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Have you ever come across "Difference between ...... and ...... in Mandarin Chinese." "How to say ...... in Mandarin Chinese" "What does ...... mean in Chinese?" Whether it's asking a question or answering the other, this is the place to share your Mandarin Chinese knowledge together.

Paddy10000

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Patrick Christ gmail.com 
2008-11-20 / 11:14PM

where can I find a page which shows the basic symbols ? for example the ones for

wo
ni
ta
wo men
ni men
ta men

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-11-20 / 12:13PM

benny, how to say:

“does the rental price includes water bill and electric bill?”

thank you

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 ricesta youbube.com 
2008-11-20 / 10:44AM

wats the difference between cantonese language n mandarin language?

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rachel

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Rachel Ann Nalundasan live.com 
2008-11-19 / 02:23PM

Hi Benny,

I just wanna ask, how will you say.

Im sorry for the inconvinience.

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 CreightonDuke youbube.com 
2008-11-19 / 10:43AM

Hi Benny i’ve just been trying to learn Mandarin from some of your & a few other peoples videos, i’m desperate to learn & want to make sure i’m learning from the right people but i really don’t kno…

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 guli yahoo.es 
2008-11-18 / 10:31PM

10

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 gugufatima yahoo.es 
2008-11-18 / 10:27PM

11

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 aizhongwen youtube.com 
2008-11-18 / 10:44AM

Ni hao lao shi. Zai yi ge hang ban he da feng qijian, cong yazhou dongnan wang jianada, zhe ge shi jian fasheng dui wo. Diushi shi diushi. Wo shou ti xingli he zhong yaode shiwu shi gen wo. Zhongyu…

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 Adiatra youtube.com 
2008-11-18 / 10:45AM

are you going to Shu zhou tomorrow morning? tomorrow morning im not going to Suzhou, i must work. you’re very tired but you must work..you’re so pity. dui ma?? hehehe

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 paexou youbube.com 
2008-11-18 / 10:58AM

Xiexie wo de laoshi. Wo shi jiao’ao weile
ni de jiao. Ni shi wo de laoshi fei chang hao.
Xiexie ni huo huitou jiang yu zaijian!

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scubasteve

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 scuba steve gmail.com 
2008-11-18 / 08:36AM

i can not find the courses. Where are they

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whitemouse

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Vicki hotmail.com 
2008-11-18 / 01:46PM

xie xie ni Benny, now I can start learning the purple level.

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clue

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 clyde yahoo.com 
2008-11-15 / 10:54PM

ahm benny…wat doesho Shén me shí? in the sentence? = Shén me shí hou nǐ huí qù? and also huí qù?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-11-17 / 11:50PM

Whats the difference between jia1 家 and fang2 zi 房子? when do I use those words?

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ilovechinese

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 kim carla cabardo ymail.com 
2008-11-17 / 03:29PM

hello!!! benny!!! im only new here!!! and i dont know how to speak mandarin nor translate words from english o mandarin!!! i feel very depressed and i feel like crying!!! what shall i do??? please …

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 paexou youbube.com 
2008-11-17 / 10:46AM

Wo xihuan ka fei wo bu xihuan niu nai. Wo xihuan niu rou wo bu xihuan ji rou. Wo xihuan ke le wo bu xihuan pi jiu. Xiexie wo de laoshi. Wo Mei guo ma!

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 comoestaud123 youbube.com 
2008-11-17 / 10:44AM

benny how do you say something like 9:43 do you say: jiu dian si shi san?

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clue

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 clyde yahoo.com 
2008-11-15 / 10:55PM

what does cí zhí mean ??

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clue

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 clyde yahoo.com 
2008-11-15 / 11:00PM

what doest this phrase means i still dont know what to understand with this=Nǐ gǎn jué zěn me yàng?

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victorhsk

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Victor Nassau hotmail.com 
2008-11-15 / 07:36PM

ni hao benny.. i like to know how would be my name in mandarin… could u check it out for me…
xie xie, xia ci jian

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 (Passing By) hotmail.com 
2008-11-15 / 03:13PM

Hi Benny, what does 连个印儿 means in the following sentence:

刷牙的杯子得放在格架的第二层
连个印儿都不能差

Thanks!

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marv1050

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Marvin R. sbcglobal.net 
2008-11-15 / 01:24AM

Hi Benny! When should rǎnhòu be used as opposed to yǐhòu. They both mean— later or afterwards— right? Is one more commonly used than the other?

Thanks,

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Tgeric

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Eric Thomas yahoo.com 
2008-11-14 / 03:17PM

Hey! Benny I have more questions for you? In one of teachings on YouTube you say that yào means : To want but there’s a website called www.yellowbridge.com This website says that xiāng/xiàng means …

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clue

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 clyde yahoo.com 
2008-11-13 / 10:44PM

ahm excuse me…how can i say this monday or friday…

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2007-11-28 / 07:32PM
Chinese Mandarin Learning : How To Exchange Your Money   Learn

Abstract : Like in the famous ABBA song “Money, Money, Money”, when you run out of it in a foreign country, you definitely will need to use the next experience to exchange your money into local currency!

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Aquedita

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Agata / 天舞 interia.pl 
2008-11-13 / 07:31PM

你好Benny!

Could you please check those sentences I’ve written with the help of my dictionary?
I’m just a beginner, so please don’t laugh at my stupid mistakes ^^’

请帮助我学习汉语。我喜爱这语言,可是,汉字很难。

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mecool

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 lianghongwu gmail.com 
2008-11-09 / 10:50AM

do you know any xichuan dialoct ?? and can you teach us

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2008-11-13 / 03:19AM

what is the format for making comparisons? like “you are better than me” “i am funnier than you”

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2008-11-13 / 03:06AM

how do you say one-fourth, one-fifth, one-third? is there a certain format to make it easy to do any number?

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Tgeric

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Eric Thomas yahoo.com 
2008-11-13 / 01:08AM

Can you please tell me when you use the word to be :Shi. Do I use this verb when I’m describing myself:
Wŏ shì Eric. Could I also say wŏ shì gāo. Or would that be wrong?

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