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Henry

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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2008-03-09 / 08:42PM

how do to say ‘plus, minus, multiply and divide’ in mandarin? as in like 1+1, 1-1, 1×1 and 1/1?

how do I say ‘next/beside,outside and at the moment’ in mandarin. Like for instant:
1) I am goin…

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Henry

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2010-03-02 / 11:47PM

Hi Benny, nǐ hǎo

May I know, whats the diff. between the following words:

1) 锋利 and 尖
2) 假如 and 如果
3) 控告 and 指责

Thank you.

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Henry

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2010-02-23 / 09:16PM

Hi Benny,

May I know how to use 甩 and 剥?? would be great if you can give some examples.

Many thanks in advance.

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Henry

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2010-02-01 / 10:19PM

nǐ hǎo Benny

May I know how to use this word 甩 and 剥?? If i want to say for example, “color is fading” and “skin is peeling off” do i make use of those words?

Many thanks teacher. xiè xie nǐ

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Henry

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2010-01-14 / 10:37PM

nǐ hǎo Benny,

May I know what are the differences between all these words? they seem to have similar meaning:-

臭 xiù, 嗅 xiù, 吸 xī, 闻 wén

Sometimes I heard ppl used xiù for the meaning "sme…

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Henry

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2010-01-04 / 10:25PM

nǐ hǎo Benny! zhù nǐ xīn nián kuài le

I would like to ask 2 questions:

1) Whats the diff. between 亮 and 光. If i wanna say “too bright”, can i say “太光”?

2) How do I use this word 闷 ? as I c…

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Henry

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2009-12-21 / 07:05PM

nǐ hǎo Benny lǎo shī

May I know what’s diff. between the following words? (when to use them)

1) 挺 and 蛮

2) 贴 and 粘

If i wanna say “i give you 3 choices/options”, is it like this: "wǒ gě…

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Henry

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2009-11-10 / 11:50PM

nǐ hǎo Benny. wǒ men yòu jiàn miàn le. hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn. nǐ de shēng huó zěn me yàng?

Today i came across some words which i am not so familiar with, hopefully you can explain the usage of those …

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Henry

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2009-09-19 / 03:18PM

nǐ hǎo Benny lǎo shī,

May I know how do I use the following words:

1) 思考sī kǎo
2) 擁抱yōng bào
3) 輕易qīng yì
4) 微妙wēi miào
5) 分割fēn gē
6) 瓦解wǎ jiě
7) 依靠yī kào

xiè xie nǐ. :)

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Henry

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2009-09-05 / 02:03AM

nǐ hǎo Benny lǎo shī,

I want to ask 3 questions:

1) Can 混hùn be used as standalone word instead of using hùn hé?

2) What are the functions of 起来qǐ lai and 下来xia lai after an action word? L…

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Henry

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2009-08-16 / 01:31PM

Nǐ hǎo Benny,

Thanks for your reply in my previous post. Please take a look at this sentence:

小心翼翼又陷下去聪明糊涂心

Just for your info, this sentence is part of the lyrics sang by Jolin Cai (Song …

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Henry

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2009-08-15 / 12:52PM

Ni Hao Benny,

Can you give me some examples on how to use the following words:

1) 陷 xiàn
2) 困难 kùn nan
3) 珍惜 zhēn xī
4) 事情 shì qing

Besides that, What is the diff. between 彼此 bǐ cǐ and …

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Henry

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2009-08-04 / 10:50PM

Ni Hao Benny,

May I know what is the difference between duan4 断 and po4 破?? They do mean ‘break’ right?

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Henry

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2009-07-30 / 11:08PM

Good day Benny,

What is the difference between ji1 dong4 and xing4 fen1? They both mean ‘excited’ isnt it?

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Henry

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2009-07-28 / 11:40PM

Hello Benny, Its a pleasure to meet u again. I have 2 questions I would like to ask:

1) What is the diff. between die1 跌 and diao4 掉? Do i say wo3 de qian2 bao1 die1 le or use diao4 instead of d…

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Henry

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2009-06-14 / 06:40PM

Nin hao Benny,

May i know, when do i use ban4 办 and ding4 定 ? both seem to have the meaning “set up”. Would be great if u can provide some examples too.

Thank you. Hope u have a great day :)

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Henry

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2009-01-21 / 12:28AM

What’s the diff. between sheng3 and cun2 in the context of the word “save” . is cun2 only be used for money?

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Henry

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2008-12-16 / 05:32PM

if i wanna say “no need to be perfect”, is it bu2 yong4 jing1?

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Henry

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2008-12-08 / 12:25PM

hello benny, ni hao

How do I use the word dòng (动) ?? can you give me some examples?

thank you very much

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Henry

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2008-10-19 / 11:55AM

ni hao benny! wo men you jian mian le

1) can the word zao4 (造) be used for emotion case? like for example, if i wanna say “why do you make her sad” , can it be something like "ni zen me zao ta b…

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Henry

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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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Henry

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2008-09-04 / 11:54PM

benny, what does bu de liao and ru2 he2 means? would be great if you can give some example sentences.. thx, xie xie nin

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Henry

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2008-09-01 / 02:31PM

Hello Benny, I have several questions I would like to ask:

1) is ji1 hu1 (几乎) the only word that means ‘almost’? like if i wanna say almost died/finish something, I will say ji1 hu1 si3/zuo4 wan…

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Henry

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2008-07-04 / 09:31PM

thx benny for your reply, i have 2 questions i would like to ask:

1) from one of the sheng4 yu2 examples that you gave in my previous post, can i say something like "wo3 men de qian2 sheng4 yu2 …

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Henry

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2008-07-25 / 09:31PM

Benny, is this the right way to use yi4 wei4 (意味)

“yi4 wei4 shi4 ni3 tou1 wo3 de shu1” ?

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Henry

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2008-07-18 / 08:24PM

benny ni hao, i want to ask, can the word yuan4 (愿) be used alone without the need of other words to support it?

Another thing i would like to ask is that are there any rules/constraints to use…

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Henry

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2008-07-07 / 01:22AM

thx for your reply, if thats the case, how do i say ‘on/open back’ in chinese?

e,g: please on back the TV ?

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Henry

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2008-07-05 / 11:45PM

thx benny for your reply again, but i am curious as to why ‘gei3 hui2’ doesnt make sense.. i mean if i wanna say ‘call back’, i would say ‘da3 hui2’ right? if i wanna say ‘please on back the tv’, i…

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Henry

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2008-07-03 / 08:52PM

hi benny, i just reviewed one of the lessons in the purple belt course and i found one interesting word which is sheng4 yu2. Can you give me more examples on its usage besides the time example? xie…

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Henry

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2008-06-02 / 08:34PM

hello benny, ni3 hao3..if I want to say ‘can you help me pick up this book’ is it:

ni3 ke3 yi3 bang1 wo3 jian3 zhe4 ben3 shu1 ma?

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