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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.

iwan

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-09-22
Language : Serbian
Posts : 10
Responses : 5
Comments : 0
 iwan hotmail.com 
2009-09-24 / 08:24PM

hi there,benny how to say “i love you very much” i like some girls at my school and i want to fascinate them…. thx

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iwan

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-09-22
Language : Serbian
Posts : 10
Responses : 5
Comments : 0
 iwan hotmail.com 
2009-09-24 / 08:30PM

and how to delete these messages from list “you just asked”

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-25
Language : None
Posts : 209
Responses : 78
Comments : 0
 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-09-24 / 06:37AM

Benny,
How can i say “we are willing to sit somewhere else”?
我们愿意坐在别处 is this ok?

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-05-01
Language : None
Posts : 92
Responses : 11
Comments : 0
 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2009-09-23 / 11:07PM

hello benny,

How do i say the following in chinese?

1) Are you interested to join my club?
2) The chicken wing is badly burnt
3) he deserved to win
4) Will you accept this job?

Thanks i…

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nico

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-03-28
Language : English, German, Spanish
Posts : 79
Responses : 16
Comments : 0
 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2009-09-23 / 07:22PM

你好benny你好吗? benny can you give examples with(yiqian)以前,(yihou)以后 and (ci)次 ok i wait your answer see you 谢谢 再见

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-11-08
Language : English
Posts : 111
Responses : 156
Comments : 12
 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2009-09-23 / 06:25PM

对不起我打错了,是"主的尊名起 "

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fvceleste

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-09-11
Language : None
Posts : 1
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 suzhoufan gmail.com 
2009-09-22 / 11:09AM

What does it mean when chinese people say something like “ai-o”? I don’t know the actual spelling, but people say it all the time, maybe for expressing some emotion.

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-25
Language : None
Posts : 209
Responses : 78
Comments : 0
 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-09-21 / 11:31PM

Benny,
Please tell me if this sentence needs correcting: 虽然我比你肥但是我比你跑快

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-11-08
Language : English
Posts : 111
Responses : 156
Comments : 12
 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2009-09-18 / 12:42AM

你好本霓我尊敬老师。

我去工作的时候我在荷兰报纸看到一张很有趣的短文关于荷兰的中国人。

我翻译这张短文从荷兰文到中文希望你看得懂我翻译什么。

关于LILLY WITTE人类学家 毕业的研究,第二一代荷兰的中国人觉得他们为了他们

的容貌不被荷兰人接受。

虽然他们是在荷兰生出来的也会说荷兰文说得非常流利和有很多荷兰朋友,
他们对本地荷兰人还是中国。WITTE 听到…

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sassou

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-09-17
Language : None
Posts : 3
Responses : 2
Comments : 0
 sassou yahoo.com 
2009-09-18 / 06:18AM

ni hao i have 2 questions 1)how can i say egyptien in chinese
2)how can i say good morning and good night in chinese
thank you

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nico

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-03-28
Language : English, German, Spanish
Posts : 79
Responses : 16
Comments : 0
 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2009-09-20 / 11:58PM

你好benny你好吗? then i want to assure something (yi ge) 一个 that is one is for example one thing(a car,a house,a friend,etc) only tell me if i’m right 谢谢, 再见

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nico

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-03-28
Language : English, German, Spanish
Posts : 79
Responses : 16
Comments : 0
 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2009-09-21 / 10:21AM

你好benny你好吗?, benny i want to know how to say house on mandarin (tell me is the same that apartment) and can you tell me how do you say (again) with pronuntiation and letters well i wait your answer…

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nico

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-03-28
Language : English, German, Spanish
Posts : 79
Responses : 16
Comments : 0
 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2009-09-21 / 12:31AM

benny i want to know what is the difference between 二 (er)and 两 (liang) in what case i must use this number, well i wait again your answer ok 下次见

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nico

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-03-28
Language : English, German, Spanish
Posts : 79
Responses : 16
Comments : 0
 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2009-09-21 / 12:22AM

你好benny again, benny i want to know how do you say in mandarin with letters and pronuntiation (girlfriend) well i wait you answer soon 谢谢 下次见

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thatswhatkelseysays

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-08-31
Language : English
Posts : 3
Responses : 20
Comments : 4
 Kelsey Branstrator msn.com 
2009-06-16 / 10:02AM

Benny, weishenme do we have to pay to just learn this useful language? I, like many others, couldn’t even afford the cheapest amount, just to learn. The best thing about this website was the fact t…

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nico

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-03-28
Language : English, German, Spanish
Posts : 79
Responses : 16
Comments : 0
 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2009-09-20 / 12:49PM

你好benny你好吗? i have a doubt i want to know in what cases i must use this word (yi ge) and (you ge) 一个 ,有个 ok i wait your answer soon 谢谢 下次见

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sassou

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-09-17
Language : None
Posts : 3
Responses : 2
Comments : 0
 sassou yahoo.com 
2009-09-20 / 07:25AM

ni hao i want to ask a question
how i say (happy feast) in chinese.thanks

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rppb

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-04-14
Language : English, German, Spanish
Posts : 25
Responses : 8
Comments : 2
 Carlos yahoo.com 
2009-09-16 / 11:21PM

Nin hao! Benny
Can you tell me please, how to say:

“Please don’t be dirty.Don’t spit on the floor”
Once again Thanks.

Carlos

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yingjie

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-07-16
Language : Mandarin Chinese
Posts : 1
Responses : 4
Comments : 2
 yingjie hotmail.com 
2009-09-18 / 09:01AM

Hi Benny,谢谢你的回复。我找不到我上次的留言了。这边好像是问题区。如果我留错地方的话很抱歉啊。
真的要谢谢你创办了这么好的一个学习中文的网站。
一年前,我教一个12岁的美国小男孩中文,无意中搜索到了你的这个网站。然后我就按着你的mini课堂的内容开始教他。很有效果。虽然没有见过面,但是他已经把你当作一个老朋友了。
后来我搬到了另一个州,也因为忙着学习,有段时间就没有再教他中文。…

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sassou

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-09-17
Language : None
Posts : 3
Responses : 2
Comments : 0
 sassou yahoo.com 
2009-09-17 / 08:46AM

hi a monthe ago i found a book his name was learn chinese i opened it the book said hello or hi meens ni khao but i saw when you spaeking you say ni hao not khao i want to know which word is corect…

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RobertVicencio

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-09
Language : English
Posts : 32
Responses : 193
Comments : 7
 RobertVicencio bennysland.com 
2009-09-14 / 07:31PM

I’M AN UNCLE!!!!! My sister gave birth to a baby boy!!!

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rppb

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-04-14
Language : English, German, Spanish
Posts : 25
Responses : 8
Comments : 2
 Carlos yahoo.com 
2009-09-17 / 08:45AM

Benny what does ‘nogn4’ mean in the sentence:

Don’t be dirty = bú yào nogn4 zāng

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-25
Language : None
Posts : 209
Responses : 78
Comments : 0
 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-09-17 / 04:04AM

Benny,
请问这个普通话怎么说 “this table is very sticky”?
谢谢!

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laser2302

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-08-31
Language : None
Posts : 148
Responses : 113
Comments : 0
 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2009-08-27 / 11:18PM

Benny, in what kind of situations do Chinese people use “好爽”?

Thanks!

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-25
Language : None
Posts : 209
Responses : 78
Comments : 0
 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-09-17 / 01:34AM

Benny,
How can i say “we have less than 1 minute left”?

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micah

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-05-04
Language : None
Posts : 46
Responses : 1
Comments : 0
 micahw hotmail.com 
2009-09-13 / 05:33PM

Nin hao Benny lao shi,

May I know what is the appropriate measure word to be used before the following objects:

1) A tree
2) A ball
3) A “slice” of chicken
4) A “bouquet” of flower

xie …

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nitaolgena

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-09-16
Language : None
Posts : 1
Responses : 0
Comments : 0
 nita yahoo.com 
2009-09-16 / 04:43PM

hello askbenny is it have to pay this lesson what going to do co’z i don’t have any credit bank. pls. let me know this payments tanks

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Sherif

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-09-15
Language : English
Posts : 6
Responses : 46
Comments : 4
 Gorsian hotmail.com 
2009-09-15 / 09:12PM

How Chinese people can Distinguish Between these Chinese characters when they read their local news paper ?

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dansdna

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-12-14
Language : English
Posts : 2
Responses : 1
Comments : 1
 Daniel_G live.com 
2009-09-07 / 01:31AM

What is the difference between 相 and 样?

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-11-08
Language : English
Posts : 111
Responses : 156
Comments : 12
 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2009-09-11 / 03:02AM

话小姐,本霓我尊敬汉语老师

你们好

我的同事送给我这个视频
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzZ414vOD8Q
我想在视频上的孩子说的是:
===

第一个女孩子: 今天我学习课我很开心
第一个男孩儿: 开心
第二个女孩子:今天我来到学校我开心
第三个女孩子: 我第一天来到学校我特别心烦因为我要当学校了那你…

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