Faculty of Management Studies (FOMS) “B”
University of Central Punjab
Exam
Mid Term (May 2021)
Course Name
Chinese Language
Course Code
CHIN 1003 (B)
Course Instructor
Muhammad Javaid Toor
Total Marks
20
Slot
0900 AM – 1030 AM
Time Allowed
90 Minutes
Date
May 21, 2021
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I.
Example
Choose the right option by tick (
) or Cross (X)
(3)
Zhōng guó cài
A
Chinese Food
B
1,
Shū
A
Reading
B
Book
2,
Yuè
A
Month
B
Year
A
University
B
School
A
Yesterday
B
Tomorrow
A
Weather
B
Mother
A
Price/Money
B
Queen
American Food
Xuéxiào
3,
4
Zuótiān
Tiānqì
5,
6,
Qián
7,
qǐ chuáng
A
To sleep
B
To get up from bed
8,
hěn hǎochī
A
Very Tasty
B
Not Delicious
9,
Fànguǎn
A
Restaurant
B
Visitors
10,
Xǐhuan
A
To like
B
To dislike
II. Tick (
) the right option for Translation of the following
1. Xiàwǔ ni xiǎng zuò shénme?
(A) What would you like to do this afternoon?
(B) What’s your name?
2. Wǒ xiǎng qù shangdian.
(A) I would like to drink water.
(B) I would like to go shopping.
3. Nǐ xiǎng mǎi shénme?
(A) What do you want to buy?
(B) Do you like to play football?
4. Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yībēi Bēizi
(A) I want to buy a cup.
(B) I want to buy a book.
5. Nǐ hǎo, zhège bēizi duōshǎo qián?
(A) Hi! How much is this pen?
(B) Hello, how much is this cup
(3)
III. Translate the following paragraph into English
(3)
Míngtiān shì xīngqíliù. Nǐ huì qù xuéxiào ma? Wǒ qù Xuéxiào. Nǐ qù
xuéxiào zuò shénme? Wǒ qù xuéxiào kàn shū. Nǐ xiǎng hē shénme? Wǒ xiǎng hē
chá. Nǐ xiǎng chī shénme? Wǒ xiǎng chī mǐfàn. Xiàwǔ ni xiǎng zuò shénme? Wǒ
xiǎng qù shangdian. Nǐ xiǎng mǎi shénme? Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yīge Bēizi.
Translation into English:
“Tomorrow is Saturday. Will you go to school? Yes, I will. What are you going to
do there? I am going to school for book reading. What would you like to drink? I
would like to drink some tea. What would you like to eat? I would like to eat rice.
What would you like to do this afternoon? I would like to go to a shop. What would
you like to buy? I would like to buy a cup.”
IV. Make interrogative sentences with words given below.
Shì, shéi, ma,
Shì:
shénme shíhou, zěnme, shénme
Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?
Which Country are you from?
Shéi:
Tā shì shéi?
Who is she?
Ma:
Nǐ bàba zài jiā ma?
Is your father at home?
Zěnme:
Zhège zì zěnme xiě?
How do you write this character?
Shénme:
Nǐ xiǎng mǎi shénme?
What do you want to buy?
Shénme shíhou: Wǒmen shénme shìhou qù diànyǐng?
When we are going to see movie.
(3)
V. Read the Sentences and choose the right words to fill in the brackets. (3)
Duōshao
A 多少
Jǐ
B
Example：
C
在
D
Bùshì
míngzì
不是 E
名字
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì (E)
你叫
1
几
Zài
什么（
E
）？
Wǒ Bùshì xuéshēng, wǒ shì lǎoshī.
我（ D ）学 生， 我 是 老师。
2
Lǐ lǎoshī de érzi Zài nǎr gōngzuò?
李老师 的儿子（ C ）哪儿 工 作？
3
Zhè ge bēizi Duōshao qián?
这 个 杯子（ A ）钱？
4
Nǐ jiā yǒu Jǐ kǒu rén?
你 家 有（ B ）口 人？
5
Nǐ huì xiě hànzì ma
你（ F ） 写 汉字 吗？
huì
F
会
VI. Translate the following word into English.
1 jiǔ yuè sānshí hào 九月 三十
2
， 号 30th September.
，
3 Mǐfàn 米饭
，
Rice
4
5 Xīngqí liù 星 期 六
6
， Saturday
， School
7 Yīshēng 医 生
8
， Doctor
， Puppy / Baby Dog
9 yǐzi xiàmiàn 椅子下面
10 sānshíliù suì 三 十 六 岁
，
36 years old
， Under the Chair
Kànshū 看 书
Reading Book
Míngtiān 明 天
， Tomorrow
Xuéxiào 学 校
xiǎo gǒu 小 狗
(3)
VII. Write a note on Chinese Language Pinyin system
(2)
Chinese is one of the oldest language in the world. It has been almost 6000 years
old and this language is still alive. There are almost 1.3 billion people who speak
Chinese language. Chinese language is pictographic language of the world. As we
talk about the alphabets of this language, there is no alphabets in this language but
it has 204 radicals.
To understand and learn this language, PINYIN introduced to. This language
been the five official language of UNO. The sentence structure is very similar to
that of English language like S V O.
Now further as we talk about Pinyin, This helps many people to learn Chinese.
In way that Chinese language is difficult to learn because Chinese language is in
pictorial form and some people's feels difficult to learn Chinese language.
Now as we talk about Pinyin that what is Pinyin?
In this IPA is for Chinese. English alphabets A, B, C, D is used to spell Chinese
syllables. It is the most crucial foundation for learning. Every Chinese character
has a specific syllable with a specific meaning even one Chinese character has
many meanings. The PINYIN is composed of three parts which include.
Syllable = Initial+ Final+ Tone.
This is the whole composition of Pinyin language.
The example of pinyin mentioned below:
yīshēng is the Chinese word written in PINYIN Means “Doctor”
Similarly, gōngzuò means work/job and Lǎoshī means Teacher