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She speaks pretty standard Mandarin in my opinion. If everybody I translate for would speak like her, I would be more than happy! Read more

Hi Xiaoliang, As so often in Chinese, context is the key. There's nothing in the 把...+V成... sentence that inherently implies a mistake, though it's... Read more

Hi bodawei, Ok, I broke down and looked it up since you have failed me here :-). China does not add fluoride to its water supply. Hong Kong does. C... Read more

你发什么愁啊？ nǐ fā shénme chóu a? Can this phrase be used in a respectful way, or is it more informal and laidback? Read more

那里 nàlǐ means "there". 哪里 nǎlǐ means "where". Read more

Ok, I have a question on this older qing wen. They talk a lot at the beginning about how this structure: subject 把 object verb  成 finish sent... Read more

okay so if you are on the air plane and they ask you what do you want you can say “我喝水就好了” or does that sound odd? Read more

Hi guys, Just to clarify, " nǎ lǐ "  in this case means "there" as opposed to "where"!? Read more

John, I have a suggestion I'd like to offer you. If a word phrase like 下館子 somes up, maybe you can just mention that some people say 上館子 as well. Some... Read more

謝謝你徐老師！ Read more