| Chinese characters (simplified; Mainland translation) | Pinyin | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 中国 | zhōng guó | "中(zhōng)" means "middle; centre""国(guó)" means "country; nation" | China | 98%
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| 美国 | měi guó | "美(měi)" from a syllable of its English name.Again, "国(guó)" means "country" | United States | 96%
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| 日本 | rì běn | This country lies in the East Asian cultural sphere.This word is pronounced "Nihon" or "Nippon" in their language. | Japan | 94%
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| 英国 | yīng guó | United Kingdom | 94%
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| 法国 | fǎ guó | France | 91%
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| 德国 | dé guó | "德(dé)" not from English, but the native language of this country | Germany | 88%
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| 越南 | yuè nán | This country lies in the East Asian cultural sphere.This word is pronounced "Việt Nam" in their language | Vietnam | 87%
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| 韩国 | hán guó | This country lies in the East Asian cultural sphere. This word is pronounced "Han'guk" in their language. | South Korea | 85%
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| 俄罗斯 | é luó sī | From Mongol. Mongolian does not allow word-initial r-, so they added a vowel before that | Russia | 84%
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| 意大利 | yì dà lì | Italy | 82%
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| 朝鲜 | cháo xiǎn | This country lies in the East Asian cultural sphere.This word is pronounced "Joseon" in their language. | North Korea | 81%
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| 西班牙 | xī bān yá | Spain | 79%
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| 苏丹 | sū dān | Sudan | 79%
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| 也门 | yě mén | Yemen | 79%
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| 澳大利亚 | ào dà lì yà | Australia | 78%
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| 利比亚 | lì bǐ yà | Libya | 77%
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| 白俄罗斯 | bái é luó sī | "白(bái)" means "white" | Belarus | 73%
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| 奥地利 | ào dì lì | Austria | 68%
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| 巴基斯坦 | bā jī sī tǎn | Pakistan | 66%
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| 荷兰 | hé lán | Netherlands | 65%
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| 阿尔巴尼亚 | ā ěr bā ní yà | From English, although they have a totally different name in their language. | Albania | 63%
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| 瑞士 | ruì shì | Switzerland | 62%
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| 瓦努阿图 | wǎ nǔ ā tú | Vanuatu | 61%
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| 瑞典 | ruì diǎn | "瑞" was once pronouced "shuì" before 20th century. | Sweden | 58%
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| 利比里亚 | lì bǐ lǐ yà | Liberia | 57%
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| 希腊 | xī là | Not from English, but the native language of this country | Greece | 56%
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| 比利时 | bǐ lì shí | Belgium | 55%
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| 秘鲁 | bì lǔ | Again. "bì" is an old pronunciation of "秘". which has changed to "mì", but the name of this country is still pronounced "bì lǔ", not "mì lǔ" | Peru | 52%
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| 匈牙利 | xiōng yá lì | From English, although they have a totally different name in their language. | Hungary | 46%
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| 克罗地亚 | kè luó dì yà | From English, although they have a totally different name in their language. | Croatia | 41%
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