nara2nad

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From :   nadeen sofia

Date : 2008-05-04 / 11:57PM

“ni zhen me hui dui wo zhe yang” ..??
and…
wo hao xiang ni,means..i really miss u,rite?
ta hao sinian wo men…she/he misses us…is dis correct? —→is the sinian word correct?">

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Jenny

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 Jenny Li hotmail.com 
2008-05-05 / 11:59AM

You are right.
Both “si1 nian4” and “xiang3” mean miss in English. But the latter is more oral

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-05-05 / 12:48PM

si nian is a very formal word for “to miss” in Chinese.

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nara2nad

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 nadeen sofia yahoo.com 
2008-05-05 / 01:21PM

oh…really? but people tend 2 use xiang rather than si nian rite..hehhe
hao!
xie2 nie men:)

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