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.
8. The United States of America is called what in Chinese?
美国měi guó
没国méi guó
华国huá guó
美měi means beautiful on its own, so with 国guó it means beautiful country. It was chosen as a rough transliteration of America.
Deng Xiaoping during Sino-American signing ceremony, 1st Jan 1979.
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9. The possessive 'your' is expressed how in Chinese?
你㝵 nǐ dé
他的 tā de
你的 nǐ de
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.
10. How do you express 1,000,000 in Chinese?
十万 shí wàn
万百 wàn bǎi
百万 bǎi wàn
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.
欢迎huān yíng means Hearty Welcome and is a common greeting
Teaching Chinese. Traditional characters for 'what is your name'
14. Yesterday is what in Chinese
昨天 zuó tiān
来年 lái nián
上月 shàng yuè
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
15. 心xīn means what in English?
Heart
Love
Ancient
Heart心xīn is used in many words and characters that are to do with emotions.
16. 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 吗mǎ at the end of the sentence
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.
17. Which character for good fortune is widely seen at Chinese New Year?
夫fū
福fú
去qù
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
18. 小 Xiǎo means what in English?
small or young
smile
school
Division marks around a small object indicating smallness.
19. What is the Chinese word for walk?
去qù
走zǒu
是shì
走zǒu is the character for walk, move, run or hasten.
Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
