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Have you ever come across "Difference between ...... and ...... in Mandarin Chinese." "How to say ...... in Mandarin Chinese" "What does ...... mean in Chinese?" Whether it's asking a question or answering the other, this is the place to share your Mandarin Chinese knowledge together.

mummie

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English, Mandarin Chinese, Thai
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 duang (马玲玲) hotmail.com 
2011-03-09 / 01:27PM

你好 老师
你好吗? 我很好. 今天在上海天气怎么样? (is it correct?)

你有很多钱. = you have a lot of money.
i make this sentence in Chinese is it correct?

谢谢

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mummie

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 duang hotmail.com 
2011-03-01 / 04:40PM

你好! 老师
你好吗? 在上海天气怎么样?
I have a question about meaning and how to use these words?
作 和 做.
谢谢
Duang

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2009-05-27 / 06:17PM
Chinese Mandarin Learning : Martial Arts   Learn

Abstract : Over hundreds of years, the practice of Martial Arts and it's many forms have been a defining element in shaping China's rich culture... learn the name of one of the most famous ones.

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markodani

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-10-18
Language : English, German, Russian, Hungarian
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 Daniel Marko citromail.hu 
2011-02-19 / 02:32AM

Benny, Is the Basic Mandarin Chinese, Shopping and Dining
Chinese course a cd?
I don’t know, how what’s that.
Thank you: Daniel Marko

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mummie

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English, Mandarin Chinese, Thai
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 duang hotmail.com 
2011-02-18 / 02:31PM

您好 老师
these words are the same meaning?
不客气 and 不用谢
and how use it?
谢谢
Duang

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mummie

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English, Mandarin Chinese, Thai
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 duang hotmail.com 
2011-02-16 / 04:27PM

您好 老生
您好吗?
I have a question again. If someone ask me “星期天你去…吗?”
How can i answer this question,
是,我星期天去。。。
or
是,星期天我去。。。

谢谢
Duang 

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mummie

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 duang hotmail.com 
2011-02-15 / 01:13AM

您好老师
我叫Duang 我是泰国人
认识您 很高兴
I have a question “哪里 and 哪儿” Are they the same meaning?
How difference?
谢谢

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prestari

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English, Indonesian
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 loetji yahoo.com 
2011-02-15 / 04:44PM

Nihao laoshi,

in films I watched I often heard " Ni gan shen me gui ? " since I know the meaning is “what are you doing” , I wonder what is ‘gui’ in this context, It isn’t ghost, is it ?

xiex…

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blaze

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 blaze yahoo.com 
2011-02-14 / 11:04PM

Nihao Benny,

I am confused about the general rule on discounts.
For example, how do you say 95% off? 2.5% off?
What is the difference between 夫妇 and 夫妻, 婚宴 and 婚姻 ?
Can we use them interchan…

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Aina

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 aina yahoo.com 
2011-02-12 / 06:09PM

hey, i have never really understood the use of the particle ba in a sentence please help! oh n btway asante sana benny(Thank you so much) for your cool chinese website, it is so helpful.

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Jovid

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 _-Xiaowei-_ mai.ru 
2011-02-07 / 01:21PM

hello Benny Laoshi.I want ask you what differents in buhaoyisi he duibuqi?xiexie ni!!!

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2011-02-02 / 03:17AM

你好本霓我尊敬老师,

我有一个问题.在荷兰有的人不会写和读因为
他分辨不出话的字母(DYSLEXIA – 诵读困难) .
[比如他看"COMPARISON"但是他读"CMOPRAISON"]
你们中国人不用字母所以我有问你你们在中
国有没有诵读困难的人?

万事如意

陆蓝克

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clau

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English, French, German, Spanish
Posts : 38
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 claudia calisti(claudita) tiscali.it 
2011-02-02 / 10:25AM

WEI BENNY LAOSHI : XIN 1 NIAN 2 KUAI 4 LE 4 !

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RobertVicencio

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
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 RobertVicencio gmail.com 
2011-02-03 / 02:42PM

Happy YEAR OF THE RABBIT ALL!!!

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Jovid

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : None
Posts : 3
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 _-Xiaowei-_ mai.ru 
2011-02-02 / 06:35PM

大家好。我叫小伟。我在孔字学院学习汉语。我学习汉九月。我的学习汉语很努力。我15岁了。
Benny 老是我人识你很高。谢谢你。

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Jovid

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 _-Xiaowei-_ mai.ru 
2011-02-02 / 06:41PM

hello Benny laoshi what does it men ??jing4sai4

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Learning Type : Micro-class Video
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2007-05-22 / 12:00AM
Chinese Mandarin Learning : Like Or Do Not Like   Learn

Abstract : We all have our preferences, so it's important that we express it. More importantly, when we are eating, we need to clearly tell people around us exactly what we like or don't like. Very useful!

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-11-08
Language : English
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2011-01-18 / 05:13PM

你好本霓我尊敬汉语老师,
我有一个问题

"为"在"带有星号()的项目为必填项目"有
什么意思? 可以说"带有星号(
)的项目是必填项目"
(为=是)?
谢谢

万事如意

陆蓝克

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thecman2000

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
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 charles sha.ca 
2010-11-21 / 04:43AM

I want to know how to sign up for the one to one classes…are they via Skype? How can I book a lesson? Are there lots of teachers available?

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2011-01-10 / 07:21PM

你好本霓我尊敬汉语老师,

我看到这首谚语.
我把它给它翻译成英文.
我的翻译好不好?
===

人生一连串的奋斗
追求理想有奋战不懈
坚持到底有恒则成

Live is a chain of struggles
to seek (your) ideal (you have to) fight bravely
(and) not waver (to) p…

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Gerard

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2010-09-19
Language : English, Spanish, Catalan, Gaelic
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 Jie Ran gmail.com 
2011-01-06 / 08:23AM

Hi Benny, and all his helpers :)

I need to get my head around this concept.

Wo ting – I hear Wo bu ting
Wo dong – I understand Wo bu dong – I don’t understand

Wo tingdong – I compr…

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thanhthu

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2010-12-21
Language : Vietnamese
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 xao qiu gmail.com 
2010-12-22 / 11:00PM

Thanks for yr help,-!!!
coul y help me to tell somthing in the past. eg: i did my homework.
and there are many tens in English. what about chinese.
how can i say something in the furure?
when…

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thanhthu

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2010-12-21
Language : Vietnamese
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 xao qiu gmail.com 
2010-12-21 / 10:06AM

i come from Vietnam, could you help me " how to make a sentence with wh question".
Thanks!

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kyaingminkhaing

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2010-12-16
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 min gmail.com 
2010-12-16 / 09:28AM

Hello! i want to study china language, i like this beautiful language.

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artmaniac

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
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 Hannah Artmaniac yahoo.co.uk 
2010-11-25 / 08:21PM

Benny, does this make sense?

小红:你最喜欢哪些国家?
大山:我最喜欢中国,我最喜欢中国人很友好,中国饭也好吃。我每年二零一零年去中国旅游。

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Stephen

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Stephen W hotmail.com 
2010-12-03 / 06:42AM

Hi Benny, I want to say, “Why are you always so happy?” Is this correct, “Nǐ wèishénme cónglái nàme gāoxìng?”

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laser2302

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Comments : 0
 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2010-11-23 / 02:19PM

The following dialogue is from a TV Drama 铁梨花 second episode (第二集). What does “没占上我的便宜” means in the following dialogue:

A:那天把你们放走以后,我表哥立马就让我去提亲,我真的不知道为啥

B:好,他让你去提亲,你干嘛不说我已经嫁给柳天赐了,你倒好,一听说我许配给…

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jmx624

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Responses : 8
Comments : 1
 jonson hotmail.com 
2010-11-20 / 10:34AM

I want to know how to tanslate the anciet Chinese poem into English
like:
    夜宿山寺
危楼高百尺,手可摘星辰.
不敢高声语,恐惊天上人.

By the way,i’m a Chinese,i want to express the wonder of Chinese poem to my fri…

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artmaniac

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
Posts : 23
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Comments : 0
 Hannah Artmaniac yahoo.co.uk 
2010-11-25 / 07:51PM

Benny………

how do you write in chinese….

what subjects are you studying?

(this question is to be asked at at primary school student)

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booklet

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
Posts : 3
Responses : 3
Comments : 0
 raymond alfred lopez yahoo.com 
2010-11-07 / 06:36PM

hi..benny can you teach me the rules on how chinese tone changes…plzzz…. :D thank you!

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