Great video! I stayed 6 years in Thailand but just 6 months a year in Taiwan! I get the impression I can make more progress studying by way of your videos because in Taiwan everyone seems to be too busy for casual conversation; while in Thailand everybody seems to have more leisure for casual conversation -- so I learned the language rapidly. Ma
I am just a beginner and I thought maybe I could understand about half, however, I think I understood 90% because you speak so clearly and at a pace that my brain can just keep up with. Also, your story was extremely captivating so I was fully engaged. I have lived and worked in many countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia and I can relate to how difficult it is for so many people to find their place in this world. Most are trapped and have to just accept their pre-arranged life. You are an inspiration to others. I am so happy I found your channel, you have a great talent in teaching. You should have far more subscribers. I will be following all your videos and making comments from now on. THANK YOU.
You're too modest, you must definitely be at an intermediate level if you could understand 90%, though she does speak extremely clearly with good narration!
@@cbrtdgh4210 Ha ha, I have been sort of stuck at the same beginner level for 6 months repeating everything over and over. I feel I should be 100% sure before moving past this level. Maybe your comment struck a chord and I should get out of my comfort zone and move a bit higher. 👍
@@ronross9752 I've been learning for 4 years and still didn't understand 100% of the vocabulary. I use Du Chinese (app) and Mandarin Corner (RUclips) as well for intermediate listening/reading practice.
@@cbrtdgh4210 Thanks for your message. I have also watched/listen to many of Mandarin Corner videos repeatedly. I had never seen the Du Chinese (app) before so I checked it out. Wow.....I wish I had found this one before as it is a great learning tool. I spend 2 to 3 hours every day trying to learn. Unfortunately, the physical Mandarin school I was supposed to start studying at here in The Netherlands got shut down because of the Covid 19 situation. I am delighted to have stumbled on ShuoShuoChinese channel in the last week and now to discover Du Chinese. Thank you, I am sure I will advance a bit faster.
Your voice is crystal clear and I'm really appreciated when you put the subtitle on the video which is very easy for me to follow along and picking up some new words. Please don't stop what you are doing!
From Iran we have also somehow common issues that you have mentioned... It depends on people perspective and insights toward life... And me personally have some problems with these issues and want to experience the other life... With respect to my culture and country
I was born on the southern peninsula in China and was adopted at 10 months old. Recently I've been trying my best to squeeze in some learning to speak Chinese. I love your videos and they are so helpful. Keep doing what makes you happy :)
我大部分听得懂。但是我需要剧本。I was impressd by your brave ideas. Japan, my home country, is also too monotonous. I can relate to your opinion that interacting with many people in the world is good. Meeting with new people makes our life fantastic. So I'd like to study hard Chinese more !!!! Thank you for your video 😊
I have Japanese students and they told me that these days Japanese young people are more open-minded, even though they will usually be shy to speak English😂 But your English is absolutely great! And you are learning Chinese now, impressive!
我很喜欢你的声音也都你的些视频。我明白大概75%. I am an American who left USA for slightly similar reasons about work. I left to Thailand and lived in Chiang Mai for 4 years. Currently I am in Vietnam (for too long thanks to the pandemic) and I miss Thailand very much. I do want to see China for myself, but I don't think I will want to stay there long term either, as an unmarried 30+ woman myself. The great thing about Mandarin is that there are Mandarin speakers everywhere! I am happy that you did what was best for you and you are doing something you are passionate about! Keep being sharing your light
This is not meant as a criticism, but it sounds like you want to be more like a westerner, with its individualism. Why do you suppose that you are so different from most Chinese people? What influenced you? Also, as far as internet, can you access VPN in China?
Yes, that is a true statement! Having known many Chinese people and lived in China, I learned that most of them do have that way of thinking about the world. They think there are two basic groups of people: Chinese and “foreigners”. Chinese often have misconceptions that “Chinese people do things this way, and foreigners do things that way.” Really, there are many different cultures in the world. Chinese culture is just one among many, and there are no generalizations that can be made about “foreigners”.
holy cow! your speaking speed is perfect!!! i actually understood about 60-70% of what you spoke. I must tell my tutor right away. she'll be very proud. excellent video and explination! Thank you so much!
This video was the best listening practice I've ever had. Although I could only understand about 80%, It was good enough. This surely makes me wanna study Chinese even harder
I understood a lot of vocabulary. I’m in my first semester of studying Chinese. I live in the US and in a very multicultural society. Foreigners from around the world live here. I couldn’t imagine it any other way. I’m like you and love the warm weather. Hawaii has the ideal climate for me. Live where you feel most happiest. I’ve never been to China so I can’t comment on it but I’d love to travel there one day. Every country has its pros and cons. There is no utopia. Before the pandemic I loved to travel but my wings have been clipped. This has allowed me time to study Chinese. I have a long road ahead of me and many challenges. Thank you for sharing your story.
Thank you for the video. I want to watch it a second time. You are such a brave person to move to another country without speaking the language! You are an inspiration to the rest of us!
This kind of video is really great! I am a retired elementary teacher and i am presently learning Mandarin. I enjoy listening and having the subtitles in english and Chinese characters. I am presently starting hsk 4 level. Please continue with more videos like this. 我希望 您可以继续跟这样的视频。谢谢 老师！
I’m an expat living in China for 7 years already… What you’ve said about the mindset here is spot on. It is so difficult to have ‘normal’ conversations with my Chinese friends. I find that my conversations are all so shallow and meaningless and so nationalistic to the point that I prefer to just stick to meaningless simple conversations. Yet it remains an extremely convenient place to live - I love wechat and taobao and that’s prob the only reason I haven’t left yet 😂
That is true of any country. very few people can sustain a meaningful conversation, try chat to an American if you want Jingoistic illogical thinking. Yet just as in China there are people who can discuss rationally and yet still be patriotic, so too there are Americans. Of course it could be that my conversation is shallow and meaningless to them so that is how they respond.
Both China and the US have extremes of culture: excessive collectivism versus excessive individualism. I wish the two countries would learn from each other and enjoy a little more balance. I found this video inspiring and I’m so impressed that you followed your heart towards a life that makes *you* happy. That way, you can bring more of that happiness to others, as you have done. Somehow, your rejection of collectivism makes you *more* valuable to the collective, i.e. all the other people around you. You could not contribute so much if you were trapped in a miserable job, or a miserable life. Jīa yóu!!!
I truly appreciate your story, your teaching ability, the way you speak so clearly and in a way that’s easy to study, as well as your approach to producing your video content. Liked and subscribed!
Thank you for this video! I feel that frustrations you have with your country are the same frustrations a lot of people have with the country they were born in and spent most of their lives in. Time and familiarity breeds a kind of boredom and restlessness for some people (while for others, it's comfort and a reason to stay put). It's a necessary thing for the world to move around.
Sounds more like she hates the social order, and not because it's too "familiar". If it wasn't for the internet and western media, most of China would not know how conservative and repressed their beliefs and lives are. China is a huge place, and no one can truly be bored with it or too familiar with anything, in theory. It's the government itself, in it's effort to control everything and make a singular state, has turned everything homogenous and "boring".
@@aoikemono6414 Well, she liked my comment, so I can't be completely wrong 🤷🏻♀️ China is certainly neither conservative nor repressed lol I'm Canadian and people move around or live in other countries all the time. Literally, you'll always find a Canadian in some corner of the world. Some of us are just born to travel. Sometimes, at the ordinary people level, the government isn't that important.
我很喜欢这个视频！我在中国住了还有学习汉语一年, 然后我明白大部分，我很开心！请问拍更多类似的视频！ I am Canadian, and have lived and traveled in many countries. I understand your frustrations with China, as I have experienced a lot of them living here for the past year. However, I am so glad to have the chance to live this experience - as China is so closed off from the rest of the world, I've had the chance to face my own prejudices, learn about a beautiful culture and lifestyle. As for the closed-mindedness, while it may be exaggerated in China because of the restricted internet access, I've found that trait in every country. Things are changing as many Chinese young adults are studying abroad and bringing their experiences back. Funny thing about the “你应该。。。” though - it's a common source of tension between me and my Chinese friends/boyfriend... but I realized they don't actually want to tell me what do, but it's a way of showing they care. But independent, 28-year old me doesn't want people telling me to button up my sweater! LOL
So glad you made it to see the beautiful side of China, and I agree with you that most people are just trying to show that they care, but words can influence people unconsciously😆
I have also been living and studying here for 1 year Alexandra and your response really spoke to my heart. I have lived in a few different countries in Asia and I have come to learn there are positives and negatives about any country you go to. Sometimes when we experience a country for too long and are educated enough. We are able to recognize many things. Let's keep experiencing the world and implementing the positive things into our lives and discarding what is not needed.
So true. I have found its like this in every country I've lived (Germany, Netherlands, Spain) incl home country Australia. Seems like no matter where you're from there's always Conservative people (normally nationalist to some degree) who close themself off from the world and purposefully don't want to interact with people from anywhere else or that look different or speak different to them. Even the ones that aren't overt bigots still think their country is the centre of the world and everyone else is alien. But the world becomes more international everyday, at least I feel like younger generations feel that way (Internet generation), so these people will be left behind culturally in a way. I got hope for the future.
@@madeline569 Huh, that's mostly true for older people. I'm a religious believer + conservative in terms of politics, and I still love learning about other cultures, and I speak multiple languages.
Girl, You are an outstanding teacher, and we have to treasure you for all you have helped us accomplish so far! Teachers probably look up to you! Congrats!
At age 66 I like to understand better about the world and trying to learn a bit about China including the language is very interesting. These ShuoShuo videos are excellent. You are so clear to listen to and seeing the characters and translation is most helpful. Thankyou
I have been learning Chinese for about 4 months. I accidently found your channel and I find it exceptionally interesting and useful for me. I hope to learn more from you.
Oh dear, this is a common misconseption of a fairly fresh migrant, that in a new country there's no social pressure and nobody "tells you what to do". So happy to escape the "boring" rules they don't see the net of different rules, until they live in the new society for a bit longer and get tangled in the new net of rules and limitations. Then they might even start to perceive pressure of the old society as "darling old home". The bottom line is, there's no society without social pressure. I'm a migrant myself, left my old home almost 30 years ago to live on the other side of the globe.
This is some of the best listening practice for my level that I've ever heard. I appreciate the choice of topic, it's much more interesting than most listening practice. Would love to hear more like this. I understood about 50%, and I'm listening multiple times to catch more of the vocab. Thanks so much for making this!
Thank you for the great video! I was stuck on this video a few months ago and now can better understand it. Just wanted you to know that people are still finding these slightly older videos very helpful!
Oh man this is great! You enunciate clearly which is critical, but your speaking speed, while perhaps a bit slow to be considered natural, is absolutely perfect for my skill level. Thank you!
Hi, accidentally bump into ur video, i understand you completely , i am a 30 year old thai but have spend 5 years in china. I saw the same problem in china that u see, but i also saw the good things about china and fell in live with it. I hope thailand will treat you well. I know finding friends is hard in thailand, i am base in bangkok for now and if u need friends to talk to , i will be very happy as i am in need of chinese speaking friends too.
I"m glad you made this freedom choice! You are now free in mind and spirit . You friends and family are proud of you and understand. I live in Austin tx and we are very much a combination of all thoughts and people. take care and stay in touch with all of us
Honestly, some of the reasons that you mentioned are exactly why I want to leave my country too. Most people in my country are closed minded too and the society always want to boss around like, you shouldn't do this you should do that, get married early, do not dream, only work because apparently for them that's the best life...study hard and work. And I don't want to live like this. I am currently 22 as well. I want to explore and learn new things and do what I love in life and meet new people from every walk of life and experience new things. That's something really wonderful to me. Doesn't mean that I hate my country, I just hate this close mindedness of the society. I loved this video. Instantly subscribed 😁. Love and support from my side ❤️
Everybody has different experiences during life and each person makes their choices on those experiences and it is interesting learning why people make the choices they make
i like how you said you work 7 days and arent tired. that would be because you are doing what you know is right for you to do. when you are doing what you know is right, you have energy. when you do what you know is wrong, you are depressed and experience the consequences. so it's a good message, that life is a choice. i know many chinese people who feel as you do about living in china, but i also know many others who are happy because they do what they know is right. because it does not really matter where you live or what your circumstances are, what a government does or what people around you say and do, the only thing that determines your happiness is whether you do what you know is right, and you can always do that i also like the way you teach chinese with chinese characters, pinyin w/ yindiao, and english subtitles, speaking colloquially instead of formally-- closer to the way we hear chinese in the street
I think it's a great opportunity to be able to live outside of your country to get another life experience. The "freedom" that we acquire abroad that we might not get if we live among our countrymen. This is quite a common feeling, regardless of any country in my opinion.
I'm a Mexican trying to connect with my Chinese roots. I'm so grateful with you for taking the time to speak slowly, gesticulate and add subtitles so that we (beginners) can understand. These videos are my favorite and I feel like my great grandfather is looking down and smiling, 说，非常感谢你的帮助！
Same. I just wanted to hug her. It’s so mind blowing that she grew up in a generally collectivist, conformist society but still chose her own way to see the world. I am just flattened by the strength of mind and character that would take. It’s inspiring.
Good advice from a smart lady. It took me till about 34 to decide to change my life. Nice to see no matter what system you grow up in, you still think for yourself, oh and Thailand is amazing, i spent two years there and learnt Thai, best two years of my life.
I really like your story and reasons for leaving China. However, have been teaching different languages in China at a university for eight years. Teaching is tightly controlled everywhere and every university has special monitors. As a foreigner I have been especially ‘supervised’, but I don’t care. I love to teach and only teach languages, not ideology. Your teaching is excellent and your style most certainly is very different from the boiler plate approach so prevalent in China.
I have similar thoughts. I’m from America. I was teaching in China, until the epidemic forced me to stay in America. Life in China is so interesting. It’s challenging, but also fun and rewarding. I hope to go back.
30803080308030803081 i taught in Shanghai for 2 years and they were the happiest of my life. Tried to go back in March but weren’t able to get visa. Check visa centre website everyday to see if I can go back but alas no luck as of yet... God I miss it
Lol, I'm also English and living in China now... I can't wait to leave and get a real job in a free country with food that won't destroy my stomach and air that won't destroy my lungs. To each their own I guess
I'm studying for HSK3rd and 4th grade test^_^ now, so i'd love to watch your youtube channel to keep up my listening skill. 我觉得在日本也有一些压力🤣 就是"应该做什么, 不应该做什么"的。 我高高兴兴地听您的中文课用英语👍
I admire your independent spirit and self-awareness. You are very smart to protect your mental health. You are an excellent and delightful teacher of Chinese. Wishing you the very best.
I am a beginner, but the more I watch your videos and listen, the more I understand both reading and speech. I like to hear how Chinese words are actually pronounced. Also, I congratulate you for your independent thinking.
That means u probably lives a privileged life and don’t understand the difficulties of working class people. “每天只能知道工作而已。”you don’t easily say this kinda shit without living in a privileged yet disconnected life style. What a cruel world you just showed to people. ”幸福和快乐”， that is easy for you to say.
I am a Cheese teacher. Just find your channel lately, and I love it! I have introduced your channel to my students and many of them like your work. I also have played some of your videos in my classroom :). Thank you for sharing! I definitely will introduce this one to my higher-level students.
I'm a US citizen, my son lives in Shanghai, and I've visited China 4 times in the past 10 years. I've been to many places in China, including 3 times to Liaoning province where I have friends, not a place many foreigners visit. I really enjoy traveling in China, I've only had good experiences with Chinese people, and if there are prejudices against foreigners I haven't noticed them. I think it's very important for Westerners and Chinese people to experience each other's countries, so that we can learn that despite the differences in culture, we have a lot in common. Thanks for this video, I understood a lot (though not everything, I'm still very much learning).
I am from Bangladesh. I want to learn Chinese but i found it very difficult. Thank you very much for your concern. Your teaching method is dynamic and i loved it. I like the people who want to live independently . I also like your thinking method mam . Thanks a lot mam.
I lived in China for 2 years! I like China very much; the culture, the language and how friendly you guys are.. at least I can talk about my own experience.. of course I lived with foreign privileges but also with Chinese conditions, I saw the differences between them and so on. China gave me nice moments and friends, that’s why I’m still learning the language. btw I like your channel very much! I’m a new subscriber ✌🏾✌🏾 greetings from Germany.
I've just given you a big fat thumbs up and subscribed. Your format is perfect for me as a Chinese Malaysian who can speak and understand your content but needed to learn to read/recognise the characters. Thank you for creating this channel which I've found most suitable for me. As a side remark, I feel sorry for you leaving China but honestly, Thailand is a fabulous country to live in too especially if you like Thai food as I do. One major barrier is the official Thai language which perhaps you've already overcome by now. On the other hand, China is also a good place to live too and I've considered moving there after living in HK for many years as I do not mind negative reasons as you stated. VNP would help me get connected easily.
I am learning Chinese for a year now at the university. I understood around 97%. There were some new words, which we didn't have in our classes, but I still could follow. I hope there are more videos with the HSK4 level. Thank you for the content.
This was a great video, thank you for being honest about some of the societal problems in China.. It can always change, and things can always be better. But right now, it's not that way. Hopefully someday us foreigner Chinese learners can speak freely with the people of China and share cultural ideas, for a better world for everyone.
I only listened to the language and looked at the characters trying to absorb it. Many characters were familiar to me, but I couldn't put all pieces together at once without pausing the video. Instead at the end of each phrase I just briefly looked at the En translation :D I miss listening to Chinese a lot, especially limited by a shorter vocabulary (up to HSK3/4), especially with subtitles as well as translations :) So I appreciate what you do so much.
keep working bro, cuz learning language needs frequent practice. as a Chinese student who has learned Tofel for many months, I used to have many problems with Tofel listening
Thanks for this video! I appreciate all of the different subtitles so I can come back multiple times and study the grammar and vocab. :) Congratulations on your successful transition to Thailand and good luck with everything!
Love this video, would love to see more videos using this level type of vocabulary. It’s great to find useful Chinese learning content from native speaking teachers
What did you mean exactly by the "convenient daily life in China"? I know someone in China really struggling with some of the exact same things you mentioned! I sent them the link to this video
Great video.Right speed of speaking.Very thoughtful of you to include both hanzi snd pinyin.I can go at my own pace.Jia you! Keep up the excellent work.Rick/Seattle
I loved this video. I studied Mandarin for two academic years 50+ years ago and want to "take it out of mothballs". My favorite class was in Classical Chinese, but they only offered one semester of that. My favorite period of Chinese history was the Tang Dynasty. So, I was disappointed when I visited modern China in 1985. But, I still want to keep my connection with what is left of that ancient culture, so much of which got destroyed in the Cultural Revolution. I think I will be repeating this lesson over and over until I can understand it without reading the new simplified characters and the pinyin and translation. Thank you for telling your story. I really admire independent people like you who, if they aren't happy with their life, take action to change it. I recently was requested to witness the wedding of two Chinese male foreign students from 大陆 who could not get married back home. Like you, I could not live under such a restrictive regimen. Two thumbs up to you!!!
Literally everything you described applies to India too 😭😭🤣🤣. I guess it's the Asian culture in general. Some like it, some don't. Personally I'd love to live in China one day.
Super nice video. Looks like my HSK level is definitely good enough for this video. Also, you really made it easier by using a really good talking speed and speaking very clearly.
Only one word i didnt know.😌 So i can say i understand 99%. But it is interesting to know more about yourself. We have a very similarity in way of life, haha. But yours have better condition,and you realized it sooner. 我很晚才想到自己真想干什么😌
Hello Your Speed while you are talking is the perfect speed for a foreigner like me to understand what you are saying. And I was surprised how much I understood. I definitely can understand while you left china. Doing a job you dont like and not being happy is something that shouldn't be normal. Because I wasnt happy with my own education . But now I found what I want to do I want to translate in different languages to help people to understand the another cultures and be more open mind to another countries. And watching your videos is encouraging me to do my best . Thank you
Thank you so much for this content! Very interesting and so useful. I have forgotten so much of my Chinese and this is so helpful for me. I don't understand how come I have found this only now. Your speed is perfect and I can understand very clearly what you say even though I don't know several words. Subtitles are so useful also for pronunciation. I hope you make more videos like this because it's great to refresh Chinese and it's so difficult when you are neither a beginner nor an advanced student, because I have trouble reading normal Chinese text, since I am not advanced.
I accidently came across your video and initially I was skeptical but I decided to listen anyway. From the start I was hooked. Truly the best conversational video out there. I would appreciate it if you would please post more lenthy videos about China. This is a double-win. People wish to learn Chinese and simultanously hear and learn Chinese. An ideal time limit would be 10-15 minutes. I especially like the way you posted the Chinese characters, English and pingyin. Awesome job. Soon you'll have a massive following. Xiexie
your english has really improved in the last two years! not that you speak badly here whatsoever, but after listening to your most recent videos, you made mistakes here that I haven't heard in your newer videos. great job!
Your story is inspiring. My Chinese teachers in college exposed us to "real life" Chinese for listening; announcements over the loudspeaker in a crowded train station or airport, advertisements on the radio... listening to you made me realize just how intensive my language training in Chinese was because they spoke to us 95% of the time in Chinese at the same speed they would speak at home. I had Taiwanese teachers, teachers from Beijing, from Shanghai and from Lanzhou. So even though I've done no focused listening in Chinese for the last 12 years or so, I understood probably 65% or more of your story without looking at the subtitles. =) I just can't read anymore, and I have to think a lot longer before trying to speak Chinese anymore. I forget common words I could easily use in conversation after graduation. =( I really hope you are thriving here as a Chinese language teacher. Thank you for sharing your story!
I was convinced I can understand HSK2 videos at most, but surprisingly I was able to understand the majority of this one. Thank you for creating this vid, I've really enjoyed it!
I understood 80% of it by reading the pinyin and listening to the story! You are remarkable and very courageous. As a Chinese learner for the past 3 years, now preparing HSK4, I truly value your videos. Opposite to you, I sometimes dream of going back and live in China! (I currently live in Canada, where is also too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter). Keep it up girl :)
Hey!! This kind of video is extremely nice for Chinese learners, it helps a lot! You should definitely keep doing those, that’s an amazing work! I’m so happy found out this material in youtube.
I respect your choice to leave China to live in Thailand. to follow your dream. But I feel your idea that the Chinese only think of two countries-China and the other country, is too simple and out-of-date. To date, there are many millions of Chinese travelling and studying overseas. For example, when I studied my master degree at the University of Sydney 90% of the students were from China. My friend in Beijing knew there was a big bush-fire in Sydney, we talk to each other through Facebook. A lot of Chinese know what the Five Eyes countries (the US, England, Canada, Australia and NZ) are following the US orders to harm China or China's interest.
Students who get the chance to study abroad and Chinese people who share a daily life with foreign people and culture are open minded. But most of chinese people don't travel much, even inside of the country itself. (and when they do its really rich people). Chinese people working in a foreign country for a while tend to stick with each other and then don't blend with the local. There s still this really thick patriotic feel that even they acknowledge others countries it still China and the others. Adding to the traditional culture, a controlled internet and media. Etc.... Also even chinese people who were born outside of China tend to be pretty traditional and narrow-minded. The newer generation might begin to change it however as I said... Most of them didn't get the chance to travel abroad.
If you studied in Sydney and were surrounded by 90% chinese students speaking in Mandarin. . can you say you really left China? From your statement I feel like you never left the bubble of Chinese propaganda.
False. The majority of Chinese still see all other countries as either "foreign barbarians" or "America's lapdogs." They have a very limited understanding of other countries due to their limited media and education. Source: I have been living in China for the past three years and I work in Chinese education.
The internet has led to me meeting a lot of people, including a few Chinese people! A few were from the mainland, some were from the Taiwanese island, but they’re all really nice. I’m always curious about what life in other countries is like, but I’ve always been nervous to ask.. it’s really lovely to hear this!
You don't represent everyone in any country. Appreciate your work but stop talking like you know the country because you were born there. It's disgusting. Since you have a master's degree and full access to the internet, you should have done better research on the topic you talked about.
She is expressing her opinion. That’s something many in China CANNOT do. You should respect her point of view. I wonder why you are you so sensitive about someone criticizing China. Could it be in your heart you know she’s right?
@@mcdoon2 i agree with V H, what exactly do you know? How terrible a person can be when she gets educated there and then she demonizes her own motherland. Why would we have to agree with her
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your talking speed is perfect for a non native speaker to understand. Great video I picked up so many useful words!
Glad I could help!
Me too! I’m a beginner and I could understand quite a bit
Yes your talking speed is perfect and easy to follow.
我并不同意，我觉得老师讲中文的速度太慢的。老师下次请快点说吧。。。我是叫欧凯。而且我是中文HSK5级。 😊
Great video! I stayed 6 years in Thailand but just 6 months a year in Taiwan! I get the impression I can make more progress studying by way of your videos because in Taiwan everyone seems to be too busy for casual conversation; while in Thailand everybody seems to have more leisure for casual conversation -- so I learned the language rapidly.
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I am just a beginner and I thought maybe I could understand about half, however, I think I understood 90% because you speak so clearly and at a pace that my brain can just keep up with. Also, your story was extremely captivating so I was fully engaged. I have lived and worked in many countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia and I can relate to how difficult it is for so many people to find their place in this world. Most are trapped and have to just accept their pre-arranged life. You are an inspiration to others. I am so happy I found your channel, you have a great talent in teaching. You should have far more subscribers. I will be following all your videos and making comments from now on. THANK YOU.
You're too modest, you must definitely be at an intermediate level if you could understand 90%, though she does speak extremely clearly with good narration!
@@cbrtdgh4210 Ha ha, I have been sort of stuck at the same beginner level for 6 months repeating everything over and over. I feel I should be 100% sure before moving past this level. Maybe your comment struck a chord and I should get out of my comfort zone and move a bit higher. 👍
@@ronross9752 I've been learning for 4 years and still didn't understand 100% of the vocabulary. I use Du Chinese (app) and Mandarin Corner (RUclips) as well for intermediate listening/reading practice.
@@cbrtdgh4210 Thanks for your message. I have also watched/listen to many of Mandarin Corner videos repeatedly. I had never seen the Du Chinese (app) before so I checked it out. Wow.....I wish I had found this one before as it is a great learning tool. I spend 2 to 3 hours every day trying to learn. Unfortunately, the physical Mandarin school I was supposed to start studying at here in The Netherlands got shut down because of the Covid 19 situation. I am delighted to have stumbled on ShuoShuoChinese channel in the last week and now to discover Du Chinese. Thank you, I am sure I will advance a bit faster.
Kudoz keep it up.
Your voice is crystal clear and I'm really appreciated when you put the subtitle on the video which is very easy for me to follow along and picking up some new words. Please don't stop what you are doing!
Thank you!
你的故事真有意思的。我也離開了我的祖國大概十年以前。我住在泰國，越南，其他國家，工作在觀光業。我的故鄉是俄國（西伯利亞）。因為那邊冬天特色又長又冷，所以我從小時候夢想遷到熱帶海邊。我的愛好是學習外語。我很高興找到你的美好視頻！非常有利，謝謝。
I am at HSK 2. I didn’t expect to understand the content as much as I did, thanks to your speed and clear pronunciation.
谢谢 🙏
hi I'm also at hsk 2, is it possible to practice together sometimes, if you use wechat?
From Iran we have also somehow common issues that you have mentioned... It depends on people perspective and insights toward life... And me personally have some problems with these issues and want to experience the other life... With respect to my culture and country
I was born on the southern peninsula in China and was adopted at 10 months old. Recently I've been trying my best to squeeze in some learning to speak Chinese. I love your videos and they are so helpful. Keep doing what makes you happy :)
我是美國人, 可是去過台灣學中文, 在那邊讀到了碩士學位. 現在已經回到自己本國準備開始教中文, 正在尋找一些教學的材料, 恰好看到了您的頻道, 覺得您真的有老師的天分及愛心. 很期待以後有機會將您的短片與我學生分享. 很感激您如此為了我們外國人而努力!
❤
我大部分听得懂。但是我需要剧本。I was impressd by your brave ideas. Japan, my home country, is also too monotonous. I can relate to your opinion that interacting with many people in the world is good. Meeting with new people makes our life fantastic. So I'd like to study hard Chinese more !!!! Thank you for your video 😊
I have Japanese students and they told me that these days Japanese young people are more open-minded, even though they will usually be shy to speak English😂 But your English is absolutely great! And you are learning Chinese now, impressive!
我大部分听得懂，但是我需要字幕。
喜欢你的勇敢。
ズゴイです！
はは！マジで？？あなたは日本人ですか？ 你也会说中文！ 看起来你是我的对手。
我很喜欢你的声音也都你的些视频。我明白大概75%. I am an American who left USA for slightly similar reasons about work. I left to Thailand and lived in Chiang Mai for 4 years. Currently I am in Vietnam (for too long thanks to the pandemic) and I miss Thailand very much. I do want to see China for myself, but I don't think I will want to stay there long term either, as an unmarried 30+ woman myself. The great thing about Mandarin is that there are Mandarin speakers everywhere! I am happy that you did what was best for you and you are doing something you are passionate about! Keep being sharing your light
This is not meant as a criticism, but it sounds like you want to be more like a westerner, with its individualism. Why do you suppose that you are so different from most Chinese people? What influenced you? Also, as far as internet, can you access VPN in China?
你真的是一个美国女生吗？那，我会测试你的中文水平。因为我想知道如果您能了解我。你好我叫【凯】。就像你一样我也是一个外国人，但是我不是美国人。我不是在美国长大。我在尼日利亚出生。尼日利亚就在非洲的西方。我不知道如果你曾经住在非洲🌍。它是一个很好的大陆。你是30岁。那，太好了。我今年33岁。我们都仍然是很年轻。而且我们的一生仍然遥遥领先。
What's wrong with being an unmarried 30+ woman in China, you're not Chinese are you?? Why should they care about foreign women marital status?
@@ahse479 NOTHING WRONG with it man! 😄 I am 32-years old MAN. And still unmarried. 😊 It's all GOOD! It's all GOOD!
@@AsiaLoverBoy_87 I feel a strong urge to agree with you 😄
I really laughed at
中国人觉得这世界上有两个国家，中国和外国😂
Your story is really interesting, wish you a happy life anywhere in the world✌️
pitiful!!!!
If is correct... The language use perpetuates this mentality.
China and "the west" in English! haha
🤣🤣🤣还有一个叫非洲
Yes, that is a true statement! Having known many Chinese people and lived in China, I learned that most of them do have that way of thinking about the world. They think there are two basic groups of people: Chinese and “foreigners”. Chinese often have misconceptions that “Chinese people do things this way, and foreigners do things that way.” Really, there are many different cultures in the world. Chinese culture is just one among many, and there are no generalizations that can be made about “foreigners”.
holy cow! your speaking speed is perfect!!! i actually understood about 60-70% of what you spoke. I must tell my tutor right away. she'll be very proud. excellent video and explination! Thank you so much!
This video was the best listening practice I've ever had. Although I could only understand about 80%, It was good enough. This surely makes me wanna study Chinese even harder
I understood a lot of vocabulary. I’m in my first semester of studying Chinese. I live in the US and in a very multicultural society. Foreigners from around the world live here. I couldn’t imagine it any other way. I’m like you and love the warm weather. Hawaii has the ideal climate for me. Live where you feel most happiest. I’ve never been to China so I can’t comment on it but I’d love to travel there one day. Every country has its pros and cons. There is no utopia. Before the pandemic I loved to travel but my wings have been clipped. This has allowed me time to study Chinese. I have a long road ahead of me and many challenges. Thank you for sharing your story.
"live where you feel the happiest": among the places you are legally allowed to live and work...
Thank you for the video. I want to watch it a second time. You are such a brave person to move to another country without speaking the language! You are an inspiration to the rest of us!
Thank you!
You're incredible for thinking this way despite being a native. I've only come across a few Chinese people who think like this and it gives me hope!
This kind of video is really great! I am a retired elementary teacher and i am presently learning Mandarin. I enjoy listening and having the subtitles in english and Chinese characters. I am presently starting hsk 4 level. Please continue with more videos like this. 我希望 您可以继续跟这样的视频。谢谢 老师！
I’m an expat living in China for 7 years already… What you’ve said about the mindset here is spot on. It is so difficult to have ‘normal’ conversations with my Chinese friends. I find that my conversations are all so shallow and meaningless and so nationalistic to the point that I prefer to just stick to meaningless simple conversations. Yet it remains an extremely convenient place to live - I love wechat and taobao and that’s prob the only reason I haven’t left yet 😂
China the best country 🇨🇳❤️ glory to our great leader Xi jinping
@@jujubalaser 😅😅😅😅😅
That is true of any country. very few people can sustain a meaningful conversation, try chat to an American if you want Jingoistic illogical thinking. Yet just as in China there are people who can discuss rationally and yet still be patriotic, so too there are Americans. Of course it could be that my conversation is shallow and meaningless to them so that is how they respond.
What brought you to China?
@@ollieanntan4478 My Chinese wife
Both China and the US have extremes of culture: excessive collectivism versus excessive individualism. I wish the two countries would learn from each other and enjoy a little more balance. I found this video inspiring and I’m so impressed that you followed your heart towards a life that makes *you* happy. That way, you can bring more of that happiness to others, as you have done. Somehow, your rejection of collectivism makes you *more* valuable to the collective, i.e. all the other people around you. You could not contribute so much if you were trapped in a miserable job, or a miserable life. Jīa yóu!!!
Many european countries are a little more balanced in that regard in my experience
I guess your Chinese cuz Chinese ppl always compare with 🇺🇸 hhhhh 👎
@@kaise3402 *you’re. You should work on your English 🤷♂️🤣.
@@kaise3402 you're 📖
@@kaise3402 so? What's your point?
hellooo
I truly appreciate your story, your teaching ability, the way you speak so clearly and in a way that’s easy to study, as well as your approach to producing your video content. Liked and subscribed!
Thank you for this video!
I feel that frustrations you have with your country are the same frustrations a lot of people have with the country they were born in and spent most of their lives in. Time and familiarity breeds a kind of boredom and restlessness for some people (while for others, it's comfort and a reason to stay put). It's a necessary thing for the world to move around.
Sounds more like she hates the social order, and not because it's too "familiar". If it wasn't for the internet and western media, most of China would not know how conservative and repressed their beliefs and lives are. China is a huge place, and no one can truly be bored with it or too familiar with anything, in theory. It's the government itself, in it's effort to control everything and make a singular state, has turned everything homogenous and "boring".
@@aoikemono6414 Well, she liked my comment, so I can't be completely wrong 🤷🏻♀️ China is certainly neither conservative nor repressed lol
I'm Canadian and people move around or live in other countries all the time. Literally, you'll always find a Canadian in some corner of the world. Some of us are just born to travel. Sometimes, at the ordinary people level, the government isn't that important.
我很喜欢这个视频！我在中国住了还有学习汉语一年, 然后我明白大部分，我很开心！请问拍更多类似的视频！
I am Canadian, and have lived and traveled in many countries. I understand your frustrations with China, as I have experienced a lot of them living here for the past year. However, I am so glad to have the chance to live this experience - as China is so closed off from the rest of the world, I've had the chance to face my own prejudices, learn about a beautiful culture and lifestyle. As for the closed-mindedness, while it may be exaggerated in China because of the restricted internet access, I've found that trait in every country. Things are changing as many Chinese young adults are studying abroad and bringing their experiences back.
Funny thing about the “你应该。。。” though - it's a common source of tension between me and my Chinese friends/boyfriend... but I realized they don't actually want to tell me what do, but it's a way of showing they care. But independent, 28-year old me doesn't want people telling me to button up my sweater! LOL
So glad you made it to see the beautiful side of China, and I agree with you that most people are just trying to show that they care, but words can influence people unconsciously😆
I have also been living and studying here for 1 year Alexandra and your response really spoke to my heart. I have lived in a few different countries in Asia and I have come to learn there are positives and negatives about any country you go to. Sometimes when we experience a country for too long and are educated enough. We are able to recognize many things. Let's keep experiencing the world and implementing the positive things into our lives and discarding what is not needed.
你说得对！现在没有人可以进入中国。因为中国现在关闭边境。中国已经关闭了与世界其他地区的边界。
So true. I have found its like this in every country I've lived (Germany, Netherlands, Spain) incl home country Australia. Seems like no matter where you're from there's always Conservative people (normally nationalist to some degree) who close themself off from the world and purposefully don't want to interact with people from anywhere else or that look different or speak different to them. Even the ones that aren't overt bigots still think their country is the centre of the world and everyone else is alien. But the world becomes more international everyday, at least I feel like younger generations feel that way (Internet generation), so these people will be left behind culturally in a way.
I got hope for the future.
@@madeline569 Huh, that's mostly true for older people. I'm a religious believer + conservative in terms of politics, and I still love learning about other cultures, and I speak multiple languages.
Girl, You are an outstanding teacher, and we have to treasure you for all you have helped us accomplish so far! Teachers probably look up to you! Congrats!
At age 66 I like to understand better about the world and trying to learn a bit about China including the language is very interesting. These ShuoShuo videos are excellent. You are so clear to listen to and seeing the characters and translation is most helpful. Thankyou
I have been learning Chinese for about 4 months. I accidently found your channel and I find it exceptionally interesting and useful for me. I hope to learn more from you.
Oh dear, this is a common misconseption of a fairly fresh migrant, that in a new country there's no social pressure and nobody "tells you what to do". So happy to escape the "boring" rules they don't see the net of different rules, until they live in the new society for a bit longer and get tangled in the new net of rules and limitations. Then they might even start to perceive pressure of the old society as "darling old home". The bottom line is, there's no society without social pressure. I'm a migrant myself, left my old home almost 30 years ago to live on the other side of the globe.
It’s all relative, no place on earth is perfect. Why? Bcos men made the rules , just like in good ol’ China!
This is some of the best listening practice for my level that I've ever heard. I appreciate the choice of topic, it's much more interesting than most listening practice. Would love to hear more like this. I understood about 50%, and I'm listening multiple times to catch more of the vocab. Thanks so much for making this!
love from the uk!! this has been a lifesaver and you are a very educated and well spoken teacher!!! thank you so much
Thank you for the great video! I was stuck on this video a few months ago and now can better understand it. Just wanted you to know that people are still finding these slightly older videos very helpful!
我是一个最近考过了HSK3的学生。 虽然我住了中国六个月，但是现在在国外自学中文。 我正在努力学习是因为我希望尽快考试HSK4。您的内容真有用，太感谢你的帮助！
Compared to HSK3, how was the video in content/vocab/speaking speed?
Really
Oh man this is great! You enunciate clearly which is critical, but your speaking speed, while perhaps a bit slow to be considered natural, is absolutely perfect for my skill level. Thank you!
Hi! Please, make more videos like this! It is perfect to practice vocabulary and useful sentences (expressing opinions and so on) Thanks!!
Glad I could help!!
Hi, accidentally bump into ur video, i understand you completely , i am a 30 year old thai but have spend 5 years in china. I saw the same problem in china that u see, but i also saw the good things about china and fell in live with it. I hope thailand will treat you well. I know finding friends is hard in thailand, i am base in bangkok for now and if u need friends to talk to , i will be very happy as i am in need of chinese speaking friends too.
I"m glad you made this freedom choice! You are now free in mind and spirit . You friends and family are proud of you and understand. I live in Austin tx and we are very
much a combination of all thoughts and people. take care and stay in touch with all of us
Not really her family might have been the reason of her not having freedom in China. Are you getting married soon?
講的很棒！祝福妳在泰國事事順利！
我已是長居泰國的台灣人，也是泰國的漢語教師，但現在算是退休了，最近剛得到法庭頒發中泰口譯認證，我想藉此幫助法庭和需要中泰口譯的朋友。
Honestly, some of the reasons that you mentioned are exactly why I want to leave my country too. Most people in my country are closed minded too and the society always want to boss around like, you shouldn't do this you should do that, get married early, do not dream, only work because apparently for them that's the best life...study hard and work. And I don't want to live like this. I am currently 22 as well. I want to explore and learn new things and do what I love in life and meet new people from every walk of life and experience new things. That's something really wonderful to me. Doesn't mean that I hate my country, I just hate this close mindedness of the society. I loved this video. Instantly subscribed 😁. Love and support from my side ❤️
我很喜欢这个视频。你的教法很不错，我觉得大多数中文学生们都能听懂你的意思。
我也觉得你的想法有道理。我住过北京、上海、长春、还有浙江一个县城。 我在大部分那些地方生活不错而且在那边有很多我很想的朋友们，不过我还能看清楚虽然好多地方进步得越来越快，而且在这么大的国家这么快做这件事真的很厉害，但是还有很多人没有机会做一些让他们很快乐的活动。我爱中国菜、中国古代文化、且不同生活方式的经历，不过我还在考虑在这个社会中普通人在哪里有意义？我知道家庭非常重要，但是除了这个来源以外，我很不一定还有没有让很多普通人有意义的？我觉得全世界的人都有这个问题，但是我在中国的时候看到在很多朋友们的眼中这是个比较严重的问题。在我老家其实也是，所以我觉得有机会一起考虑怎么面对这个非常现代的问题。我们也可以算这是很好的练习，以后全世界的人都需要考虑被人工智能代替后我们在哪里有意义？
我不是说钱不重要，没有的话一定会发现钱怎么重要，不过除了钱以外，还有很多重要的东西。我觉得有办法为你自己看世界而认真得考虑哪些人的生活方式有好处、好处是什么、怎么贯彻这些好处在你自己的生活中也是个非常重要的过程。
有很多跟这个话题的哲学思想。 我上大学的时候看过西游记（英语版哈哈）然后看那本小说的时候发现那本小说还是对这个时代特别相关的。不管是古老的哲学或者现代的哲学，中国的哲学或者其他国家的哲学，我觉得我们应该开始看这些资料为更好地想象人类的未来：科技越来越强大，不过这只是人类的工具，我们决定怎么使用这个高级的工具。
我鼓励所有朋友们疫情后走我走过的路：去国外学习或者工作、学习外语、看不同的文化而交很多新的朋友。欢迎你们来我老家，如果我们在其他国家见面的话，我希望我们可以一起旅游。
谢谢为我们做这个视频，我又想说真是个非常好的学习资料而且你的想法很有道理。我希望越来越多人跟你一样交不同背景的朋友
Everybody has different experiences during life and each person makes their choices on those experiences and it is interesting learning why people make the choices they make
i like how you said you work 7 days and arent tired. that would be because you are doing what you know is right for you to do. when you are doing what you know is right, you have energy. when you do what you know is wrong, you are depressed and experience the consequences. so it's a good message, that life is a choice. i know many chinese people who feel as you do about living in china, but i also know many others who are happy because they do what they know is right. because it does not really matter where you live or what your circumstances are, what a government does or what people around you say and do, the only thing that determines your happiness is whether you do what you know is right, and you can always do that
i also like the way you teach chinese with chinese characters, pinyin w/ yindiao, and english subtitles, speaking colloquially instead of formally-- closer to the way we hear chinese in the street
I think it's a great opportunity to be able to live outside of your country to get another life experience. The "freedom" that we acquire abroad that we might not get if we live among our countrymen. This is quite a common feeling, regardless of any country in my opinion.
I'm a Mexican trying to connect with my Chinese roots. I'm so grateful with you for taking the time to speak slowly, gesticulate and add subtitles so that we (beginners) can understand. These videos are my favorite and I feel like my great grandfather is looking down and smiling, 说，非常感谢你的帮助！
Omg she really said gay rights I loved that
Same. I just wanted to hug her. It’s so mind blowing that she grew up in a generally collectivist, conformist society but still chose her own way to see the world. I am just flattened by the strength of mind and character that would take. It’s inspiring.
*everyone liked that*
Y'all need deliverance
Actually it depends on the city. Chengdu is reputed to be the city of gays. But yeah in the whole country it's not the same.
Good advice from a smart lady. It took me till about 34 to decide to change my life. Nice to see no matter what system you grow up in, you still think for yourself, oh and Thailand is amazing, i spent two years there and learnt Thai, best two years of my life.
I really like your story and reasons for leaving China. However, have been teaching different languages in China at a university for eight years. Teaching is tightly controlled everywhere and every university has special monitors. As a foreigner I have been especially ‘supervised’, but I don’t care. I love to teach and only teach languages, not ideology. Your teaching is excellent and your style most certainly is very different from the boiler plate approach so prevalent in China.
Just found your channel and love the orientation of your content
I left England to teach in China for many of the same reasons you left China.
I have similar thoughts. I’m from America. I was teaching in China, until the epidemic forced me to stay in America. Life in China is so interesting. It’s challenging, but also fun and rewarding. I hope to go back.
30803080308030803081 i taught in Shanghai for 2 years and they were the happiest of my life. Tried to go back in March but weren’t able to get visa. Check visa centre website everyday to see if I can go back but alas no luck as of yet... God I miss it
@@30803080308030803081 I wanna travel to China, I think occidental newspaper are saying a lot of lies about China
Lol, I'm also English and living in China now... I can't wait to leave and get a real job in a free country with food that won't destroy my stomach and air that won't destroy my lungs. To each their own I guess
@@Alex-gt1wy Sure there are lies on both sides, just as there are truths on both sides
I'm studying for HSK3rd and 4th grade test^_^ now,
so i'd love to watch your youtube channel to keep up my listening skill.
我觉得在日本也有一些压力🤣
就是"应该做什么, 不应该做什么"的。
我高高兴兴地听您的中文课用英语👍
5:55 對對對對對沒錯沒錯沒錯同意同意 YESSSSSSS i too, very much agree with this idea. We need more people like you in this world
真的很好的内容。我来自斯里兰卡，在中国留学了一年，考过了hsk5级现在在国航工作，继续你喜欢的生活，那么你每天都成为了一个开心的人。
Yes! It is difficult to find HSK3/4 listening material, really appreciated!
I admire your independent spirit and self-awareness. You are very smart to protect your mental health. You are an excellent and delightful teacher of Chinese. Wishing you the very best.
我是日本人、我在学习中文。我觉得日本也有strong sense of 日本日本人和外国人。我的中文还不好但是我喜欢用你的video改善我的中文！Hope it makes sense:)
你写得挺好！
我很一样，但是我是半中国半印尼人住在印尼。我的中文也还没有好，只要马马虎虎。
I am a beginner, but the more I watch your videos and listen, the more I understand both reading and speech. I like to hear how Chinese words are actually pronounced. Also, I congratulate you for your independent thinking.
I’m a Chinese native speaker. Why am I watching this?🤣
你馋老师身子
Curiosity?
@@veemon U didn't konw what I mean？
learn english V:
@@zhaorussell2237 你不是？lol
I just found your RUclips site and am so very glad. I've been learning Chinese for 2 years now and I look forward to watching your videos.
中国人点进来看着玩。看的出来你真的是个很棒的中文老师。加油！
毕竟有墙，翻墙确实不太方便，有些还要付费。
So useful to see the Chinese writing as well, together with spoken Chinese. Shall watch it several times.
Agree. I am another Chinese teacher choosing to live in a foreign country.
Thanks for the video. Extremely clear, and I liked seeing the Chinese Characters, Pinyin and English translation!
我觉得您说的有道理，我是印尼人，去北京读大学，我认为北京的生活压力特别大，他们每天早就起床晚上很晚才能回家。这样的生活有意义吗？我看了房子特别贵，但是工资也比较低，这个能让他们的生活特别累。每天只能知道工作而已。为了赚钱什么工作都可以，如果在我们的生活中没充满幸福和快乐，我觉得没有什么意义。
That means u probably lives a privileged life and don’t understand the difficulties of working class people. “每天只能知道工作而已。”you don’t easily say this kinda shit without living in a privileged yet disconnected life style. What a cruel world you just showed to people. ”幸福和快乐”， that is easy for you to say.
@@nehcooahnait7827 我不是这个意思，我的意思就是如果我们每天只能知道工作，不知道工作的意义。就是工作工作，不能知道我们的目标这个能让我们的生活很难，比如呢我当一位老师，为什么我要当一位老师呢？应为我要让孩子们能认识这个世界，能认识美好的生活，能得到一个很好的教育。我就这个意思。如果知道了自己的目标，你当了什么工作也有意义，你看了孩子们很快乐，你也能感觉快乐。我不是看小别人，就是觉得如果在工作里面没有目标和快乐哟，那个有点儿遗憾吧。
谋生存啊，不是通过工作实现人生理想，。这不是人的问题，要看社会有没有这个机会
哇，先生。虽然你是印度人，但你的中文水平很棒。你好，我叫【凯】。我从来没有去过北京不过我听说北京的生活比较好。很多人已经告诉我北京的生活费更便宜。而且找工作不太难。我不知道在北京房子的价格怎么样。。。我从来没有住在那边。无论如何你的中文为什么这么棒呢？你已经学了多久？我学了5年。😃
@@AsiaLoverBoy_87 不好意思，我不是印度人😅我是印度呢西亚Indonesia🇮🇩应该你知道巴厘岛吧。我常常跟父母说汉语，所以汉语的水平还行吧，北京的生活费不太贵。很高兴认识你。
I am a Cheese teacher. Just find your channel lately, and I love it! I have introduced your channel to my students and many of them like your work. I also have played some of your videos in my classroom :). Thank you for sharing! I definitely will introduce this one to my higher-level students.
Hello Cheese teacher, haha
I'm a US citizen, my son lives in Shanghai, and I've visited China 4 times in the past 10 years. I've been to many places in China, including 3 times to Liaoning province where I have friends, not a place many foreigners visit. I really enjoy traveling in China, I've only had good experiences with Chinese people, and if there are prejudices against foreigners I haven't noticed them. I think it's very important for Westerners and Chinese people to experience each other's countries, so that we can learn that despite the differences in culture, we have a lot in common.
Thanks for this video, I understood a lot (though not everything, I'm still very much learning).
I am from Bangladesh. I want to learn Chinese but i found it very difficult. Thank you very much for your concern. Your teaching method is dynamic and i loved it. I like the people who want to live independently .
I also like your thinking method mam . Thanks a lot mam.
我很了解你的看法。 我是个外国人住在中国。在一些方面我很喜欢中国的生活, 但是大部分人符合保守的想法。而且必须使用VPN上国际网站非常不方便。希望中国会开放一点!
目前的情况之下，还是有墙比较好
@Qi Liu 又是一个翻墙后被洗脑的
我觉得不应该限制所有人，但如果一点不限制 喜欢骂人的人会出去骂哭台独势力，
I love your vLessons.
It’s so good that you provide the transcript and the pronunciation so that I can improve my listening skills. Thank you
I lived in China for 2 years! I like China very much; the culture, the language and how friendly you guys are.. at least I can talk about my own experience.. of course I lived with foreign privileges but also with Chinese conditions, I saw the differences between them and so on. China gave me nice moments and friends, that’s why I’m still learning the language. btw I like your channel very much! I’m a new subscriber ✌🏾✌🏾 greetings from Germany.
I've just given you a big fat thumbs up and subscribed. Your format is perfect for me as a Chinese Malaysian who can speak and understand your content but needed to learn to read/recognise the characters. Thank you for creating this channel which I've found most suitable for me.
As a side remark, I feel sorry for you leaving China but honestly, Thailand is a fabulous country to live in too especially if you like Thai food as I do. One major barrier is the official Thai language which perhaps you've already overcome by now. On the other hand, China is also a good place to live too and I've considered moving there after living in HK for many years as I do not mind negative reasons as you stated. VNP would help me get connected easily.
I am learning Chinese for a year now at the university. I understood around 97%. There were some new words, which we didn't have in our classes, but I still could follow. I hope there are more videos with the HSK4 level. Thank you for the content.
This was a great video, thank you for being honest about some of the societal problems in China.. It can always change, and things can always be better. But right now, it's not that way. Hopefully someday us foreigner Chinese learners can speak freely with the people of China and share cultural ideas, for a better world for everyone.
nah, we will change the West
I only listened to the language and looked at the characters trying to absorb it. Many characters were familiar to me, but I couldn't put all pieces together at once without pausing the video. Instead at the end of each phrase I just briefly looked at the En translation :D I miss listening to Chinese a lot, especially limited by a shorter vocabulary (up to HSK3/4), especially with subtitles as well as translations :) So I appreciate what you do so much.
老师好。现在我住在圣马丁和我来自瓜德罗普岛在加勒比海。 我很高兴学习汉语。也我告诉你谢谢你的帮助。你的教学很太好了！对不起，我知道在我的信息有一些错，因此我真的需要你。 加油！加油！
keep working bro, cuz learning language needs frequent practice. as a Chinese student who has learned Tofel for many months, I used to have many problems with Tofel listening
老师好 我来自加勒比海xxx岛 现在住在圣马丁 我很高兴学习汉语 我也想告诉你谢谢你的帮助，你的教学很好！对不起 我知道 我的表达有一些错 ，因此我真的很需要你。加油！
tingli老师好。谢谢你的回答。我是哈瑞也我很高兴认识你和这里特别你的帮助啊
Thanks for this video! I appreciate all of the different subtitles so I can come back multiple times and study the grammar and vocab. :) Congratulations on your successful transition to Thailand and good luck with everything!
I’m Chinese and I’m watching this 🤣 anyway bravo
wathing this for learn english :V
@@Aiyoroko_wolep-哀悅狼 So am I,bro
Love this video, would love to see more videos using this level type of vocabulary. It’s great to find useful Chinese learning content from native speaking teachers
What did you mean exactly by the "convenient daily life in China"? I know someone in China really struggling with some of the exact same things you mentioned! I sent them the link to this video
Great video.Right speed of speaking.Very thoughtful of you to include both hanzi snd pinyin.I can go at my own pace.Jia you! Keep up the excellent work.Rick/Seattle
When I retire I would like to live in Asia as Canada is very boring for retired people !!
Then you will have to wear a mask there all the time,lol
Julian Leone I mean, as a Thai, wearing a mask outside during pandemic should be normalized in any countries.
@@dadaauto Hahahaha,sadly you are brainwashed
I think Asia is more better in handling the pandemic :)
Julian Leone why don’t you think about who’s truly brainwashed? Is it worth dying for your so called freedom to not wear a mask?
I loved this video. I studied Mandarin for two academic years 50+ years ago and want to "take it out of mothballs". My favorite class was in Classical Chinese, but they only offered one semester of that. My favorite period of Chinese history was the Tang Dynasty. So, I was disappointed when I visited modern China in 1985. But, I still want to keep my connection with what is left of that ancient culture, so much of which got destroyed in the Cultural Revolution. I think I will be repeating this lesson over and over until I can understand it without reading the new simplified characters and the pinyin and translation. Thank you for telling your story. I really admire independent people like you who, if they aren't happy with their life, take action to change it. I recently was requested to witness the wedding of two Chinese male foreign students from 大陆 who could not get married back home. Like you, I could not live under such a restrictive regimen. Two thumbs up to you!!!
Literally everything you described applies to India too 😭😭🤣🤣.
I guess it's the Asian culture in general. Some like it, some don't. Personally I'd love to live in China one day.
Super nice video. Looks like my HSK level is definitely good enough for this video. Also, you really made it easier by using a really good talking speed and speaking very clearly.
Only one word i didnt know.😌
So i can say i understand 99%.
But it is interesting to know more about yourself.
We have a very similarity in way of life, haha. But yours have better condition,and you realized it sooner.
我很晚才想到自己真想干什么😌
It's better later than never! 很多中国人一辈子都不知道他们到底想要什么！
And I guess the word you didn't know is 限制 😝
@@ShuoshuoChinese nope it was 纹身😝
我有点好奇因为你说你有做过很多被中国人认为不OK的事😝
I wish you include them in future videos😝
*Just kidding,maybe thats too personal
Hello
Your Speed while you are talking is the perfect speed for a foreigner like me to understand what you are saying.
And I was surprised how much I understood.
I definitely can understand while you left china.
Doing a job you dont like and not being happy is something that shouldn't be normal.
Because I wasnt happy with my own education .
But now I found what I want to do I want to translate in different languages to help people to understand the another cultures and be more open mind to another countries.
And watching your videos is encouraging me to do my best .
Thank you
姐姐come to Indonesia we need more Chinese teacher here 😂
lol, im from indo. im can help teach u to learn traditional character :V
印尼这边有很多中文老师啊
@@Jlittledaughter 但是很多老师教得更糟
@@Aiyoroko_wolep-哀悅狼 我也住在印尼! 我是半中国半印尼人，我学中文所以我会说中文跟我的奶奶爷爷和公公婆婆。你现在在哪里?
@@immanuelak2643 在雅加達住。你可以追蹤我ig. 用戶名: @davinbernado.hu2
Thank you so much for this content! Very interesting and so useful. I have forgotten so much of my Chinese and this is so helpful for me. I don't understand how come I have found this only now. Your speed is perfect and I can understand very clearly what you say even though I don't know several words. Subtitles are so useful also for pronunciation. I hope you make more videos like this because it's great to refresh Chinese and it's so difficult when you are neither a beginner nor an advanced student, because I have trouble reading normal Chinese text, since I am not advanced.
我觉得你说对了。 我点一点明白中国的文化和别的事。谢谢你
I accidently came across your video and initially I was skeptical but I decided to listen anyway. From the start I was hooked. Truly the best conversational video out there. I would appreciate it if you would please post more lenthy videos about China. This is a double-win. People wish to learn Chinese and simultanously hear and learn Chinese. An ideal time limit would be 10-15 minutes. I especially like the way you posted the Chinese characters, English and pingyin. Awesome job. Soon you'll have a massive following. Xiexie
"if you can understand 60%"
I am at 10%, let's go
I’m at 1% 😂
@@agnesfonmarten I can understand the pronouns xD
your english has really improved in the last two years! not that you speak badly here whatsoever, but after listening to your most recent videos, you made mistakes here that I haven't heard in your newer videos. great job!
Your story is inspiring. My Chinese teachers in college exposed us to "real life" Chinese for listening; announcements over the loudspeaker in a crowded train station or airport, advertisements on the radio... listening to you made me realize just how intensive my language training in Chinese was because they spoke to us 95% of the time in Chinese at the same speed they would speak at home. I had Taiwanese teachers, teachers from Beijing, from Shanghai and from Lanzhou. So even though I've done no focused listening in Chinese for the last 12 years or so, I understood probably 65% or more of your story without looking at the subtitles. =) I just can't read anymore, and I have to think a lot longer before trying to speak Chinese anymore. I forget common words I could easily use in conversation after graduation. =(
I really hope you are thriving here as a Chinese language teacher. Thank you for sharing your story!
I was convinced I can understand HSK2 videos at most, but surprisingly I was able to understand the majority of this one. Thank you for creating this vid, I've really enjoyed it!
why people keep saying learn "Chinese". Chinese is not a language. It's Mandarin.
I understood 80% of it by reading the pinyin and listening to the story! You are remarkable and very courageous. As a Chinese learner for the past 3 years, now preparing HSK4, I truly value your videos. Opposite to you, I sometimes dream of going back and live in China! (I currently live in Canada, where is also too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter). Keep it up girl :)
我觉得你说的有点太夸张了。感觉像是十五年前或者二十年前的中国。那时候的中国人确实像你视频里描述的那样。但现在，起码是年轻人已经完全不是这样的了。
她離地可能她已經很久沒回中國！可能她祗是住在香港的中國人呢！
大学毕业两年了，认识的人里大多数都在做不喜欢的工作为了稳定或者赚钱。好为人师的人还是很多甚至不觉得自己这样不礼貌，特别对于女孩子来说，每做一个决定都会有人否定和指责。
或许不同的人看法也不同，但是博主这么看并且做出了改变的行动，而不是埋怨的同时又随波逐流，真的很令人钦佩。希望听到更多关于在泰国学习工作生活的指南～
我也是中国人，承认她说的有那么难吗？大多数的国人还真的连国门都没出过，对世界大事也并不关心。很多人工作只是为了一份收入忍受着，虽然这一点在其他国家也如此，但我们的情况要重些
事實上我在不同的工作上，遇到的中囯年青人跟上一代的不同，大部分都為了自己喜愛的工作奮鬥，有IT,有電影電視製作，有工程師，有劇作家，也有化裝師，攝影師，導演們更是愈來愈年輕！而且大多都不是富二代。
@@laaalalarisa4160 哇！我刚看到你的评论，谢谢你！It means a lot to me!
Hey!! This kind of video is extremely nice for Chinese learners, it helps a lot! You should definitely keep doing those, that’s an amazing work! I’m so happy found out this material in youtube.
？我真没感觉国内像你说的这样 你只是个例罢了 每个国家都有这样的人
Wow this is actually so amazing! Thank you for this ! The speed is perfect !
I respect your choice to leave China to live in Thailand. to follow your dream. But I feel your idea that the Chinese only think of two countries-China and the other country, is too simple and out-of-date. To date, there are many millions of Chinese travelling and studying overseas. For example, when I studied my master degree at the University of Sydney 90% of the students were from China. My friend in Beijing knew there was a big bush-fire in Sydney, we talk to each other through Facebook. A lot of Chinese know what the Five Eyes countries (the US, England, Canada, Australia and NZ) are following the US orders to harm China or China's interest.
Students who get the chance to study abroad and Chinese people who share a daily life with foreign people and culture are open minded. But most of chinese people don't travel much, even inside of the country itself. (and when they do its really rich people). Chinese people working in a foreign country for a while tend to stick with each other and then don't blend with the local.
There s still this really thick patriotic feel that even they acknowledge others countries it still China and the others. Adding to the traditional culture, a controlled internet and media. Etc....
Also even chinese people who were born outside of China tend to be pretty traditional and narrow-minded. The newer generation might begin to change it however as I said... Most of them didn't get the chance to travel abroad.
If you studied in Sydney and were surrounded by 90% chinese students speaking in Mandarin. . can you say you really left China? From your statement I feel like you never left the bubble of Chinese propaganda.
False. The majority of Chinese still see all other countries as either "foreign barbarians" or "America's lapdogs." They have a very limited understanding of other countries due to their limited media and education.
Source: I have been living in China for the past three years and I work in Chinese education.
The internet has led to me meeting a lot of people, including a few Chinese people! A few were from the mainland, some were from the Taiwanese island, but they’re all really nice. I’m always curious about what life in other countries is like, but I’ve always been nervous to ask.. it’s really lovely to hear this!
You don't represent everyone in any country. Appreciate your work but stop talking like you know the country because you were born there. It's disgusting. Since you have a master's degree and full access to the internet, you should have done better research on the topic you talked about.
She is expressing her opinion. That’s something many in China CANNOT do. You should respect her point of view. I wonder why you are you so sensitive about someone criticizing China. Could it be in your heart you know she’s right?
@@mcdoon2 i agree with V H, what exactly do you know? How terrible a person can be when she gets educated there and then she demonizes her own motherland. Why would we have to agree with her
this is so helpful for locking down everyday Chinese . You speak very clearly and it's easy to follow along. .
Xiong Shuo, thank you so much for these lessons. Your slow articulate delivery is really helpful, especially with han zi, pinyin and English.