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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.

janet

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Janet Evans gmail.com 
2008-06-23 / 03:48PM

Which part of China are you from Benny?

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micah

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 micahw hotmail.com 
2008-06-22 / 08:47PM

how to say “you play cheat” ? lol

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2008-06-22 / 05:12PM

你好话小姐

谢谢你的帮助。我翻译高适的诗用你和我中国互联网朋友李堃的帮助。我不知道我翻译这首诗翻译得好不好。

万事如意

陆蓝克

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旅馆寒灯独不眠,客心何事转凄然? 故乡今夜思千里霜鬓明朝又一年

A desolate hotel only one light doesn’t sleep Why does th…

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2008-06-13 / 10:15PM

你好话小姐

很久没有问你一个问题,但是现在我有一个
比较困难的。某人送给我这个中国诗:

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除夜作
高适

旅馆寒灯独不眠,客心何事转凄然?
故乡今夜思千里霜鬓明朝又一年
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你可以不可以告诉我这个诗的意思?
谢谢您。

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micah

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 micahw hotmail.com 
2008-06-20 / 11:15PM

how to say slippery, wet, and rough in chinese?

for example, “the floor is slippery/wet/rough” ??

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-06-19 / 12:12AM

sorry benny for the confusion, yup in my last post, i was trying to mean “i broke something”. how to say that in mandarin?

is it: wǒ zào huài le ?

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coky1

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 George F. Guevara yahoo.com 
2008-06-19 / 02:42AM

No changes have been made in my island coky1
I did both white and yellow skill test , and pass both

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TeachBrian

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Brian gmail.com 
2008-06-19 / 04:19AM

I got another suggestion.. I noticed in your micro classes (which are great btw) there is a very important part towards the end of the video lesson where you put your teaching to work in a real lif…

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 LadyLuck1337 youtube.com 
2008-06-19 / 02:26PM

Learning Mandarin is making want to bang my head against the wall. The tones are okay for me because I have a vocal background, it’s just all those tiny little words. I keep forgetting everything. …

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micah

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 micahw hotmail.com 
2008-06-18 / 09:44PM

hi jenny, first of thanks for your reply in my previous post but i thought tong4 ku3 means painful? and tong4 too means pain..so i am quite confused between their usage.. any idea on tht?

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anapriscilla26

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 anapriscilla26 gmail.com 
2008-06-13 / 08:29AM

ni hao miss word

how i can say “without you” ?

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 Diyerly youtube.com 
2008-06-18 / 02:51PM

hey i dont understand
someone tell me this
the tone changes
A 3rd tone, when immediatlely followed by another 3rd tone, should be pronounced in the 2nd tone.
and it changes at ni3 hao3
is ni2 …

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 a2b4c6d8 youtube.com 
2008-06-18 / 02:41PM

Benny, can I ask you, if you were to start learning a Chinese language, which would you recommend more and why: Mandarin or Cantonese?

Also, how do you write and know all the Chinese characters?…

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punammittal

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 punam mittal yahoo.com 
2008-06-17 / 11:05AM

hello benny
was wondering if u could tell me which busses could i use to travel from luban lu bus stop to….. qipu lu, yue garden, bund, pearl city, fabric mart,,,,i stay near luban lu
bus st…

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 SunshineAndJuice youtube.com 
2008-06-18 / 02:37PM

this is really helpful, my dad is trying to make a video, for english to chinese, as my step mum is mandarin. thanks for helping me to learn some chinese.

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whitemouse

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Vicki hotmail.com 
2008-06-17 / 09:09AM

How many points are there at each level?

dou shao dian zai mei lou
Not sure if my pin yin is correct.

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 Mozzy126 youtube.com 
2008-06-17 / 05:09PM

omg i want to learn chinese and cantonese so bad, but i find it so difficult to learn… i need some help askbenny..
i was thinking about going to chapters and buying a book dvd on how to learn ch…

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micah

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 micahw hotmail.com 
2008-06-17 / 10:55PM

when do i use tong4 ku3 and when only use tong4?

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2008-06-18 / 04:22AM

Hello Benny and everyone

I made a little Chinese story (学汉望荷). My daughter once asked me something about my own Dutch language, me being so busy with Chinese and Arabic forgot all about my own l…

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mayman17

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-06-14
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 Douglas Robert hotmail.com 
2008-06-17 / 11:44AM

hey benny i am getting ready to travel to toronto canada to teach the mandarin speakers there about my church. how will i tell them that i am a christan?

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 micmileshelle youtube.com 
2008-06-18 / 10:12AM

how do u say Good morning in chinese…im a bit confuse because some says that ZAO AN is good morning and some says other words…im really confuse….

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TeachBrian

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-06-09
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 Brian gmail.com 
2008-06-17 / 07:09AM

It would be cool if you could add a quizz/test for each specific lesson.. this would greatly help in learning I think?

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 cheekySEEKy youtube.com 
2008-06-17 / 10:00AM

i’m not sure what those marks are called so i’ll call them tone markers.

in ZHE GE and NA GE they all have tone markers pointing the same way but how come the GE tone is different in sound from …

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-06-16 / 10:18PM

how to say “i make it spoil?”

is it wǒ zào huài le ?

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 cheekySEEKy youtube.com 
2008-06-17 / 10:02AM

i find the R in mandarin hear. it’s like a mix between Y and R. i have no chinese speaking friends, so i can not have them teach me. can you teach us how to pronounce the R or even better go throug…

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-06-01 / 12:41PM

how to say ‘betray’ and ‘betrayer’ in mandarin? E.g:

1) You betrayed me

2) you are a betrayal

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zhongxiasen

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Ahson Shamaon hotmail.com 
2008-06-15 / 03:21PM

how was your day

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whitemouse

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Vicki hotmail.com 
2008-06-14 / 09:31AM

Ni Hao Benny Can you tell me the words for “wrong number” on the phone.

Thanks xie xie ni

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-06-15 / 01:03PM

instead of using huan2, can i use fǎn (返) for meaning ‘to return to’ ?

ex: nǐ hái méi gěi fǎn wǒ

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punammittal

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 punam mittal yahoo.com 
2008-06-13 / 10:40AM

dear benny…
ne hao…
im from india and have come to shanghai to spend the holidays with my daughter who works here…. just need your help to tkow the chinese name for CUSTARD ….. and slso…

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