How do you say
In one of the books that I have recently bought, I've read that the way to say "how to say..." in Mandarin is (add word/object) 汉语怎么说。 However, when I've asked native Mandarin speakers they that it's 怎么说 (add word/object). Which one is correct?

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How do you say
In one of the books that I have recently bought, I've read that the way to say "how to say..." in Mandarin is (add word/object) 汉语怎么说 。 However, when I've asked native Mandarin speakers they that it's 怎么说 (add word/object). Which one is correct?

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Word/Object + Language (英文/中文/什麽的。。）+ 怎麽說

例句：青蛙英文怎麽說? （青蛙 [frog] +英文 [English]+怎麽說 [how do you say])

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Both are correct!

one is "How do you say it?"
Another is "How do you say it in Chinese?"

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I think it is depend on the situation.
If you ask a Chinese person about how to say 'desk', that is to say that how to say 'desk' in Chinese. Another situation is that if you ask a Chinese person about how to say Chinese very well, which means you are asking a method.

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both ok.
for example,if you try to say "how so say water in mandarin?"you can say
water （用）中文怎么说
中文怎么说water

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both are right

汉语  怎么  说 ? = How to say in Chinese?
怎么  说? = How to say?

it's just the first variant specifies the language

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