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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.

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 fuego corleone hotmail.com 
2008-05-04 / 06:34AM

pls translate this for me in chinese but readeble words I want to say it to someone :

I would like to get two milkshakes please

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 pokemanic youtube.com 
2008-05-03 / 12:41PM

still think xia is not as good as shih. It’s much easier for foreign people to read things direct instead of putting the variable X there.

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-05-03 / 05:23PM

how to say this : i almost finish my school assignment?

is it: wo3 ji1 hu1 zuo4 wan2 wo3 de zuo4 ye4?

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 20079999 youtube.com 
2008-05-03 / 12:38PM

Hi, Benny! In Chinese, I can hide the subject of the verb as in the Portuguese language. Example: I SPEAK CHINESE.(EU) FALO CHINÊS.
我發言的中國 Instead 發言的中國

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 Chavezdude2 youtube.com 
2008-05-03 / 12:37PM

Thanks. I’ve been taking 中文 for a whole year now and I try to help others and practice the language. I admire what you are doing, keep up the good work. 谢谢!!! 再见!
P.S. 我的中文名字是夏昱然。 Although my Engl…

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 whitecrane659 youtube.com 
2008-05-03 / 12:32PM

dui bu qi,wo bu ming bai putong hua,wo shi inguo ren,wo de nupengyou ming bai zhege.thank you and goodnight hehehe

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 philo yahoo.com 
2008-05-03 / 09:31AM

hey miss blog,how do i know am not using the right context.e.ggua feng hen duo or guafeng hen da.

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 dajoeng youtube.com 
2008-05-03 / 01:25AM

how do i ask, “where did you go?”
is it “ni qu le na li?”?
thanks for lessons

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 Curtis youtube.com 
2008-05-03 / 01:19AM

hey benny. i live in a small town with a very small population of chinese… like 5 i think.
anyway, i teach karate to there son. we get along very well and there very nice. they even asked me to…

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conlaw18

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 KangSukYeong naver.com 
2008-05-02 / 10:29PM

Hello!!
Thanks Benny and Jenny Li for replying to my message…!!
uh…Benny ..you’re in Shanghai…

then Jenny Li ..Where are you?^^
and do you want to learn Korean?

I live in Kyeong Nam…

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Raul

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 Raul live.nl 
2008-05-02 / 08:40AM

hey hey benny ; what’s the difference between zou3 and zou3lu4 or is there no difference ? are there any situations in wich you should add the lu4 or is there no difference ?

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 cylvey hotmail.com 
2008-05-01 / 08:55PM

im interest 2 learn chinese more…can teach more

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deeyutiamco

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 Crystal Dianne Yutiamco yahoo.com.ph 
2008-04-21 / 04:20PM

Instead of using “Ni yao shen me?” when asking: “What do you want?” could I use “Shen me ni yao?” instead? If not, why?

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-05-01 / 05:22PM

Hello, how to translate the following sentences to chinese:

1) I want to revenge

2) Please don’t dissapoint me

Thank you

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Raul

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 Raul live.nl 
2008-04-30 / 10:41PM

hey benny does tiantian mean ‘everyday’ and renren ‘everyone’ or everybody’ in spoken chinese ?

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-04-30 / 11:30PM

Thanks Benny for the reply, but can i use yun3 nuo4 for ‘promise’ instead of bao3 zhang4? and does it apply well to the example sentence?

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-04-30 / 06:05PM

hi how to say ‘promise’

for example: can u promise me not to smoke anymore? thx

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 Philips20001 youtube.com 
2008-04-30 / 10:17AM

kewl, i have no idea why but i thing Japanese Chinese and Asian girls are sooo gorgeous. It’s something in their eyes oooooh wow! Anyways they have a look that you don’t get from white English girl…

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 Haisuphelga youtube.com 
2008-04-30 / 10:05AM

cant you just say hen mae??
cos my bf speaks mandarin and he was said that hen mae is very beautiful, and its so much easier to say!! is there different contexts?

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 Mentalhhguru youtube.com 
2008-04-30 / 09:50AM

Cool. I’m taking a beginers course in this language- but it’s mainly if you’re a tourist for example or for short term cisits- interesting. Thanks!

*beginners
*visits

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 SuperSteffenjin youtube.com 
2008-04-30 / 09:42AM

ni hao benny, dong bei hua ni hui ma?
ni zhu zai shenme chengshi?
i speak mandarin but i want to learn more when it comes to dong bei hua yinwei xia ci wo qu zhongguo wo hui qu Changchun, zai neg…

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-30 / 01:46AM

Hello Benny thank you for translating the message for me. Tell you the truth i am ashamed in asking for you to translate all the time. Please teach me Benny

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makamiso

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 James Barratt hotmail.com 
2008-04-29 / 06:32AM

Hi Benny, just joined the site and watching your videos on you tube, so happy i found a way to learn Mandarin. Just wondering because i have a lot of friends at school who are British Born Chinese …

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Raul

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 Raul live.nl 
2008-04-29 / 06:57AM

hey benny i wanted to know what’s the difference between ri and taiyang they both mean sun ?
xiexie zaijian

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-29 / 03:34PM

Hello Jenny how are you? Honestly i am trying my very best to learn Mandarin but i find rearrangeing sentences very dificult. It is not like English and to translate chinese is very difficult thats…

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-29 / 01:45PM

Hello Benny hope you are well. i sent you a small paragraph could you please trasnlate it for me as soon as possible for today please. i will be ever so grateful.

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conlaw18

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 KangSukYeong naver.com 
2008-04-29 / 01:15PM

Hello^^ I registered today.
nice to meet you. I’m Korean.

Now, I ’m poor at speaking Chinese but I want to learn Chinese step by step. Thank you^^

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 MoeSiTone youtube.com 
2008-04-29 / 10:35AM

thanks man..but i guess the only way i can really learn is I need to live in china.

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 Makamiso youtube.com 
2008-04-29 / 10:18AM

O.k. i know that Xie Xie means thank you, but what does Xie Xie Ni mean?

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-29 / 03:44AM

Hi Benny where is Liang Wenbo from is he from China or Hong Kong? Are you watching his game;)

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