usually has a "Chinese character abbreviation" that represents it. These characters can appear on license plates, news headlines, and even online jokes. If you're not familiar with them, they look like enigmatic symbols that seem to come from another world.
In this quiz, we'll give you a separate kanji abbreviation, and you'll need to pick out the one it represents from the four province names. Some may be recognizable at a glance, but others will make you frown and think. But don't worry – you don't need to know Chinese in advance. Just rely on intuition, reasoning, or just try your luck!
Each question is followed by an explanation that tells you which province each option is in. After completing this set of questions, you may find that you have memorized a lot of seemingly unfamiliar Chinese characters!
1. 京 (jīng)?
[D] Beijing | Beijing 京, Hunan 湘, Shanghai 沪, Chongqing 渝
2. 沪 (hù)?
[A] Shanghai | Shanghai 沪, Hunan 湘, Shandong 鲁, Jiangsu 苏
3. 津 (jīn)?
[B] Tianjin | Tianjin 津, Hebei 冀, Hubei 鄂, Henan 豫
4. 渝 (yú)?
[C] Chongqing | Chongqing 渝, Guangxi 桂, Anhui 皖, Jilin 吉
5. 冀 (jì)?
[A] Hebei | Hebei 冀, Hainan 琼, Gansu 甘, Hunan 湘
6. 晋 (jìn)?
[A] Shanxi | Shanxi 晋, Jiangxi 赣, Jiangsu 苏, Hubei 鄂
7. 辽 (liáo)?
[D] Liaoning | Liaoning 辽, Yunnan 滇, Guangdong 粤, Guizhou 黔
8. 吉 (jí)?
[A] Jilin | Jilin 吉, Inner Mongolia 蒙, Zhejiang 浙, Xinjiang 新
9. 黑 (hēi)?
[B] Heilongjiang | Heilongjiang 黑, Guangxi 桂, Shaanxi 陕, Qinghai 青
10. 苏 (sū)?
[D] Jiangsu | Jiangsu 苏, Hunan 湘, Jiangxi 赣, Fujian 闽
11. 浙 (zhè)?
[A] Zhejiang | Zhejiang 浙, Henan 豫, Hainan 琼, Hubei 鄂
12. 皖 (wǎn)?
[D] Anhui | Anhui 皖, Guangdong 粤, Guangxi 桂, Fujian 闽
13. 闽 (mǐn)?
[D] Fujian | Fujian 闽, Hebei 冀, Xinjiang 新, Yunnan 滇
14. 赣 (gàn)?
[A] Jiangxi | Jiangxi 赣, Hunan 湘, Jiangsu 苏, Gansu 甘
15. 鲁 (lǔ)?
[A] Shandong | Shandong 鲁, Shaanxi 陕, Shanghai 沪, Beijing 京
16. 豫 (yù)?
[B] Henan | Henan 豫, Guangdong 粤, Hainan 琼, Hunan 湘
17. 鄂 (è)?
[A] Hubei | Hubei 鄂, Tianjin 津, Jiangxi 赣, Chongqing 渝
18. 湘 (xiāng)?
[A] Hunan | Hunan 湘, Heilongjiang 黑, Jilin 吉, Jiangsu 苏
19. 粤 (yuè)?
[C] Guangdong | Guangdong 粤, Zhejiang 浙, Yunnan 滇, Sichuan 川
20. 桂 (guì)?
[B] Guangxi | Guangxi 桂, Fujian 闽, Jiangxi 赣, Jiangsu 苏
21. 琼 (qióng)?
[A] Hainan | Hainan 琼, Anhui 皖, Gansu 甘, Jiangsu 苏
22. 川 (chuān)?
[D] Sichuan | Sichuan 川, Qinghai 青, Guizhou 黔, Shanxi 晋
23. 黔 (qián)?
[C] Guizhou | Guizhou 黔, Tibet 藏, Jiangxi 赣, Guangxi 桂
24. 滇 (diān)?
[C] Yunnan | Yunnan 滇, Zhejiang 浙, Xinjiang 新, Hubei 鄂
25. 藏 (zàng)?
[A] Tibet | Tibet 藏, Inner Mongolia 蒙, Qinghai 青, Gansu 甘
26. 陕 (shǎn)?
[D] Shaanxi | Shaanxi 陕, Jiangxi 赣, Hunan 湘, Hubei 鄂
27. 甘 (gān)?
[A] Gansu | Gansu 甘, Guangxi 桂, Anhui 皖, Fujian 闽
28. 青 (qīng)?
[D] Qinghai | Qinghai 青, Beijing 京, Guangdong 粤, Liaoning 辽
29. 宁 (níng)?
[C] Ningxia | Ningxia 宁, Jiangsu 苏, Inner Mongolia 蒙, Xinjiang 新
30. 新 (xīn)?
[D] Xinjiang | Xinjiang 新, Hunan 湘, Hebei 冀, Shandong 鲁
31. 蒙 (měng)?
[B] Inner Mongolia | Inner Mongolia 蒙, Shanxi 晋, Tianjin 津, Jiangsu 苏
32. 港 (gǎng)?
[C] Hong Kong | Hong Kong 港, Guangdong 粤, Macao 澳, Jiangxi 赣
33. 澳 (ào)?
[C] Macao | Macao 澳, Hainan 琼, Guangxi 桂, Fujian 闽
34. 台 (tái)?
[A] Taiwan | Taiwan 台, Macao 澳, Hainan 琼, Jiangsu 苏
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