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From :   michael

Date : 2008-10-31 / 12:37AM

Hi benny! i’ve just joined your great site, and i have a question:
How do you say “yes” and “no” in mandarin? Thanks.

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 Jenny Li hotmail.com 
2008-10-31 / 11:12AM

Hi Michael,

Welcome to Bennysland!!
In mandarin, yes means “shi4 de” or “hao3”. No means= “bu4”

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-10-31 / 03:46PM

Or you can also say:

hǎo/ hǎo de = yes

shì = yes

duì = yes/ correct

bù/ bú shì = no

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 michael hotmail.com 
2008-11-01 / 05:35AM

xie xie! Thats very helpful!

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