Language Quiz

Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
1. How do you express 1,000,000 in Chinese?
百万 bǎi wàn
十万 shí wàn
shuāng
abacus
Chinese abacus

2. xīn means what in English?
Heart
Ancient
Water

3. What is the Chinese word for green?
绿
silk
Bolts of Chinese silk

4. Yesterday is what in Chinese
去年 qù nián
明天 míng tiān
昨天 zuó tiān
Forbidden City, tower, architecture
Wall and Moat with corner guard post defend the Forbidden City, Beijing

5. The possessive 'your' is expressed how in Chinese?
没有 méi yǒu
你的 nǐ de
你㝵 nǐ dé

6. The Chinese character for heaven or sky is what?
tiān
广 guǎng
kite, skyscraper, park, people
Flying kites in a city park

7. What is the Chinese word for walk?
zuó
zǒu
zhī
children
A group of children walking home from school in Pengzhou, Sichuan Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

8. What is the word for friend in Chinese?
朋友 péng yǒu
迎友 yíng yǒu
兴友 xīng yǒu
Guizhou, miao, children
Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

9. If you want to attract the attention of a waiter what do you say?
服务员 fú wù yuán
同志 tóng zhì
什么 shén me
restaurant, food, people, Sichuan
A traditional Sichuan chafing dish lunch at Jiezi, Sichuan Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

10. What is the Chinese for south?
nán
dōng
nán
feng shui, compass
Division of a traditional Feng Shui compass

11. Which character for good fortune is widely seen at Chinese New Year?
festival, temple, lion dance
Traditional lion dance near a temple

12. To make a sentence to indicate an action is complete as in 'gone'; 'left'; 'bought' what can you do?
Add at the end of the sentence
Add le after the verb
Add me after the the verb

13. How do you bid someone welcome in Chinese?
欢迎 huān yíng
朋友 péng yǒu
高兴 gāo xīng
language, school , children
Teaching Chinese. Traditional characters for 'what is your name'

14. 晚上 wǎn shàng refers to which time of day?
Evening
Lunchtime
Morning
giant panda, wildlife

15. Which word can you use to ask someone to wait
děng
xíng
lái
airport, people, queue
Queue for airport desk for Chinese New Year flights Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

16. 三月八日 sān yuè bā rì is how you would write which date?
8th March
3rd August
9th July

17. Xiǎo means what in English?
big
small or young
smile

18. How would you say the year 2008 in Chinese?
二零八年 èr líng bā nián
二零零八年 èr líng líng bā nián
二千八年 èr qiān bā nián
Beijing, Birds nest, stadium
China National Stadium in Beijing used for the Olympic Games. It is also known as the Bird Nest stadium Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

19. How would you say four tickets in Chinese?
四票 sì piào
四朝 sì zhāo
四张票 sì zhāng piào
airport, people, queue
Queue for airport desk for Chinese New Year flights Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

20. The United States of America is called what in Chinese?
买国 mǎi guó
美国 měi guó
中国 zhōng guó
Deng Xiaoping, leader
Deng Xiaoping during Sino-American signing ceremony, 1st Jan 1979. Image available under a Creative Commons license .
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