Language Quiz

Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
1. xīn means what in English?
Ancient
Heart
Fewer

2. How would you say the year 2008 in Chinese?
二零八年 èr líng bā nián
二零零八年 èr líng 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

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

4. What is the word for friend in Chinese?
迎友 yíng yǒu
朋有 péng yǒu
朋友 péng yǒu
Guizhou, miao, children
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5. 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 le after the verb
Add le before the verb

6. 晚上 wǎn shàng refers to which time of day?
Night
Evening
Lunchtime
xiangqi, chess

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

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

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

10. 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 .

11. How would you say four tickets in Chinese?
四张票 sì zhāng piào
四票 sì piào
四朝 sì zhāo
airport, people, queue
Queue for airport desk for Chinese New Year flights Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

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

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

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

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

17. 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'

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

19. Yesterday is what in Chinese
去年 qù nián
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. 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
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