How to say "Sure" in Putonghua
Recently on Da Shan's Travel in Chinese program on CCTV 9, there was dialogue in a hair salon; the gentleman was asked if he wanted his hair blow dried to which he answered, "sure" - according to the provided English translation.

I could not understand the word he said in Putonghua that meant "sure." It sounded like Douna ??

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How to say "Sure" in Putonghua
Recently on Da Shan's Travel in Chinese  program on CCTV 9, there was dialogue in a hair salon; the gentleman was asked if he wanted his hair blow dried to which he answered, "sure" - according to the provided English translation.

I could not understand the word he said in Putonghua that meant "sure." It sounded like Douna ??

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sure=dang ran当然,que shi确实 ,shi de是的，and so on,chinese is very complicated,a word maybe have many meanings and different translation .

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I think it sonded like“dang ran”， in chinese character is “当然”

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当然。dang1 ran2.  if someone want to go cinema with you,and you like to ,you can say this.
all a word,if you received an invitation, and you want to ,you can use it,or someone ask you a question that the answer is no doubt yes. you can also use it.
is that clear?

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i  agree with luguohuajian.有"确定"的意思,还有"是"的意思.这两种翻译多一点.

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dang一声 ran二声 当然.

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