Language Quiz

Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
1. 晚上 wǎn shàng refers to which time of day?
Day break
Night
Evening
Temple of Heaven, Beijing, PKChina-19

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

3. Xiǎo means what in English?
eight
big
small or young

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

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

6. To make a sentence to indicate an action is complete as in 'gone'; 'left'; 'bought' what can you do?
Add le after the verb
Add me after the the verb
Prefix the sentence with qǐng

7. How do you bid someone welcome in Chinese?
高兴 gāo xīng
时候 shí hòu
欢迎 huān yíng
language, school , children
Teaching Chinese. Traditional characters for 'what is your name'

8. What is the word for friend in Chinese?
朋有 péng yǒu
朋友 péng yǒu
兴友 xīng yǒu
Guizhou, miao, children
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9. What is the Chinese for south?
dōng
nán
nán
feng shui, compass
Division of a traditional Feng Shui compass

10. 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

11. 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

12. xīn means what in English?
Heart
Ancient
Water

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

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

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

16. 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

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

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

19. Yesterday is what in Chinese
明天 míng tiān
昨天 zuó tiān
上午 shàng wǔ
Forbidden City, tower, architecture
Wall and Moat with corner guard post defend the Forbidden City, Beijing

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