Language Quiz

Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
1. What is the Chinese word for green?
绿
silk
Bolts of Chinese silk

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

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

4. 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'

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

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

7. How do you express 1,000,000 in Chinese?
千千 qiān qiān
百万 bǎi wàn
shuāng
abacus
Chinese abacus

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. xīn means what in English?
Water
Star
Heart

15. If you want to attract the attention of a waiter what do you say?
同志 tóng zhì
服务员 fú wù yuán
什么 shén me
restaurant, food, people, Sichuan
A traditional Sichuan chafing dish lunch at Jiezi, Sichuan Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

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

17. Xiǎo means what in English?
school
smile
small or young

18. 晚上 wǎn shàng refers to which time of day?
Evening
Lunchtime
Day break
Wu Daozi, painter, Tang dynasty, sculpture

19. The possessive 'your' is expressed how in Chinese?
的你 de nǐ
你㝵 nǐ dé
你的 nǐ de

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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