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chinachinaman

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2009-02-24 / 02:18AM

Does 南拳媽媽 translate into Mother’s Southern Fist or something else? They’re a taiwanese music group. Wo xi huan ta men de yin yue hen duo.

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-24 / 02:14AM

Benny,
What does “Tai bang le!” mean?

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-21 / 07:10PM

Benny,
how do you ask “do you want to play?”

Also how do you say “Cantonese” in mandarin?
xie xie, zai hui

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-21 / 07:13PM

Benny Lao Shi,
If i wanted to say “i will teach you” would “wo hui jiao yu ni” be correct?

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-22 / 06:52AM

Benny,
If i wanted to ask for one more chair could i say “ma fan zai ci yi zi”?

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-19 / 06:26AM

Benny,
what situations do you use 怎么了 instead of 为什么?

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-18 / 07:01PM

Benny,
I passed the green belt test to earn a blue but it does not show up. I am unsure how to exactly move through and establish myself.
麻烦帮我一下

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-18 / 03:32AM

does 满特别 mean very packed/busy?

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-12 / 02:49AM

Benny,
Ma fan zen me shuo "tradtional Chinese?
Simplified is “jian ti zhong wen” dui ma?

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-13 / 04:49AM

Benny,
Would “ye xu wo ying gai li kai” be the correct way of saying “maybe i shoud leave”?

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-18 / 03:04AM

would someone please explain the meaning of 听说?

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-17 / 03:54AM

Benny,
怎么样 & 你好嗎…are both of these equally polite to use when speaking to anyone? how about an adult?

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-17 / 03:51AM

Benny,
please tell me what the difference is between 收到 & 受到 and when it is appropriate to use each.
xie xie

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-13 / 06:58AM

can “ting jian” and “ting dao” be used in the same context or in different situations?

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chinachinaman

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2009-02-12 / 02:46AM

when is it correct to use 再说? does it mean let’s talk later? how would i use it?

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2009-02-07 / 06:08AM

would someone please tell me the difference between “zhe bian & zhe li”? also “wei xiao & xiao rong”?

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2009-02-06 / 04:19AM

Benny, is this a correct way of saying i was born in America? “who shi zai mei guo chu sheng de”

How about i just came from Canada? “wo shi cong jia na da lai de”
XIE XIE

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2009-01-21 / 04:57AM

Benny, please explain the difference between “看一下” “看看” “看到” and “看了” i’ve heard all of them used when someone is telling someone else to look.

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2009-01-24 / 04:53AM

您好 Benny!您最近怎麼樣?
i would like to know how to say “i’m meeting with friends”
xie xie

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2009-02-03 / 09:47AM

if i wanted to say “you should listen to these.” would this be correct? “zhe xie ni ying gai ting dao.”

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2009-01-27 / 04:06AM

“Ni Gui Xing” or “Zen me cheng hu ni” which one is more polite in certain situations and to whom should they be used towards?

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2009-01-17 / 04:30AM

how would you say these “let’s talk” “we’ll talk to you later” “don’t talk to me like that”? i’ve seen different ways of using “talk/speak”
保重

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2009-01-17 / 04:54AM

没有人要的孩子 does this mean “no one wants a child” or “child wants nobody”? the 要的 in that place kind of confuses me

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2009-01-07 / 08:03AM

how would i say “keep the change” like when paying the check?

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chinachinaman

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2008-12-20 / 06:51AM

how would you say “what happened?!”…還有 “we should hang out.”
谢谢!

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chinachinaman

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2008-12-15 / 06:53PM

which is the correct way of asking for a glass of water?
“ma fan gei wo yi bei bing shui” or “ma fan yi bei bing shui”

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2008-11-27 / 05:15AM

when stating the date like 11/26/08 someimtes i see “ri” and “hao” used for the day…when is the correct time to use these?

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2008-11-13 / 03:19AM

what is the format for making comparisons? like “you are better than me” “i am funnier than you”

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2008-11-13 / 03:06AM

how do you say one-fourth, one-fifth, one-third? is there a certain format to make it easy to do any number?

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2008-11-11 / 06:29AM

“shen me dong xi”
Ni ke yi yong ying wen shuo ma?

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