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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.

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 yumi0101 youtube.com 
2008-11-12 / 11:19AM

Thank you for your reply!!

I tried to make sure if it is correct letters, but I could not..
Because the 2nd letter is like “主”, but the shape is little bit different.. and my friend can’t type …

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nico

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-03-28
Language : English, German, Spanish
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 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2008-11-12 / 06:10AM

hi benny how are u? hey i have a great doubt what is MSG (wèi jīng 味精) i don’t know then i can advance after well i wait you asnwer soon ok thank you bye

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 Arman mail.ru 
2008-11-11 / 11:08PM

Hi Benny can u tell me where can i download hsk vocabulary audio version ? i just wanna download it to my mp3 player and listen .

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drmmhmd

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 da mao houzi yahoo.com 
2008-11-12 / 08:55AM

i would like to try making some english videos but i do not have any video experience, which program do you use to make your videos with words over laid.

( i think the correctr verb is "overlain…

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 puccalover13 youtube.com 
2008-11-11 / 07:05PM

is mandarin like taiwanese too? like the language

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kharhen03

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Karen delos Reyes yahoo.com 
2008-11-11 / 06:47PM

hi benny,

can you please send me the chinese alphabets?? the po po mo fo??
with its characters?

xie xie
=)

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2008-11-11 / 06:29AM

“shen me dong xi”
Ni ke yi yong ying wen shuo ma?

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shufaren

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Peter Kocák gmail.com 
2008-08-29 / 06:54AM

ni hao, would like to learn chinese here, I am Slovak, was in Beijing one month now, heh, nice chinese, xiexie

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whitemouse

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : None
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 Vicki hotmail.com 
2008-11-10 / 09:04AM

Hi Benny I finally passed blue belt last week but find that I havent been upgraded, can you help please.

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 amy yahoo.com 
2008-11-10 / 08:02AM

hi benny, u teached really good chinese, benny what is the chinese pinyin for heartland?

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artmaniac

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
Posts : 23
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 Hannah Elizabeth yahoo.co.uk 
2008-11-09 / 12:30AM

benny,
I really need to find you to tell me what is:
birthday presents,
party food,
birthday,
could you please tell me the characters and pinyin for this

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clue

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 clyde yahoo.com 
2008-11-08 / 03:21PM

how can i say she dance well in chinese?

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 greenace8 youtube.com 
2008-11-07 / 02:27PM

Benny, what did the lady in the store say? Maybe you can help translate? Thanks!!

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 mikagamisenpai youtube.com 
2008-11-07 / 02:22PM

hey benny, first i wanna say i’m a huge fan of yurs and secondly i got a question; are most chinese girls cold (emotion wise)or are they generally just not good on showing emotions?

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 sarahneko youtube.com 
2008-11-07 / 01:43PM

hey benny, can you tell me the chinese characters for the sentence “Wo jue de ni fei chang piao liang”? thank you so much!!

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nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-11-07 / 12:10PM

hello benny how to say the following:

1) The house is on fire
2) The clothings got burnt
3) Please dont be shy
thank you

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2008-11-07 / 05:16AM

Benny, please give me examples on how to use 只…like “i just want to talk to you” etc.
謝謝您

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 monica hotmail.com 
2008-11-06 / 10:23PM

that thing infront of the sofa on the table what is it called

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 yumi0101 youtube.com 
2008-11-06 / 09:43PM

Hi Benny, how are you?
I’m Yumiko, live in Tokyo. It’s very nice to write you. :)
I have a question about Chinese. Actually my Brazilian friend asked me that before, but I’m Japanese…so I could…

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2008-11-06 / 07:31PM

你好话小姐,

很久没有问你一个问题,可是现在
我有一个。我在互联网看到一个滑稽录影。
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3nsNwrHqvI]
‘干调区 – 散干果 – 干果区’是什么意思用英文?
干的意思是”DRY (GAN1)“对不对?
谢谢帮助我。
万事如意

陆蓝

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 Hannah elizabeth yahoo.co.uk 
2008-10-29 / 08:06PM

somebody requested that I made a chinese name for them, how can I do this?

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2008-11-06 / 04:43AM

i know a few different ways to say “a little bit”….稍微, 一些, and 一點點 but i don’t know which to use in different situations, please help.
thanks a lot!

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 sam hotmail.co.uk 
2008-11-06 / 03:09AM

hi iam just wondering i would like to learn chinese / and speak it at this momment in time i know nothing iam 16 how would you say the best way for me to do this is i mean like self learn ect and c…

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Angelina

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Angelina gmail.com 
2008-11-06 / 02:23AM

You’re awesome BENNY!

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victorhsk

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-10-18
Language : None
Posts : 11
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 Victor Nassau hotmail.com 
2008-11-05 / 11:49PM

How can i say brazilian in chinese?
xie xie, zai jian..

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victorhsk

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-10-18
Language : None
Posts : 11
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 Victor Nassau hotmail.com 
2008-11-05 / 09:57AM

i’ve passed the white belt test but my stats didnt changed… so i cant make a new learning map.. what should i do??
xie xie

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Anqi

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Andrea Franco hotmail.com 
2008-11-01 / 03:32AM

Uses of guo

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 Therese yahoo.com 
2008-11-05 / 07:06PM

Where do you really live?

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inisibubu

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 BooBoo gmail.com 
2008-11-05 / 07:26AM

Benny, I listened to Rainie Yang’s song called Ai Mei. What does it mean? By the way, last time I asked about how to say she’s cheap? you said tā hěn pián yì. So pian yi can also mean stingy? I’m l…

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WMAKF

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-08-09
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Posts : 2
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 Michael Wilder live.com 
2008-11-05 / 12:54AM

When should I use 是? Sometimes I see it being used like when you say ,“this is my friend.” 这是我的朋友. But when you say ,“I am happy,” 我高兴 it isn’t used.

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