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micah

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2008-06-18 / 09:44PM

hi jenny, first of thanks for your reply in my previous post but i thought tong4 ku3 means painful? and tong4 too means pain..so i am quite confused between their usage.. any idea on tht?

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micah

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2008-06-17 / 10:55PM

when do i use tong4 ku3 and when only use tong4?

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micah

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2008-06-06 / 03:09PM

how to say ‘increase price’ ?

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micah

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2008-06-03 / 11:27PM

if I want to say ‘do you still need anything else’ would it be:

ni3 hai2 yao4 shen2 me ma?

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micah

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2008-06-02 / 08:26PM

Hi, how to say ‘stable’ in chinese? e.g:

1) his income is not stable

2) he is not holding the cup stable

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micah

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2008-05-31 / 01:14PM

how to say ‘pages’ as in “this book has 20 pages” for example?

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micah

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2008-05-31 / 12:00AM

how to say ‘heavy’ and ‘light’ (opposite of heavy) in chinese?

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micah

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2008-05-28 / 11:52AM

what is the diff. between kan4, kan4 jian4 and kan4 dao4?

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micah

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2008-05-21 / 02:19PM

hi, how to use the word xiang4, as in ‘towards’? xie xie

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micah

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2008-05-18 / 05:30PM

can i use ji3 duo1 for meaning “how many/much” instead of duo1 shao3 ?

for example: ji3 duo1 ren2/qian2 ?

is hao3 interchangeable with hen3? like, wo3 hao3 e4, wo3 hao3 lei4?

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micah

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2008-05-15 / 08:51PM

Hi, how do i use fa1 xian4, fa1 jue2 and fan2 nao3? how tell me some sentence examples on those words? xie xie

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micah

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2008-05-11 / 12:02AM

Hi what is zheng3 ge4? and how do i use it? thanks

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micah

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2008-05-08 / 04:03PM

hi, i know there are several words tht end with ‘zi’ like for instant, jing4 zi, xie2 zi , cha1 zi, and so on.. I would like to know if it is ok to omit those ‘zi’ instead when speaking? because i …

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micah

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2008-05-06 / 08:50PM

how to say the following words in chinese?

1) Save
eg: i want to save money
eg: i saved your life

2) repair/build something

3) hit lottery

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micah

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2008-05-05 / 02:27PM

is mian4 and lian3 interchangeable? if i wanna say “your face is cute” , do i say “ni3 de lian3 hen3 ke3 ai4?”

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micah

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2008-05-04 / 12:08AM

how to say “may as well” in chinese?

example: i may as well take use this way

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