Chinese For Beginners

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. There are 4 tones in Chinese. True False

2. Pick the best answer to this question in Chinese: What's your favorite color? Wo ai ni. Wo xi huan hong se. Wo men zai wan. Ta xi huan gou.

3. You are in at a restaurant in China, and you want dumplings. What do you tell the waiter? Wo men shi hao peng you. Niao zai fei. Wo yao jiao zi. Xue xiao

4. What does the period/full stop look like in a Chinese book? A circle. There are no periods. A regular period. A line.

5. If you call someone "bu hao kan" what will their reaction be? Happy Amazed Excited Mad

6. Do you know how to swim? (answer in Chinese) Wo bu hui Ta hen bu hao Wo chang de hen hao. Wo hui da zi

7. What letter is not in the Chinese alphabet? k v w p

8. Modern Chinese books have the writing going vertically from right to left. True False

9. What sound does "i" make in Chinese pin yin, transcribed into English? ay aye ee eh

10. Another type of writing Chinese is "fan ti zi". Which of the following is TRUE? It's always written using a calligraphy brush It's more symbolic It has more steps to write each word It's only used on important documents