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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-10-07 / 11:28PM

hello benny, how to say:
“i treat him like he is my brother”

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-10-05 / 07:15PM

hello benny, how do i say this in mandarin:

1) the baby is crawling between his father’s legs
2) luckily, we managed to run away/escape in time

thank you.

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-29 / 09:01PM

benny, how do i say “serve you right”?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-27 / 10:26PM

benny, whats the diff. between tu1 ran2 and hu1 ran2? are they interchangeable?

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-26 / 07:07PM

nin hao, how do i say :
the police is chasing after the thief

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-25 / 02:59PM

hello again,

how do i say the following:
“it is raining now, please keep the clothes from the clothesline”

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-24 / 02:24PM

is this the right way to use cong2 qian2?
1) ni cong2 qian2 zhu4 zai4 na3 li?
2) cong2 qian2 ni3 zai4 na3 li gong1 zuo4?

and if i wanna say ‘drop price’ is it, xia4 jia4? thks

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-21 / 11:20PM

hello benny, how do i use the words, cong2 qian2 and an4 qing2?

also how do i say ‘hide’ in mandarin?
ex: please dont hide my stuffs

thanks

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-14 / 01:24AM

hello benny, how to say the following sentences:

1) would you like to coorporate with me for this project?
2) he is 2 times smarter than me
3) he looks high on me

thank you

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-04 / 02:22PM

are the following 2 sentences the right way to say “he is using my stuff”

1) ta1 zai4 yong4 wo3 de dong1 xi
2) ta1 yong4 zhe wo3 de dong1 xi

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-03 / 08:20PM

how do you say the follwoing:
1) Please reserve some food for him/her
2) why is the computer’s mouse not moving?
3) the room is too dark

thanks

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-08-23 / 11:57PM

Just practicing, is wo3 zheng3 tian1 du2 shu1 = i was studying whole day?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-08-08 / 10:58AM

benny, how to say ‘drop/decrease’? like for example ‘price drop’

and how to say ‘fall down’ ?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-08-10 / 11:57PM

is there other way to say ‘to waste’ besides lang4 fei4? like for example, waste time/money

how to say ‘please don’t frighten me’?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-08-04 / 12:36AM

benny, is there other way to say ‘last time’ besides shang4 ci4?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-07-18 / 03:06PM

benny, how do i use the words suo3 you3 and jin1 cai3?

If i wanna say ‘i want to change my class to other day’ , is it ‘wo3 yao4 huan4 wo3 de ke4 qu4 qi2 ta1 tian1’ ?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-07-17 / 05:10PM

how to say ‘run away’? and if i wanna say ‘change to’ is it ‘huan4 qu4’ ?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-07-13 / 12:38PM

how to say ‘crawling under’ ? e.g: he is crawling under the table

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-07-07 / 09:19PM

whats the diff. between bì (闭) and guān (关) ? since they both mean ‘to close’.. when do i use one or the other word?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-07-03 / 08:04PM

whats the diff. between bì (闭) and guān (关) ? since they both mean ‘to close’.. when do i use one or the other word?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-07-02 / 08:33PM

if i wanna say ‘car accident’ is it zhang4 che1 ?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-06-30 / 07:41PM

benny, whats the diff. between zen3 me and wei4 shen2 me?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-06-23 / 09:49PM

benny, ni hao, i am confused on how to use xuǎn zé , tiāo xuǎn, tiāo and xuǎn alone.. care to explain how and when to use each words above? would be great if you can provide some sentence examples….

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-06-19 / 12:12AM

sorry benny for the confusion, yup in my last post, i was trying to mean “i broke something”. how to say that in mandarin?

is it: wǒ zào huài le ?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-06-16 / 10:18PM

how to say “i make it spoil?”

is it wǒ zào huài le ?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-06-01 / 12:41PM

how to say ‘betray’ and ‘betrayer’ in mandarin? E.g:

1) You betrayed me

2) you are a betrayal

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-06-15 / 01:03PM

instead of using huan2, can i use fǎn (返) for meaning ‘to return to’ ?

ex: nǐ hái méi gěi fǎn wǒ

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-05-28 / 08:32PM

Hi, how to say the following in chinese?

1) The price is not worth it

2) Later want to play badminton together?

3) Opposite word of chòu (臭)?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-05-24 / 06:12PM

Hi, what is the diff between gong1 zuo4 and zuo4 gong1? In cantonese, we use zuo4 gong1 to mean ‘to work’

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-05-11 / 08:03PM

hello, whats the difference between ‘mai bu qi’ and ‘mai de qi’ ?

How do i say “deep” in chinese? for example: the swimming pool is very deep?

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