2. To make a sentence to indicate an action is complete as in 'gone'; 'left'; 'bought' what can you do?
Add 了le after the verb
Add 没méi before the verb
Prefix the sentence with 请qǐng
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. Which character for good fortune is widely seen at Chinese New Year?
福fú
去qù
飞fēi
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
4. If you want to attract the attention of a waiter what do you say?
服务员fú wù yuán
同志tóng zhì
欢迎huān yíng
The term 服务员fú wù yuán is roughly equivalent to uniformed attendent in English.
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 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. 三月八日sān yuè bā rì is how you would write which date?
8th March
3rd September
3rd August
Dates in Chinese are easy, you just count the number of days and months.
17. How would you say four tickets in Chinese?
四票sì piào
四张票sì zhāng piào
四张小sì zhāng xiǎo
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.
