2. 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.
3. If you want to attract the attention of a waiter what do you say?
同志tóng zhì
谢谢xiè xiè
服务员fú wù yuán
The term 服务员fú wù yuán is roughly equivalent to uniformed attendent in English.
5. 三月八日sān yuè bā rì is how you would write which date?
3rd September
3rd March
8th March
Dates in Chinese are easy, you just count the number of days and months.
6. How do you express 1,000,000 in Chinese?
十万 shí wàn
百万 bǎi wàn
千千 qiān qiān
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.
7. Which character for good fortune is widely seen at Chinese New Year?
福fú
飞fēi
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
8. What is the word for friend in Chinese?
平友píng yǒu
朋友péng yǒu
朋有péng yǒu
Both of the characters in 朋友péng yǒu indicate friendship.
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.
Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
