Pinyin Quiz

What is Pinyin拼音？

• Chinese characters
• Chinese words on the bone
• Calligraphy
• A way to transliterate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Latin letters

What is the official language spoken in PRC?

• Traditional Chinese
• Taiwan Chinese
• Modern Mandarin
• Cantonese

What are the elements of a pinyin syllable?

• Initial + Finals
• Initial+Tone
• Syllable+Vowels
• Initial+Final(s)+Tone

True or False
There are five tones in modern Mandarin namely, the 1st tone, the 2nd tone, the 3rd tone, the 4th tone and the neutral tone.

• True
• False

Which tone is called the dip and rise tone?

• 1st tone
• 2nd tone
• 3rd tone
• 4th tone

Which tone is called the down tone?

• 1st tone
• 2nd tone
• 3rd tone
• 4th tone

How often is the tone mark placed above a vowel?

• Never
• Sometimes
• Always
• When there is no initial

True or False
There are 5 vowels in Chinese pinyin. It is the same that  there are 5 vowels in English.

• True
• False

List 6 countries that have Chinese as their official language.

• China, Beijing, Taiwan, Tibet, Mexico, Singapore
• Macau, Tibet, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Japan
• Macau, Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, 
• Macau, Tibet, Taiwan, Singapore, 

is a way to use Roman letters to represent the pronunciation of the Chinese characters

• Sanskrit
• Cuniform
• Calligraphy
• Pinyin