#ChineseForAllLevels
Answer to the Exercise on What Do Chinese People Eat for the Winter Solstice?
Correct Answer: A “冬至(dōngzhì)” is the Winter Solstice Festival, which falls on December 22nd, 2014. It is the day of the year that the sun shines weakest and daylight hours are the shortest. This day has long been a very important holiday in China, and …
Answer to the Exercise on Two Must-know Grammar Structures of “半(bàn) Half”
Answer: A In the Chinese language, “半(bàn)” can be used to express the meaning of “half.”
The structure is: Number + Measure Word + 半(bàn) + Noun
With this structure, the noun can be a time word, such as “月(yuè) month” or “小时(xiǎoshí) hour.” It …
Answer to the exercise on A Chinese Measure Word for the Whole Family – “家(jiā)”
Correct Answer: B Measure words are kinds of special Chinese words which can be used before nouns to identify specific objects, similar to the “a slice of” in the term “a slice of pie” in English. One such example of a Chinese measure word is …
Answers to the Exercises on The Right Way to Ask Someone’s Age in Mandarin
Answer: B
One thing that we certainly cannot control as time goes by is the fact that our age will never stop increasing. Year by year, the number gets higher. generally, we translate the word “year” as “年(nián).” It is used in phrases such as …
Answer to the exercise on Battle of the “还 (hái)” Phrases: “还有(háiyǒu)” vs. “还是(háishì)”
Correct Answer: B
Two Chinese words that often pop up in Chinese conversation are “还有(háiyǒu)” and “还是(háishì).” Although “还有(háiyǒu)” and “还是(háishì)” share the same adverb, “还(hái),” the meanings and usages of the two words are quite different from each other.
还有(háiyǒu)
In the Chinese language, …
Answers to the Exercises on Is There Any Difference between “哪里(nǎlǐ)” and “哪儿(nǎr)”?
Answer: C
Just as in other languages, Chinese people Talk like a native Chinese speaker using Erhua. Take a FREE 1-on-1 onliput their own local touch on their language. If you listen to them carefully, you will find that for some words, people pronounce them …
Answer to the Exercise on “好(hǎo)” – A “Very” Versatile Word
Correct Answer: B
In the Chinese language, “好(hǎo)” is usually used as an adjective meaning “good,” such as “好书(hǎoshū) good books, ” “好人(hǎorén) good person,” etc.
Examples
Nǐ shì yígè hǎorén! 你 是 一个 好人！ You are a good person!
Richard: Nǎinai, nín zuìjìn shēntǐ …
Answer to the exercise on Were You A “学渣(xuézhā)” at School?
Correct Answer: C
Translation of the Dialogue:
Nǐ xiāngxìn ma? Tom shàngxué de shíhou shì gè “xuézhā!” 你 相信 吗？ Tom 上学 的 时候 是 个 “学渣”！ Can you believe it? Tom was a study slacker when he was in school! <<Back to “Were …
Answer to the exercise on 没门儿(Méiménr)-Turn Someone Down in Mandarin!
Correct Answer: B
Translation of the Dialogue:
Lǐ Míng: Lǎopo, wǒ néng wán huìr yóuxì ma? 李 明： 老婆， 我 能 玩 会儿 游戏 吗？ Li Ming: Dear, can I play computer games for a while? Wáng Lì: Méiménr! 王 丽：没门儿！ Wang Li: No way! …
Answer to the exercise on Expressing Strong Feelings in Chinese
Correct Answer: B
Translation of the Dialogue:
Zhāng Huá: Xià zhōu wǒmen qù Hǎinán lǚyóu ba? 张 华： 下 周 我们 去 海南 旅游 吧？ Zhang Hua: Shall we take a trip to Hai Nan next week? Jim: Búqù, nàr tài yuǎn le! Jim：不去，那儿 太 …
Answer to the exercise on “哥们儿(gēmenr)”- Bros Are Like Brothers
Correct Answer: C
Translation of the Dialogue:
Wáng Míng hé tā de gēmenr yìqǐ hējiǔ qù le. 王 明 和 他 的 哥们儿 一起 喝酒 去 了。 Wang Ming went out for drinks with his buddies. <<Back to “’哥们儿(gēmenr)’- Bros Are Like Brothers”
Answer to the Exercise on “This Is Better Than That: Basic Comparisons in Chinese“
Correct Answer: B In the Chinese language “比(bǐ)” means “to compare.” People often need to make comparisons to explain that something is better, faster, stronger, and so on. So how can we do this in Chinese? Read on to learn some typical sentence structures used …