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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.

laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-10-09 / 12:26PM

Benny, have a look at the following piece of dialogue from some Hong Kong gangster movie:

谁碰他我就干掉谁

The above sentence can be literally translated as:

“who touches him, I will kill who”

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 Merknilash youtube.com 
2008-10-09 / 11:37AM

I am dating a Chinese-American who speaks Mandarin and English fluently.

I am American and I wanted to learn some Chinese for her.

Your lessons were very helpful – thankyou :)

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 mjay22 youtube.com 
2008-10-09 / 10:59AM

Hi Benny. Thanks for posting the Basic Mandarin phrases here on Youtube. It is helpful and much easier to learn the language rather than reading it out from the phrasebook. Of course, like any othe…

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 slicerguitar youtube.com 
2008-10-09 / 10:47AM

Thanks a lot for these videos, Benny. 谢谢。 Could you please make some videos where you explain how the Chinese grammar works? There are a lot of videos about Chinese here on youtube, but almost none…

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jessylan

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 Jessica Lan hotmail.com 
2008-10-08 / 12:03PM

Nihao Benny, I want to know
the plural forms in the things.
For example DOG -DOGS.

Long (dragon) and other words
in plural

xie xie

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laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-10-08 / 04:36PM

What does 即 means in the following:

但火箭升空后不久即发生故障

What ’s the point of putting 即 here? Can we also ignore 即 and simply say: 但火箭升空后不久发生故障

Here’s the context:

千龙网讯据日本共同社报道,当地时间11月29日13时…

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issac

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 shane williams hotmail.com 
2008-10-08 / 04:00AM

hey, ni hao
i was wondering how you say negative things like i am not good?
xie xie

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-10-07 / 11:28PM

hello benny, how to say:
“i treat him like he is my brother”

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nico

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 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2008-10-05 / 02:08PM

hi again benny sorry by disturb you again but i’m very confusing in which occasions we have to use shi (是) i saw in some sentences and in others no then when use ok see you zai jian

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nico

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 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2008-10-07 / 06:11AM

hi benny how are u?? hey i have a doubt but today is not about the learning well i want to know how i can answer to the users that write me in the answers of the scrapbook well i wait your answer s…

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 kdayuni youtu.com 
2008-10-06 / 05:26PM

how to say in chinese?
I’m doing fine
Pls :-)

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 markanddana youtube.com 
2008-10-07 / 02:09PM

ni hao! ni hao ma? wo jiao Dana. gan xie ni jiao wo.

ni shi wei da de

I hope I said all that correctly, I am still learning :)

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laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-10-07 / 12:48PM

Benny, I have another question. What does 打催 means in 打催醒药. Below is the context:

其父说,昨天14时10分,王希说很困想睡觉,到16时10分左右再去看他的时候,却发现他一直昏睡不醒,后来便呼叫了999。999急救医生到现场之后发现了3个安眠药的盒子,便马上给处于昏睡状态的王希输液、打催醒药、做心电图,并随…

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Ducky2

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 Chris swbell.net 
2008-10-06 / 01:33AM

Ni Hao Benny!!!
I was wondering, on the example of “How did you like the movie?” when you say the question you don’t say “ma” at the end. I thought that “ma” at the end of a sentence makes it a q…

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Angelina

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 Angelina gmail.com 
2008-10-07 / 03:03AM

Great to meet you here Benny… I have always wanted to Learn Mandarin

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NickWaters

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 NickWaters gmail.com 
2008-10-07 / 02:54AM

Hey everyone! Daisy has her own blogs!!! Thought you all may want to know!

http://www.askbennychinese.com/af/detail/1640?af=DaisyDay

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ToshimiKira

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 Toshimi Kira msn.jp 
2008-10-07 / 02:40AM

Long time see benny… Please let me know when you are going to have the new version of your website! I can’t wait!!!

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Dazza

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 Daren Yip gmail.com 
2008-10-07 / 02:59AM

Thanks Nick for the pointer! Yeah… Daisy Day Blogs… very cool!

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 jorgeoto youtube.com 
2008-10-06 / 01:36PM

ooo i love your videos benny, i was wonder if you can make ahversion of happy birthday in chinese, i belive is something like zhu ni shengri kuai le, felicitaciones desde chile!!

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 boluda666 youtube.com 
2008-10-06 / 04:46PM

hi, your vids are great, I’ve just started to learn Chinese and they’re very useful, helping me a lot. Do you suggest follow any vid’s order (chornological…)?
In any case Thanks a lot!!!

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laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-10-05 / 11:03PM

Hi Benny, this question is related to my previous questions, there are still somethings that I’m not clear about, once again take a look at same sentence:

 邱晓华说,明年中国经济增长的国际环境将好于今年,为中国承接世界产业转移、吸引…

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Bellzell123

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 Xuan yahoo.com 
2008-10-03 / 12:52AM

Ni hao Benny, since you guys are going to improve the website, can you please put both the traditional and simplified character? You see, I’m learning Chinese in school right now and we have to lea…

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Bellzell123

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 Xuan yahoo.com 
2008-10-03 / 12:45AM

Ni Hao1 How do you say,“she have blond and curly hair?”

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-10-05 / 07:15PM

hello benny, how do i say this in mandarin:

1) the baby is crawling between his father’s legs
2) luckily, we managed to run away/escape in time

thank you.

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nico

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 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2008-10-05 / 01:57PM

hi benny how are u?? hey what is the exact meaning of de (的) i think that is my but some sentences are confusing me then i need to know in which cases i must use de ok? see you benny zai jian

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ranife

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 Rani gmail.com 
2008-10-05 / 04:08AM

how do I take the courses?

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nico

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 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2008-10-05 / 08:28AM

hi benny how are u?? hey i’ve a doubt about xū yào (需要) and yao (要) because in the lesson of the haircut say that wo yao li fa is i need a haircut and wo xu yao ka fei is the same i need coffe then…

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laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-10-05 / 12:53AM

Hi Benny, take a look at this sentence:

 邱晓华说,明年中国经济增长的国际环境将好于今年,为中国承接世界产业转移、吸引国外投资等提供相对有利条件。

Please tell me what this part means “明年中国经济增长的国际环境将好于今年,为中国承接世界产业转移”?

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