The nearest city to Hong Kong is pronounced....(深圳). Just the spelling is fine.
What is Shenzhen.
100
This one character is used to make requests, or treat someone to a meal.
What is 請。
100
周有光, the founder of Pinyin, is still alive today, writing manuscripts in his Beijing office at this age.
What is 一百零六歲?
100
Odds are, if you go to any Chinatown in the world, the local tongue will be this.
What is Cantonese?
200
There are five people in my family (mom, dad, elder brother, little sister, and me.) What is the name of my brother's sister's mother's middle child? Please write it on the board.
What is 我.
200
This word means China (with tones please).
What is 中國 - zhong1 guo2?
200
Where are you going?
What is 你去哪裡？
200
A century is this many years. Mandarin only, please.
What is 一百.
200
By Mainland standards, there are this many provinces in China, although if you ask Taiwan, it's one fewer.
What is 二十三.
300
There are 29 people in my family. It's actually very big.
What is 我家有二十九個／口人。其實很大！
300
哈爾濱 is a province in the north. This is it's spelling.
What is Ha'er bin?
300
Certainly
What is 一定.
300
This many days in a year.
What is 365?
300
This man is the current Chairman of the People's Republic of China.
Who is Xi Jinping (習近平)?
400
Who's in your family? (hint: your family people are who?)
What is 你家人都是誰？
400
I also want to go.
What is 我也想去.
400
England
What is 英國
400
Is your Zodiac sign a Monkey?
What is 你屬猴嗎？
400
In China you have to do this several times before people acknowledge that something may be wrong with you.
What is sneeze?
500
My family and your family can go together? How does that sound?
What is 我家和你家可以一起去。怎麼樣？
500
Does Mom scolds the horse?
What is 媽媽罵馬嗎？
500
This is the most common measure word. (you have to draw it too).
What is 個?
500
President Richard Nixon went to China in this year to sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
What is 1972?
500
Of all the American fast-food chains, the biggest one of these is in Beijing.