7. 三月八日sān yuè bā rì is how you would write which date?
3rd March
8th March
3rd September
Dates in Chinese are easy, you just count the number of days and months.
8. How do you express 1,000,000 in Chinese?
百万 bǎi wàn
万百 wàn bǎi
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.
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.
16. The possessive 'your' is expressed how in Chinese?
他的 tā de
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.
17. Which character for good fortune is widely seen at Chinese New Year?
福fú
飞fēi
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’
Traditional lion dance near a temple
18. To make a sentence to indicate an action is complete as in 'gone'; 'left'; 'bought' what can you do?
Add 没méi before the verb
Add 吗mǎ at the end of the sentence
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.
19. What is the word for friend in Chinese?
迎友yíng yǒu
平有píng yǒu
朋友péng yǒu
Both of the characters in 朋友péng yǒu indicate friendship.
Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
