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From :   Sander

Date : 2008-10-17 / 10:29AM

hai, i am sander, i’m from holland (the Netherlands) (my englis is not very well) i really like the chinese languaits (what your speaking) (i told you my english was very bad :D) i have a question, what is the diffrent between mandrin and pinyin? withs one is the most used in china? greetings, sander

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher  
2008-10-17 / 11:15AM

hello Sander,

the difference between pinyin and Mandarin is: Mandarin is the overall language of Chinese,while pinyin is the spelling of the sound. Well, people speak diff. dialects in diff. areas. Mandarin is the standard one that is most frequently used in the country in cooperation with pinyin. By learning pinyin, you’ll be able to know how to pronounce the characters.

cheers.
Benny

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