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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.

DAGSTER

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-03-11 / 06:52PM

Hello Benny how are you? is it anyones Birthday and when is the anniverary of your site:)?

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
Posts : 111
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2008-03-10 / 10:35PM

你好“话”小姐,

我有一个问题]关于长城的发音。用拼音长城是CHANG2CHENG2 对不对,但是我听CHANG2CHANG2!
长CHANG的发音比诚CHENG的发音没有一个差别!
它两个字的发音是不是一样?
我糊涂了。。。。

万事如意

陆蓝克

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DAGSTER

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-03-11 / 03:43AM

Hello Benny i was wondering wheres Miss tones gone has she got a holiday?

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Choonga

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-10-01
Language : None
Posts : 3
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 Andrew tpg.com.au 
2008-03-10 / 06:38PM

I have successfully completed the white belt test. How do I move onto the yellow belt maps and complete those lessons?

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karingking18

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-03-09
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 karina perlas yours.com 
2008-03-09 / 09:13PM

do you have any emotions on this site like i love you i miss you or anything like that thank you

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CoolKatz

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Andrew Boss bigpond.net.au 
2008-03-08 / 09:16AM

Ni Hao, how do you add the small symbols on top of each letter, via keyboard?

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RobertVicencio

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-09
Language : English
Posts : 32
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 RobertVicencio bennysland.com 
2008-03-08 / 09:46PM

What does this mean?

我知道某人从澳大利亚。他不是从Sydney。

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
Posts : 111
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Comments : 12
 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2008-03-07 / 11:52PM

祝你和女人都女节愉快,万事如意,工作顺利!

陆蓝克

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wujianhao

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2008-03-07 / 08:31AM

Ni hao, I was wondering what my name would be in manadrin! Xie xie ni, zaijian :)

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yamandu

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Carlos J. Costa gmail.com 
2008-03-04 / 10:36PM

How is used the pinyin in China?
At schools, what kind of age and range?

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DAGSTER

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : None
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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-03-01 / 03:51AM

Hi Benny i just want to say Thank You ever so much for taking out your time and doing that translation for me. You know something i appreciate everything you do me. Say thank you to your staff for …

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justokre

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-10-12
Language : None
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 Tyler Dostie yahoo.com 
2008-03-01 / 11:25PM

When is the best time to say “谢谢阿”? Does it ever seem rude?

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renz

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 rency hotmail.com 
2008-02-15 / 12:39AM

nihao…could u tell me how 2 say..‘theres no current in the room because thiers something wrong with the main switch…
also could you call the gas cylinder office and tell them to bring one..’

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TheoDwroz

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Theo pan yahoo.gr 
2008-02-20 / 10:14PM

How may i begin to learn chineese? I love learning many languages, and chineese is one of those i love most! Thanks for the help or… xi xi ni? :)

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coky

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-01-30
Language : None
Posts : 21
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 George Guevara yahoo.com 
2008-03-06 / 08:23AM

Simplified versus tradicional
Which one is used often
will one tend to be forgotten
coky

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Henry

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : None
Posts : 62
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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-03-06 / 08:38PM

how do you say ‘change to’ in mandarin?
For example: Please change to other channel (program) or Please change to this numbers?

And What is the difference between xue2 xi2 and just xue2?

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aishijie

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 joseph gmail.com 
2008-01-27 / 04:28PM

Hey,Benny! What is the difference between hunton and dumpling?

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pluto143

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 pluto hotmail.com 
2008-01-27 / 05:38PM

hey im a foreign student in china and i need to learn how to read and write chinese……can u help…its very hard….

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ashleyj722

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-10-03
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Posts : 6
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 Jon Ashley yahoo.co.uk 
2008-01-31 / 12:04AM

I go to a hawker centre in Singapore every day and ask for zhongguo cha but I’m getting sick of it. How can I ask for carrot juice in chinese?

Best Regards

Jon Ashley

ps carrot juice is a…

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coky

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : None
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 George Guevara yahoo.com 
2008-01-31 / 09:19AM

Ni hao
Im new here and would like start from the beginng (white belt)
Can you direct me to the order of the first, second…. and so on lessons
xiexie

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mess

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-01-22
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 messalini post.com 
2008-01-31 / 07:41PM

I wanna learn like others,to print on my PC in hanzi.It is sometimes very hard to me to understand reading in Pinin specially if I don’t know well right tones of many words.Fei chang xie nin de zho…

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Questions Owner
 tunein gmail.com 
2008-02-05 / 02:18PM

What’s difference in jie shu and wan cheng? You used both for “finish”.

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shanghaipluto7

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Jeremy Pierce gmail.com 
2008-02-08 / 09:09AM

How would I introduce myself to my girlfriend’s parents in a polite way? (My girlfriend is Chinese :D)

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NikkiSavella

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Nikki Savella hotmail.com 
2008-02-11 / 04:22AM

I would like to know how to say in PIN YIN, “I understand, Allow me to get a translater for you please?”

If possible? Thank you for your time! _

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Questions Owner
 onarej yahoo.com 
2008-02-13 / 11:56PM

hi benny! its me again, my friends comments i can speak very good chinese now. Its all because of you, Thanks for your great help. Your fetures in youtube is really help me a lot. Anyway, my questi…

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shirley77

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 shirley 013.net 
2008-02-17 / 02:55AM

Nihao Benny, I am from Israel, so
how do i say: i come from israel and how do i say: i am israeli
thanks

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TTN115

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Trina Nguyen hotmail.com 
2008-02-19 / 07:48AM

HI this site is so helpful Thank you!
I’m determine to learn Mandarin.
I’m having a hard time pronouncing words start with “Q, C,X, Z” they all sound alike to me. How can I tell them apart by th…

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coky

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 George Guevara yahoo.com 
2008-02-19 / 08:15AM

Hey Im a yellow belt now
Greatest Mandarin site in the world
Keep up the good work
xiexie

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Selvo

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2008-02-19
Language : None
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 Ryan Selvy JCPatriot.org 
2008-02-19 / 09:25AM

I’m very confused with navigation of your site. I don’t see what the requirements are for becoming a yellow and etc. I see in the learning section but I get confused with the greetings only showing…

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English
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Comments : 12
 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2008-02-22 / 12:37AM

你好话小姐

我觉得“下午”和“上午”也“下次”和“上次”比较奇怪。
下午 -下次的意思是“AFTERNOON, NEXT”但是下的意思
是“BELOW,UNDER”。
上午 – 上次 的意思是“MORNING-BEFORENOON, LAST, PREVIOUS”
但是上的意思是,“UPPER, HIGHER”。
为什么呢你们中国人说上午是“MORNING (BEFORENO

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