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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.

lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2008-02-08 / 11:22PM

好本霓我的尊敬汉语老师

你一天问我我有没有一个想法,
现在我有一个。
你可以不可以包括一本在网上
词典 比如你可以用:
http://asia.babelfish.yahoo.com/free_trans_service
http://www.iciba.com/。
我给你翻译
The household name in Mandarin Learning
创建一个家喻…

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Thalia

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 Thalia Rodríguez Rivera hotmail.com 
2008-02-08 / 06:03AM

Ni Hao Benny! How are you?

Yes, my question is how can you say the hours in chinese….you know like 1:00 am or pm…things like that :)

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owais

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 abdurrahman owais yahoo.com 
2008-02-07 / 08:22PM

hello benny
i have some questions in chinese,
(ni zhao shenme ji….shijian hai zao zhi ne.)
i dont properly understand this sentence.
can u tell me the difference between zhao ji and zhe ne?an…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-02-07 / 11:52PM

Hello benny translate it again for please i know i have bothered you sevaral times. I made an error in the sentencei deleted it one of them. please check your mail this time and translate it carefu…

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-02-07 / 10:36PM

Yes benny im giving the flowers to a chinese girl that rejected me i really love her a lot and i hope the gift would show her my appreciation to her what do you think?

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-02-07 / 10:32PM

hello benny i sent the mail to you again could you please check it i want you to translate something different for me.
I got this email askbenny@bennysland.com is that correct but anyway i sent it…

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managerbenny

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 Benny the Manager bennysland.com 
2008-02-06 / 11:59PM

Tonight is the big night of Chinese Spring Festival, I wish everyone all the best in the year of 2008 and thank you for supporting us over the past 12 months.

Let’s together make 2008 the year o…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-02-07 / 05:02PM

Benny could you check your mail translate for me
thank you very much.

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-02-07 / 05:00PM

Benny whats the life expectancy of a rose when you cut it from its root and put it in water?

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coky

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 George Guevara yahoo.com 
2008-02-07 / 08:55AM

Ok Im in a Restaurant and I would like to order number 35 from the menu and half of number 18
xiexie

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-02-06 / 11:27PM

Hi Benny thank you for that translations. Could you please tell me what does this mean 妈妈 ? thanks you benny

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2008-02-06 / 07:47PM

你好我尊敬汉语老师们“话“小姐“和”本霓“先生

我不晓得我明白好了之所以我文你们,“之“可以提到一个事情 在提及之前,比如“木秀于林,风必摧之“之提到木秀???? TREE ELEGANT IN FOREST , WIND CERTAINLY BRING THEM DOWN 但是你可以不可以互换“之“比“的“比如你可以不可以在代替 我的书, 我送给…

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coky

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 George Guevara yahoo.com 
2008-02-06 / 09:04AM

Ni hao
Im from Costa Rica
And we are the first central america country to open political and comercial agreements with China
So mandarin classes are booming here
So I better pay attention
xiex…

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Thalia

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 Thalia Rodríguez Rivera hotmail.com 
2008-02-06 / 09:52AM

Hi Benny! I’m from Puerto Rico so I would like to know how do you say Puertorican or Puerto Rico in mandarin o.o…thanks! ^^

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-02-06 / 03:29AM

Hi Benny what does this mean 保重 ?

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2008-01-31 / 07:31AM

你好“话”小姐

我有一个问题关于“之”。
“之”的意思比“的”的意思一样?
你们什么时候用“之”?
我读书中国文本经常看到这句字“之”

我希望你看得东我写什么。

春节愉快!

陆蓝克

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-02-05 / 10:22PM

Please do wish me Benny thank you very much i would always do the same infact one of my new year resoltuions is to promote your site to my friends.

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-02-05 / 10:20PM

Hello Benny what does this mean Wendy妈妈 ? and could you send me an email in english this time translating that chinese translation you sent me i forgot what i had put ;)

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2008-02-05 / 05:25PM

Thank you Toshmi Kira for wishing me luck:) Benny how are you? Everything going well. I was wondering how can i add buddies?
Oh i sent you an email could you check it please
thank you Benny

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wujianhao

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Alissia Jackson mail.com 
2008-02-03 / 06:14AM

Ni hao ma! What is the sentence structure in chinese :)

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 jack gmail.com 
2008-02-05 / 11:07AM

can you make me 1 saying jack griffiths my name or and help make senteiz like the cat sat on the mat like that like wot i can yous at school thank you

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Michelle1019

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Michelle Wimer gmail.com 
2008-02-05 / 08:53AM

I think two versions would be nice. I undestand that most people just want to speak it. Since I type in Chinese to my friend, the characters are helpful.

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Michelle1019

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 Michelle Wimer gmail.com 
2008-02-05 / 04:56AM

For some reason Skype won’t work on my computer. I have no idea why. It should, but it doesn’t. I found some Chinese stuff on youtube though.

This is more of a suggestion than a question. …

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Michelle1019

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Michelle Wimer gmail.com 
2008-02-02 / 11:35PM

您好! I was wondering if you knew of a way to listen to Chinese. (Other on your site.) I live on the eastern coast of America. I have a Chinese friend, but he’s on the west coast, so I can only wri…

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iury

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Iury Paz hotmail.com 
2008-02-02 / 09:00PM

Another question! =D
How do I say “I have a girlfriend” in chinese? girlfriend is nu peng you ins’t it? But how is the hanzi of it?

Thank You again

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Houyoku

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Pero Mundt hotmail.de 
2008-01-30 / 01:09AM

excuse me, but could you give me a site, where i can install a program or sodtware so that my pc can read the pinyin? because my pc shows me only suqares so i don´t know which vocal it is =(
xièxie

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iury

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Iury Paz hotmail.com 
2008-02-01 / 08:34AM

Where can I download a software to write the chinese characters? I don’t have it installed in my computer and tried many times to do it but it doesn’t work out!!

Xiexie

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Judy2shoes

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 Judy Elliott gmail.com 
2008-02-02 / 01:00AM

I noticed that to make qu4 past tense Benny says add le to say ‘been’? Is it ok to say qu4 guo4. Zuo2 tian1 Wo3 qu4 guo4 Bei3jing?

am really enjoying Bennys land.

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bendiem

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 Wendiem lycos.com 
2008-02-01 / 03:55AM

I am trying to invite maisarah login 0950 to be my buddy, but I am unable to open the link for INVITE by her name.

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dabigpinkguy

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 dillon warren aim.com 
2008-01-31 / 04:19AM

i like a song i saw on youtube and it said beijing natives . i cannot find the song do you know by chance what it is called

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