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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 
2007-10-13 / 09:42PM

Nihao miss tones Ni hao ma? I was just wondering i didnt really pay attention in looking at the angels. What is an angel do everyone get given a different one?

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RTLE

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 ND live.nl 
2007-10-14 / 07:41PM

hey mis word i resently asked some words , but i wanna know some more i already posted this question but it didn’t arrive so if you could please teell me how to say – school,panda,plant,forrest,sun…

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thodge

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Tony Hodge on2design.com.au 
2007-10-14 / 08:10PM

Ni hao Benny,
In regard to my question the other day about .mp3 files, I have just found free software that converts YouTube videos to .mp3 files. I have just tried it and it works well.
The URL

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 chand gmail.com 
2007-10-13 / 01:15AM

hey benny , i friend she is from china . she sometimes says "wo dou bu xi huan ni la " wen i searched for the meaning on online it says i dont like you and when i asked her she says it’s not the co…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2007-10-13 / 07:28PM

Nihao Benny just a general question. How did you come with the idea of making this site. I mean did you talk with miss word, pinyin and other of your collegues. what made you think of this brillian…

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RTLE

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 ND live.nl 
2007-10-14 / 05:47AM

hey benny and everybody of the askebenny team i wanted to know some words if that’s not a problem so if you could please tell me how to say – flower , bird , tree , to read and book – and does péng…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2007-10-13 / 09:45PM

Hi miss word i was wondering i remember all the words you have given me. But if you dont mind would you be able to put extra help for pronounciation. I aint good at pronouncing mandarin:(

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2007-10-13 / 06:06PM

Kevin you have got firefox right? Open it then type in askbenny in google and then access it and then you will see the pinyin if that doesnt work im not sure what i can do?

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narnia

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 adebi yahoo.com 
2007-10-13 / 01:31AM

i was wondering if you could include the phonetic tones, its sort of kind of an alphabet but not. everytime i try and speak what ive learned to my friends, they keep correcting my phonetic pronounc…

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suverman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Suvodip Mitra gmail.com 
2007-10-12 / 01:11AM

Ni Hao! Benny, could you tell me names of B-Schools in China and also I would want to know how to go about if i want to do MBA from China. xie xie ni. :)

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suverman

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 Suvodip Mitra gmail.com 
2007-10-12 / 01:13AM

hey miss pinyin! how come u r my angel!

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thodge

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Tony Hodge on2design.com.au 
2007-10-12 / 06:50AM

Ni hao Benny,
Do you have available .mp3s of each lesson? I spend a lot of my time traveling to work on buses and trains and would like to be able to listen to the lesson while I am reading your p…

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 Rajan Khatri hotmail.com 
2007-10-11 / 11:34PM

Sometimes i heard nim bo do da dianhua yiting ji when i call to my friends mobile…….i really wanna know the meaning of that sentence..i hope u will reply my answer….

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 Rajan Khatri hotmail.com 
2007-10-11 / 11:31PM

hey benny….when our friends mobile phone is busy , out of service,network problem ,when we are on the bus,subway,train we always heard some messages in chinese but we don’t understand..could u p…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2007-10-10 / 05:27PM

kevin just downlaod the firefox from google it takes 10 mins and then you can understand the mandarin in pinyin. does that help?

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2007-10-10 / 05:29PM

Benny what does wo yao ka fei mean could you please explain to me. Thank you so much

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thodge

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 Tony Hodge on2design.com.au 
2007-10-10 / 02:02PM

Ni hao Benny,
In the lesson on verbs when asking for Ka Fei, in English it sounds like more of a demand. Is this how it sounds in Mandarin also?
Is there a more polite way of saying Wo yao ka fei…

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DAGSTER

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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2007-10-10 / 12:48AM

Hi jenny thanks for giving me the translations. Oh you dont have to right the numbers now i have got the software to get the pinyin thank you:)

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DAGSTER

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2007-10-09 / 10:30PM

Hi miss word could ypu please tell me how would i say the following.
Keyboard, mouse, screen, tv, games, toys, cables, mobile phone, phone, buttons, carpet, laminate floor (wooden flooring) Thats …

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2007-10-09 / 11:52PM

what if I just want to say “No” to someone? I’ve heard people simply say “mei you”

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 piperchandesu youtube.com 
2007-10-07 / 03:12PM

NI Hao Benny:)!!
Wo hen kai xin!! I got my results from my auditions and I am assistant concertmaster! Just one sit away from being The Concertmaster. I couldn’t believe it, but my conductor gave …

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DAGSTER

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Harmeet hotmail.co.uk 
2007-10-10 / 12:49AM

Jenny i thought you would forget about giving me numbers in pinyin. Thanks a lot the doctor gave me the site i cant remember is name thanks to him aswell:)

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2007-10-09 / 02:40AM

da jia zao shang hao!…i’m not completely sure when to use “er” or “liang”….i know when saying 2 people i say “liang wei”, and twice is “liang ci” right?…how about ordering food at a restauran…

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snyral

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 Mike Snyder itgintl.com 
2007-10-09 / 04:20AM

My son (we just adopted from China!) eats too fast. How might I ask him to Eat — or .. Eat Slowly?

Mike

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kiwidragon

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 george aerenga yahoo.com.au 
2007-10-09 / 02:02PM

hey guys,i’ve gone to learning like you suggested.where do i start.where are the materials.i must be going blind.there’s a little chinese man inside me,trying to get out,but i can’t understand a go…

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kiwidragon

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 george aerenga yahoo.com.au 
2007-10-09 / 12:03PM

miss word,hi,how ar just re you?i have just registered.what happens now.how do i start learning to speak mandarine?

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ashleyj722

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Jon Ashley yahoo.co.uk 
2007-10-09 / 12:26AM

If I ask “Henry and Betty ye-shi ni de pengyou ma”, what does ye mean?
I know “ni de pengyou”, means your friends.

When I say “tamen dou-shi xinjiapo-ren” What does dou mean. Does it mean …

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 pooshybooshy youtube.com 
2007-10-08 / 01:56PM

Xie xie ni, Benny. Ni shi hen you bang zhu – did I say that right? :d I was meant to say you are very helpful. I’ve found a Chinese-English dictionary online but you are my main source for learning…

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thodge

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 Tony Hodge varianinc.com 
2007-10-08 / 10:31AM

Hi Benny,
Thanks for an excellent site. I have searched far and wide and your’s is the best. Do you have lessons beyond white belt ready?
Thanks,
Tony

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