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Language Basics
About China
Greetings: Eng -> Chin
Greetings: Chin -> Eng
Writing Basics
100
Correctly pronounce 4th tone "ma"
What is "ma4" (forceful, angry)
100
About how many people populate China?
1.3 billion people (4x the amount of people in America)
100
How do we say "you" in Chinese?
What is 你 ni3
100
What does 好 hao3 mean?
What is "good"
100
Generally, what big rule should you follow with the stroke order when writing a character?
Start at the top left corner and end at the bottom right corner
200
Why is it important to correctly pronounce "horse" as third-tone "ma"?
Because if pronounced incorrectly or with a different tone, "horse" would instead come out as "mother" or a different word.
200
Which city is China's economic and trade center?
Shanghai
200
What is the question particle in Chinese?
What is 吗 "ma"?
200
What is the LITERAL meaning of "你好"? How is it used today?
What is "you" and "good." Today it means "hello"
200
What is a "stroke"?
What is a single line of the pen, from the moment when it touches the paper to the moment it lifts off the paper
300
Pronounce all 5 "ma" tones in order.
What is "ma1," "ma2,"　"ma3,"　"ma4," and "ma."
300
Where do people speak Cantonese?
Hong Kong, and/or the southern most tip of China
300
What is "very" in Chinese?
What is 很 hen3
300
What does 很 hen3 mean?
What is "very"
300
What is the stroke order for 小 xiao3?
What is the stroke in the middle, then the dots on either side
400
What is a Romantic language? What makes it "Romantic"?
A Romantic language is a typically "Western" language (ex. English, Spanish, French) that uses the Roman alphabet (abcde)
400
Where is the capital of China & what is it called?
"Beijing," and it is located on the "chicken's throat" right under the head
400
What is "hello (respectfully)" in Chinese?
What is 您好 nin2hao3
400
What does 谢谢 xie4xie4 mean?
What is "thank you"
400
What is the stroke order for 回 hui2?
What is the outside part, the inside part, THEN close up the outside box at the bottom
500
Are we learning "simplified" or "traditional" characters?
Simplified characters
500
In 1949, why did a large group of Chinese people settle in Taiwan?
Because the Communist Party had won the war & taken over China, while the losers fled to Taiwan.
500
What is "good-bye" in Chinese?
What is 再见 zai4jian4
500
What does 你呢 ni3ne mean?
What is "how about you"?
500
Write the character for hao3 ("good")
What is 好