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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.

bestfriends

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 hannahutako yahoo.co.uk 
2008-10-03 / 01:26AM

what is work in mandarin

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Experience
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2007-11-28 / 07:07PM
Chinese Mandarin Learning : Functions Words   Learn

Abstract : More and more, you will start to realize that function words such as 'even', 'even if' or phrases like 'as long as', are important in communicating in Mandarin!

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laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-10-02 / 12:00AM

The Benny’s Pad is really good, very helpful in learning about different objects in your house and garden. It would be great if you could also add a voice to each object clicked; that would help a …

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laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-10-01 / 11:36PM

Hi Benny! Take a look at the following part of a sentence……

邱晓华指出,要清醒地看到中国经济存在的问题仍然不少:就深层问题而言,农民收入增长较慢………..

Can you tell me what does 而言 means in the above sentence. I think 就…而言 …

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Pananaue

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 Mezudy Afril hotmail.com 
2008-10-01 / 01:26AM

Ni Hao! I would just like to ask for some common prepositions such as le, de and ba. How and when do i use them?

Xiexie! xi wang ni keyi bang wo!

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2007-11-28 / 07:36PM
Chinese Mandarin Learning : Learn What to Say When Making New Friends In the bar   Learn

Abstract : Making new friends is always exciting! Usually going to bars or clubs are the best ways in which to meet beautiful girls and good looking guys all dressed up and set to impress! Join me and lets chill with the coolest of them all!

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-09-30 / 08:29PM

Hi Benny long time how are you my friend? How is the weather in China. I was wondering is it possible for you to put a dicionary on this site.
many thanks Benny:)

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RobertVicencio

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 RobertVicencio bennysland.com 
2008-09-30 / 02:10AM

What does this mean :

不错的作品啊,支持!

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RobertVicencio

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 RobertVicencio bennysland.com 
2008-09-30 / 02:14AM

And please translate what this means?

你看得懂中文嗎!!?
好驚訝這麼優秀的人會願意這樣逛別人的部落格!謝謝你來我的空間,我覺得很榮幸!!
希望有一天能像你一樣這麼優秀!!
能導能演>"<我會支持你的作品的:P
祝你一切順利 !haha~

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-09-30 / 08:29PM

Hi Benny long time how are you my friend? How is the weather in China. I was wondering is it possible for you to put a dictionary on this site?
Thanks a lot Benny

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-09-30 / 08:29PM

Hi Benny long time how are you my friend? How is the weather in China. I was wondering is it possible for you to put a dictionary on this site?
Thanks a lot Benny

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wujianhao

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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2008-09-30 / 06:40AM

Ni hao, Can you give me the characters to my previous question?!

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wujianhao

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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2008-09-30 / 06:39AM

Ni hao Benny!! Can help me big time. I am having a vote of registration drive at my school and the title is called Vote or Shut up…no vote… no voice. I need to know how to say that *shut up can…

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-29 / 09:01PM

benny, how do i say “serve you right”?

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drmmhmd

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 da mao houzi yahoo.com 
2008-09-29 / 04:49AM

these math questions are too easy,
what do yu tink of harder questions for each ranking coloured belt.

I think the balck belts should have to do fracile equations and quantum loop gravity physics

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fr33soul

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 JJ 163.com 
2008-08-09 / 10:34PM

Hi Benny,I’m a white English teacher here in China.I Need to know how do I tell my students things like: “please pay attention”, or "this is important, so please listen, etc,

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-09-27 / 12:10AM

hello benny, nin hao!

I would like to ask- can i say wo3 xian4 zai4 zai4 xue2 xi2 instead of wo3 zheng4 zai4 xue2 xi2?

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 Zoelouisefiske youtube.com 
2008-09-27 / 03:18PM

Ni hao benny!
I just started learning mandarin today. However all I can say is my basic verbs and feelings! But thankyou so much, your videos will allow me to learn mandarin quickly!
And then i w…

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 Carina04np youtube.com 
2008-09-27 / 03:22PM

Wassup, i waz checking over here, and i stumbled upon your lil’ site. You seem to be a very remarkable hombre, but Im quite inexperienced at this site, and don’t really know what’s with this site. …

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 rancidx3 youtube.com 
2008-09-27 / 03:29PM

Hi Benny,

I was just wondering how useful learning traditional chinese characters are. I learned some in school and realized that I can’t read a lot of your words because they are simplified. Sh…

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-27 / 10:26PM

benny, whats the diff. between tu1 ran2 and hu1 ran2? are they interchangeable?

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 sharkster1969 youtube.com 
2008-09-27 / 06:34PM

The best so far Benny. Confusion over “have time” (yǒu kòng) and shí jiān near the beginning for some but easy to understand!
Fantastic ! 5 stars.
S.

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 mobilelizard youtube.com 
2008-09-27 / 03:48PM

Hi I like your vids. I’m looking for interactive Chinese learning with audio. Can you recommend me something? Thank you.

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 godofcereal666 youtube.com 
2008-09-27 / 03:43PM

hi Benny,
my name is martin healion, im 17 years old and live in ireland.
i have been watching your videos from the start and i am doing chinese as my third language in school.
there is a man in…

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 mobilelizard youtube.com 
2008-09-27 / 06:11PM

Benny , can you add “adjective” vids? Cool vids, BTW.

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drmmhmda

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Michael Howatt yahoo.com 
2008-09-20 / 04:08AM

I am always confused as to why people who are learning the language write “pinyin” with no tone markers. Pinyin was not designed to be used as a written language but to standardize phonetics for ch…

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drmmhmd

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 da mao houzi yahoo.com 
2008-09-26 / 07:07AM

轻松
gentle

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-09-26 / 07:07PM

nin hao, how do i say :
the police is chasing after the thief

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nelfie

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 nelfie googlemail.com 
2008-08-23 / 03:27AM

Hi Gabriel, In the UK we learn special techniques for singing in different styles; for example folk or opera. Are singers in China trained to sing in a specific way? For example, how are opera sin…

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laser2302

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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2008-09-26 / 01:06PM

Hi, Benny. Please take a look at the following paragraph:

邱晓华在中国民营经济发展分析会上说,目前中国经济存在一些投资失控和商品价格上涨较高的问题,但总体看既要防“通胀”更要防“紧缩”,要在两个方面采取措施消除可能带来的问题。

I don’t understand this part "但总体看既要防“通胀”更要防“紧缩”…

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