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pinyin translation?

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:56 am
by kwoods
some guy said the following to me. and i have searched and searched, and cant find what it means. I asked earlier if he spoke english, and this was the response

"na ni shi zhong guo ren hai shi"

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:32 am
by babycham_12
hey :lol:
lol i have no idea what it means.. i wish i did tho lol...

Re: pinyin translation?

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:57 pm
by simonyeah
kwoods wrote:some guy said the following to me. and i have searched and searched, and cant find what it means. I asked earlier if he spoke english, and this was the response

"na ni shi zhong guo ren hai shi"
I think it means "are you a chinese or...?"

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:46 pm
by babycham_12
:cry: its not fair... i wanna kno chinese... :cry: everyone knows chinese except me :cry:

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:51 pm
by simonyeah
babycham_12 wrote::cry: its not fair... i wanna kno chinese... :cry: everyone knows chinese except me :cry:
:) i can teach u then, if u wanna learn.

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:52 pm
by babycham_12
:wink: okz....
but isnt that kinda hard to teach over the internet?!..
oh well sounds fun :D

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:58 pm
by simonyeah
babycham_12 wrote::wink: okz....
but isnt that kinda hard to teach over the internet?!..
oh well sounds fun :D
:lol: well, it depends on what you wanna learn. if you only want to know the meaning of chinese characters, then I can translate it into English, however, if you wanna learn the pronunciation, then,..... well, still can do that via typing, or even chatting via internet... :roll:

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:02 pm
by babycham_12
so im guessing that u speak chinese pretty well... :wink:
did u grow up in china or something?!

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:44 pm
by simonyeah
babycham_12 wrote:so im guessing that u speak chinese pretty well... :wink:
did u grow up in china or something?!
yep, i grow up in china, can speak Mandarin, Cantonese and Hakka.

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:31 pm
by babycham_12
cool :D
how many languages are there in china???