Language Quiz

Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
1. If you want to attract the attention of a waiter what do you say?
服务员 fú wù yuán
谢谢 xiè xiè
什么 shén me
restaurant, food, people, Sichuan
A traditional Sichuan chafing dish lunch at Jiezi, Sichuan Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

2. How do you bid someone welcome in Chinese?
再见 zài jiàn
欢迎 huān yíng
时候 shí hòu
language, school , children
Teaching Chinese. Traditional characters for 'what is your name'

3. 晚上 wǎn shàng refers to which time of day?
Morning
Evening
Afternoon
great wall, badaling, PKChina-09

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

5. How would you say four tickets in Chinese?
四张票 sì zhāng piào
四钟票 sì zhōng piào
五张票 wǔ zhāng piào
airport, people, queue
Queue for airport desk for Chinese New Year flights Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

6. What is the Chinese word for green?
bái
绿
hóng
silk
Bolts of Chinese silk

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

8. Yesterday is what in Chinese
上午 shàng wǔ
昨天 zuó tiān
来年 lái nián
Forbidden City, tower, architecture
Wall and Moat with corner guard post defend the Forbidden City, Beijing

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

10. xīn means what in English?
Fewer
Star
Heart

11. How would you say the year 2008 in Chinese?
二零八年 èr líng bā nián
两零八年 liǎng líng bā nián
二零零八年 èr líng líng 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

12. How do you express 1,000,000 in Chinese?
十万 shí wàn
百万 bǎi wàn
千千 qiān qiān
abacus
Chinese abacus

13. The possessive 'your' is expressed how in Chinese?
没有 méi yǒu
的你 de nǐ
你的 nǐ de

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

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

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

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

18. To make a sentence to indicate an action is complete as in 'gone'; 'left'; 'bought' what can you do?
Add le before the verb
Add méi before the verb
Add le after the verb

19. Xiǎo means what in English?
small or young
child
big

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