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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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 anitaisunique youtube.com 
2008-04-17 / 05:37PM

In this case, its talking about dishes. Hehe, vegetables is called “qian cai”
or something like that. Sorry, I speak cantonese at home and I live in Australia so i’m sorta hopeless at Madarin. xD

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 smoothtofu youtube.com 
2008-04-17 / 05:34PM

When you use the word “cai”, does it refer to any type of dish or just vegetable or does it depend on usage?

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 2hot2handle youtube.com 
2008-04-17 / 05:14PM

so every chinese character has a sound. and it never changes no matter wat kind of sentence its in?
as long as you know the chracter sound it would be easy it seems..

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 Fike youtube.com 
2008-04-17 / 04:31PM

Is there a different word for ‘and’ that is used to connect two sentences together?

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 Mackenzie youtube.com 
2008-04-17 / 04:16PM

hi im mackenzie the one that told you that i had been learning chinese its really fun have you been to Shang Hi lattely well in november im going there to do reacurch hope to see you there

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merryma

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 Merry Ma gmail.com 
2008-04-17 / 01:50AM

I would like to review Mandarin adverbs such as to be going to, often, sometimes, always, every, perhaps, etc. Thank you so much, Teacher Benny!

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 Edward Harding hotmail.com 
2008-04-16 / 11:57PM

hi, i would like to know how to formaly invite someone to a birthday party. As it would be written in a letter?
xie xie ni

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nique

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 Monique Nicole Daguman yahoo.com 
2008-04-17 / 10:19AM

ah. ok.. thanks mr. benny. now i know. i still have another question .ü sorry if i keep on asking. :) how is the arrangement of words in mandarin. for example in english we have subject+verb.. like…

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yamandu

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 Carlos J. Costa gmail.com 
2008-03-14 / 05:28AM

In chinese songs the tones are in some way missed?

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nique

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 Monique yahoo.com 
2008-04-16 / 10:36AM

hello. last time i asked the meaning of ai dao. how come when i read some translations ai dao is translated as love has arrived..??

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ytvideo123

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 ytvideo123 youtube.com 
2008-04-15 / 11:37AM

hi benny how to write chinese song in chinese?
i want to know the han yu pin yin?
please reply thank a lot bye bye.

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-04-15 / 08:45PM

Hi, i am curious, why when want to try something, we would say ‘shi4 shi’ instead of just ‘shi4’ ? the same goes for ‘kan4 kan’ , ‘chang2 chang’ etc,…

How to say ‘to put a night/overnight’?

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-15 / 07:36PM

Hello Benny her mother got emotional she went into tears after she read that letter:) She was happy.

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-15 / 11:58AM

Hi I am so so overwhelmed. Benny you are god,you are increadible:) your service is very fast. How can i repay you? Thank you Benny very very much:)

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Tchup2003

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 Tchup2003 youtube.com 
2008-04-15 / 11:28AM

Thanks a lot Benny.
As expected, here in Brazil we are also studying more chinese than ever… all universities and schools are incentivating students to learn chinese.. it will be the business la…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-15 / 02:37AM

Benny please do translate it for me. I will always remember this thing you have done for me. I really dont want her to leave without me giving this translation to her. Please do try your best to co…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-15 / 01:14AM

Benny when you wake up from your sleep please translate this letter very fast its very urgent i really want you to translate it for me or she would never know how i felt about her. She is going at …

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 Pooshybooshy hotmail.com 
2008-04-14 / 03:53PM

Ni hao, Benny.

I was wondering wether it is possible to watch a Chinese movie with Pinyin subtitles and, more preferably, with English subtitles also.
Is it possible?

Xie xie.

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-15 / 01:13AM

Benny please translate it today please i am begging you? I want her to see the letter before she goes back to her country please could you send it me by today i am asking you as a brother.

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 Mary Chia yahoo.com 
2008-04-14 / 03:24PM

How to make sentences for “yue lai yue” by changing to “yue_____ yue” to make it more effective?

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-04-14 / 09:14PM

Hi, I have two questions:
1) How to say ‘owe’ and ‘pretend’ ? for example, ‘u still owe me money’ and ‘dont pretend you dont know’

2)for the word bi3, do i have to put geng4 at the back? like f…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-14 / 08:46PM

Hello Benny i sent you a new mail about the translation its the final and the right one could you translate that one for me please?

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-14 / 06:05PM

Benny i sent you a mail could you translate it for me please?

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-04-14 / 06:01PM

Hello Benny i hoep you are doing well could i sent you a mail could you translate it for me please?
Thank you ever so much for helping me Benny

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 nique yahoo.com 
2008-04-14 / 04:26PM

what’s the meaning of “ai dao”?? how can i learn fast and remember all the words?

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-04-12 / 11:15PM

ok, i am a little bit confused on the usage of chi2 and wan3..when/how to use one or the other?

btw, for the sentence ’ni3 ke3 yi3 zuo4 wo3 de nv3 peng2 you ma? , what is the function of zuo4 th…

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smileymarshie

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 Mariz Cabantac yahoo.com 
2008-03-02 / 01:17PM

How do you say girl, boy, need, hurt in chinese?

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Raul

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 Raul live.nl 
2008-04-12 / 07:02AM

hey everybody i hope someone can help me dx i wanna know a few words wale, panda, tiger, duck, crocodile, dinosaur, lion, zebra, elephant and giraf < if you know the answers i would highly apprecia…

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hammlm

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 Laura Hammonds millfieldschool.com 
2008-04-12 / 01:46AM

hello. i need some help! i am doing a chinese exam (GCSE) soon!i am struggling to learn charactors quickly- any tips on how to learn them quickly? i find writing them over and over doesnt help!
th…

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bioperluc

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 bioperluc hotmail.com 
2008-04-11 / 08:17PM

Ni hao! My brother is currently learning a foreign language. However, he is able to watch foreign films and television shows which give him more exposure to the language and how it is used. What ki…

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