Henry

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From :   Henry

Date : 2008-04-19 / 02:04PM

hello, i wanna if there is diff between shen2 me/shen2 mo and zen3 me/zen3 yang4?

my friend sometimes use shen2 me sometimes shen2 mo.. so i am confused here :S

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-04-19 / 08:58PM

hi Henry, first of all, shén mo is not standard Chinese. Just some people like to say pronounce it in that way. I think it’s a kind of fashion or just accent.

Also “zěn me yàng” and “zěn yàng” are the same. It means "How’s……

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