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. 晚上 wǎn shàng refers to which time of day?
Night
Evening
Lunchtime
university

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

4. How would you say four tickets in Chinese?
四张票 sì zhāng piào
四钟票 sì zhōng piào
四票 sì piào
airport, people, queue
Queue for airport desk for Chinese New Year flights Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

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

6. How do you bid someone welcome in Chinese?
朋友 péng yǒu
欢迎 huān yíng
再见 zài jiàn
language, school , children
Teaching Chinese. Traditional characters for 'what is your name'

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

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

9. xīn means what in English?
Water
Heart
Fewer

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

11. The possessive 'your' is expressed how in Chinese?
你的 nǐ de
没有 méi yǒu
他的 tā de

12. What is the Chinese word for green?
liù
绿
hóng
silk
Bolts of Chinese silk

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

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

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

16. Xiǎo means what in English?
eight
small or young
child

17. Yesterday is what in Chinese
去年 qù nián
上午 shàng wǔ
昨天 zuó tiān
Forbidden City, tower, architecture
Wall and Moat with corner guard post defend the Forbidden City, Beijing

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

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

20. The United States of America is called what in Chinese?
美国 měi guó
英国 yīng 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 .
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