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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.

bluebikes808

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 houdini patrickheitkam.com 
2008-05-26 / 08:10AM

Hi Van
The F.I.S.M. 2009 World Championship of Magic will be held in Beijing July ’09. Magicians will visit from all over the world to compete and hang out. It is like the Olympics of Magic and …

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MsKim

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kim Manley aol.com 
2008-05-25 / 09:18PM

what brand name watch is popular with young ladies in China today?

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philo

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Philo Airiohuodion yahoo.com 
2008-05-21 / 04:58PM

i get confused when trying to compose long sentences in mandarin. sometimes the rules are not followed completely,why?
secondly there are some sentences with time appearing in the middle of the se…

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-05-24 / 06:12PM

Hi, what is the diff between gong1 zuo4 and zuo4 gong1? In cantonese, we use zuo4 gong1 to mean ‘to work’

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msmaokai

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 kat Joy hotmail.com 
2008-05-24 / 01:28PM

hi again benny. can i ask what countries does mandarin used? i mean like in canton(cantonese) and is mandarin/hokkien/fookien/pinyin/taiwanese are thesame?

:)
jaiyo

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daisidini

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Destiny Eaker yahoo.cn 
2008-05-23 / 11:09PM

You are so helpful! xie xie nin!

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CHINA1245

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 jacob robert forman aim.com 
2008-05-24 / 12:02PM

I dont get what those points mean. for my white belt

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jrcey

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 joy gmail.com 
2008-05-23 / 09:32AM

Hi Benny! Can we also say “Nǐ jué de zěn me yàng?” for how do you feel?

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 Jimy hotmail.com 
2008-05-23 / 11:19AM

你好benny!
我是jimy.
你可以帮我妈
i’d like to know how must i say:
I am studing 普通话.
how’s present continuos formed?
thanks guy! very cool your job. continue.

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DAGSTER

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-05-23 / 08:32PM

Hi Benny how are you? How do chinese people clelebrate birthdays? What is the best way to celebrates a chinese person birthday?

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coky

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 George Guevara yahoo.com 
2008-05-22 / 11:39PM

still cant see green
help

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daisidini

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Destiny Eaker yahoo.cn 
2008-05-23 / 03:57AM

How would I say “take care”?

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msmaokai

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 msmaokai hotmail.com 
2008-05-22 / 06:29PM

hi benny! im ur no. 1 fan:)
so happy studyin pu tong hua with u la!
hope i can vct shanghai ds coming aug.
tc

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coky

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 George Guevara yahoo.com 
2008-05-22 / 10:23AM

Ok I did the yellow exam again won 22 out of 24
pass to green

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sosa

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 reynaldo sosa hotmail.com 
2008-05-22 / 12:40AM

What is the difference between, cantonese,pekinese and mandarin ?
In british and american english the differece is only the spelling in a few words but everybody understand it.

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 Abraham sbcglobal.net 
2008-05-22 / 09:07AM

我跟朋友一起喜欢听音乐
对了?
Trying to see “I like to listen to music with my friend”.
is it correct?
thanks

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 robotmetailco youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 11:32AM

Ni hao Benny, Wo jiao Ivan and i’m interested in learning mandarin chinese. thank you for the videos. I added your web page to my favourites. Greetings from Mexico! Zai jian

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 poestwolf1985 youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 02:41PM

Yi hui er…can you say yi dian or just yi hui?

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Henry

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-05-19 / 05:25PM

Hi, how to say ‘i accidentally throw your things’?

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micah

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 micahw hotmail.com 
2008-05-21 / 02:19PM

hi, how to use the word xiang4, as in ‘towards’? xie xie

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 ainOaiba youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 11:43AM

ni hao benny!..wow..thAnks a lot,it’s pretty easy to learn chinese if yoU’re the teacher..^^,)and wow again!!!yOu also know how to speak in tagalog..well i’m from the philippines..an it’s nice to k…

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 Aeelxu youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 11:51AM

Ta shuo ta xi huan Shnaghai ;)

Benny I cant wait to the bear^^

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 nazleslie youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 01:28PM

qingwen! if i use deng yi xia, ke yi ma instead of deng yi hui er. hehe

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 Diyerly youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 11:45AM

wow this is a wonderful video
i want to learn mandarin =D
how do you say mexico?

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 poestwolf1985 youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 11:47AM

What is the difference betwenn bi xu and dei when saying ‘must’?

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 poestwolf1985 youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 11:30AM

so, zhong=hard/strong and qing=light/gentle?

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 poestwolf1985 youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 11:14AM

Instead of ‘er duo’ can you just say ‘er?’
And what is the difference between ‘kou’ and ‘zui ba’ for mouth?
Can ju hui mean also business meeting?

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 FP4L1430 youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 10:24AM

xie xie Ben:]
Im a little bit of Chinese
and Im only a beginner
what hard for me is learning the calligraphy is that what you call it
but you teach it well:D

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 Nsmiley210 youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 09:58AM

Another question,
How do you know which vowel the tone goes over?

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 Nsmiley210 youtube.com 
2008-05-21 / 09:57AM

Ni hao Benny!

How do you type the tone accents like this?
wǒ xǐ huan chá

I don’t like putting the number tone by the word like this wo3 xi3 huan cha2

Thanks!

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