About the Language
About the Class
Speaking Chinese
Writing Chinese
Greetings
100
The full name of Chinese, as spoken in mainland China (i.e. NOT Hong Kong or Taiwan)
Mandarin Chinese
100
A required material that you will need to do homework everyday but should be left at home
Laptop/computer
100
bá This pinyin's tone is...
2nd
100
The name for a single line within a Chinese character
A stroke
100
"Hello" in Chinese is...
你好 nǐ hǎo
200
The name of the system for reading how to pronounce Mandarin Chinese
Pinyin
200
Ms. Smith in Chinese is...
Shi1 lao3shi1
200
mǎ Recite this pinyin with the proper tone
3rd tone
200
The name for a small part of the Chinese character, which usually relates to the character's full meaning, i.e. 氵
A radical
200
The English meaning of the word 好 (hao3) is...
good
300
The island location where Cantonese Chinese is primarily spoken
Hong Kong
300
Participation accounts for this number percent of your report grade
20%
300
zàijiàn Pronounce the above word (for "good-bye") properly
4th tones for both
300
氵 The meaning of the above radical (hint: splish splash!)
Water
300
The respectful version of "ni3" (你) is...
nin2 (您)
400
The name of the system of characters used in mainland China (i.e. NOT traditional characters but...)
Simplified characters
400
The location online where you should find homework documents that are not in your textbook
Your grade's school site
400
zao3 Pronounce the pinyin correctly.
3rd tone
400
The meaning of the radical on the left side of 你 nǐ ("you")
Person
400
再见 The English meaning of the above word is...
Good-bye
500
What Chinese leader in the 1950's decided that mainland China should change its characters from traditional to simplified?
Mao Zedong
500
What does the character 史 ("shi3") mean?
History
500
shǐ lìyǎ Pronounce the above Chinese name (for my own!) correctly
3rd tone, 4th tone, 3rd tone
500
Correctly write the character for hǎo (meaning "good")
Mother + child radical
500
您 "nin" you (respectfully) The pinyin for the word above is missing a tonal mark. What is the tone for the word above?
2nd