Ni hao Benny, this is another interesting lesson, I like them all. I would like to ask if “yī diǎn” can be used with other adjectives as well? I mean does “mei yī diǎn” mean “more beautiful”?
Xie xie,
Luca
(this is my first name, in Hungary the same name order is used as in China)

That is quite useful one. I remember my several experiences at a barbershop in China :) … I was always trying to explain with gestures, but there’s one phrase that I learned and was the most useful (and not just in this particular case) – ‘yi dian"… just keep repeating that until you get closer to what you want!
An I must say it’s rather difficult to find a barber in China that will not be afraid to cut shorter, and they all tend to haircut in “sweedish boy” style. Awful!
But there’s one part I like about getting your haircut in China – head massage!

Ni hao.
Zen me yang shuo “scissors” ?
And what about “hair” ?
Xie xie

Hi benny! I noticed that for "I need a haircut is “wo yao li fa” but isn’t it “wo xu yao li fa”? I just want to make sure I have it down correctly. xie xie!

to zouheir: i have a chinese friend who encouraged me to study mandarin..one time, i wanted to impress him about my improvements through writing something for him in mandarin. like xie xie. apparently, he was not able to understand until i said the words. but there were also times that he was able to understand ni hao, and wanshang hao, (i guess it was because the pronunciation was closed to english). so, i could say that not every Chinese understands pinyin and the symbols we use to indicate tones. if you still cannot write chinese characters like me, we better speak than write to them..

Hi there, could anyone tell me how to ask in Chinese if you want your hair straightened? Last time in China, I asked with a lot of gestures, and eventually they understood, but still.. it would be nice to know the correct words :)

xiexie nimen!