Comparisons
Multiple Attributives
Impressions
之前/之后
Common Mistakes
100

This comparison uses 比 and translates into English as "China is bigger than the US."

What is "中国比美国大“?

100

This is where the object being described goes in relation to 的。

What is "right after the 的"?

100

This is how to say the word "impression" in Chinese with correct tones.

What is "Yìnxiàng"?

100

This is the meaning of the word "之前“

What is "before"?

100

This is a common mistake using the word "是“

 What is "putting 是 before an adjective" (when it is not followed by a noun)?

200

This is whether or not the intensifier 很 can be used with comparative structures.

What is "false"?

200

This is how to say, "The great wall's admission tickets are very expensive" in Chinese

What is "长城的门票很贵"?
200

This is how to say "China left me with a good impression" in Chinese.

What is "中国给我留下很好的印象“?

200

This is how to say "Before I depart for Beijing, I must buy plane tickets" in Chinese

What is "我出发去北京之前, 我得买机票。“?
200

This is a common mistake involving comparative structures .

What is using 很 and 非常 in a comparative structure.

300

This is how to say, "Beijing's architecture is not as beautiful as Lijiang's architecture" in Chinese using “没有”。 

What is “北京的建筑没有丽江的建筑(那么)漂亮。”?

300

This is how to say "The souvenir that my landlord gave me yesterday was very expensive" in Chinese

What is “昨天我房东给我的纪念品很贵”?

300

This is how to say "The impression that the China's historical sites left me with is very deep." in Chinese.

What is "中国名胜古迹给我留下的印象很深"?

300

This is how to say "Before you celebrate Spring Festival in Beijing, take a train to see Shanghai" in Chinese

What is "你在北京过春节之前,坐火车去看上海"?

300

This is a common incorrect way to say "Where are you going" and it's correct form

What is "你去在哪儿“ and "你去哪儿“?

400

This is how to say "The pillows in upper end hotels are much softer than the pillows in lower end hotels" in Chinese.

 What is "宾馆的枕头比旅馆的枕头软多了"?
400

This is how to say "The box lunches that I ate on the train yesterday were delicious" in Chinese.

What is “我昨天在火车上吃的盒饭很好吃。”?
400

This is how to say "the impression that the great wall left with me was not as deep as the impression that the temple of Confucius left with me."

 What is  长城给我留下的印象没有/不如夫子庙给我留下的印象(那么)深?

400

This is the main difference between 之前/之后 and 以前/以后

What is "之前/之后 are more formal"?
400

This is a common writing mistake involving typing and either laziness or not being familiar with the characters.

What is "typing the wrong characters"?

500

This is how to say "Xian's culture is more traditional than Shanghai's culture using all three comparative structures.

what is:

上海的文化没有西安的文化那么传统

上海的文化不如西安的文化传统

西安的文化比上海的文化传统?

500

This is what to do in a situation where there would otherwise be multiple 的s in a descriptive clause.

What is cutting out all but the last one?

500

This is how you say "The country that left me with the deepest impression is China" in Chinese

 What is 给我留下最深印象的国家是中国 ?

500

This is an example of an alternate use of 之前 That is similar to one in English

Answer may vary-- Placing 之前 at the beginning of a sentence to indicate "Before, this happened" instead "Before this happened,"

500

This is a common mistake involving either time words, location words, or “跟 X"

What is "putting them after the verb?"