Language Quiz

Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
1. Which character for good fortune is widely seen at Chinese New Year?
festival, temple, lion dance
Traditional lion dance near a temple

2. How do you express 1,000,000 in Chinese?
百万 bǎi wàn
万百 wàn bǎi
shuāng
abacus
Chinese abacus

3. 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

4. If you want to attract the attention of a waiter what do you say?
谢谢 xiè xiè
欢迎 huān yíng
服务员 fú wù yuán
restaurant, food, people, Sichuan
A traditional Sichuan chafing dish lunch at Jiezi, Sichuan Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

5. xīn means what in English?
Fewer
Star
Heart

6. What is the word for friend in Chinese?
迎友 yíng yǒu
兴友 xīng yǒu
朋友 péng yǒu
Guizhou, miao, children
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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. The possessive 'your' is expressed how in Chinese?
你㝵 nǐ dé
你的 nǐ de
没有 méi yǒu

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

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

11. 晚上 wǎn shàng refers to which time of day?
Afternoon
Day break
Evening
Guangdong, Guangzhou, modern housing, road

12. 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 me after the the verb
Add le after the verb

13. Xiǎo means what in English?
small or young
school
eight

14. How do you bid someone welcome in Chinese?
高兴 gāo xīng
欢迎 huān yíng
再见 zài jiàn
language, school , children
Teaching Chinese. Traditional characters for 'what is your name'

15. What is the Chinese word for green?
绿
liù
bái
silk
Bolts of Chinese silk

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

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

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

19. How would you say the year 2008 in Chinese?
二千八年 èr qiān bā nián
二零零八年 èr líng líng bā nián
两零八年 liǎng 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

20. How would you say four tickets in Chinese?
四张票 sì zhāng piào
四票 sì piào
五张票 wǔ zhāng piào
airport, people, queue
Queue for airport desk for Chinese New Year flights Copyright © Dreamstime see image license
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