Chinese For Dummies (80 page)

qīzhōng kǎo
期中考
(chee-joong kaow) (
midterm
)

suí tǎng cèyàn
随堂测验
(
隨堂測驗
) (sway tahng tsuh-yan) (
pop quiz
)

wénzhāng
文章
(wuhn-jahng) (
essay
)

Wǒ děi xiě yìpiān wénzhān.
我得写一篇文章
. (
我得寫一篇文章
.) (waw day shyeh ee-pyan wuhn-jahng.) (
I have to write an essay.
)

zuì hòu qīxiàn
最后期限
(
最後期限
) (dzway hoe chee-shyan) (
deadline
)

After you've studied hard and taken that
kǎoshì,
you may want to ask your
tóngxué
同学
(
同學
) (toong-shweh) (
classmate
) one of these questions:

Nǐ déle jǐfēn
?
你得了几分
? (
你得了幾分
?) (nee duh-luh jee-fun?) (
What [grade] did you get?
)

Nǐ kǎobù jígē ma?
你考不及格吗
? (
你考不及格嗎
?) (nee kaow-boo jee-guh mah?) (
Did you fail?
)

Nǐ kǎode jígē ma?
你考得及格吗
? (
你考得及格嗎
) (nee kaow-duh jee-guh mah?) (
Did you pass?
)

Degrees and diplomas

When you're finally done with all the
xuéxí
学习
(
學習
) (shweh-shee) (
studying
) and you're ready to
bìyè
毕业
(
畢業
) (bee-yeh) (
graduate
), it's a great day. All that hard work has paid off and you're ready to get your
g
ā
ozhōng bìyè wénpǐn
高中毕业文凭
(
高中畢業文憑
) (gaow-joong bee-yeh wuhn-peen) (
high school diploma
) or a
dàxué xuéwèi
大学学位
(
大學學位
) (dah-shweh shweh-way) (
college degree
), you can rest assured that everyone's very proud of you. Here are some of the degrees you may be getting:

xuéshì
xuéwèi
学士学位
(
學士學位
) (shweh-shir shweh-way) (
bachelor's degree
)

suòshì
xuéwèi
硕士学位
(
碩士學位
) (swaw-shir shweh-way) (
master's degree
)

bóshì
xuéwèi
博士学位
(
博士學位
) (baw-shir shweh-way) (
doctorate
)

fǎxué bóshì
法学博士
(
法學博士
) (fah-shweh baw-shir) (
Juris Doctor
)