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Pink

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kayla yahoo.com 
2009-04-13 / 02:11AM

How do you say Hellokitty in mandarin? and Tinkerbell? and Happybunny? and cat?

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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 
2009-04-12 / 05:07PM

你好本霓我尊敬汉语老师、爱李萨小姐,

我在互联网找到了李白的诗
“黄运城边乌欲楼“
他们把诗给它翻译用英文。
http://www.chinese-poems.com
http://www.chinese-poems.com/lb13.html

Dear Benny, Alissia,

I found a site with Chinese poems with …

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Questions Owner
 ghada yahoo.com 
2009-04-11 / 09:09PM

what is the use of ’把“ 我不知道怎么使用?
谢谢你

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Questions Owner
 ghada yahoo.com 
2009-04-11 / 09:11PM

我的名字怎么写?in chinese

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wujianhao

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-23
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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2009-03-20 / 01:30AM

Ni hao Benny,
I was wondering would it be ok for me to let you look at some more of that poem? Xie xie ni!! :)

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hunza

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 hunzai gmail.com 
2009-04-11 / 06:38AM

1you break my heart 2 i am sad 3 i am happy 4 i will enjoy it 5 when you will come 6 why you will come 7 what is the reason that you are living here in china 8 this is my place 9 this is my second …

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hunza

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 hunzai gmail.com 
2009-04-11 / 06:29AM

i will wait for your response and how can i say (IT) in Chinese ? xie xie

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hunza

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 hunzai gmail.com 
2009-04-11 / 06:26AM

please translate these sentences 1 bring a cup of water 2 i am working in a call center 3 i have to go 4 i like you 5 i like drinking wine 6 can u please help me 7 i have to call 8 please call 9 wa…

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-25
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-04-11 / 01:18AM

I’m not sure how this translates into english 给我一首歌的时间. please help.
thank you

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-04-10 / 11:02PM

Benny,
what does 哥儿们 mean?

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fatema

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 fatema ali alsowaidi hotmail.com 
2009-04-10 / 07:13PM

hi miss.word
how are you ?
i have many question about chinese language , also i haven’t any word pls, help me.

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2009-04-10 / 10:28PM

hi benny, can i say fei2 ren2 for a fat person? or i must say pang4 ren2?

How do i say “he has gone fishing” in chinese?

thank you!

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 Emma gmail.com 
2009-04-09 / 05:56AM

Dear Benny,

First of all, I would like to thank you for your dedication in teaching all of us your language:-D
If you would be so kind to teach me how to say or write in pinyin and simplified C…

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wujianhao

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2009-04-10 / 08:53PM

The name of the poem is Wū yè tí

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wujianhao

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2009-04-09 / 11:01AM

Ni hao,Benny!
Here is the name of the poet 李白

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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 
2009-04-07 / 04:41PM

你好本霓我尊敬汉语老师、话小姐

们在海牙有一个中华街。有一天我走一走在
这儿里我看到一个在路面上边写的中国谚语说:
‘道可道非常道‘。
我不太理解这个谚语的意思,你可以
给我明白吗, 谢谢。

谢谢您。

万事如意

陆蓝克

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wujianhao

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2009-04-08 / 06:57AM

Here is the poem.

Huáng yún chéng biān wū yù lóu
Guῑ feῑ yā yā zhῑ shàng tí
Jῑ zhōng zhῑ jĭn qín chuān nü
Bì shā rú yān gé chuāng yŭ
Tí suō chàng rán yí yuăn rén
Dŭ sù gū făng leì rú yŭ

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wujianhao

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2009-04-08 / 06:25AM

Ni hao, Benny
Sorry for bothering you, but I found these poems from Li Po and I translated them. I was hoping if you can look and see if I’m about right with the translation.

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-04-08 / 02:19AM

Benny,
Is the correct way to say i’m inside my house “Wo zai li mian de jia”?

Does “wai mian” mean outside?

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 Chris gmail.com 
2009-04-06 / 12:08PM

I am interested in learning more local-sayings (proverbs). Such as:
1. You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily offend one in an hour.
2. When you have only two pennies left in …

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markodani1997

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-03-01
Language : Hungarian
Posts : 2
Responses : 2
Comments : 3
 Daniel Marko citromail.hu 
2009-04-05 / 05:25PM

hi benny.how do you say in chinese:I live in Hungary!

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shadenefood

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-04-02
Language : None
Posts : 3
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Comments : 2
 shadene hutchinson hotmail.com 
2009-04-05 / 11:05PM

are there any excersises that teach you abou the tone of the words?

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Stompalot

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-02-17
Language : None
Posts : 4
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Comments : 4
 Bob Jones hotmail.com 
2009-04-06 / 08:20PM

Ni hao Benny, I understand that “Jīn tiān nǐ qù nǎ lǐ” is how to ask “Where will you go today?” im just curious, if i want to change this to ask “where do you want to go today?” where abouts in the…

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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 
2009-04-07 / 04:41PM

你好本霓我尊敬汉语老师、话小姐

们在海牙有一个中华街。有一天我走一走在
这儿里我看到一个在路面上边写的中国谚语说:
‘道可道非常道‘。
我不太理解这个谚语的意思,你可以
给我明白吗, 谢谢。

谢谢您。

万事如意

陆蓝克

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laser2302

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-08-31
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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2009-04-04 / 06:30PM

Hi Benny,

What does the following sentence means:

在对美国短期利率未来走向的反应上,新兴资本市场的债券甚至要比美国国债更敏感一些。

Thanks!

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laser2302

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2009-04-05 / 07:35PM

Hi Benny, take a look at the following piece of dialogue that I picked from a Chinese TV drama:

我和尹丹从小就生活在同一个大杂院里
从我懂事起
又一块上小学 中学
我们都很清楚
对于一个没有背景
父母都是工人的家庭
想要有良好的前途
唯一的希望就是考上大学
八年前 …

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Chevere

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-12-01
Language : None
Posts : 19
Responses : 5
Comments : 6
 Shelby LaMonica yahoo.com 
2009-04-06 / 03:43AM

Is “吗“ always at the end of a sentence?

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hunza

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2009-01-28
Language : None
Posts : 22
Responses : 13
Comments : 1
 hunzai gmail.com 
2009-04-03 / 10:52PM

hi this is hunzai i am from hunza which is the northern part of pakistan .hunza touches china . my mother language is brushaski and i can also speak urdu and english i do not know what kind of di…

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martomc

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Martin Gerov 马厅 yahoo.com 
2009-04-02 / 01:06AM

你好 Benny,
I want to ask you how should i wish “Happy birthday” in chinese to my friend.I found somthing like 生日快乐.There is one more thing – her name is Zhu Guilan.Could you help me write this name…

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