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Quick Quiz
Think you’ve locked a few of these characters into memory? The quiz below gives you a quick nudge-no stress, just a friendly way to see which ones need a second pass.
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| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 和 | hé | and |
| 咖啡 | kāfēi | coffee |
| 哥哥 | gēge | elder brother |
| 哪 | nǎ | which |
| 哪兒 | nǎr | where |
| 哪裡 | nǎlǐ | where |
| 哭 | kū | to cry, to weep |
| 唱歌(兒) | chànggē(ér) | sing |
| 啊 | a | ah, an exclamation |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 嗎 | ma | a question particle |
| 回 | huí | to return |
| 回來 | huílái | to return, to come back |
| 回去 | huíqù | to leave, to go back |
| 回家 | huíjiā | return home |
| 回答 | huídá | answer |
| 國(家) | guó(jiā) | nation, country |
| 地 | dì | the earth, land, soil, fields, ground, place, position, background, distance |
| 地上 | dìshàng | ground |
| 地圖 | dìtú | map |
| 地方 | dìfāng | place |
| 城市 | chéngshì | city |
| 報紙 | bàozhǐ | newspaper, newsprint |
| 塊 | kuài | Partial measure word for lumps of foodstuff. |
| 壞 | huài | to be bad |
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