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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.

zupsterlien

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-06-23
Language : English
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 hannahkim yahoo.com 
2009-06-27 / 12:50AM

hi,

benny im confused again..

if shì means yes
and bù means no..

why did you used both bù shì in this phrase..
“Bù shì, wǒ bù shì Benny.”?

thanks..

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beth3077

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-10-14
Language : None
Posts : 1
Responses : 2
Comments : 2
 Elizabeth Donaghue hotmail.co.uk 
2009-06-26 / 11:42PM

Benny Would you please consider putting the 汉字 in on the level tests? I always focus on learning charcters not the pinyin as im dyslexic and they are much easier to read and understand for me lol! …

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zupsterlien

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-06-23
Language : English
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 hannahkim yahoo.com 
2009-06-24 / 11:39PM

hi benny,

if Hěn, means very..

then why is that
“Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ.” means
Nice to meet you.

if i would translate that it means “very nice to meet you”..

what’s the logic behind…

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harveyyong

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-06-19
Language : English, Cantonese
Posts : 6
Responses : 5
Comments : 8
 Xavier yahoo.com 
2009-06-26 / 03:38PM

Hey Benny,

I just took the green belt test and still can’t get it even though I got 24 out of 24 correct. It’s a mystery to me!

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laser2302

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-08-31
Language : None
Posts : 148
Responses : 113
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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2009-06-26 / 12:34AM

Hi Benny, have a look at the following dialogue:

男: 你把你自己也铐上呗
女: 你有病啊
男: 你铐一个试试 我体验一下
女: 神经病

In the above dialogue, I don’t understand the sentence structure of “你铐一个试试”. “试试” here is a ve…

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laser2302

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-08-31
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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2009-06-26 / 12:27AM

Hi Benny, following is the dialogue from a Chinese movie:

男:你们平时铐犯人的时候
是不是一个手铐自己
一个手铐犯人

女:电影看多了

In the above dialogue is “手铐” a verb or a noun?

If it’s a verb, then why do we put 一个…

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clau

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-11-29
Language : English, French, German, Spanish
Posts : 38
Responses : 60
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 claudia calisti(claudita) tiscali.it 
2009-06-22 / 02:27AM

Hi Benny!to say “must” I find two words: yin gai and bi xu. what’s better? and what’s the difference of sense between the two?
thanks.
Other question: I have understood that if I don’t pay I …

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-11-08
Language : English
Posts : 111
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2009-06-21 / 09:38PM

你好话小姐

一个我的同时下月将结婚。
我要给她画一个祝贺卡,
祝她结婚快乐用中文,
你们中国人在这种场合用什么话?

谢谢帮助我

万事如意

陆蓝克

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2009-06-23 / 10:29PM

你好话小姐,

一个我个中国互联网的朋友写给我“你的画画很酷”。
酷有什么意思?它是不是比“太, 非常”的意思差不多一样?
我们荷兰人有一个话“verschrikkelijk = 恐怖” 但是
“verschrikkelijk mooi” 的意思是“非常漂亮”。

万事如意

陆蓝克

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zupsterlien

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-06-23
Language : English
Posts : 6
Responses : 9
Comments : 0
 hannahkim yahoo.com 
2009-06-25 / 11:59PM

hi,

benny im confused again..

if shì means yes
and bù means no..

why did you used both bù shì in this phrase..
“Bù shì, wǒ bù shì Benny.”?

thanks..

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-25
Language : None
Posts : 209
Responses : 78
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-06-25 / 11:45PM

Benny,
How can would i say “we will have a lot of fun” & “i had fun earlier”?

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zupsterlien

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-06-23
Language : English
Posts : 6
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 hannahkim yahoo.com 
2009-06-23 / 12:56AM

HI benny, can i ask what is the main language of the taiwanese??

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 shakilla yahoo.com 
2009-06-25 / 11:29AM

hi Benny..I still not understand how to count the money and pronouce the money. example $56.30(i still cannot understand how to pronounce that.)

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 shakilla yahoo.com 
2009-06-25 / 02:37AM

hi Benny…i have a difficult to learn money in mandarin language..can u help me?

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-06-24 / 02:29AM

Benny,
how would i say “this magnificent coffee place”?

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2009-04-01 / 12:00AM
Chinese Mandarin Learning : Starbucks Is Everywhere In Shanghai   Learn

Abstract : A common phenomenon that occurs in many westernized major cities around the world.

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clau

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-11-29
Language : English, French, German, Spanish
Posts : 38
Responses : 60
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 claudia calisti(claudita) tiscali.it 
2009-06-22 / 02:00AM

Hi Benny! I reached blue belt but now the site say me I cannot make the quiz to purple ‘cause I am a white belt!!why? and when I try to choice a course the site say me that’s not available! som…

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NickWaters

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-12
Language : None
Posts : 9
Responses : 39
Comments : 3
 NickWaters gmail.com 
2009-06-23 / 12:45PM

How do you say “Hail”? Like …“It was hailing today”

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 miranda hotmail.com 
2009-06-22 / 04:53PM

Hey mr. Benny,

How do I say, “I understand better than I can speak.”?

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n3arrows

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-07-19
Language : None
Posts : 1
Responses : 6
Comments : 7
 Endriean hotmail.com 
2009-06-22 / 08:14PM

Hi Benny,

I’m trying to pass for the green belt, but when I try to complete, it says I can’t do more than three times. When am I able to do it again?

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glevantis7

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-01-11
Language : None
Posts : 2
Responses : 1
Comments : 2
 glevantis7 hotmail.com 
2009-06-22 / 12:13AM

Hi Benny, i was just wondering if their is an actual level after passing the black belt exam. I pass it two times already one with 19/20 and the second 20/20 but i don’t get a new map or any change…

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ToshimiKira

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-24
Language : None
Posts : 12
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 Toshimi Kira msn.jp 
2009-06-22 / 06:15PM

I love this new version!

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harrypotter

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-06-18
Language : English
Posts : 1
Responses : 13
Comments : 0
 Harrypotter yahoo.com.cn 
2009-06-18 / 10:59AM

Hi Everyone,

My name is Jouni from Finland. I just came to Shanghai last week and decided to learn this language.

Jouni

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glevantis7

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : None
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 glevantis7 hotmail.com 
2009-06-20 / 09:07AM

Ni hao laoshi, ni zui jin hao ma?

I recently try to get my mandarin level up and i also studied in a local school. But unfortunately i did three times mistake in examination for the brown belt …

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Questions Owner
 claudita tiscali.it 
2009-06-19 / 09:48PM

Dear Benny: I’d like to suggest you to widen the test to grow of level.Why dont’ create an AUDIO test of understanding of speech in Mandarin?

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frank

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-11
Language : None
Posts : 13
Responses : 49
Comments : 4
 frank hotmail.com 
2009-06-19 / 03:30PM

Benny,

What’s the difference between “读书” and “看书”

Are those 2 both mean “reading”?

Frank

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newtype

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-06-18
Language : English, Japanese
Posts : 2
Responses : 24
Comments : 16
 mobilesuit yahoo.com.cn 
2009-06-19 / 03:42PM

May I know when to use “yao” and when you can use “xiang”.

I heard those 2 a lot and very confusing.

竹内

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2009-04-01 / 12:00AM
Chinese Mandarin Learning : Capital Cities In Asia   Learn

Abstract : Add more capital cities to your vocabulary! Here's a few popular business destinations! Which capital city did you recently travel to?

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : None
Posts : 92
Responses : 11
Comments : 0
 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2009-06-20 / 03:00PM

Hi benny, I am confuse here. Whats the difference between ji4 寄 and fa1 发?? when do i use those words?

thanks

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 claudia calisti tiscali.it 
2009-06-19 / 09:38PM

Dear Benny I have two questions.
1 when “wang” means to hope and when means to forget, as in “bu wang”the meaning is “don’t forget!”.
2 what is the difference of pronunciation in shi chuan (to t…

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