Sherif

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From :   Gorsian

Date : 2009-11-07 / 03:04AM

Hello Mr Benny ,

Is it right that this character 烟=yān ?

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joey

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 Joey askbenny.net 
2009-11-20 / 03:44PM
To : Gorsian

Hello Gorsian

ShangHai is so cool today, how about your city.

Before I answer why use 里 for 哪里, I want to know one thing,
because I think it can help me to answer your question.

Can you tell me why you always ask this kind of question.
‘Why use A not use B for …’. and A and B are same pronunciation,
like (里, 理),(烟, 燕)(机, 鸡). so can you give a short and clear answer
about why you ask this.

Joey



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Sherif

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 Gorsian hotmail.com 
2009-11-21 / 03:46AM
To : Joey

HELLO MR JOEY NI HAO MR JOEY ALSO :

YES YES ABOUT THE WEATHER IN THE CITY THAT I LIVE IN ( ALEXANDRIA ) THE WEATHER IS COLD BUT STRONG COLD YOU NAME OUR

WEATHER AS A REFRESHING WEATHER THE SUN IS RISING AND THE SKY

IS CLEAR BUT IN THE NIGHT IT BECOME COLDER AND COLDER OUR MAX

TEMPERATURE DEGREE IS ABOUT 15 TO 17 DEGREE AND MIN IS 8 IN THE NIGHT

I ASK YOU MORE QUESTIONS OF THIS TYPE BECAUSE MANY CHARACTERS

THAT HOLDING THE SAME PRONUNCIATION LIKE

阏 or 阉 or 腌 or 烟 or 恹 = YĀN OR ALSO THIS lǐ = 理 and 里

MAKE ME SOMETIMES FALLEN IN SOME PROBLEMS ….I KNOW WELL AND

VERY WELL THAT BY THE TIME WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THESE

CHARACTERS THAT HOLDING THE SAME PRONOUNCE IN OUR MIND

BECAUSE SIMPLIFIED CHINESE HAS LESS CHARACTERS THAT HOLDING

THE SAME MEANING RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL YOU CAN FIND IN

TRADITIONAL FOR EXAMPLE 15 YĀN WITH 15 CHARACTER SHAPE COMPARED WITH SIMPLIFIED THAT YOU FOUND ONLY FIVE INSTEAD OF FIFTEEN AS SHOWN : 阏 or 阉 or 腌 or 烟 or 恹 = YĀN

THE SOMETHING INTERESTING IN THAT THAT I HAVE CHINESE GIRL

FRIEND IN SHANGDONG PROVINCE IN THE NORTH EAST OF

CHINA HER NAME IS JIANG FAITH WHEN I ASKED HER ABOUT THE MEANING OF THESE :

阏 or 阉 or 腌 or 烟 or 恹 = YĀN SHE TOLD ME : Wait Wait Still

my the screen fit to me in my computer that Holding these

characters and their Meanings

THEN I TOLD HER YESS SO YOUR MIND DON NOT KEEP THE MEANING OF THESE CHARACTERS HA HA HA HA

THEN SHE TOLD ME THAT : he he he ooh you discovered me

THEN FINALLY I ASKED HER HOW CAN YOU KEEP ALL OF THESE

CHARACTERS SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE KEEPS ONLY ONE PINYIN

CHARACTER LIKE THIS 烟 = yān ONLY FOR YĀN AND THIS 台= tái

ONLY FOR TAI AND SO ON WITH ALL PINYIN CHARACTERS

TYPES ,,, SO TAKE YOUR TIME Mr JOEY WHEN YOU DON NOT HAVE TO REPLY ME DAY BY DAY OR EVERY DAY JUST KEEP IN TOUCH

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joey

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 Joey askbenny.net 
2009-11-22 / 09:10PM
To : Gorsian

Hi Gorsian

Thanks for you told me the weather about your city.

The question you asked me, why don’t use “理” for
“哪里”, the reason is simple, first, we try to
translate “哪里” to English, Most of books translate
it as “Where”, but I think “Where … at” is better,
as I told you before, “里” is a noun, means “inside”,
but it’s Chinese and Chinese Grammar, for English,
I think “里” need to be translated to “at”,

For example,
“你在哪里?” → “Where are you at?”,

Chinese people use a shorter form sometimes,

“你在哪?” → “Where are you?”

so, you can see “里” for “哪里” is same as “at”
for “Where are you at”, (I know, maybe some people
they think ‘Where are you at’ is incorrect, It should be
“Where are you”, anyhow, I just want to let you
know the meaning of “里” for “哪里”.)

now, I think you should know why we use “里”
for “哪里”.

and I am happy to help people to learn Chinese here,
so don’t worry my time, ok then, have a good day
and welcome to www.askbennychinese.com again.

Joey



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Sherif

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 Gorsian hotmail.com 
2009-11-23 / 04:20AM
To : Joey

NI HAO MR Joey HELLO MR JOEY

THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH CHINESE LANGUAGE IS Described as

cross-sectional Language Like Turkey Language And Tibet language

And Korean and Most Of ALTAIC LANGUAGES SOO OF COURSE THE

ARRANGMENT OF THE SENTENCES IS DIFFER THAN WESTERN LANGUAGES

LIKE ENGLISH ,, SO This 里 Means AT or INSIDE

AND ALSO THIS MEAN 里 = inside , in ,at

AND THIS ALSO MEANS IN OR AT : 在= in = zài

SO Mr Joey What About This 理 I notice that we use it in This Word 理 发 = lǐ fā Means Barber ( The Person Who Cut Hair)

Is We Use This 理 Because The Meaning if this 理 means TEXTURE?

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joey

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 Joey askbenny.net 
2009-11-23 / 09:38AM
To : Gorsian

Hello Gorsian

I think you understand ‘里’ very well now.

In Chinese, ‘理’ has 3 main meaning for a verb.

1.(管理; 办理) manage; run; deal with
2.(整理; 使整齐) put in proper order; tidy up; clean up
3.(表示态度; 表示意见) take notice of; pay attention to

For ‘理发’, ’理’means ‘2’.

Joey



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 Joey askbenny.net 
2009-11-23 / 04:59PM
To : Gorsian

btw, 理发 no means Barber, 理发 means ‘cut hair’.

Joey



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Sherif

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 Gorsian hotmail.com 
2009-11-24 / 04:55AM
To : Joey

NI Hao Mr Joey

理发 Yes So Google Translate About this Gives Wrong Yes so it means Cut Hair Good

OK THAT’s Good Mr/Mrs Joey I want To Talk a look on this Link

About Chinese Just look at it and Tell me your opinion

That I actually return to it as a reference In the Beginning I was Shocked But I am Happy Now HA HA HA The Link is shown Below:

http://www.mandarintools.com/cgi-bin/charlook.pl

Best Regards,

Gorsian ( Sherif Samy )

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joey

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 Joey askbenny.net 
2009-11-24 / 11:31AM
To : Gorsian

Hi Gorsian,

I think the link is useful for checking Chinese character, but not enough,
for example, you search ‘good’, you can see ‘好’ on first line,
but ‘好’ in Chinese has two main meaning,
1. “好”, “hǎo”, adj, means good. example: 很好. very good.
2. “好”, “hào”, verb, means like. example: 我好吃火锅. I like hot pot.

so, you can use it to check some simple information. but please remember
just ‘simple’.

Btw, I am Mr Joey, :)

Joey



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Sherif

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 Gorsian hotmail.com 
2009-11-25 / 07:26AM
To : Joey

HELLO Mr Joey Ni Hao Mr Joey ,,

Very Good To Hear from you That you See My Link That Contain the

Dictionary Yess JUST SIMPLE I Know Very Well That By The Time

We Can Keep And Differentiate Between The Different Characters

That Holding the Same Pronounce Because I noticed that In Mr

Benny Courses By Coincidental I found Two Different Characters Holding The Same Pinyin Pronounce and Differ In The Meaning Like For Ex : 鸡 = jī That refers To Meat Like 鸡 肉 = jī ru = chicken

机 = jī That also Refers to Machinery , 手机 = shǒu JĪ = Mobile

I noticed that these Characters That Give the Same Pinyin Pronounce and Writing From The Beginning Of Mr Benny Course Till Hour 9 That I am In it Now is Rarely So I am not
worried

Please Tell Mr Joey If You Know , I heard That China Have Some Other Languages Beside The Chinese Mandarin would You Mind Telling Me Some Names Of These Languages in China ?!!

With Many Regards

Gorsian

My Real Name : Sherif Samy

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 Joy Shen askbenny.net 
2009-11-25 / 11:03AM

Hi Gorsian,

Yes,it is right.

This 烟 means "smoke.mist.cigarette“.

Enjoy Learning Mandarin with www.askbennychinese.com

Joy

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