The Year of the Horse is approaching! 2014 is the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese Zodiac Calendar. When the Chinese begin celebrating the Chinese New Year, they will be sending more and more New Year wishes and blessings to their friends, colleagues, …
Answer: C Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese people. It is when all family members get together, similar to Christmas in the West. Generally, there are a series of customs Chinese people follow when celebrating Spring Festival. The lively atmosphere not only …
Which of the following is not associated with Spring Festival? A. 春联 (chūnlián) Spring Festival couplets
B. 鞭炮 (biānpào) firecrackers
C. 粽子 (zòngzi) rice dumplings
D. 红包 (hóngbāo) red packets
Answer: B In Chinese, sentences with an adjectival predicate use an adjective to modify the subject. The structure is: Subject + Adjective. Here, adjectives can be used as predicates just like verbs. The one thing that must be kept in mind is that the to …
Lǎohǔ yù lǎoshǔ, 老虎 遇 老鼠， The tiger met the mouse, Lǎoshǔ yù lǎohǔ, 老鼠 遇 老虎， The mouse met the tiger, Lǎohǔ yǎo lǎoshǔ, 老虎 咬 老鼠， The tiger tried to bite the mouse, Lǎoshǔ duǒ lǎohǔ, 老鼠 躲 老虎， The mouse hid itself …
In China, when people talk about price, “贵(guì)” is a word that you will often hear. The basic meaning of “贵(guì)” is “expensive,” and it has the antonym “便宜(piányi) cheap.”
Examples
Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yígè LV de bāo, dànshì tài guì le. 我 想 买 …
Zhānɡ Wěi: Liú Lì, nǐ máng ma? 张 伟：刘 丽，你 忙 吗？ Zhang Wei: Are you busy, Liu Li? Liú Lì: ____ 刘 丽：____ Liu Li: I’m very busy. A. 我是很忙。(Wǒ shì hěn máng.)
B. 我很忙。(Wǒ hěn máng.)
C. 我是忙。(Wǒ shì máng.)
Shān shànɡ yìzhī hǔ, 山 上 一只 虎，
There is a tiger in the mountain, lín zhōng yìzhī lù, 林 中 一只 鹿，
there is a deer in the forest, lù biān yìzhī zhū, 路 边 一只 猪，
there is a pig by the roadside, …
Wáng Lì: Nǐ zuótiān zài jiā ma? 王 丽: 你 昨天 在 家 吗？ Wang Li: Were you at home yesterday? Zhāng Míng: Bú zài, ________ 张 明: 不 在，________ Zhang Ming: No, I went on a blind date yesterday. Which of the following sentences …
Answer: A In the Chinese language, time words like “昨天 (zuótiān), yesterday” “今天 (jīntiān), today” “这星期 (zhèi xīngqī), this week” “现在 (xiànzài),” now etc., are not usually positioned at the end of a sentence as commonly occurs in English. They are used in two places …
Generally the word “大(dà)” means big.
Example
Wǒ tīngshuō Zhāng Wěi xǐhuan nàgè dà yǎnjīng de nǚháir. 我 听说 张 伟 喜欢 那个 大 眼睛 的 女孩儿。
I heard that Zhang Wei likes that girl who has big eyes.
However, on some occasions when the …
Answer: B Questions words like “谁(shuí), who,” “什么(shénme), what,” “哪里(nǎlǐ), where,” and “哪个(nǎgè), which” are often used to form questions in Chinese. And the placement of question words is actually a little easier than it is in English, because in the Chinese language we don’t …
In the Chinese language, the basic meaning of “门(mén)” is “door.”
Example
Qǐng guānmén! 请 关门！
Close the door, please!
But in some words although they contain the character “门(mén),” the meaning of the word has nothing to do with “door,” such as “热门(rèmén)” and …
