Learning : The Eyes
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DannyAU

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 Daniel Liang-Parrey optusnet.com.au 
2008-11-14 / 08:24PM

Their eyes are quite similar! :)

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notveryrichboy

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 james southwick live.com 
2009-05-26 / 05:45AM

daniel, ur hilarious!

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thekikicd

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 kiri yahoo.com 
2009-07-01 / 10:01AM

i have a book called Chinese in Plain English, and it said that “eye” is yan, and that “yanjing” is eyeglasses… can someone give me an understanding of this because now I’m very confused on which is correct >.<

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-07-02 / 01:54PM
To : kiri

First of all, “yǎn jīng (first tone) = eyes” and “yǎn jìng (last tone)”.

Then let’s see the characters:眼睛 = eyes, 眼镜 = glasses.

As you can see that the second character is different. Therefore, those are 2 different phrases. But because the pin yin and characters are pretty similar, people usually get confused, especially for someone who can’t recognize Chinese characters

Also, “yǎn” is used for written mainly as eye.

Benny



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 ben walters davis.k12.ut.us 
2009-11-17 / 11:24PM

jace i love you too

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 mason davis.k12.ut.us 
2009-11-17 / 11:29PM
To : Johnny

you tow you should come to my houseit only costs 20$

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jessylan

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 Jessica Lan hotmail.com 
2009-12-13 / 05:11PM

I can’t see hanzi very well that is under the comic, Where can I see it bigger? Thank you!!!

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patrick

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 Dr. Tech askbenny.net 
2009-12-14 / 11:04AM
To : Jessica Lan

Jessica,

The Chinese (Hanzi) under the comic is part of the graphic and it is difficult to enlarge. For your reading, I have typed in the same text here.

莎尼:你喜欢我的什么?我不明白。
路易:莎尼,我喜欢你的眼睛。
班尼:让我告诉你这个是眼睛的意思。
莎尼:现在我明白了。谢谢你班尼。
莎尼:当然,路易。我喜欢你的眼睛!
路易:莎尼,你喜欢我的眼睛吗?

Regards
Dr. Tech

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 jessylan hotmail.com 
2009-12-14 / 01:34PM
To : Dr. Tech

Xie Xie =)

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