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          Tina
        
      
      Date : 2009-07-13 / 04:49PM
      
        Hi mr. Benny,
Could you teach me the word for “about” in Mandarin? “The book is about a Chinese man.” “What is the movie about?” “I’m talking about him.” “It is about 2 hrs from here.” “It’s about 190cms.”
       
      
      
        
        
          
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        Chinese Mandarin : Registered on : 2007-01-01 Language : English, Mandarin Chinese Posts : 0 Responses : 2359 Comments : 75   |  
  |  |  Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com  2009-07-13 / 05:18PM |   |  Hi Tina, 
In Chinese about is “guān yú”. For example: 
zhè běn shū shì guān yú….. = This book is about… 
zhè bù diǎn yǐng shì guān yú…. = This movie is about…. 
But “talk about = tán lùn”, no need to add "about“ 
As for “about 2 hrs or about 190cms” is “dà yuē which means approximately” 
Benny 
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        Chinese Mandarin : Registered on : 2007-07-09 Language : English Posts : 32 Responses : 193 Comments : 7   |  
  |  |  RobertVicencio bennysland.com  2009-07-14 / 12:03AM |   |  Hey Tina! 
Would be great if you can upload your profile pic so we can make Bennysland more colorful! 
Look forward to seeing you more in this site! 
Keep Rocking! 
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