Chinese Flashcards

(55 cards)

1
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What is the Chinese word for ‘hello’?

A

你好 (nǐ hǎo)

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What is the Chinese word for ‘thank you’?

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谢谢 (xiè xiè)

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True or False: Chinese is a tonal language.

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True

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4
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How many tones are there in Mandarin Chinese?

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Four tones

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5
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Fill in the blank: The word for ‘water’ in Chinese is _____

A

水 (shuǐ)

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What is the Chinese word for ‘goodbye’?

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再见 (zài jiàn)

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7
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What is the structure of a basic Chinese sentence?

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Subject-Verb-Object (SVO)

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What does ‘我爱你’ mean?

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I love you

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9
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Which character means ‘person’ in Chinese?

A

人 (rén)

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10
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True or False: Chinese characters are phonetic.

A

False

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What is the Chinese word for ‘family’?

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家庭 (jiā tíng)

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12
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What does ‘谢谢你’ mean?

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Thank you (to you)

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13
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Fill in the blank: ‘我’ means _____ in English.

A

I

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14
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What is the past tense marker in Chinese?

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了 (le)

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15
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What is the word for ‘friend’ in Chinese?

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朋友 (péng yǒu)

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16
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True or False: The word order in Chinese is the same as in English.

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False

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17
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What is the Chinese word for ‘teacher’?

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老师 (lǎo shī)

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18
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What does ‘他’ mean?

A

He

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19
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What is the word for ‘love’ in Chinese?

A

爱 (ài)

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20
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Fill in the blank: The word for ‘book’ in Chinese is _____

A

书 (shū)

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21
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What does ‘你好吗?’ mean?

A

How are you?

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22
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What is the plural marker in Chinese?

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们 (men)

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23
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What is the Chinese word for ‘yes’?

24
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What is the Chinese word for ‘no’?

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不是 (bù shì)

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True or False: Adjectives in Chinese do not change form.
True
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What is the word for 'time' in Chinese?
时间 (shí jiān)
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What does '可以' mean?
Can/able to
28
Fill in the blank: The character '大' means _____ in English.
Big
29
What is the word for 'school' in Chinese?
学校 (xué xiào)
30
What does '再见' mean?
Goodbye
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What is the question word for 'what' in Chinese?
什么 (shén me)
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True or False: '很' is used to emphasize adjectives.
True
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What does '请' mean?
Please
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What is the Chinese word for 'city'?
城市 (chéng shì)
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Fill in the blank: '小' means _____ in English.
Small
36
What is the Chinese word for 'food'?
食物 (shí wù)
37
What is the word for 'to eat' in Chinese?
吃 (chī)
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What does '没关系' mean?
It's okay/no problem
39
What is the word for 'happy' in Chinese?
快乐 (kuài lè)
40
True or False: Chinese verbs do not change with tense.
True
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What does '对不起' mean?
I'm sorry
42
What is the Chinese word for 'love'?
爱 (ài)
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What is the word for 'to go' in Chinese?
去 (qù)
44
Fill in the blank: '跑' means _____ in English.
Run
45
What does '现在' mean?
Now
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What is the Chinese word for 'happy'?
高兴 (gāo xìng)
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What is the word for 'to see' in Chinese?
看 (kàn)
48
True or False: Chinese uses the Latin alphabet.
False
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What does '为什么' mean?
Why
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What is the word for 'to speak' in Chinese?
说 (shuō)
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Fill in the blank: '快' means _____ in English.
Fast/quick
52
What is the Chinese word for 'year'?
年 (nián)
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What does '没' mean?
Not
54
What is the word for 'to listen' in Chinese?
听 (tīng)
55
True or False: The Chinese writing system is logographic.
True