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  • čas přidán 18. 06. 2019
  • Chinese spoken language has hundreds of dialects that vary depending on one's home province, city, and even county. In this video, I ask passers by in Yangshuo to teach me how to say, "你吃饭了吗?" (Have you eaten?) in their local dialect.
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  • @jiesentoh3170
    @jiesentoh3170 Před 4 lety +5259

    In Malaysia we greet with friends like, "eh u haven't die ah?!".

  • @julienfu3541
    @julienfu3541 Před 4 lety +2703

    I can hardly understand the dialect of my neighbor town.

    • @Monkeyabroad
      @Monkeyabroad  Před 4 lety +74

      lol, What's your hometown?

    • @WingChunBoyz
      @WingChunBoyz Před 4 lety +46

      Julien Fu Foshan?

    • @julienfu3541
      @julienfu3541 Před 4 lety +30

      @@WingChunBoyz yeah correct

    • @jamesonlee2478
      @jamesonlee2478 Před 4 lety +11

      @@Monkeyabroad I cannot understand my neighbor Town too,from Huanggang hubei

    • @guangxiandong5891
      @guangxiandong5891 Před 4 lety +12

      Even my mom doesn't greet in this food related style. It is already outdated.

  • @somno6878
    @somno6878 Před 4 lety +1855

    There are 10 major language groups in Chinese language, and over 800 classified Han Chinese dialects. There must be more unrecognised ones.

  • @hasseloo4563
    @hasseloo4563 Před 4 lety +1535

    1:22 how do I train my cat to just lay on my shoulders without killing me

  • @stephaniechang9183
    @stephaniechang9183 Před 4 lety +3321

    As a Chinese, I think have you eaten is not a greeting in China...

    • @c.j.5238
      @c.j.5238 Před 4 lety +355

      Only in the villages will work

    • @Chicken_o7
      @Chicken_o7 Před 4 lety +576

      I mean, if you say it, it wouldn't be weird, but it's true that it's not really that common.

    • @dannali7492
      @dannali7492 Před 4 lety +396

      It's become a popular urban myth. I mean if you say it to someone you know well right before meal time it's fine. But if it's like 4pm and you ask someone that they'll probably be like, lunch or dinner?

    • @leaillex
      @leaillex Před 4 lety +376

      My French teach though that 你好meant 'have you eaten' and insisted that we (7 Chinese kids) were wrong. This was a normal school in Canada.

    • @angelaw1195
      @angelaw1195 Před 4 lety +4

      Ikr

  • @lunchmoney1114
    @lunchmoney1114 Před 4 lety +1105

    Have you eaten yet in Beijing accent 101 : CHURR LA MAA

    • @juliette7151
      @juliette7151 Před 4 lety +6

      hahahahaa

    • @jaydenli6709
      @jaydenli6709 Před 4 lety +1

      Omg XD

    • @albertdittel8898
      @albertdittel8898 Před 4 lety +72

      I have been living in Beijing and I speak Mandarin and there aren't any Chinese people as hard to understand as Lao Beijing Taxi drivers, because they don't speak, they just grunt and burp. When Chinese people tell you that Bejingers speak the best Putonghua and the "Southerners" speak bad Putonghua, don't believe them! When southerners speak putonghua, they maybe have an accent, but at least you can perceive different syllables... And the finest anchorman-like putonghua is spoken by well educated southerners studying at one of Beijings universities.

    • @lunar_python8359
      @lunar_python8359 Před 4 lety +63

      @@albertdittel8898 I personally don't believe you should say there is such a thing as "good Putonghua" and "bad Putonghua". It's simply a different accent. If you compare Beijing and Taiwan accents, you will find a huge difference, but there isn't necessarily a good or bad. I've heard people say that the accent in Taiwan is very light and sweet, but I've also heard the accent being called girly. I've heard people call the Beijing accent correct and proper, but that it's also very in-your-face and loud. There really isn't a "good Putonghua" in my opinion.

    • @beijingbacon2389
      @beijingbacon2389 Před 4 lety +4

      I'm dead 😂🤣🤣😭

  • @2prize
    @2prize Před 4 lety +994

    3:47 I had to pause that's breathtaking

    • @user-mq6fu6ou4f
      @user-mq6fu6ou4f Před 4 lety +86

      You are breathtaking.

    • @Monkeyabroad
      @Monkeyabroad  Před 4 lety +57

      Thanks :) shot this sunrise with a drone last Friday morning

    • @2prize
      @2prize Před 4 lety +34

      @@user-mq6fu6ou4f you're all breathtaking

    • @crescentcompe8289
      @crescentcompe8289 Před 4 lety +6

      @@2prize hahaha, keanu on E3

    • @samirrossi4887
      @samirrossi4887 Před 4 lety +4

      Is that in Guilin? Becuse i'm going there soon 😄

  • @mari-ky8jo
    @mari-ky8jo Před 4 lety +1379

    That guy at 1:22 with his cat... ICONIC. 太可爱了!

  • @zmfighter1892
    @zmfighter1892 Před 4 lety +697

    I came from Hubei Province, I can't understand the language of people in Fujian Province.even one single word..

    • @smallapple-2834
      @smallapple-2834 Před 4 lety +13

      I heard in China there people couldn't access social media such as CZcams ? But why you able to access it?

    • @user-vw8xm6jq3t
      @user-vw8xm6jq3t Před 4 lety +115

      @@smallapple-2834 Internet in some universities、institutions and enterprises is free and rid of the great firewall. We can also purchase legal VPN service to access blocked websites.

    • @smallapple-2834
      @smallapple-2834 Před 4 lety +2

      @@user-vw8xm6jq3t Oh I see ... 谢谢你

    • @mrbutterfluff1881
      @mrbutterfluff1881 Před 4 lety +5

      Which one is fujian province?

    • @whysofish8038
      @whysofish8038 Před 4 lety +14

      @@mrbutterfluff1881 It's on the southeast coast, on the northeast of Guangdong province.

  • @seanspartan2023
    @seanspartan2023 Před 4 lety +262

    My favorite Chinese greeting among friends they haven't seen in a while is "ni pang le" 你胖了 (you got fat) 😊

  • @nightdipper5023
    @nightdipper5023 Před 4 lety +514

    Your NYC accent sounds like an Italian mafia in Hollywood film😂

    • @evan2557
      @evan2557 Před 4 lety +3

      Weiyi Bao 我还以为他是澳洲口音哦,,

    • @HaoNguyen-nl3fz
      @HaoNguyen-nl3fz Před 4 lety +11

      well, new york used to be controlled by italian mafias.

    • @jeffreyzhao1535
      @jeffreyzhao1535 Před 4 lety

      Mama mia

    • @emilt.m.6418
      @emilt.m.6418 Před 4 lety

      @@HaoNguyen-nl3fz new yawrk* ;)

    • @iisophiex3
      @iisophiex3 Před 4 lety +7

      haha its funny how people think thats waht New Yorkers sound. I was born and raised in NYC and we dotn speak like that. It reminds me of the West Side Story.

  • @alcgda
    @alcgda Před 4 lety +254

    I love your admiration for Chinese culture and the people! Proud Taishanese here!!

  • @a92910
    @a92910 Před 4 lety +365

    I'm from Taiwan. My grandparents' generation use "Have you eaten?" for greeting in Taiwanese(kinda like South Fukien dialect, which is used in specific area).
    It is because in old time, there were wars and natural hazards or bad economy, lots of people suffered from hunger. So asking "Have you eaten?" is a way to show sincere and care.
    Some villages or old people still use it now. Just like English speakers like to talk about weather 😂

    • @willharbison7861
      @willharbison7861 Před 4 lety +5

      Chia PA boe

    • @shastasilverchairsg
      @shastasilverchairsg Před 4 lety +5

      Ni Jiak Ba Buay?

    • @user-sq1kz3ow3k
      @user-sq1kz3ow3k Před 4 lety +4

      顶上去让很更多人看到 ,前面出生在改革开放后的年轻人对历史一无所知!

    • @deepdark795
      @deepdark795 Před 4 lety

      @@user-sq1kz3ow3k 知道咱中国人以前穷很牛吗?

    • @obiwan88
      @obiwan88 Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@deepdark795 "那些拒绝学习历史的人,将会被迫重蹈历史的覆辙"。

  • @amj.composer
    @amj.composer Před 4 lety +114

    The dude with the kitty on his shoulders. So damn cute.

  • @awakening333
    @awakening333 Před 4 lety +48

    "Have you eaten" is a common greeting for Chinese in south China (Two Guang) in the past for sure, despite what other Chinese here that claimed otherwise. The latter could be born in the recent three decades and did not follow tradition religiously or born in northern part of China or simply not aware.

    • @iampetz
      @iampetz Před 4 lety +9

      Yeah, in the south. The issue other people are having is he's speaking as if it's common for China as a whole, which it's not.

    • @iceomistar4302
      @iceomistar4302 Před 3 lety +1

      Northern Chinese don't greet eachother they just yell

    • @dodo-eu6ox
      @dodo-eu6ox Před 2 lety

      Northern Chinese also greet with “have you eaten”, but the younger generation don’t

  • @williamj.greene5682
    @williamj.greene5682 Před 4 lety +90

    My wife is from Nanning, Guangxi. Went to school in Guilin. Can't wait to get back over there. Love it!
    Nice video! Thanks for sharing it.

    • @Monkeyabroad
      @Monkeyabroad  Před 4 lety +2

      Thanks for watching!

    • @andyl9658
      @andyl9658 Před 4 lety

      Urban Guilin has really deteriorated over recent years- although much of the scenery remains quite beautiful.

    • @lenl8004
      @lenl8004 Před 4 lety

      I love nanning

  • @user-ph4yz4rk7k
    @user-ph4yz4rk7k Před 4 lety +216

    honestly i lived in china for over 16 years and not once did someone ask me if ive had dinner.
    edit: i meant other than my family. but in that case it's not a greeting. they want to know if i need more food.

    • @angelhero89
      @angelhero89 Před 4 lety +5

      山东人表示我们那边见面都会说“吃了吗?”,但一般是在饭点左右见面的时候会这样讲。如果不是饭点,比如上午十点或者下午三点,会说“上哪儿去?”

    • @TheBrianp1
      @TheBrianp1 Před 4 lety +11

      As a fat guy, the answer to the question if I need more food, it's yes. It's always yes.

    • @user-ph4yz4rk7k
      @user-ph4yz4rk7k Před 4 lety +12

      @@TheBrianp1 I love food too but sometimes they overkill. Like three plates of seafood, a plate of pork liver and 20 dumplings is just too much. At that point I'm just stuffing myself to make my grandma happy.

    • @jovialteguh5006
      @jovialteguh5006 Před 4 lety

      @@user-ph4yz4rk7k hows the people and the atmosphere there in China?

    • @craigmitchell4407
      @craigmitchell4407 Před 4 lety +11

      @@user-ph4yz4rk7k I am a 200 lb. man. What always amazes me eating in China is I get so full I can't take another bite and then watch these 90 lb. Chinese girls continue to eat everything except their chopsticks.

  • @araaijmakers8024
    @araaijmakers8024 Před 4 lety +267

    Me, who only knows "ni hao":
    *_CHINESE IS CHINESE_*

  • @zhangsc91
    @zhangsc91 Před 4 lety +7

    Great video! Loved how you presented the vastness of Chinese dialects on different scales, and really put things in perspective. Plus, the footage, editing and message are just wholesome!
    It’s really a feat to bring such a wide variety of people closer together, linguistically and culturally. You said it better than a lot of state propaganda lol.

  • @Corey-dk3xi
    @Corey-dk3xi Před 4 lety +16

    Another Texan! DFW studying in Taipei here. Good luck!

  • @Marinn1993
    @Marinn1993 Před 4 lety +27

    I studied mandarin in college (But lost interest) but my parents can speak Chaozhou dialect cause both sides of the family came from Guangdong (I'm Thai). If you can speak Chaozhou dialect, you can communicate with lots of people in South East Asia.

    • @wagenlowyikhang7019
      @wagenlowyikhang7019 Před 3 lety +2

      because Chaozhou dialect is a branch of Hokkien dialect, and tons of people in SEA speaks Hokkien

    • @youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263
      @youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 Před 3 lety +3

      @@wagenlowyikhang7019 no bro, we can't understand it XD.

    • @wagenlowyikhang7019
      @wagenlowyikhang7019 Před 3 lety +2

      @@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 I'm addressing Chinese descendants

    • @youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263
      @youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 Před 3 lety

      @@wagenlowyikhang7019 I myself speaks hokkien bro. After doing some research by comparison with Japanese Kanji counterpart. Teochew seems like is actually even earlier version of Min language.

    • @gamechanger8908
      @gamechanger8908 Před 2 lety

      Here in the Philippines Hokkien is one of the main Chinese dialects here, since most of the Chinese population come from Fujian province which also speak Hokkien.

  • @Adam-jo3tr
    @Adam-jo3tr Před 4 lety +4

    Wow this was such a cool video. For someone who's trying to learn Chinese, I've been putting a lot of emphasis on getting each sound right and all that, but it's clear that so much of the language, written and spoken varies throughout the country

  • @OcramSheep
    @OcramSheep Před 4 lety +57

    In Hong Kong. We just say "wai !"

    • @nadiaparkins6034
      @nadiaparkins6034 Před 4 lety +1

      I also hear that a lot in Guiyang

    • @lakekinglong1819
      @lakekinglong1819 Před 4 lety +12

      In mainland China, wai is generally used in the telephone.

    • @wackywong
      @wackywong Před 4 lety +11

      喂 is used for on the phone. It's really rude to say it in person.

    • @kclee6968
      @kclee6968 Před 4 lety +7

      "Wai" is not a greeting. It's used when you want to get someone's attention in order to ask a question.

    • @wackywong
      @wackywong Před 4 lety +2

      @@kclee6968 You don't use "wai" to ask a question.
      To ask a question use:
      唔好意思 (m hou ji si, sorry to bother)
      唔該 (m goi, please)
      or
      請問 (ceng man, may I ask)
      Again, use "wai" _only_ on the telephone.

  • @xberttraveler2032
    @xberttraveler2032 Před 4 lety +8

    Great video Kevin. It really shows the diversity.

  • @tsunderenekokun
    @tsunderenekokun Před 10 měsíci +15

    Fun fact: most of these dialects are varieties/ dialects of mandarin, and fall in the branch of mandarin, hence bearing a lot of similarities to standard mandarin. However, varieties of Cantonese, and entirely different language of mandarin which falls under an entirely different branch of the Chinese languages, can also be heard here, since this video was filmed in guangxi. I’m a Hong Konger, and surprisingly they’re more easier to understand than the other varieties of mandarin. Maybe it’s cus of how Cantonese can only be found in the south and isn’t that spread out unlike the mandarin branch.

    • @habibcicero3833
      @habibcicero3833 Před 8 měsíci +2

      well yea u would have to go to southern china if you wanted to hear more different Chinese language groups, the north is entirely mandarin speaking

    • @tsunderenekokun
      @tsunderenekokun Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@habibcicero3833 but this video happens to be in the south…… maybe everyone speaks only mandarin thanks to the policies and Cantonese being discouraged lol

    • @habibcicero3833
      @habibcicero3833 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@tsunderenekokun discouraged is an understatement, us southerners are allowing our languages to be banned and wiped out, leading to the death of our cultures and identities
      im taishanese, hokkien, and cantonese and all three of my peoples are being shit on by the ccp

    • @tsunderenekokun
      @tsunderenekokun Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@habibcicero3833 ik…. I just didnt really realise how extreme the bans are.

  • @dheaismaxx
    @dheaismaxx Před 4 lety +16

    It’s also the same thing with the Philippines. Tagalog is like our Mandarin. So if you want to communicate with everyone here, it’s useful to learn Tagalog because everyone can speak and understand it. But we have more or less 82 spoken dialects/language all throughout the country. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk

  • @jishunzhou828
    @jishunzhou828 Před 4 lety

    Great interesting video thrown out here as always! Great job Kevin!

  • @jono_bates
    @jono_bates Před 4 lety

    Ah! Loved this. I find these types of videos so interesting! Thanks :)

  • @Jennwengg
    @Jennwengg Před 4 lety +85

    Ahh, I speak Teochew (the dialect from Chaozhou Guangdong). I wasn't expecting to actually hear it spoken in this video haha. It's always so interesting to hear all the dialects out there

    • @SuccessforLifester
      @SuccessforLifester Před 4 lety +8

      Ka kee nan

    • @Jennwengg
      @Jennwengg Před 4 lety

      @@actimols True, surprisingly I've actually met a quite a few Teochew ppl in Australia. But most of them speak with different accents (not the Chaozhou dialect)

    • @wallie356
      @wallie356 Před 4 lety

      Jenny Wong?

    • @peaxches
      @peaxches Před 4 lety +1

      ayyyyeee teochew fam

    • @enicnarfxbella
      @enicnarfxbella Před 4 lety

      @@Jennwengg Oh cool, I'm also teochew but am living in Australia! Where're you based?

  • @willaqui
    @willaqui Před 4 lety +387

    Linguistically speaking some ARE different languages, not "dialects." A Mandarin speaker can't understand a Cantonese speaker. Although politically they are called dialects. It's like saying French, Spanish, English, German etc are dialects of the EU.

    • @rickyismail4096
      @rickyismail4096 Před 4 lety +3

      I think so

    • @nikserof2183
      @nikserof2183 Před 4 lety +74

      I agree. As a Cantonese speaker who also speaks Mandarin, I find it irksome when people consider different Chinese languages as merely dialects of each other. I think it began with the incorrect interpretation and mis-translation of the term "方言".

    • @chairmanimao7982
      @chairmanimao7982 Před 4 lety +30

      stickersdogcat42 disagree, Cantonese is dialect because if write down the words it is same as Mandarin the standardized Chinese language. I suggest you check with native Cantonese speaker for their opinion.

    • @willaqui
      @willaqui Před 4 lety +15

      @@chairmanimao7982 Notice I said "speaker" Im talking about the spoken language not written.

    • @huiboon54
      @huiboon54 Před 4 lety +40

      @@chairmanimao7982 from what i know, written cantonese and written mandarin are very different, though. For e.g., to a native mandarin speaker/writer, 乜嘢 (cantonese) would make no sense. Rather, the same word would be 什麼 in mandarin. I dont study linguistics, but if we say that mandarin and cantonese are the same language because they both use chinese characters, wouldnt this be similar to saying that european languages that descended from the same language branch, and which similarly use latin alphabets, are the same? Someone please advice.

  • @Gary1q2
    @Gary1q2 Před 4 lety

    i love this video, i watched it a while back and was searching all through my watch history and finally found it yay

  • @vertigq5126
    @vertigq5126 Před rokem

    This was cool man, thanks for sharing! God bless you :)

  • @benfoulkes83
    @benfoulkes83 Před 4 lety +73

    Great video! I live in Shenzhen and most of the people I meet are from different parts of China. Really cool to think about all of the different dialects in one city.

    • @Monkeyabroad
      @Monkeyabroad  Před 4 lety +7

      Yo man, thanks for watching. I've visited Shenzhen a couple times. Since the city is only about as old as I am, there are virtually no Shenzhen-nese people; it's nuts how every single person there is from some other part of China.

  • @ziqi8985
    @ziqi8985 Před 4 lety +8

    omg the first Chinese guy is from Xiaogan, Hubei. That's where I'm from too!! Miss my hometown and my dialect!!

  • @fairlymoon448
    @fairlymoon448 Před 4 lety

    That is so cool, i love hearing the different chinese dialects! Especially since even within my family the older generation speak like 4 different dialects. But there's so many more, the Jiangsu one is coooool!

  • @hillvalent
    @hillvalent Před 4 lety

    Love the way you present your video...keep up the good works...

  • @MEN101
    @MEN101 Před 4 lety +21

    Those cats made this video even better 🐱 😺😼 hope you’re doing great Kevin

  • @designthedays
    @designthedays Před 4 lety +6

    This is great. Hope to visit China really soon!

  • @EricReprid
    @EricReprid Před 4 lety

    Love the video bro 🤘🤘

  • @cicimandarinchinese9133

    Awesome! Super enjoyable video man! I love studying all of the languages and dialects represented here in China.

  • @lixixilin
    @lixixilin Před 4 lety +3

    dude i have to say the CZcams algorithm is some magical thing that has brought me to your videos. Great works here!

  • @user-uj8re8fv8c
    @user-uj8re8fv8c Před 4 lety +20

    2:37紋身師傅紋的兩個字笑死我了

  • @McMurchie
    @McMurchie Před 4 lety +1

    AMAZING use of background music, 吃了

  • @tdrawup
    @tdrawup Před 4 lety

    This was so interesting Great Vid

  • @92fan2
    @92fan2 Před 4 lety +29

    2:37 The tatoo says“Hangzhou people son of a b*tch” lol

  • @andrewliu7958
    @andrewliu7958 Před 4 lety +6

    Typically, we say hello first and then say “have u eaten yet?” as a sign of sincerity. Idk about strangers, but that’s what I do with my family.

    • @Andrew-X
      @Andrew-X Před 4 lety

      Alex Meng said: I'm from Taiwan. My grandparents' generation use "Have you eaten?" for greeting in Taiwanese(kinda like South Fukien dialect, which is used in specific area).
      It is because in old time, there were wars and natural hazards or bad economy, lots of people suffered from hunger. So asking "Have you eaten?" is a way to show sincere and care.
      Some villages or old people still use it now. Just like English speakers like to talk about whether😂

  • @banniwang7010
    @banniwang7010 Před 4 lety

    Wow that’s fantastic!!! Thank you for your efforts. The mountain is so beautiful 😍 as a Chinese I haven’t even been there

  • @belizeguy
    @belizeguy Před 4 lety

    This is an amazing video. Thanks!

  • @Jumpoable
    @Jumpoable Před 3 lety +7

    Thank you for showcasing the diverse Chinese languages! (the preferred linguistic term is actually "topolects).
    The mother from Lipu County, Guilin said [kit] for 吃 ! That's almost like the Japanese reading for the character! Wow, super archaic pronunciation (most Mandarin languages will pronounce that as "chi" from southern [tzz] to a northern [chrrrr].
    The Cantonese guy from Yanggang said [haak]/ [hyak] which was also super interesting. Standard Cantonese (basically the Guangzhou dialect spoken in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and even in Nanning, the capital of the neighbouring province of Guangxi) pronounces 吃 as [hek]. But we usually just use 食 [sik] for the word "eat" & to use [hek] is considered slightly rural & uncouth LOL. Although the slang term [yak] is probably 吃 as well.

  • @liwenz2668
    @liwenz2668 Před 4 lety +35

    1:17 that's the dialect of my father (teochew) i believe, i can barely understand it lol

    • @onceflewup8413
      @onceflewup8413 Před 4 lety +1

      in Chinese, it is “潮汕”or“潮州”。

    • @ashd1641
      @ashd1641 Před 4 lety

      My mums teochew lol it sounds funny but I understand like 50%

    • @owlblocksdavid4955
      @owlblocksdavid4955 Před 4 lety

      @@ashd1641 probably cause your mom speaks it.

  • @HowardZed
    @HowardZed Před 4 lety +1

    Good shit mate. Keep dem contents coming!

  • @FitzpatrickSD
    @FitzpatrickSD Před 4 lety

    This was a good one! Very interesting!

  • @maggiexie67
    @maggiexie67 Před 4 lety +86

    I speak mandarin
    Me understanding mandarin: easy
    Beijing: normal
    Other: **doesnt feel Chinese anymore**

    • @kiwi9660
      @kiwi9660 Před 4 lety +4

      Maggie Xie YOU CANNOT BE “MANDARIN”

    • @lookingfortruth1930
      @lookingfortruth1930 Před 4 lety +3

      princess lia Right you can't be Mandarin. However, and strangely, you can say you are Cantonese if you are one since it's an adj.

    • @owlblocksdavid4955
      @owlblocksdavid4955 Před 4 lety +1

      You know, Sichuanese is a Mandarin variety, too. I've heard not even all mandarin varieties are mutually intelligible :)

    • @southernmandarin9651
      @southernmandarin9651 Před 3 lety

      哈,加油哦

  • @Patrick-tm7fk
    @Patrick-tm7fk Před 4 lety +3

    I'm from Chaoshan area and I speak Teochew!! It's nice to hear the dialect from my hometown. Thanks!

  • @limbunhang8568
    @limbunhang8568 Před 4 lety +1

    I finally found my family dialect through this vid😭. Thank you so much ❤️🙏

  • @nangofficialchannel1593

    Interesting video! THanks so much!

  • @liongkienfai104
    @liongkienfai104 Před 4 lety +23

    My family's from Indonesia and we speak mainly speak Cantonese and Teochew. Some of us speak Hakka and Mandarin as well, but they're not often used. 我家人來自印尼。 我們常常用廣東話和潮州話。 還有一些人會客家話和普通話, 可是在家裏沒用。

    • @ZK_Avenger
      @ZK_Avenger Před rokem +1

      It's rare to see Chinese people in Indonesia that still can speak Chinese language tbh

  • @keithkee8999
    @keithkee8999 Před 4 lety +8

    Southern China has many dialects. My dad is Teochew & mom is Hakka and I can speak both. I have been living in your home state for years. Perhaps before even you were born .. LOL. Love your videos. You don’t have southern drawl or lost your Texan 😁

  • @rosiecalvo8712
    @rosiecalvo8712 Před 4 lety

    Great video, had no idea china was so diverse with regards to dialects !!

  • @euni_yum
    @euni_yum Před 4 lety

    Great video for understanding chinese dialect!

  • @AbAb-mm3og
    @AbAb-mm3og Před 4 lety +4

    1:01 the Shijiazhuang guy says - ni chi fan le *bu* Interesting. Thanks for the video.

    • @Monkeyabroad
      @Monkeyabroad  Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks for watching

    • @fengzhao9971
      @fengzhao9971 Před 4 lety +1

      yes..and this is a dialect which is closed to mandarin. just different accents

    • @AbAb-mm3og
      @AbAb-mm3og Před 4 lety

      @@fengzhao9971 , i see. Thanks. I wonder if they use "bu lai" instead of "mei lai" (since here in the video he used 'bu' instead of 'mei').

  • @harrylouw2511
    @harrylouw2511 Před 4 lety +8

    My grandparents from my Dad were from Chaozhou. I live in Indonesia. I basically speak the same language as that guy from Chaozhou. Le Ciak Bue : you eat yet? Have u eaten yet?. Great video Kevin.

  • @XDWendyXP
    @XDWendyXP Před 4 lety

    Very educational video! Thumbs up!

  • @dorischen6121
    @dorischen6121 Před 4 lety

    This is so true, but still many people from other countries don't know that. Thanks for sharing this video.

  • @raincomesflowersbloom
    @raincomesflowersbloom Před 4 lety +3

    Um, sir, you have overwhelmed me in over twenty-five dialects.

  • @joethesimple685
    @joethesimple685 Před 4 lety +3

    These dialects made me crave for Chinese foods even more! 😁

  • @miniryou6904
    @miniryou6904 Před 4 lety +1

    i really wish i could attend. it would be so cool!

  • @McMurchie
    @McMurchie Před 4 lety

    This video definitely earned my subscription, I genuinely find it so amazing that within the space of 10 years the amount of interest in China and fluent speaking lao wai has sky rocketed by several orders of magnitude. What does the future hold for China and it's place in the world?

  • @koffron9696
    @koffron9696 Před 4 lety +11

    some of those are technically different languages from mandarin
    another thing is maybe "have you eaten" works better for older people but no longer for younger generations

    • @Andrew-X
      @Andrew-X Před 4 lety +4

      Alex Meng's explanation: I'm from Taiwan. My grandparents' generation use "Have you eaten?" for greeting in Taiwanese(kinda like South Fukien dialect, which is used in specific area).
      It is because in old time, there were wars and natural hazards or bad economy, lots of people suffered from hunger. So asking "Have you eaten?" is a way to show sincere and care.
      Some villages or old people still use it now. Just like English speakers like to talk about whether😂

    • @lookingfortruth1930
      @lookingfortruth1930 Před 4 lety +1

      Caffeine Raccoon it's for political reasons. So technically Cantonese is a language

  • @puluqemil
    @puluqemil Před 4 lety +4

    come to Zhejiang province, you walk every 10km ,you will hear different dialects :) My dialect is: Fa shi guo min

  • @ensonsu1361
    @ensonsu1361 Před 4 lety

    Totally agree!! I always have private conversations with my parents while traveling outside of our hometown

  • @chasetsai8500
    @chasetsai8500 Před 4 lety

    That’s a really awesome video.

  • @treefremd6273
    @treefremd6273 Před 4 lety +6

    As a Chinese,for me,I often greet with my friends by:"chi fan le ma" when it's time for eating.
    Nevertheless,other time,we generally use:"ni qu na li."(Where are you going?) Or just simply"Hi"

  • @ericta2138
    @ericta2138 Před 4 lety +3

    Chaozhou, represent!! 😆
    Southern US English and and New England English are actually sub-dialects of North American English, rather than just "accents" due to additional differences in vocabulary. North American, Australian, South African, and British English are all dialects of the English-language, proper.
    Now, referring back to Chinese, Sinitic languages are divided into separate groups like Mandarin (Sichuanese), Yue (Cantonese), Min (Chaozhou), etc.
    Separate languages are roughly defined in linguistics as those which are mutually unintelligible to one another--much like how species are defined by their mutual inability to interbreed (this is a simplification as hybrids, subspecies, and dialect-continuums are important concepts).

  • @krissroxxy
    @krissroxxy Před 4 lety

    great video!

  • @gxnsbxrg
    @gxnsbxrg Před 3 lety

    Love this

  • @jerrylin6756
    @jerrylin6756 Před 4 lety +15

    I speak mandarin but I never heard of using the phrase 'have you eaten' when greeting someone.

    • @Max-yp1iw
      @Max-yp1iw Před 4 lety

      Jerry Lin same 😂 我也没听过

    • @jaydenli6709
      @jaydenli6709 Před 4 lety

      Lmao me too I just hi or something

    • @sabrina3138
      @sabrina3138 Před 4 lety

      @@Max-yp1iw Ayy, 我听说from some article talking about " natural Chinese "😂😂😂😂😂. 他们对我说谎吗?

    • @Max-yp1iw
      @Max-yp1iw Před 4 lety

      Sabrina sorry because I don’t live in China I forgot many letters so my reading is not the best.. can you repeat it in engl

    • @diezombie9612
      @diezombie9612 Před 4 lety +1

      Pretty sure it's mostly the older generation

  • @ama7175
    @ama7175 Před 4 lety +3

    1:23 the dude with the cat on his shoulder is a mood lmao

  • @Dovid2000
    @Dovid2000 Před 4 lety

    Great video!

  • @huiyiwang4532
    @huiyiwang4532 Před 4 lety +2

    I am from a small place in Zhejiang called Qingtian and we speak a dialect. Just 40 minutes from here we have Wenzhou and they speak another dialect similar to ours. Then in Hangzhou (about 1 and a half hours by train from qingtian) they speak another one.
    They all sound similar but I can understand just a bit from the others

  • @EdmundLeong
    @EdmundLeong Před 4 lety +13

    "你好" (Ni Hao) is a more commonly used term when greeting someone, much like you would use "hello" or "hi".
    Asking if someone has eaten is usually a follow up after the initial greeting, as an opener into a conversation. Much like how one would comment on the weather or how crowded it is, etc.
    And if we're being specific here, "你吃饱了吗?" (Ni Chi Bao Le Ma, ie "have you eaten yet?"), is more commonly used than "你吃饭了吗?" (Ni Chi Fan Le Ma ie "have you eaten rice yet?").

  • @nguyenduchuy6081
    @nguyenduchuy6081 Před 4 lety +61

    I am learning both english and chinese
    For me being a vietnamese i think learning chinese is much easier than english
    I am really happy that i know this channel

    • @Monkeyabroad
      @Monkeyabroad  Před 4 lety +2

      Thanks so much for watching :)

    • @farel-168
      @farel-168 Před 4 lety +5

      I heard vietnam has so many loan word from china right???

    • @nguyenduchuy6081
      @nguyenduchuy6081 Před 4 lety +1

      @@farel-168 we borrow a lot of words from chinese and they are call Han Yue words
      I call them like that

    • @farel-168
      @farel-168 Před 4 lety +3

      @@nguyenduchuy6081 no wonder u feeling ez to learn chinese

    • @nguyenduchuy6081
      @nguyenduchuy6081 Před 4 lety

      @@farel-168 but i am gonna say it has twoside effect

  • @meganaxeliar
    @meganaxeliar Před 4 lety +2

    Amazing!

  • @marieclaireching
    @marieclaireching Před 4 lety +2

    It's nice to hear Cantonese and taisanese as well

  • @wander717
    @wander717 Před 4 lety +25

    actually,“have you eaten? ”is just like “how's the weather”

  • @Gryfder
    @Gryfder Před 4 lety +60

    To sum up..
    There are 56 ethnicities with their own languages, and each of them have their own dialects, all these in the videos are only Sinitic (Han) dialects

    • @Tensho_C
      @Tensho_C Před 4 lety +9

      Yea, but Han is about 90% the population, it's rare to see other ethnicities in most areas.

    • @Gryfder
      @Gryfder Před 4 lety

      @@Tensho_C that's true, wait I believe it's 70+%...right?

    • @Tensho_C
      @Tensho_C Před 4 lety

      @@Gryfder i dont know the specific number, but out of all the people I know, I've only met less than 10 that are not Han

    • @Gryfder
      @Gryfder Před 4 lety +5

      @@Tensho_C ah I see, I'm a Southern Han, from the Han Teochew dialect group, there's been sayings here and there that we're once not Han but we slowly integrated into Han culture from the north bringing along our traditions and cuisines in as well

    • @jenniferwang2595
      @jenniferwang2595 Před 4 lety +15

      according to wikipedia, 91.51% of chinese people identify as han chinese. however i’m pretty sure a lot of han people are actually descendants of ethnic minorities

  • @minimalistmomo8687
    @minimalistmomo8687 Před 4 lety +1

    My wife is from there. Its beautiful there. Happy to find a channel from China in English. Thank u sir. May u be well and happy.
    Greetings from Philippines.

  • @keninomaru
    @keninomaru Před 4 lety +1

    I really appreciate this as someone who speaks multiple chinese dialects

  • @MatthewBofenkamp
    @MatthewBofenkamp Před rokem +4

    In Norway it's the same way. We actually have two standard dialects (Bokmål and Nynorsk) that everyone has to learn in school no matter where they live because when Norway gained independence, they wanted to create a unified Norwegian language since there wasn't one. Some people wanted a language based on dialects spoken in large cities since it would be easiest for most people to learn, which became Bokmål, but others wanted a language based on the most obscure rural dialects, since those were the least altered by Danish, and the Danes treated us very badly before we gained independence from them, so they wanted to distance the Norwegian language from that, and Nynorsk was born. But then they just couldn't agree on which to go with, so everyone in Norway has to learn both, even if some regions tend to lean towards one or the other or a different local dialect like Nordnorsk in the north.

  • @user-vf9jr6ut9u
    @user-vf9jr6ut9u Před 4 lety +4

    As a Chinese,I can only exactly understand one dialect.
    But in China,every city even every county has its own dialect.It means that when I go to another city in my province Guangxi,I have to speak Mandarin definitely!
    Another example in my family,my father can't understand the dialect in my mother's hometown,my mother can't understand his hometown town's dialect either,as their son,I understand neither!!!
    Emmm...

  • @linhaitube3679
    @linhaitube3679 Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks for this amazing video! China indeed has hundreds of languages/dialects that are unique to smallest towns. Unfortunately, many of these languages/dialects are in danger of being forgotten, as younger generations are using these languages less and less. For example, I am from a small town of Linhai where we speak "Linhai Hua" - a special dialect of Wu Chinese. For most of my friends, they can understand Linhai Hua but cannot speak this language. Within next couple of generations, Linhai Hua will become a forgotten language.
    Language is so deeply ingrained within human culture, tradition, and history. I feel that when a language dies, a part of humanity that has existed for thousands of years dies with it. That is why my friend and I recently created our channel LinhaiTube to share and cherish our unique language Linhai Hua with others and keep records of our language.
    It is great that you created his video that really cherish the diversity that exists in Chinese language! Thanks again for making this great video :)

  • @shikha5246
    @shikha5246 Před 4 lety +2

    I have been in Yangshuo before. It is very beautiful. Zhangjiajie is beautiful as well. I think my favorite place has been in Qingdao. There are so many dialects in China and sometimes when I speak Chinese, it is difficult for them to understand. I find that Chinese people are some of the friendliest people in the world. China 🇨🇳 still has my heart 💕.

  • @meggileskirbytupaz
    @meggileskirbytupaz Před 4 lety +4

    In the Philippines, particularly in the Visayas region, we mostly greet our friends with "Hala! Buhi ka pa lagi!" This translates to "Wow! You're still alive!" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @PerryCuda
    @PerryCuda Před 4 lety +6

    While you're correct calling all of these "dialects" within the Chinese language family, it might also be added that many of these dialects are in fact languages. Mandarin and Cantonese bear less resemblance to one other than do Spanish and Italian.

    • @kah-mingng8049
      @kah-mingng8049 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes; "dialects" which are mutually unintelligible should correctly be referred to as languages.

  • @Loptr_
    @Loptr_ Před 4 lety +1

    3:37 oh my god, this scenery is incredible

  • @stephanieno6722
    @stephanieno6722 Před 4 lety

    I love your video soooo much

  • @aryungurueva4083
    @aryungurueva4083 Před 4 lety +11

    This is old school 🙄 can't imagine someone would say 吃饭了吗 at 3pm

    • @exitless
      @exitless Před 4 lety +2

      吃了吗?

    • @retromei
      @retromei Před 4 lety +3

      well, i mean if i get a call from a family member in china that doesnt remember its 3am then maybe

    • @exitless
      @exitless Před 4 lety

      @@retromei #relatable

    • @retromei
      @retromei Před 4 lety +1

      wondowooyoung right..so relatable...

  • @rachelenkay9523
    @rachelenkay9523 Před 4 lety +3

    I am really proud of myself that i could read the chinese on the thumbnail off the bat

  • @caslu6578
    @caslu6578 Před 4 lety

    We got some internal vibration. "Have you eaten" is indeed the way in my hometown people are using to greet others. You make me homesick, dude! I like you work

  • @felixkunzer8592
    @felixkunzer8592 Před 4 lety +2

    Hey! I really like your videos, they get me really nostalgic - i lived in China for a year after graduating highschool. Actually your videos inspire me to maybe move back and so I was wondering, how are you financially sustaining yourself?
    Best wishes from Germany :)

    • @Monkeyabroad
      @Monkeyabroad  Před 4 lety +3

      I have a few small revenue streams: 1) youtube adsense 2) affiliate partnership commissions and benefits 3) money saved up from working previous media gigs unrelated to this channel. In fact my most lucrative video work isn't on my own channel; I work with other Chinese companies to produce content for Chinese audiences, on platforms and apps for Chinese users. The work is seasonal, so I have a good chunk of the year to do whatever I want, as long as I don't live too lavishly.