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From :   Paul

Date : 2009-07-14 / 03:33PM

你怎么样? Cool site! Wow, I just found your youtube site and I must say this is cool as heck. Anyway, my question is, when you’re watching TV or listening to radio, how can I say change the channel or the station. Also to turn on and off an electronic device such as tv, radio, dvd player, car,motorcycle, and etc.

P.S. cool site again!

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huaweiwang1981

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 wei hotmail.com 
2009-07-14 / 09:27PM

thank you first ,i think this is a nice site,too .

change the channel or the station in chinese we say 换台huan tai
turn on and off an electronic device we say 开 kai关guan
we also say 打开 da kai (turn on) ,关掉 guan diao(turn off)

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-07-14 / 10:45PM

Hi Paul,

Welcome to Bennysland.

Just like “wei” said:

Change channel = huan4 tai2

turn on = kai1/ da3 kai1

switch off = guan1/ guan1 diao4

Any questions, just askbenny!

Benny



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