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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.

nickjs

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2010-02-02 / 08:01PM

Hi Benny, may I know how to say “resurrect/revive” in chinese?

E.g: I hope you can revive him

Thanks :)

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150893

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 aisharemi hotmail.co.uk 
2010-02-23 / 06:07AM

im african and i speak english…does doing an accent help when your trying to learn mandarin…cuz people currently think im being racist…

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 Dave ymail.com 
2010-02-22 / 06:22PM

Thank you mr. benny for you help. I’m going to China soon to visit a friend. How can I say foreign students dormitory or just dormitory?

Thank you again and if I don’t reply w/ a thank you, I ap…

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nico

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2010-02-23 / 01:42AM

hi benny, how are u? hey i going to start the yellow belt, but i can’t because i have to be a royal member?, why if i did the exam and i passed to the 2nd level?, well i wait your answer ok see you…

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 William hotmail.com 
2010-02-22 / 03:06PM

Ni hao ma? How does one say,“I promise to do it”? What are the verb and noun for promiese?

Thank you very much for you help Benny teacher.

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 dave ymail.com 
2010-02-21 / 08:02PM

Ni hao mr. Benny? How would I say to accuse and accusation?

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2010-02-20 / 02:31AM

Hi Benny,
How should i say “i admire your effort”?

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nesrine

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 chinese girl hotmail.fr 
2010-02-17 / 02:12AM

hi , how are you ?
i want know the diffrent between sell and buy may maiy
the pronociation
thank you
yours nesrine

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nico

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2010-02-16 / 01:31PM

你好benny, 你好吗?,我有一个问题,how do you say international business, as the career of the university in chinese, with pinyin and letters, well i wait your answer soon ok take care 下次见

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chinachinaman

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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2010-02-15 / 11:56PM

Benny,
How do i say “what type of beverages do you have?”

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 James ymail.com 
2010-02-15 / 07:42PM

Xin1 nian2 kuai4 le! Gong1 xi3 fa1 cai2!

Can I use the word gong1zuo4 in Mandarin as it doesn’t work or your plan won’t work? How do I say to work in Mandarin?

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nesrine

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 chinese girl hotmail.fr 
2010-02-15 / 04:48AM

hello ,how are you ?
I WANT KNOW WHAT DOES THE SENTENCE BELOW MEAN
A: Xūyào mǎi xiē shénme ma?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROGRAMM
CHINESE GIRL

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clau

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 claudia calisti(claudita) tiscali.it 
2010-02-13 / 11:11AM

dear Benny Laoshi: jintian zai wo3de cheng2 shi4 Roma (Italy) xia xue!!! zhe ge shi hen ou3 er3 de! wo3 luo4xia4 zai jie1 he wo3 gan3 dao4 le hen teng2tong4 danshi suo3you3de xiao4 le!

Dea…

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 moelaw yahoo.com 
2010-02-13 / 09:45PM

How can i say “how are you” in Thai?

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laser2302

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2010-02-07 / 07:03PM

Hi Benny,

In what kind of situation you say “这是靠不靠普?”
Does it mean “does it make sense” or something? I heard this sentence in this video:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/ImPBEoQR_0o/

T…

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val1

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 val googlemail.com 
2010-02-01 / 03:45PM

Can someone tell me….. Benny and my online language partner uses
zai nǎ​lǐ…… for “where is………” but a CD I have listened to and another person told me to say zai4 nar3 for "where is…..

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 james ymail.com 
2010-02-04 / 07:26PM

Ni hao Benny aka the best mandarin teacher in the world? Perhaps you can help me with this. For cloth sizes do Chinese people used words like small, medium, large, and extra large or do they just t…

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lulanke

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2010-02-03 / 07:27PM

你好话小姐,本霓我尊敬汉语老师们。

我想我写错了这本校故事,所以我重新写写这本送给你们,
希望你们可以看得懂我写什么。

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走后门 [奥兰治的淘气鬼]

一九三六年荷兰的朱丽安娜公主 [荷兰的王太后]假日滑雪的
时候见到了德国的伯纳德王子. 他们两个人马上互相爱上了。

一九三七年荷兰的朱丽安娜公主和德国的伯纳德王子结婚了。

三年以后第…

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laser2302

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Lee Kong hotmail.com 
2010-02-04 / 09:57AM

Hi Benny,

What does 的话 means in the following?

那在这个之后的话呢,我们会把这个培训文档发给大

Here’s the context:
那么我们这边也准备了培训文档,是中文的培训文档,中英文的培训文档,但是现在没有发给大家,因为我们这个培训的目的是教会大家怎么把我们所熟知的流程在这个系统中使用,那在这个之后的话呢,我们会把这个…

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saralapierre

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 sara hotmail.com 
2010-01-26 / 08:24PM

Hello Benny,

Can you teach me how to say these sentences?

I studied in shanghai in 2009.
I graduate from the fudan university in 2009.
I majored in Chinese at fudan university.

To pour…

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clau

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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Language : English, French, German, Spanish
Posts : 34
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 claudia calisti(claudita) tiscali.it 
2010-02-01 / 11:41AM

Hi benny Laoshi! I found this Chinese surname: YULIAN and my son name is Yulian or also Julian. In old Italian this name meanings a curly man (julus meanings curl ). what’s the meaning of Yulian …

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Henry

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Henry yahoo.com 
2010-02-01 / 10:19PM

nǐ hǎo Benny

May I know how to use this word 甩 and 剥?? If i want to say for example, “color is fading” and “skin is peeling off” do i make use of those words?

Many thanks teacher. xiè xie nǐ

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val1

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 val googlemail.com 
2010-02-01 / 03:47PM

Last question of the day!!!!!! where can I find a dictionary of chinese names…. or something like that…. I want to write a letter to my friend Mai Yui in Taiwan…… where would I find the cha…

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 james ymail.com 
2010-02-01 / 04:26PM

Wow mr. benny, your site is awesome! I just started learning Chinese. Can you explain to me the difference between duo1 jiu3 and duo1 chang2 shi2 jian? I am a bit confused and could you give exampl…

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val1

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 val googlemail.com 
2010-01-28 / 03:20PM

at the beginning of your sessions you say: Da jia how…… what is the meaning of this?

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clau

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 claudia calisti(claudita) tiscali.it 
2010-01-31 / 12:34PM

Hi Benny Laoshi! wo3 gang kan le “mu qin fu qin” Zhang Yimou de ying3 pian4. wo3 xiang3 zhe4 ying3 pian4 shi gan shi1de he wo3 xi huan chang2 duo1 de. Wo3 xi huan li4shi3, Bao Shi de “hui2yi4”, x…

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sid6581

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Audiomonster msn.com 
2010-01-26 / 03:23PM

Hello !

It looks lie there is a problem with “My Vocab”.
Instead of a simple word, the description is very complicated and is not complete (ends with …), so it is difficult/impossible to lear…

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chinachinaman

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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2010-01-29 / 02:34AM

Benny,
How do i say “please be nice to me”?

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RobertVicencio

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 RobertVicencio askbenny.net 
2010-01-29 / 04:17PM

In Singapore and having great weather and great food!

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