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.
10. Which character for good fortune is widely seen at Chinese New Year?
去qù
福fú
木mù
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?
Traditional lion dance near a temple
11. How do you express 1,000,000 in Chinese?
百万 bǎi wàn
千千 qiān qiān
双 shuāng
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.
12. The possessive 'your' is expressed how in Chinese?
的你 de nǐ
没有 méi yǒu
你的 nǐ de
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.
13. 心xīn means what in English?
Star
Heart
Water
Heart心xīn is used in many words and characters that have to do with emotions.
14. To make a sentence to indicate an action is complete as in 'gone'; 'left'; 'bought' what can you do?
Add 吗mǎ at the end of the sentence
Add 了le before the verb
Add 了le after 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.
15. What is the Chinese for south?
英yīng
南nán
西xī
You will find south in a number of province names including Henan; Hunan; Yunnan and in the city of Nanjing (southern capital).
Division of a traditional Feng Shui compass
16. Which word can you use to ask someone to wait
来 lái
等 děng
住 zhù
Děng 等 is a useful word to know when traveling; it is often prefixed with please : qing deng - please wait.
Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
