Chinese Language Exam Sample

WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
LAMBUNAO CAMPUS
Midterm Examination
Name: _______________________________________ Date: ____________________

Year and Section: _________________________________
Instruction: Read the questions/statements carefully. Select the correct answer and write it on the space
provided.
Multiple Choice
____ 1. This is a sound that gives meaning to a word.
a. pitch b. tune c. tone d. octave
____2. This type of language system in Chinese is still used for formal occasions and official documents.
This includes more strokes than the one that is commonly used now.
a. writing system
b. traditional Chinese
c. Han Chinese
d. Oracle Bones
____3. What is the most notable image of the Chinese language?
a. Chinese characters
b. Grammatical structure
c. Ethnicity
d. Cultural lineage
____4. It is very common to use the word “you” in any conversation. What is the Chinese translation for
that word? Select the correct answer.
a. wŏ
b. wō
c. wò
d. wó
_____5. This article/particle is used to show that a sentence is in interrogatory form.
a. bu
b. ma
c. shi
d. ye
_____6. The particle “bu” is used to imply that you disagree of that something is not correct. In a
sentence that uses “shi/is” (Wo shi Zhong gou ren), where should you put “bu”?
a. before shi
b. after shi
c. before Zhong gou ren
d. after Zhong gou ren
____7. What is the most common greeting use in Chinese?
a. hei
b. ni hao ma
c. ni hao
d. zao an
____8. Select the correct definition of ROC.
a. Republic of the Chinese

b. Republican organization of China
c. Republic of China
d. Republican of China
____9. Influence is a great factor in development. What countries were influenced by the Chinese
language?
a. Germany, Japan, Istanbul

b. Vietnam, Korea, Japan
c. Malaysia, Japan, Korea
d. Japan, Thailand, Vietnam
____10. The particle “de” shows possessiveness and ownership. Which one is the correct
Chinese Character for the particle “de”?
a. 的 b. 地 c. 嘚 d. の
____11. Rules are used even in languages. In Chinese language a chronological order for the stokes is
followed. What is the third in line?
a. from outside to inside
b. inside before closing
c. from left to right
d. horizontal before vertical
____12. What is considered the modern standard Chinese?
a. hanyu
b. Putonghua
c. mandarin
d. ganyu
____13. Chinese characters are traditionally divided into six category. This category is or more elaborate
and noticeable because of its descriptive imagery.
a. self-explanatory characters
b. pictographs
c. pictophonetic characters
d. associative compounds
____14. These characters can be considered the characters that gives more meaning to the characters in
a word. It also help construct more complex characters.
a. radicals
b. root characters
c. founding characters
d. essentials
____15. In Asian countries, it is common to speak varieties of dialects. How many dialects can a person
commonly speak in China?
a. five
b. six
c. two
d. three
____16. Chinese language is one of the challenging languages to learn. Both 中文(Zhōngwén) and 汉语
(Hànyǔ) mean “the Chinese language.” What does the character/word 汉(Hàn) mean?
a. to shout or yell
b. predominant ethnic group
c. Han Dynasty
d. to keep in the mouth
____17. In Chinese language, syllables are very important because it is the foundation of
creating words. Which is the correct components of a Chinese syllable?
a. Syllable – initial final b. Syllable – initial Final
Tone
c. Syllable – initial final d. Tone

Tone Syllable – initial final
____18. What indication is used to separate two syllables according to the spelling rules?
a. dash b. hyphen c. apostrophe d. asterisk
____19. This is used to politely call the attention of someone you want to talk to.
a. xiaojie
b. ni
c. qing wen
d. ni hao
____20. If you want to address a man and you want to be formal, what should you use?
a. jiao b. xing c. wang d. xiansheng
Fill in the blanks: Identify and write on the space provided the missing pinyin.
1. Qing wen, ni ____ xing?

2. _________! Ni hao!
3. Dui ____ qi.
4. The Romanization of Chinese characters is called ______.
5. Ni shi Meiguo ___ ma?
Link the Chinese character to its English translation.
1. 请问，你贵姓 Hello
2. 你是中国人吗 Excuse me, what is
your surname
3. 我是学生 Goodbye
4. 你好 Are you
Chinese
5. 再见 I am a student
True or False: Write true if the statement is correct and false if otherwise on the space
provided.
1. Chinese language is purely monosyllabic ________
2. Chinese people can only speak Mandarin. ________
3. It is customary to call a person by his/her surname. ________
4. Biaomei is your younger female cousin. ________
5. Chinese people celebrates 11.11 just because they like it. ________
6. Tones are important as food in Chinese language. ________
7. You can replace 儿子 (erzi) with 男孩子 (nan haizi). ________
8. When greeting, especially native speakers, it would be more appropriate to ask them if they
have eaten yet (你吃过了吗？) than saying hello (你好). ________
9. Surname （姓） always precedes a person’s given name. ________
10. It is alright to ask some his/her first name on your first meeting. ________

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WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Name: ___________________ Date:

____ 1. This is a sound that gives meaning to a word.

a. pitch b. tune c. tone d. octave

a. Republic of the Chinese

a. Germany, Japan, Istanbul

a. from outside to inside

b. inside before closing

c. from left to right

d. horizontal before vertical

____12. What is considered the modern standard Chinese?

c. Syllable – initial final d. Tone

1. Qing wen, ni ____ xing?

Link the Chinese character to its English translation.

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