nico

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From :   Nicolas Vanegas

Date : 2008-10-05 / 08:28AM

hi benny how are u?? hey i’ve a doubt about xū yào (需要) and yao (要) because in the lesson of the haircut say that wo yao li fa is i need a haircut and wo xu yao ka fei is the same i need coffe then when i must to use (xu yao) and (yao) ok i wait soon your answer ok xie xie zai jian

nico

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-10-05 / 08:35AM

Hi Nicolas, the standard meaning of “要/需要” is “need and to want”, however in the oral Chinese “要” could be used as “需要”

Benny



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