# Resources for learning Mandarin?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 19, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-learning-mandarin/824799 "2018-11-19T15:44:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-learning-mandarin/824799/26 "2018-11-21T05:46:18Z")

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LOL, this is how bad my understanding of written Japanese is (BTW, I’m Japanese/Okinawan, 3rd generation born and raised in Hawaii). I saw 日本国 and immediately thought yat bun gwok (Cantonese)!

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