Heart心xīn is used in many words and characters that have to do with emotions.
10. How would you say four tickets in Chinese?
五张票wǔ zhāng piào
四票sì piào
四张票sì zhāng piào
You need to include a measure word in Chinese; you can not say just four tickets, you need to add the measure word for things that are flat 四票sì piào between the number and the noun.
11. The possessive 'your' is expressed how in Chinese?
的你 de nǐ
你的 nǐ de
没有 méi yǒu
The possessive ' 的 de' is a very common character in Chinese, it can be used with any noun to make someone or something possess it.
12. Yesterday is what in Chinese
昨天 zuó tiān
去年 qù nián
上午 shàng wǔ
昨 zuó on its own can mean yesterday. 天 tiān 'heaven' is day.
Wall and Moat with corner guard post defend the Forbidden City, Beijing
13. Which character for good fortune is widely seen at Chinese New Year?
去qù
福fú
孚fú
The character for good fortune 福fú has an interesting derivation. It is widely seen on Chinese gifts. Just to add to confusion it is often shown ?upside down?
Traditional lion dance near a temple
14. To make a sentence to indicate an action is complete as in 'gone'; 'left'; 'bought' what can you do?
Add 了le after the verb
Add 么me after the the verb
Add 没méi before the verb
Changing the tense of a verb is easy in Chinese you do not have to learn declension or lots of new characters. Adding 了le to 买mǎi buy turns it into 买了mǎi le bought.
15. Which word can you use to ask someone to wait
行 xíng
等 děng
来 lái
Děng 等 is a useful word to know when traveling; it is often prefixed with please : qing deng - please wait.
In China, the number 10,000 was considered innumerable and is used to express 'countless' and 'myriad'. Numbers greater than 10,000 are expressed as multiples of 10,000 up to 100,000,000 which would be 10,000x10,000 and is a new character 亿 yì.
Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
