Question Words (pinyin)

Question 1

How big?

Answer 1

duōdà

多大

Question 2

How old? (people)

How old are you?

Answer 2

duōdà
多大

nǐ duōdà le？
你多大了？

Question 3

How is … (What do you think)

How is today’s weather?

Answer 3

zěnmeyàng？
怎么样

（nǐ juéde）jīntiān de tiānqì zěnmeyàng？
（你觉得）今天的天气怎么样

Question 4

Why?

Why do you come to Beijing?

Answer 4

wèi shénme？
为什么？

nǐ wèi shénme lái běijīng？
你为什么来北京？

Question 5

Think statement may be true, not sure

Your name is Jim, (right)?

Answer 5

ba？
吧？

nǐ jiào Jim, ba？
你叫 Jim 吧？

Question 6

Have no idea whether statement is true

Are you hungry?

Answer 6

ma？
吗？

nǐ èle ma？
你饿了吗？