Chinese English Names - Jimmy O. Yang
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"Roy Roger, the oldest white guy to ever white"
I agree
Asian Boi or like a roadside fast food joint
Nyeeesss
Some say he's still whiteing to this very day...
yass pink guy fannn
Yep, he literally said that.
What your dad didn’t mention though was the “hard” part of Richard.
😅😅🤣🤣
Plus his nickname is Dick
@@serfandterf Really?
@@subswithoutvids-dw6dv yeah, that's a pretty common nickname for Richard.
@Robin Nilsson lol, Dick Wang does have a certain ring to it though.
"This woman is really funny actually"
Lol
😂😂
Tru and she’s kinda cute too
And she got deep voice too
😂😂😂
guys: Kevin, James, Daniel, David
girls: Amy, Vivian, Jennifer
I swear haha
S S MY NAMES VIVIAN AND IM CHINESE SHSHSJSU
Kevin...
Amy tho that’s so common
Honestly i see a lot of Brians
Don't forget the Kaitlyns, and the katies
"dad, why'd you named yourself Richard?"
"because I want to be rich!"
"that makes so much sense"
that pun flew over my head
Har Har Har ..... When ever I want to get under my Grandson's skin I holler RICHARD GET OVER HERE....wait for it ☺
I don't get it, can you explain?
@@mayursanghvi5480 I tease my grandson by calling him Richard cuz the nickname is "DICK!" When out walking I'll shout TOMATOE as code for catch up. Get it , ketchup 😋
@@merlejones3561 Thank you very much for explaining, but I was asking Mac mafia about the pun he is talking about. Your joke is hilarious too, actually.
@@mayursanghvi5480
the pun there was:
"that makes so much sense (cents)"
which is related to his dad named Richard because he wanted to be rich.
I asked some of my Chinese friends one day about how they get their English names when they emigrate here. I was curious if their parents assigned them or if they got to choose their own. They all responded with the same answer, that they went through a huge list and just picked something that sounded good in English and that's how I have Chinese friends named Conan and Pierre.
More specifically, the name list is from elementary school English classes
My friend from college is an international student from china. I shit you not he named himself “Robinhood”
@@Cashyoso That's amazing
I met a lady who named herself “Dragon”
Lots of girls named Eileen, Sheila, and Wendy too, at least mainland. I mean, you need a name that laolao can pronounce.
Don't get me started on how many other Kevins I've met
Wassup
I'm Vietnamese and I got about 10 of them in my family, 12 if you include Kelvin.
Asian English names; James, Kevin, john, Peter, Jenny, Anna, annie, linh, Kim, Tony and the list goes on 😂 Probably missed heaps
Kevin Zhang??
Steven Nguyen - this made me laugh so hard, I have cousins named James, Kevin and Kim, an uncle named John and...... oh yeah my sisters are Jenny and Anna 🤣
The special is also on Spotify and Apple Music. Thanks for the love! Comment your Chinese/English name below:
My chinese name is Hung Low.
Weiting Huang
Andrew, the most common Asian English name
Yong jin /english name jerric
Tiu na ma!!!
Dad: wants a mansion
*names* *his* *son* *Mason*
Underrated Comment
Mason Ma son my son
omg gold
Like the jar.
My Dad is Chinese and wanted to name me Jane. My mom was like Omg no, it’s too chinese and I ended up as Courtney. My Chinese name is Wei Fun. Lol.
Your chinese name is way more fun than your english name
@@MrMuscleTroll Wei More Fun
CourtneyinSF why did they change your name is it mandatory when you move to America?
@@aram3432 I also don't quite get this
@@aram3432 hard to explain it but in short it's just for convenience. It's not easy to pronounce Chinese name for non-chinese because the alphabet B (for example) is not pronounced B but instead pronounced P in english.
Roy Roger sounds someone straight out of a 1950s sitcon.
Starlord Roy Rogers was an actors
and country singer in the fifties famous for his westerns. He was known at the time as the “King of the Cowboys”
My middle name translates to rich boy. My dad named himself Sunny.
One time years ago and for fun, I just started putting together English first names with Chinese last names (inspired by some I'd seen). I picked last-name sounding, really old-fashioned British English first names, though, and stuck a Chinese last name on and then googled it to see if there was such a person. And in just about every case there was. There is a Buckingham Chu, a Maximilian Yee, and a Winston Chong, for example. I made those names up because I thought they were funny, and lo! People with those names exist.
Just made up one with your formula and couldn't find anybody: Birmingham Ye
I did Thomas Chong.
I found Tommy Chong, a famous actor, musician and weed smoker
Alexandria yim
I was in a class where the teacher announced the winner of a little competition. He said a Chinese name. We seven Chinese students looked at each other; despite how different our Chinese names are, the teacher's pronunciation could potentially fit any of them. But I know how much he tried and appreciated it nonetheless
lmfao
I'm curious now. What _DID_ he say?
I'm struggling to think of a name where you can confuse *SEVEN* people at once lol
@@13Kr4zYAzN13 hahaha! I don't remember exactly. Probably something like Qianxiang. Q and X don't have the matching sounds in English, and the teacher was German; English was his second language, too
@@speicaldark You know, I always wondered how the hell we managed to get Q from a sound roughly equivalent (I know roughly is doing a lot of leg work here) to a ch and X from a sound roughly equivalent to zh. I want to talk to the first guy to do that to understand his thought process.
@@metroplexprime9901 They just picked some letters that were still left.
"Roger sounds like an old white guy"
Me a teenager with tons of grey hair and named Roger: "that explains everything"
Edit: thx for the likes! nvr got beyond 100 before, but the above mentioned is true. I am Roger and I do have alot of grey hair hahahahaha
What happen to you XDXD
@@catorange8888 hahaha magic
bro r u ok 😂
😂😂😂...Hope you are fine
黑猫 stress of genes
my japanese Grandfather named himself Keith and named my dad and uncle Christopher and Russel. and then my father named me Sebastian, so my whole family just sound like old white men.
That name sounds like butler in novel or comic, especially Sebastian
I know a Chinese guy whose English name is Heaven
I once saw a guy named Emotion. What in the flying-
@@Kenicavus LOL!
I shared a dorm with several Chinese exchange students in my freshman year: their English 'names' were Sunny, Ring, and Better. Like, a dude gets to pick his own name and goes with 'Better', just tells you a lot...
Bruh the worst chinese student was named "angel" 💀
@@DP-uj6qb What weird name did you pick and what's your real name? I always wondered actually, why Chinese take 'English' names. Is it cos English speakers are so damn lazy they can't be bothered to pronounce Chinese names? I'd just tell them to get a grip and learn how to say your real name properly!
Most of my friend's parents are religious so we all got biblical English names. That probably How I ended up as Cyrus with David, Ezekial, and Joseph as my best friends
😂
Mines Esther
My mom was to so my brothers and nephew have religious names
Cyrus is an awesome name I'll be honest. Literally named after the first king of kings
That's actually pretty cool man.
My grandma wanted my brother and I to have Mandarin names but my mom said "I don't want their names to stand out on a resume". So we got the most generic white kid names she could think of, Michael and James.
Those names are really white
My parents did this too
I never really understood why Chinese (or any other immigrants for that matter) do this, I mean standing out in a resume is actually a good thing, and you can't hide the fact you're Chinese once they see your face anyway.
I'm Croatian myself but grew up in Western Europe, where you have a number of migrants in the population. In my experience, around half of us have names from our country of origin, while the half have local names. You're free to name your child however you want (except ÆX-12), but "I don't want them to stand out" is a weak reason especially in a heterogenous Western country, sorry if I insulted your parents. Assholes gonna bully, no matter your name. Cheers
@@dinkopausic6357 It's been shown that people are more likely to make it past the resume round if they have a white-seeming name. At least when you show up for the interview they know you're already qualified/can present well. Yes, it's truly messed up, but it's also something some Black families do. It's not just an immigrant thing.
@@dinkopausic6357 if ur a straight A+ white student ur smart, if ur a straight A+ asian student ur just another asian.
As a Chinese-Canadian I can confirm, Chinese names are always ambitious (my Chinese name is 嘉俊, which means pretty and smart), and our English names are usually something from pop culture or something that's just easy to pronounce for Chinese people. PS, my dad's name is also Richard.
yeah my chinese name in cantonese roughly translates to: hey wind in english which is very strange
Your Chinese name is very common. I know at least 3 people with that name and I’m American😂
Must be because your dad want to be rich
俊means handsome ar diu lei
Your comment makes me start thinking how many 嘉俊 there are in the world
Every Asian child that comes to America is named James
We have a few Anthonys and Simons as well
My legal name is Jonathan but even my parents call me James
Bunch of Kevins too
Don't forget Adrian
What about female names? xD
My brother has a story like this. A Chinese guy went to his high school to give some sort of class or speech I don't know. When he presented himself, he gave his full Chinese name, and then said "but you can call me César, my Spanish name" and the whole group of kids lost it. And yeah, he gave himself a very succesful name 😂 César=Caesar.
I went for fourteen years without realizing my aunts white friends knew them by a completely different names. "Oh, so you're Martha's niece?" "Who the fuck is Martha."
Yeah
Ard is a suffix that means "Someone who is in a specified condition" i.e. drunkard, wizard (wise ard), dullard, etc..., so his logic made more sense than his son thinks.
"The oldest white guy to ever white."
My Chinese name translates to 官大仁
So my surname is 官
Some ancestory rule said that my name had to have 大 in it so that had to be there
Then grandma wanted me to be a kind person and put a 仁 back there
Then my English name came from 大仁 and just became Daren
Now that does really make sense.
Nice now translate the symbols the english cause none of us can understand mandarin
@@ramatjyotsingh2643 alright so essentially all you need to know is that my name sounds like another phrase that means ‘judge’ as like in a court where the actual phrase it’s 官大人 (there’s a 法 which means law or rules or order behind it but that’s not important here)
@@darenk77 ohhh... thnx for ur reply!
Wow the pinyin actually made an English name.
My dad's name was Richu. It's not even a real English name. When I asked him why is him name Richu. He said cause it has rich in it. Guess what, I'm Chinese.
I'm sorry, but I just have to say it.
Raichu.
poor you! ;-)
We koreans do the same thing. My korean name is Jae-jin, so I went by "Justin" when my family and I immigrated to Canada. Ps. My father is korean, (born and raised in Gwangju, South Korea) and my mother is half korean, half white (born and raised in Toronto, Ontario) So simply put, we know that same struggle, Jimmy. Lol 😂
Keep the laughs going. Because we all need happiness and laughter in these tough times.
Bro you should have chosen Jaylen, cuz it kinda sounds the same
Isnt that a little bit degrading? Hardly anybody else do that in the world, James is James, Jose is Jose, Mohammad is Mohammad no matter where they are. Could you imagine being Joe Jingping or Donald Jae-in?
@@astrolillo Really long response below. TLDR, the main reason for this practice is ease of use (by other Westerners).
Jinping and Jae-in are the given names. The surnames for the people you're referencing are Xi and Moon. So in their case it'd be Joe Xi or Donald Moon.
Further, it's an ease of use thing - it just seems like people in the West have a really hard time pronouncing Chinese (and to some extent, Korean and Vietnamese) names. And since a lot of the 'norms' on what Chinese people going to the West should do were set during a time when they were in a position of impoverished weakness, you do whatever you need to in order to get a job and not be lynched. Little things like using a name that a westerner can pronounce might only help 1% of the time, but that's enough of a difference that they'll do it. This practice just happened to stick, probably helped by the fact that unlike prior waves of immigrants from Europe (who often did have to pick an Anglo name), East Asian languages are all tonal to some extent - meaning they often _can't_ be read properly when spelled out alphabetically*.
*technically, you can write out the names with the tones, but these aren't intuitive for westerners, and are a pain in the ass to do when typing on an English keyboard anyway.
This phenomena isn't specific to East Asian names. Eastern European names often get butchered in the West. The difference is that most of those names have a western equivalent - usually, it's a biblical name, has Greco-Latin roots, or it can be shortened to something that's easily pronounceable by westerners.
East Asian names as a rule of thumb, aren't really translatable, because they're often 'concepts' - like 'build the country' (Jianguo, common in China during the Cultural Revolution), or 'glorious' (Lee Kuan Yew's given name translated to this), or even descriptors like 'brave' or 'excellence'. This, by the way, is one of the reasons why you get Chinese people (usually international students or first gen immigrants) picking a name like 'Sky' (that, and it's not a "real" name anyway, so you could justify having fun with it).
Funny enough, foreign businesspeople who often work in China end up picking a Chinese name too, for the same exact reason (ease of use).
@@awijaya2116 Related to this. If the name is still pretty easy to pronounce and write for the majority of people, then the foreign name can remain as is.
For example, in Spanish speaking countries, people with chinese names normally choose a legal Spanish name for their papers and such, but japanese people don't, because their names are usually already easy enough to pronounce for spanish speakers.
Jimmy: Dad, why did you name me Jimmy?
His dad: Because I want you to be like that one smart cartoon character Jimmy Neutron in the future
Jimmy: Yeah..... I doubt that
I meant a man who grew up in Africa and moved here for business, and decided his english name should be "Richman" for the exact same reason.
Keep on doing comedy! Your rlly good at it!
My chinese name is 泰然, which is something along the lines of "self composed". My parents wanted my english name to be Thomas after thomas the freakin tank engine (no joke). But my grandfather protested because Thomas sounds like 他妈的（tamade), which means the f-word in chinese basically. So they flipped a random book and picked Kevin.
I used to thank my parents for name me Yujin because the one they were supposed to give me can be hard for Westerns to pronounce it was Yejin, but now I'm wondering why does everybody calls me Kim even though I introduce myself as Yujin.
Richard in French is also a pejorative noun meaning "someone rich".
When u heard "Man Singh", indians be like ye hamara launda hai re 😂😂
I love this guy’s cooking vids
the Golden Shrimp Fried Rice tutorial by him is so good man!
@@pramitdey4720 Loved it!
Hilarious! Btw Roy Roger was also a fast food joint back in the day too. Lmprao 😂😂😂
Lmprao? Wonder what this stands for
@@jamie150741 Laughing my Puerto Rican ass off.
Lmaao
Still exists.
@@raymac5235 what the f--
lmiao
Absolutely hilarious 😂
I love your comedy
"the oldest white guy to ever white" lmao I watched the entire thing on amazon prime, love you Jimmy. you're making us Asians proud
when you're brother's name is Jimmy, and your dad's name is Roy, this really hits home
I am Korean and my Korean name means “Beautiful success “ 😂
Jimmy - you one funny dude. Appreciate your humor. Tell Richard hello. Tell him I said your son rocks. 😆
Ya he is killing it now!
Respect from HK
Haha 15 mins in, low key Jimmy flexing that he'd been hooking up with ppl xD
Jian Yang's jokes are amazeballs!
I love this OMG.
Jimmy is not only a great comedian, he's also an amazing actor, like for drama and s
I love your sense of humor, you have a magnetic personality and you are one hell of a hot guy. I wish you ten thousand success in whatever you want to do.
Much love from a German friend
Nicename
dude your name is literally ""Firstname Lastname"
I know a little bit of German :)
Jimmy congrats on landing the role on Space Force, hilarious show I love it and your character is awesome man
I'm face blind but as soon as I read your post, I suddenly remembered him. I love his character.
Love this dude
This special is on Spotify guys! 😉
Well, obviously "10K Success" as a name worked! Your parents were right. Look at all your success Jimmy!!
omg the richard thing makes so much sense that explains so many of my friends names
Just watched the episode! Very funny 😄
Tony, Vivi, and Cici are the most common I see LMAO
"The oldest white guy to ever white" 😂🤣🤣
It is so nice to hear Cantonese from you
I’m in tears this is so accurate
"everyone does what they hate for money and use the money to do what they love" greatest quote ever
So true. This is one of the best quotes I have ever read. Period.
most people do.....but basketball players get paid for playing a game.....they get paid HUGE amounts of money for playing a game......and some others in niche professions get the same deal....
@@sabin97 sports in general.....
@@sabin97 i dont really think playing game for a hobby. Playing game become a job are two different think. They cant eat everything, they needed to keep themself fit. And dont forget not every game they always wins. Sometimes they lost too. And you see the top people that really successful but not everyone become well known. They have average salary too.
Like actor in Hollywod. You just see A-list star but a lot newcomers not even paying their bills just become actor. They needed part time jobs outside entertaiment industry. Become a waiter, uber driver etc.
And become actress or actors are not cheap. Beside tax. You needed to paid your manager, pr team, stylist etc.
@@khoirunnisa2801
NOBODY can eat everything, or else you die of a heart attack at age 35.
professional athletes(many, not all) get paid huge amounts of money for just playing a game.
in any sports game there can be only one winner. and in any year there's also only one winner. everyone else is a loser.
even jordan was a loser most of his career.
tax is a silly excuse.
if you get paid 100 millions usd, and you pay 50 million usd in tax/manager/pr team/etc, you still get to enjoy 50 million usd.
my chinese name means glorious accomplishments...i picked my english name jay because i was told that shorter names are better if i have to sign frequently for paperwork
10,000 success!! Suits you perfectly!! I wish you continued success!! You have no limits💗🤗
Start posting more on spotify ur alumb was gold🤣
It's cool that when you go to China you can pick your Chinese name.
I picked Weida Huangdi which is like Great Emperor. Now they gotta call me that.
Jimmy is so normal. You should talk about the Hong Kong English names that sound like they should be English, but aren’t. Like, is Elson a real English name? What about Eason? There are more that I can’t remember right now, but I think they make up their own over there.
I feel like its Ehsan but altered
Eason just sounds like Ethan but with an Asian twist.
I had a few Hong Kong friends with exotic names that I try not to laugh , like funny, happy, losa, handsome, venny 😂
Mark Ong and some of them called famous, fever, smart
knew of a guy named Zero... and a girl named Money
Can't wait to see you on Space Force!!
“The oldest white guy to ever white” hahaha
Our family named a Korean girl who stayed at our house for a school trip to America (their schools have a much higher budget). Her name in Korean was “Sheun” so we called her Shelby. I was not on board for this nickname and just called her by her Korean name.
When I was living in China the Chinese girls were all giving themselves western names--they favoured names finishing with an open vowel, Debi, Susi, Annie, Cathy they sound easier on Chinese ears.
Michael Moreton because i vowel sounds feminine in Chinese pronunciation
Lmao so accurate, those are such chinese eng names
My uncle has only dated Asian woman and now that I think of it they all had a similar name 😂 I once asked his Thai wife how she got her English name Heidi and it was because her name in Thai translates to “honey” in English so she wanted something close
I’m a Chinese-American named Eric. Although it’s supposed to end with a consonant, my parents pronounce it as “Erika,” and now it makes total sense.
@@stevenlee21 I think it's becuz if it doesn't end in a vowel, ppl would put a vowel behind to call you...
Jimmy i keep watching your videos!!!!
Omg I just discovered your channel today and I love you.
Saludos de México 🇲🇽
The best part is how true it is. I went to college with a dude who named him self Joe because it was the easiest name he could think of.
it’s not only the joke his pacing is natural and good
support from HK!! Great Jokes!!
Im glad this guy got into my recommendations😂
My grandparents came up with my chinese name which means pure and proper, and my parent gave me my english name vanessa after the violinist vanessa mae. but i now play the guitar and electric bass in a band
My english name is Jessica, which is what I picked for myself when I was in grade one. I'll admit I regretted it slightly when I reached middle school age and my class had four different Jessicas in it XDDD. Our teacher attempting to call one of us was always hilarious.
You got this Jimmy keep up the good work
My grandpa is named Richard and my dad is Jimmy... I'm getting weirded out by coincidence 😂
dude i got my english name cause a white guy came to teach at my school in china and he couldn’t say my name so he literally started calling me sarah??? and i was like ???????
anyways when i got to canada i panicked and said the only english name i knew. i don’t even like it but it’s been my name for the past 11 years lol
"The oldest white guy to ever white"
ay yoooo hi from Hong Kongggg, love your standups so frickin much dudee Add oillll
JIMMY LOL.
Lmao Jimmy's parents really loved Manchester city FC
when i first came to Canada, my mom wanted to called me Michelle. I didn’t ended with my this cause we both couldn’t really spell this name LOL 😂 so i thought about that girl in my English textbook from China, Amy...
I had to rewind just to hear him say “ten thousand success” again
I love Jimmy he is so funny
I'm from Hong Kong and I can relate so badly
Chinese name is cool if you know the meaning, I only realise that now when watching this video 😂
My brother’s name is “longing + Dragon”, he is born in the year of Dragon
I love this guy he is hilarious
This guy is just Amazing
My family friend's names are Amy, Kevin, Alan, Emily, Helena, and Joshua.
YOU KNOW- I'M JUST DONE WITH THI-
I asked my white friends what was their first impression of my name and surname when I first introduced myself
Them: we thought you were African
I'm Asian guys.
Haha 😆 Brilliant!!
"Roy Roger" LMAO OOF...
Is James Bond really popular in China?
My friend's name is James because when they immigrated he wanted to be named after James Bond
yes, but more often that we refer to him as “007”
wait did he just said maan singh......that's an Indian name XD
my friend name is jarjit singh
Jimmy is the most unimaginative comedian name. We already have too many of them.
0:40 LMAO.