( Don’t forget the test at the bottom! )
人 ren person
大 da big
天 tian sky, heaven
马 ma horse
好 hao good
妈 ma mother
奶 nai milk
她 ta she
女 nv woman, female
美 mei beautiful
美女 meinv pretty girl
帅哥 shuaige handsome boy
国 guo country
美国 meiguo the US
中国 zhongguo China
外国 waiguo abroad
他 ta he
她 ta she
它 ta it
们 men (plural)
口 kou mouth
1. What do these Chinese characters mean?
天 / 人 / 大
(A) heaven / you / person
(B) big / you / heaven
(C) heaven / person / big
(D) you / person / heaven
2. How do you write these numbers with Chinese characters?
4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
(A) 四 / 五 / 六 / 七 / 八 / 九 / 十
(B) 四 / 五 / 六 / 七 / 八 / 十 / 九
(C) 四 / 五 / 六 / 七 / 九 / 八 / 十
(D) 四 / 五 / 六 / 八 / 七 / 九 / 十
3. Which of these Chinese characters means HORSE?
(A) 吗
(B) 马
(C) 妈
(D) 码
4. The Chinese characters 好 (hao) and 妈 (ma) are a combination of two characters. Both begin with the character 女 (nv). What does 女 mean?
(A) woman
(B) good
(C) mother
(D) horse
5. How do you write “pretty girl / handsome boy”, or literally “beautiful female / handsome brother” with Chinese characters ?
(A) 美哥 / 帅女
(B) 美女 / 帅哥
(C) 帅哥 / 美女
(D) 美国 / 中国
6. The Chinese character for COUNTRY is 国. This is a combination of two characters, 玉 in the middle, and 囗 (wei, fence) around it. How do you write 玉 in pinyin, and what is the English translation?
(A) yu, beautiful
(B) mei, beautiful
(C) yu, jade
(D) mei, jade
7. CHINA, in Chinese, is 中国 (zhong guo). What is the literal English translation of 中国 ?
(A) middle country
(B) beautiful country
(C) jade country
(D) big country
8. How do you write “foreigner” with Chinese characters?
(A) 中国人
(B) 美国人
(C) 外国人
(D) 夕国人
9. How do you write “ it / she / he ” with Chinese characters?
(A) 他 / 她 / 它
(B) 它 / 她 / 他
(C) 它 / 她 / 你
(D) 它 / 她 / 他
10. If you put 们 (men) behind “I”, then “I” becomes plural, so “we”. The character 们 is a combination of which two Chinese characters?
(A) 人 (ren, person)+ 门 (men, door)
(B) 人 (da, person)+ 门 (women, door)
(C) 人 (ren, country)+ 门 (men, question mark)
(D) 人 (tian, person)+ 门 (wo, door)
11. The Chinese character for “question mark”, which you say at the end of a question, is MA. Which of these Chinese characters means “question mark”?
(A) 妈
(B) 吗
(C) 马
(D) 玛
12. How do you write “Thank you” with Chinese characters and with pinyin?
(A) 射射 / xie xie
(B) 谢谢 / she she
(C) 射射 / she she
(D) 谢谢 / xie xie
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