Mandarin Monday: Lao Wai or Lao Beijing? This Quiz May Tell You the Answer

Zeus Zou, Associate Editor | Dec 14, 2020 10:11 am | Add a comment | 765 reads

Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing learning tips, fun and practical phrases, and trends.

A couple of months ago we administered a Mandarin midterm so that you could test your Chinese (and Beijing dialect) proficiency. And while it certainly helped some of you ascertain just how fluent you are, it wasn't adequate for someone who wants to claim the title of True 老北京 Lao Beijing. So today, we're administering the Lao Beijing Quiz to test how well you know the city you call home. Don't take this test lightly though, since the difficulty curve climbs up quickly and you need to pay close attention to this historic city in your daily life for knowing the right answers. This quiz comes courtesy of 帝都绘 (WeChat ID: diduhuiBJ), a group that uses data visualization tools to depict life in Beijing.