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From :   lhseng

Date : 2009-01-23 / 03:15PM

you shi hou ren chian mandarin = chinese. Wo jue de bu dui. Mandarin = Hua Yee. Pu xi pu dong huat. Dui ma Benny ?

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-01-23 / 04:25PM

Hi lhseng, here are the different words for “Chinese”

1. hàn yǔ = Chinese

2. pǔ tōng huà = Mandarin

3. zhōng wén = Chinese

4. zhōng guó huà = Chinese language.

Mandarin doesn’t equal Chinese because it is more focus on oral Chinese

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