Division marks around a small object indicating smallness.
7. To make a sentence to indicate an action is complete as in 'gone'; 'left'; 'bought' what can you do?
Add 么me after the the verb
Add 了le after the verb
Add 没méi before 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.
8. What is the Chinese word for walk?
支zhī
是shì
走zǒu
走zǒu is the character for walk, move, run or hasten.
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
10. How would you say four tickets in Chinese?
四钟票sì zhōng 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.
12. Which character for good fortune is widely seen at Chinese New Year?
夫fū
福fú
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
13. Which word can you use to ask someone to wait
住 zhù
等 děng
行 xíng
Děng 等 is a useful word to know when traveling; it is often prefixed with please : qing deng - please wait.
Heart心xīn is used in many words and characters that have to do with emotions.
18. How do you express 1,000,000 in Chinese?
万 wàn
百万 bǎi wàn
万百 wàn bǎi
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.
Starter level quiz about the Chinese language.
