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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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 dreamgirl123 youtube.com 
2008-04-29 / 10:17AM

i wish you were my mandarin teacher! you’re so enthusiastic and positive. love it.
my teacher isn’t as good as you :(

thanks for the videos!! they really help.

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 JoshHull1994 youtube.com 
2008-04-28 / 02:32PM

I have a friend thats chinese,his name is Jia Hu…He said Japanese is just like chinese

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Raul

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Raul live.nl 
2008-04-28 / 05:13AM

hey benny – i just bought my second chinese dictionary the first one wasn’t a good one but this new one is the best. it’s the oxford beginner’s chinese dictionary and it’s specially designed for be…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-28 / 05:53PM

Hi Benny hope you are doing well. Did you watch the snooker game. Stephen Hendry vs Ding? You must be proud of his performance becasue i was:)

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babayne

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 Divine Grace Tan yahoo.com 
2008-04-28 / 11:11AM

i was wondering if verbs in mandarin also take the -ing form to signify if the action is being done in the presentif so, can you tell me how? does ‘zai’ mean are and is???? & how do you make a …

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 20079999 youtube.com 
2008-04-28 / 02:28PM

Hi, Benny! What is the difference between (you 你) and (you 您)?

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janet

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Janet Evans gmail.com 
2008-04-28 / 02:12PM

lol. Great job Benny.
You’re my hero! :)

Ahaha. So much courage and perseverance.

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 Mary Chia yahoo.com 
2008-04-27 / 11:19PM

Ni hou, how do u explain “huang mei diao” in English. xie xie

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wujianhao

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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2008-04-28 / 03:52AM

I have seen many ways to say “and,but” I was wondering what are the common ways. If it is alright to say “Wo xiang yao ping guo he yi bei shui”
Xie xie :)

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Henry

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-04-27 / 09:35PM

Just a practice:

1) wo3 zuo2 tian1 gang1 da3 qiu2 suo3 yi3 wo3 jin1 tian1 bu2 yao4 da3 (I just played ball yesterday so i dont want to play today)

2) wo3 de kao3 shi4 cheng2 ji1 bi3 ni3 geng4…

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wujianhao

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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2008-04-27 / 11:55AM

Ni hao, I was wondering how do you say "I don’t know’

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Laura2228

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Laura Gorski-Perkis snet.net 
2008-04-27 / 07:06AM

How do you say “Happy Mothers Day” in Chinese?

xiexie
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xiao

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 xiao han nah yahoo.com 
2008-04-27 / 02:41AM

how do we say i want to be friends with you in mandarin ? xie xie ni in advance

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RobertVicencio

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 RobertVicencio bennysland.com 
2008-04-27 / 02:33AM

Just saying G’day from HONG KONG to the whole AskBenny TEAM!

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-04-26 / 11:48PM

Hi benny, dont mind explain how to use ‘zhe’ ? i am confused on when to use ‘zhe’ and when to use ‘zai4’ to indicate doing something..

how to say ‘at the moment?’ for example: at the moment we h…

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 kendrick yahoo.com 
2008-04-26 / 08:11PM

hello, i just happen want to save the benny’spad because it is very useful, i dont always connect to internet because i go to school with my laptop. can i save the benny’spad in my laptop? thanks m…

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cloud

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 cloud hotmail.com 
2008-04-26 / 07:53PM

Hi Benny and everybody,

How are the sentences in Mandarin constructed?

It is like this:
Subject-Time-Place-Prepositional Phrase-Verb-Object?

Or are there other possible combinations?

A…

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 Zhishu92 youtube.com 
2008-04-25 / 11:07AM

i thought jue de means feel
doesn’t xiang mean think?
if piao liang means beautiful what does mei li mean

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-04-23 / 11:20PM

hi, just a quick question, how to say:
1) I have tried my best
2) It’s not that easy ?

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 dewjava youtube.com 
2008-04-24 / 11:16AM

Thanks, Benny. Can you do me a favor and take out the handle DewJava from the post, and also take out -dewey from the post at the bottom as well. Just for my privacy. :) It comes up in the search e…

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lovely

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 maria abegail garcia yahoo.com 
2008-04-24 / 09:04AM

how to speak mandarin?

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 Gilberto webster.edu 
2008-04-24 / 11:17AM

Benny: can you translate for me: wo bu ne jie shou ni de li wu dan shi wo hai shi yao xie xie ni?
Thanks
Gilberto

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-24 / 12:54AM

Hi Benny sorry to say but i dont think Ding will win my favourite is Ronnie O Sullivan:) he is a uk citizen, he has beaten ding before so ding should be no problem:) Dont worry Shanghai is very pro…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-23 / 07:05PM

Hi Benny hope you are doing well, did you watch Dings match against Marco fu. Ding won by one frame did you watch it?

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Fisholio

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Ron yahoo.com 
2008-04-23 / 04:35PM

A Woman from China teaching here asked me to the movies. I don’t know if this is a cultural differance, but here it might mean she has feelings. and she said she would pay. although I think I will …

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 Efrain yahoo.com 
2008-04-23 / 06:17AM

Hey benny I met this chinese girl she very pretty.How do I ask her out on a date.

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tcwoua

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 kendrick yahoo.com 
2008-04-22 / 08:32PM

hello benny, it is always hard for me to say chinese word with correct tone. any suggestion? tnx :)

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 Dewjava youtube.com 
2008-04-22 / 09:50AM

I have already used the phrase “You are beautiful”. I would like to ask if she is married or has a boyfriend. Everything in your videos is helpful, but I am worried about not sounding exactly right…

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 Snowmenhunter youtube.com 
2008-04-22 / 09:52AM

ok, what is easiest to learn and what will most people understand shangeese or mandarin?

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charinacampos

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 charina p. campos ph.imshealth.com 
2008-04-12 / 11:33AM

hello! good day! miss pinyin

may i ask how can i say

“take care always” and “you are a good friend to me”

xie xie!

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