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.
2. 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.
3. How would you say the year 2008 in Chinese?
二零零八年 èr líng líng bā nián
两零八年 liǎng líng bā nián
二零八年 èr líng bā nián
The 'zero' is not repeated so it is a bit like saying two thousand and eight.
4. What is the word for friend in Chinese?
朋友péng yǒu
平有píng yǒu
平友píng yǒu
Both of the characters in 朋友péng yǒu indicate friendship.
5. The United States of America is called what in Chinese?
美国měi guó
买国mǎi guó
英国yīng 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.
6. If you want to attract the attention of a waiter what do you say?
什么shén me
医生yī shēng
服务员fú wù yuán
The term 服务员fú wù yuán is roughly equivalent to uniformed attendent in English.
7. What is the Chinese word for green?
绿lù
句jù
六liù
Both 绿lù and 红hóng contain the radical for silk in them, indicating the use of dyes to color cloth.
8. Yesterday is what in Chinese
昨天 zuó tiān
上月 shàng yuè
上午 shàng wǔ
昨 zuó on its own can mean yesterday. 天 tiān 'heaven' is day.
9. 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 了le before the verb
Add 么me after the 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.
10. Which word can you use to ask someone to wait
来 lái
住 zhù
等 děng
Děng 等 is a useful word to know when traveling; it is often prefixed with please : qing deng - please wait.
11. Which character for good fortune is widely seen at Chinese New Year?
福fú
去qù
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?
12. What is the Chinese for south?
西xī
南nán
东dōng
You will find south in a number of province names including Henan; Hunan; Yunnan and in the city of Nanjing (southern capital).
13. How do you express 1,000,000 in Chinese?
双 shuāng
百万 bǎi wàn
万 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.
14. 三月八日sān yuè bā rì is how you would write which date?
9th July
8th March
3rd March
Dates in Chinese are easy, you just count the number of days and months.
15. How do you bid someone welcome in Chinese?
高兴gāo xīng
朋友péng yǒu
欢迎huān yíng
欢迎huān yíng means Hearty Welcome and is a common greeting
16. What is the Chinese word for walk?
星xīng
走zǒu
支zhī
走zǒu is the character for walk, move, run or hasten.
17. 心xīn means what in English?
Heart
Fewer
Star
Heart心xīn is used in many words and characters that have to do with emotions.
18. 小 Xiǎo means what in English?
child
eight
small or young
Division marks around a small object indicating smallness.
19. 晚上wǎn shàng refers to which time of day?
Lunchtime
Day break
Evening
Wanshang refers to evening and can be transliterated as late up.
20. The Chinese character for heaven or sky is what?
田tián
太tài
天tiān
The horizontal stroke on top represents the sky which is above the figure of a large man 大dà.