Thank you for sharing. Nathan chen is adorable. Thank chen for giving us so impressive performances up to now. Looking forward to seeing him again in Japan.
Oh thank you so much for sharing this with us! Nathan when speaks chinese looks adorable very very cute! His tone of voice is cute in english and chinese! I love him. And he is so modest! He does it really well in chinese! I love you Nathan! You are the best! We are proud of you! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
A beautiful wonderful boy! You do what you good about ! Have your own minds! Have you freedom! To be your own self! I like your Chinese, your English, your thoughts! Your music and your style! Be a free person, that is why we are on this beautiful free land! Go far, go high! Great world!
He speaks Chinese the same way my younger brother speaks Chinese. He has two older brothers. I’m sure his oldest brother speaks the best Chinese. By the time Nathan was born, the entire family prob speaks more English than Chinese. It’s the same as my family.
What a shame…. Only Chinese are ashamed to speak Mandarin or their dialects. I’ve yet to come across overseas born Koreans or Japanese who are not fluent in their own languages
I think his sister Janice is the oldest. He’s the baby of the 5 kids so you’re probably right about the household speaking mainly English at that point.
LOL this happened in my family. I was born in the US but didn't really speak English until kindergarten. My brother could practice English with me as soon as he was ready to talk, so his Chinese is inferior
Nasty, jealous and toxic people will always resent the successful, it’s natural. My mentor always told me if you have vicious haters , especially a state-sponsored army of them - barking at you, you must be doing something right.😉
A beautiful wonderful boy! You do what you good about ! Have your own minds! Have you own freedom! To be your own self! I like your Chinese, your English, your thoughts! Your music and your style! Be a free person, that is why we are on this beautiful free land! Go far, go high! Great world!
Nathan ! Well done ! So proud of what you and your family has achieved. America is still the land of opportunity. My son is also Nathan. Born in America Chinese. You are such humble. Congratulation!
This is call lack of confidence, don’t want to show ignorant when it is not their best. Did you see how well his English is? That has become his native language , full of confidence. Proud of you Nathan Chen. You are doing just fine, superb. Brilliant.
Haters are going to hate. As soon as I saw his interview, I knew he’s going to catch some heat from Chinese adults, as if he is committing treason for not speaking Chinese. He grew up in a community where English is the predominant language so of course he is English speaking. China are just envious that he got the gold for USA versus China! Remember Nathan, don’t let these haters get you down. Even if you are the sweetest peach, not every likes peach! We love you and you deserve your moment of glory, you worked so very hard all your life for this moment so immerse in this moment and tune out the yackety yaks.
Nathan does not strike me as a petty, vindictive person. Unlike his haters. So no worries about that- he’s much loved by all the decent people in the world, maybe not so much by the mercenary / materialistic ones. Which is actually a blessing for him.
He is an American 🇺🇸, born and raise in America 🇺🇸 . can’t stand that China 🤔 🧐 thinks every Chinese looking person should representing them. Narrow-minded processed jealousy nature. Nathan does not owe China anything , it’s naturally that he represents the USA 🇺🇸👍👍
Nathan is a very lovable young Chinese American. His Chinese speaking is very good too. The fact is most Chinese parents have to make a living and are unable to share a lot of family time with their children. Chinese kids have to speak English in schools to fit in. I am sure Nathan must have tried hard to learn Chinese from his parents because he speaks American English with some Chinese accent, just like a lot of second generation Chinese in North America. Well, Nathan, we are very proud with your success. Great champion!
@@tedbreadth2005 I hear China pays white wumaos like you $500 per troll post. Not bad, not bad - sure beats working minimum-wage at Starbucks, huh. But why the discrepancy - they pay their own Chinese trolls a paltry $0.50...oh no.
@@Renegade_rm56 ??? I never said he's Chinese...I clearly call him a 'WHITE wumao'. There are American and European communists too, you know. All of them are all under the CCP's payroll.
If you were the parents lived in US for long time and needed to speak English at work, and at the same time you raised your American born children, even you speak Chinese at home, they understand but it's convenient for them to use English to communicate. Language is tool, you use the tool that is more convenient and easier to you. I speak both English and Chinese, my son is like Nathan who understands Chinese for about 45%, but cannot write, and struggles when trying to put Chinese phrases together to express well. They are all good kids and love Chinese culture. They love to pick up Chinese when they get a chance to focus on learning the language.
My son stopped speaking Chinese once he went to pre school. He realized quickly no one else was speaking Chinese so he decided to stop. I think our community is only 2% Asian. His twins sister continues to speak Chinese and is much more fluent - she’s decent for a 3rd generation multiracial Chinese American.
Most time learning another language is not about culture, it is about having more oppurtunities in the future, more languages can speak means more oppurtunities. I think it is a pity that a kid grew up in a Chinese familty but can't speak Chinese. And I think it is not the kid doesn't want to speak, it is the parents are lazy and not patient to lead the kid to learn another language. It is the parents want to have a easy life and giving up the oppourtunity for the kids to develop a new skill.
Understand that in the US we do not need to speak Chinese. My son 4 years old is learning Chinese in a bilingual school. He can speak Chinese and English now, but I know he can not speak Chinese well like kids in China. He can not speak English well like kids in american family. Like one of my friends, I try to only speak Chinese at home. Hope he can speak Chinese confidently when he grow up.
@@810liga2 That is old thinking. Even Elon Musk said that AI will take over translation of languages. Nathan is more successful than many kids in HK and China, even though he only knows how to speak English. Leave kids be and have them do what they are passionate about. Don't accuse the parents of being lazy or wanting an easy life. Each family's situation is different.
I hope Nathan picks up a little more Chinese as he moves forward. I can understand why he wouldn't speak a whole lot or would be too shy to speak it in front of a camera, but he has a solid base to build from.
He is a terrific skater and role model. No short cuts to greatness, just dedication and hard work for many years. And he's a college student. What more could you want in a young athlete than this?
Some chinese american can listen and understand chinese, but can not speak too much Chinese. Cause we do not need to speak Chinese in the US. Hope my son 4 years old now can learn to speak fluent Chinese and English.
@@miakitty6 meaning he is not fluent in speaking Chinese. Understands but can’t say it in a fluent sentence . So he is humbly said he does not speak Chinese very well!!! He is such a talented, humble and handsome lad.
I would imagine that he probably understands Chinese quite well but has a lot of trouble speaking the language. That's pretty typical of younger Asian-Americans...especially if they're the younger children of the family. For those who know the language, even if Nathan doesn't know a lot, does he speak perfect Chinese? How is his accent? ^^
My grandparents came over in 1911 from village. When my family went to visit China a store clerk said you all sound like village people. My grandma spoke Cantonese to me but some times mixed English. My dad could write more Chinese than guys who went to college in China, he was told that many times. He said he wanted me to treat American patients so stopped the brushwriting classes. Where I grew up in MidWest only Chinese were relatives. Nathan growing up in Salt Lake same environment. Bet his future is some kind of doctor. All the best to him✌️✌️✌️
Your grandparents spoke a subdialect of Cantonese from a region about 100 miles west of Hong Kong. Before 1960's, probably more than 98% Chinese in America came from this region, which is only about size of Delaware. City people in Hong Kong or Canton used to stereotype ones with this "village" accent as the Beverly Hillibillies -- country bumpkins who became more well-off than they with American money.
That’s exactly the point - Nathan is a good human being who does not centre his life and priorities on $$$$ alone. Unlike some materialistic athletes (add politicians and entertainers too) who are happy to sell their souls for the most evil regime on earth. Im
His performance was so amazing. Hard to imagine how much hard work he has put into it. I don’t understand why people think he should speak Chinese, he is not Chinese, he is American, official language here used in US is English! To him, or kids like mine who’s born and raised in US , Chinese is the foreign language! No difference from Spanish, Japanese, Italian …
@@leishi8911 English is the OFFICIAL language in America 🇺🇸 what are you trying to say? Like in China , mandarin is the official language, Do they not? All documents are written in English.
My kids doesn’t speak Chinese either, they understand somewhat but nothing too complicated. Their fav line ‘我不知道’ or ‘I don’t know’ and they sound exactly like Nathan trying to speak Chinese
I m a Chinese grow up in china. I m so proud of you not forgetting your root. It is the America your parents to choose, it is the America that accept and appreciate your parents, it is the America gives you the best educatio. You wouldn't achieve so much if you live in china. You are the role model for all Chinese and American no matter in china or abroad.
You are one of the few reasonable and moderate Chinese with LOGIC and BRAINS. I believe there are even more in China, but they fear speaking out because of the tyrants CCP and their figurehead, Xinnie the Flu.
@@honourhume5906 you are absolutely right. That because I don't live in china. But I would not dare to stand on the US or any foreign street to protest the CCP. Because they hv ears and eyes in every corners.
Parents, grandparents, parents working environment, siblings, family economic status…all that contributes to one’s Chinese language fluency level for American Chinese kids. I don’t see any issue that Nathan doesn’t speak much Chinese. He is an American and his language at school, at work, with friends and even among siblings is English.
I am a professional Chinese language teacher and impressed by his Chinese language. Even though he cannot speak a lot, but his Chinese tones are super good! Nathan, please keep speaking Chinese.
@@nith5663 If you taught a CSL (Chinese as Second Language), you would know his pronunciation is very good, comparing the rest of the students. Thanks for your opinion though.
@@rc3443 He grew up outside of China, so Mandarin is his second language. The most difficult part of learning a language is different to native speakers and to second language learners. To native Chinese speakers, the most difficult part is learning to write the Chinese characters while the second language learners’ is learning the tones. Chinese is a tonal language and English is not. Tones are very difficult to learn for people who grow up in non-tonal language environments. I know some college professors who are not native Chinese, but teach Chinese language at the college level. They still have accents. But, their Chinese language skills are professionally rated as super good, good enough to teach college students. Learning a second language is very difficult. As educators, it’s very important to build our students’ confidence for them to master the language they are learning.
@@maydelosh as a Chinese parent, I'm sure his parents wanted him to forget about his Chinese blood and culture and enbrace his American identity, otherwise he should be able to speak much better without any intentional effort. take a look at Eileen Gu
People prefer to speak one Language he is the most familiar with, unless kid is good at multi-language or be encouraged at home to speak another Language by the parents.
A lot of volunteers from beijing Olympics said that they communicate with Nathan in Chinese, I’m sure his chinese is sufficiently fluent. Maybe he got stumped and wasn’t confident enough to articulate his thoughts in chinese in front of the camera
@@williamchoi6902 Not fully true. “American’ is a nationality unless you are native. So anyone can be an American, but if you are talking ‘ethnically’ than yes, the only ones who are truly ‘ethnically’ American are the natives.
@@divinearia1601 The United States is also a free country. As long as it does not violate the laws of the United States, everyone has the freedom to choose their life. By the way, what did Eileen Gu do wrong? Did she do anything illegal?
I saw a clip of saying some Chinese during the Olympics to the Chinese volunteers... it’s actually a lot better than what’s shown here... here it doesn’t even sound like he can say the 4 tones correctly 🤦♀️
lol, My two kids sound like that. They can understand a lot more though in both Cantonese and mandarin. High school only offers mandarin, so they both are taking it.
My Friend also can not speak even she is Chinese blood 100 % ( she born and grow up in Thailand from parent who move from china). Both of parent speak chinese very well but she can't. They had to work hard to treat 5 children to improve their life. This is due to parents didn't focus on this much. Environment is so Thai, I understand her.
My older brother is the same, we were both brought up speaking spanish only in the house so we would know our language. He and his wife both spanish speaker never taught their kids how to speak it. Now in their early 20s they realise what they missed out on. When i have kids, I will do what my parents did for us, Spanish at home, French in school.. English in after school programs.
That’s great and it was a disgrace the haters on Weibo called him a traitor ...Just because he’s Chinese doesn’t make him a citizen of China ...what about all the Canadians on the China hockey team or Gu - the American who skied for China ? And cyber bullying the American women who figure skated for China but fell is disgusting ...I’m very embarrassed by my fellow Chinese
Do you know that CIA sponsored countless people in China to spread hatred words against any successful Asian figures? They’re misleading people with false information, creating controversy, and yes, many Chinese people will fall into it (mostly less educated Chinese, no offense) and that’s exactly what US government did to their own citizens. There’s always multiple sides of a problem, the best we can do here is to spread positive about China in the internet and hoping one or two will stop stereotyping the Chinese and start to do some critical thinking (jokes on the Americans , they all passed the SAT, and now the majority are brainwashed so easily )
China has an inferiority complex. They are especially envious and resentful of Asians, esp Chinese who are successful in the West. They think all Chinese (or all who ‘look’ Chinese) should suffer their self- imagined ‘racism’ from white people - and be equally miserable like them.
@@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj Bruh what> You think Asians are NOT racist themselves? Just look at how they worship Ms Half-White Goo...scratch that, just look at how they treat WHITE vs non-white expats within their own communities.Duh!
Sadly, Nathan probably gets asked, "Where are you from?" everywhere he goes in the U.S even though he was born and raised in the U.S!! He is an American who speaks perfect English. So, stop asking Asians in the U.S this type of question!!! It's inappropriate and racist. Stop hate crimes against the Asians in the U.S!!
That kind of ignorance may be common about 10 years ago, but people now are very used to seeing Asians in countries not traditionally associated with Asians, like the US, UK, Australia, even France. Similarly, there are so many Caucasian looking people across Asia that they fail to cause curiosity and wonder anymore it seems. The worlds gone global now dude.
Do you know that so kinds of language in China, don't you? Like I was from South of China,but I can speak more than 3 kinds of Chinese language language.
Lol...We first-generation Asian Americans are raising first-generation Americans just like REAL Americans. Why apologizing? Like my kids, Nathan is 100% American and doesn't need to be fluent in a foreign language.
He looks so sunshine, happy, open. I am so proud of him.
Thank you for sharing. Nathan chen is adorable. Thank chen for giving us so impressive performances up to now. Looking forward to seeing him again in Japan.
Congratulations!! Nathan! We love you!
Oh thank you so much for sharing this with us! Nathan when speaks chinese looks adorable very very cute! His tone of voice is cute in english and chinese! I love him. And he is so modest! He does it really well in chinese! I love you Nathan! You are the best! We are proud of you! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Such a nice young man. He’s lovable and handsome.
A beautiful wonderful boy! You do what you good about ! Have your own minds! Have you freedom! To be your own self! I like your Chinese, your English, your thoughts! Your music and your style! Be a free person, that is why we are on this beautiful free land! Go far, go high! Great world!
He speaks Chinese the same way my younger brother speaks Chinese. He has two older brothers. I’m sure his oldest brother speaks the best Chinese. By the time Nathan was born, the entire family prob speaks more English than Chinese. It’s the same as my family.
Yes, quite typical for ABCs. ☺️
What a shame…. Only Chinese are ashamed to speak Mandarin or their dialects.
I’ve yet to come across overseas born Koreans or Japanese who are not fluent in their own languages
I think his sister Janice is the oldest. He’s the baby of the 5 kids so you’re probably right about the household speaking mainly English at that point.
That not true. I meet many second generation that don’t speak any Korean
LOL this happened in my family. I was born in the US but didn't really speak English until kindergarten. My brother could practice English with me as soon as he was ready to talk, so his Chinese is inferior
Congrats again! I love your free spirit. Please don’t let politics or nasty people get you down.
Nasty, jealous and toxic people will always resent the successful, it’s natural. My mentor always told me if you have vicious haters , especially a state-sponsored army of them - barking at you, you must be doing something right.😉
@@honourhume5906 wow, good words about Valieva too
Congratulations to Nathan! He is such an excellent indiv...years of hardwork really paid off!!
So proud of you, Nathan! My daughters love skating and thank you for setting such a wonderful role model for them!
好棒的阳光男孩，我们为你骄傲！
Good luck in future and stay safe in the US
A beautiful wonderful boy! You do what you good about ! Have your own minds! Have you own freedom! To be your own self! I like your Chinese, your English, your thoughts! Your music and your style! Be a free person, that is why we are on this beautiful free land! Go far, go high! Great world!
Go Nathan go! All the best.
Hi Nathan, Your Chinese sounds good to me. Congratulations for Winning the Gold!
辛苦你了！繼續努力💪！加油！
Nathan ! Well done ! So proud of what you and your family has achieved. America is still the land of opportunity. My son is also Nathan. Born in America Chinese. You are such humble. Congratulation!
加油小伙子！ 你在哪里都是最棒的！
he is so CUTE!!!
He instantly becomes shy when he starts speaking Chinese.
when people doing something not good at
Same thing people feel in America when they try to speak English and it’s not their first language tbh
This is call lack of confidence, don’t want to show ignorant when it is not their best. Did you see how well his English is? That has become his native language , full of confidence. Proud of you Nathan Chen. You are doing just fine, superb. Brilliant.
@@angelajohnston1010 你这英语不太灵光呀😂
@@OntopoftheRN 不明你的意思，請教一下！
What a nice young man. Proud of you 👍
That is how I first try to speak English when I landed on Los Angeles 10 years ago. Friendly but cannot say much. Anyway proud of you Nathan!
不会说很多中文非常正常，喜欢你棒棒哒
nathan is just a smart, talented young man we are so proud of him
When the heart is good, the face follows. Nathan is so handsome and positive! That is why karma is on his side. Well done dude! 👍
His chinese is better then you think. Keep speaking! You are great!
Nathan, no matter what you'll be our pride and joy!
I am proud of you.
Such a nice and humble kid 👍
Haters are going to hate. As soon as I saw his interview, I knew he’s going to catch some heat from Chinese adults, as if he is committing treason for not speaking Chinese. He grew up in a community where English is the predominant language so of course he is English speaking. China are just envious that he got the gold for USA versus China! Remember Nathan, don’t let these haters get you down. Even if you are the sweetest peach, not every likes peach! We love you and you deserve your moment of glory, you worked so very hard all your life for this moment so immerse in this moment and tune out the yackety yaks.
Nathan does not strike me as a petty, vindictive person. Unlike his haters. So no worries about that- he’s much loved by all the decent people in the world, maybe not so much by the mercenary / materialistic ones. Which is actually a blessing for him.
He is an American 🇺🇸, born and raise in America 🇺🇸 . can’t stand that China 🤔 🧐 thinks every Chinese looking person should representing them. Narrow-minded processed jealousy nature. Nathan does not owe China anything , it’s naturally that he represents the USA 🇺🇸👍👍
@@angelajohnston1010 Exactly. Well said!
That was four years ago. He is way fluent from one of recent videos on NBC sports.
阳光帅气，加油
Congrats, Nanthan! Way too cute!
Lovely young kid!
Congratulations to Nathan and all the athletes.
Nathan is a very lovable young Chinese American. His Chinese speaking is very good too. The fact is most Chinese parents have to make a living and are unable to share a lot of family time with their children. Chinese kids have to speak English in schools to fit in. I am sure Nathan must have tried hard to learn Chinese from his parents because he speaks American English with some Chinese accent, just like a lot of second generation Chinese in North America. Well, Nathan, we are very proud with your success. Great champion!
We Chinese Americans are so proud of you!
All Americans are proud.
American : get outta my country !
@@tedbreadth2005 I hear China pays white wumaos like you $500 per troll post. Not bad, not bad - sure beats working minimum-wage at Starbucks, huh. But why the discrepancy - they pay their own Chinese trolls a paltry $0.50...oh no.
@@honourhume5906 eh who says he’s Chinese lol. Aren’t other countries allowed to criticise America?
@@Renegade_rm56 ??? I never said he's Chinese...I clearly call him a 'WHITE wumao'. There are American and European communists too, you know. All of them are all under the CCP's payroll.
If you were the parents lived in US for long time and needed to speak English at work, and at the same time you raised your American born children, even you speak Chinese at home, they understand but it's convenient for them to use English to communicate. Language is tool, you use the tool that is more convenient and easier to you. I speak both English and Chinese, my son is like Nathan who understands Chinese for about 45%, but cannot write, and struggles when trying to put Chinese phrases together to express well. They are all good kids and love Chinese culture. They love to pick up Chinese when they get a chance to focus on learning the language.
My son stopped speaking Chinese once he went to pre school. He realized quickly no one else was speaking Chinese so he decided to stop. I think our community is only 2% Asian. His twins sister continues to speak Chinese and is much more fluent - she’s decent for a 3rd generation multiracial Chinese American.
Most time learning another language is not about culture, it is about having more oppurtunities in the future, more languages can speak means more oppurtunities. I think it is a pity that a kid grew up in a Chinese familty but can't speak Chinese. And I think it is not the kid doesn't want to speak, it is the parents are lazy and not patient to lead the kid to learn another language. It is the parents want to have a easy life and giving up the oppourtunity for the kids to develop a new skill.
Understand that in the US we do not need to speak Chinese. My son 4 years old is learning Chinese in a bilingual school. He can speak Chinese and English now, but I know he can not speak Chinese well like kids in China. He can not speak English well like kids in american family. Like one of my friends, I try to only speak Chinese at home. Hope he can speak Chinese confidently when he grow up.
@@Bill_here_USA good decision
@@810liga2 That is old thinking. Even Elon Musk said that AI will take over translation of languages. Nathan is more successful than many kids in HK and China, even though he only knows how to speak English. Leave kids be and have them do what they are passionate about. Don't accuse the parents of being lazy or wanting an easy life. Each family's situation is different.
I hope Nathan picks up a little more Chinese as he moves forward. I can understand why he wouldn't speak a whole lot or would be too shy to speak it in front of a camera, but he has a solid base to build from.
He is a terrific skater and role model. No short cuts to greatness, just dedication and hard work for many years. And he's a college student. What more could you want in a young athlete than this?
we are very proud of him.
好可愛！
even you can't say much in chinese, your oince is so cute when you speak it
What does he mean by he cant say too much in chinese?
miakitty6 he only knows a little bit of Chinese
Some chinese american can listen and understand chinese, but can not speak too much Chinese. Cause we do not need to speak Chinese in the US. Hope my son 4 years old now can learn to speak fluent Chinese and English.
@@miakitty6 meaning he is not fluent in speaking Chinese. Understands but can’t say it in a fluent sentence . So he is humbly said he does not speak Chinese very well!!! He is such a talented, humble and handsome lad.
挺可爱的
Love to hear 👂 cute 🥰
I would imagine that he probably understands Chinese quite well but has a lot of trouble speaking the language. That's pretty typical of younger Asian-Americans...especially if they're the younger children of the family. For those who know the language, even if Nathan doesn't know a lot, does he speak perfect Chinese? How is his accent? ^^
He has an American accent, it’s not super terrible but it’s noticeable. You can tell he is not native
@@ducklingandthetrees ....ah, okay. That's not surprising to hear. I was kind of expecting that, considering the circumstances. Thanks for responding.
His accent is super cute like a baby!
I would say his Chinese is bad, or really bad. And I bet he can only say very few sentence.
He thinks in English first, then "translate jnto Chinese. It's typical of people's who don't speak that language often
handsome boy, good job ~
So proud of you Chen.
My grandparents came over in 1911 from village. When my family went to visit China a store clerk said you all sound like village people. My grandma spoke Cantonese to me but some times mixed English. My dad could write more Chinese than guys who went to college in China, he was told that many times. He said he wanted me to treat American patients so stopped the brushwriting classes. Where I grew up in MidWest only Chinese were relatives. Nathan growing up in Salt Lake same environment. Bet his future is some kind of doctor. All the best to him✌️✌️✌️
Your grandparents spoke a subdialect of Cantonese from a region about 100 miles west of Hong Kong. Before 1960's, probably more than 98% Chinese in America came from this region, which is only about size of Delaware. City people in Hong Kong or Canton used to stereotype ones with this "village" accent as the Beverly Hillibillies -- country bumpkins who became more well-off than they with American money.
Probably Toishan/Hoishan and Hoiping region
Trojan… why left china in 1911?? What kind of work ur GP had when living US …
@@minyoongistan5852 鄉里，你好嗎？台山話，開平話都識，恩平人市。當我同家人通電話時，恩平話自然就出口了。呢啲叫做鄉下話。我唅 加洲有好多鄉下仔，通常 被叫做台山亞伯。
@@lilyluo4945 那個時期，好多「鄉下仔」賣「豬」仔來美國做野，合同完了，帶著錢，返香港買樓，退休喺香港，將家人重鄉下帶出來，做大斑。
他們大多數都是做鉄 路，做苦工。
Я просто обожаю этого мегаталантливого парня )))
He speaks Chinese exactly the same way my son speaks Chinese! I love his smile!
那就是你的失败为什么不让他学中文哪？
@@红叶-c6w 為什麼？。不學中文就是失敗？他不是很成功嗎？流利的地道英語， 不是很好嗎？在美國或者別的國家，英文流利就是很成功的了；不須要講中文（除左喺中國）！
@@angelajohnston1010
流利的英文跟會不會講中文有什麼關係？我兩個孩子英文講的跟老美一樣。中文也完全聽講沒問題。老大還會讀寫一些簡單的。
時代不同了。中國的崛起讓很多美國孩子都搶著學中文。華裔有先天優勢還不好好把握，眼光短淺的父母還深怕自己孩子不夠香蕉，實在是傻。可惜了。
@@nolanko1265 我也觉得二代移民们应该学好中文，但这不能是很多人骂他的理由，毕竟就像中国人学英语也有学的好的和不好的，但是现在舆论环境认为华人学不好中文就是忘本，这对于二代移民孩子也是很不公平的。通常家里的老大的中文说的是最好的，老二和老三说的差一些，主要是由于父母没有太多时间亲自教育，还有孩子们之间普遍用英语交流。听说Nathan是家里最小的。
你真他吗傻逼
You are a good human being, a good American, a good son, and a good brother. Who cares if you aren't fluent in Chinese.
That’s exactly the point - Nathan is a good human being who does not centre his life and priorities on $$$$ alone. Unlike some materialistic athletes (add politicians and entertainers too) who are happy to sell their souls for the most evil regime on earth.
Im
Good enough.👍👍
一個美麗的好男孩！ 你做你擅長的事！ 有自己的想法！ 擁有自己的自由！ 成為自己的自己！ 我喜歡你的中文，你的英文，你的想法！ 你的音樂和你的風格！ 做一個自由的人，這就是為什麼我們在這片美麗的自由土地上！ 走遠，走高！ 偉大的世界！
so cute
非常棒的大男孩，期待下届奥运会再见。
His performance was so amazing. Hard to imagine how much hard work he has put into it. I don’t understand why people think he should speak Chinese, he is not Chinese, he is American, official language here used in US is English! To him, or kids like mine who’s born and raised in US , Chinese is the foreign language! No difference from Spanish, Japanese, Italian …
Shows how much you know, there is no official u.s language.
@@leishi8911 English is the OFFICIAL language in America 🇺🇸 what are you trying to say? Like in China , mandarin is the official language, Do they not?
All documents are written in English.
@@leishi8911 Then you know nothing
@@angelajohnston1010 English is the most common used, but not the official language. There is no official language of the u.s.
@@alwaysinmymind181 you clearly know so much.
We are all proud of you . 你真棒，你真的很优秀了，中文比较难学，可以慢慢来。You are so talented in so many ways and don’t need to be too hard on yourself.
The king!!
Entry level. Not bad. He probably learned for a few months.
My kids doesn’t speak Chinese either, they understand somewhat but nothing too complicated. Their fav line ‘我不知道’ or ‘I don’t know’ and they sound exactly like Nathan trying to speak Chinese
我的孫子只識「大泡和」係點解，其餘的咩都唔識！😂😂. 重有，佢哋識得分別： 公公，耶耶，麻麻，婆婆，伯伯，叔叔，舅父，舅母。已經好叻架啦！
Awww so sweet!!!
I m a Chinese grow up in china. I m so proud of you not forgetting your root. It is the America your parents to choose, it is the America that accept and appreciate your parents, it is the America gives you the best educatio. You wouldn't achieve so much if you live in china. You are the role model for all Chinese and American no matter in china or abroad.
他中国话都讲不好，怎么可能是现在中国年轻人的role model? 別意淫了。另外你怎知道他若生在中国就不可能有今天的成就？今年冬奥会中国出生培养的己经拿到六.枚金牌。人家的金牌是天上掉下来的？
You are one of the few reasonable and moderate Chinese with LOGIC and BRAINS. I believe there are even more in China, but they fear speaking out because of the tyrants CCP and their figurehead, Xinnie the Flu.
@@honourhume5906 why I saw your comment everywhere?you are a shame
@@DellDreamer 好彩佢唔係喺中國，而且有唔係中國 籍，好像李雲迪，不是被他們搞死了？鋼琴🎹王子。沒有保護。無論你怎樣好，只要他們想幹嘛就幹嘛。
@@honourhume5906 you are absolutely right. That because I don't live in china. But I would not dare to stand on the US or any foreign street to protest the CCP. Because they hv ears and eyes in every corners.
Parents, grandparents, parents working environment, siblings, family economic status…all that contributes to one’s Chinese language fluency level for American Chinese kids. I don’t see any issue that Nathan doesn’t speak much Chinese. He is an American and his language at school, at work, with friends and even among siblings is English.
Nathan is very concerned about human rights problem in China! Hope he will be back to the US soon where he feels safe.
Make sure do not touch their limited line. They can retain one with any excuse.. 俗加之罪，何謂無詞！？
gotta watch out for those who speak mandarin as that is a language blessed by the devil 😈
Both sides have super annoying representations apparently.
Se le oye muy bonito... y pronto hablará en español
Good lad.
We are proud of you
N.ネイサン、從你貴重丶少有的🀄️文的語氣中，能夠感受到你很利落、堅定、謙虛丶明快丶果斷的美好性格。N.ネイサン的音質非常動聽，是那種從⛰️山上流下的水碰擊在石頭上發出明快的回音。🉑️能會覺得我表揚的夠多，🉑️是，⋯實質的N.ネイサン，只能比我認為的更加優秀。借用一位我曾經看到過的網友朋友對N.ネイサン的㊗️福，你❗️一定要幸福嘆㊗️❣️㊗️
Humble n look like a Bro !!
That was cool.
you are greater than gu
继续努力💪说不说中文都没关系，proud of yourself, proud of your culture, that matters more.
every race should keep their culture. language is the best way to learn a culture
There is a root culture and the culture you grow up with. It depends which one you identify yourself with more.
I am a professional Chinese language teacher and impressed by his Chinese language. Even though he cannot speak a lot, but his Chinese tones are super good!
Nathan, please keep speaking Chinese.
Doesn't sound good to me, considering he's 2nd generation.
@@nith5663 If you taught a CSL (Chinese as Second Language), you would know his pronunciation is very good, comparing the rest of the students.
Thanks for your opinion though.
@@maydelosh he grow up in a family both parents are native chinese speaker, that's very very bad spoken, I consider it's lost already
@@rc3443 He grew up outside of China, so Mandarin is his second language. The most difficult part of learning a language is different to native speakers and to second language learners. To native Chinese speakers, the most difficult part is learning to write the Chinese characters while the second language learners’ is learning the tones.
Chinese is a tonal language and English is not. Tones are very difficult to learn for people who grow up in non-tonal language environments.
I know some college professors who are not native Chinese, but teach Chinese language at the college level. They still have accents. But, their Chinese language skills are professionally rated as super good, good enough to teach college students.
Learning a second language is very difficult. As educators, it’s very important to build our students’ confidence for them to master the language they are learning.
@@maydelosh as a Chinese parent, I'm sure his parents wanted him to forget about his Chinese blood and culture and enbrace his American identity, otherwise he should be able to speak much better without any intentional effort. take a look at Eileen Gu
People prefer to speak one Language he is the most familiar with, unless kid is good at multi-language or be encouraged at home to speak another Language by the parents.
yeah, it is a challenge to speak another language that we do not speak too much. we do not want to express our thoughts inacurately.
A lot of volunteers from beijing Olympics said that they communicate with Nathan in Chinese, I’m sure his chinese is sufficiently fluent. Maybe he got stumped and wasn’t confident enough to articulate his thoughts in chinese in front of the camera
congrats!
Nathan is an American. Unlike Eileen Gu, so many oversea Chinese are also proud of Nathan.
So many oversea Chinese are also proud of Eileen Gu as well. Congratulations to both of them. They are the best!
@@roberthung5034...while some Americans are obviously turned off by Gu for her greed for money, to the point where she would sell off her country.
@@divinearia1601 no one is real America. The original America red Indian.
@@williamchoi6902 Not fully true. “American’ is a nationality unless you are native. So anyone can be an American, but if you are talking ‘ethnically’ than yes, the only ones who are truly ‘ethnically’ American are the natives.
@@divinearia1601 The United States is also a free country. As long as it does not violate the laws of the United States, everyone has the freedom to choose their life. By the way, what did Eileen Gu do wrong? Did she do anything illegal?
I saw a clip of saying some Chinese during the Olympics to the Chinese volunteers... it’s actually a lot better than what’s shown here... here it doesn’t even sound like he can say the 4 tones correctly 🤦♀️
So? What’s your point?
Oof he's really bad X'D
He's pretty cute though lolll
大家好，我是香蕉人
恭喜你
That's the way it happens with 2nd and 3rd generations. It's a natural progression.
#NathenChen You're my hero !!! The size of your calves, before the final free⛸; made me weak at the #knees !!! W👁W🕺💥🚀🔥☄🌠
Nathan is really long-limbed so when he skates, boy how elegant he looks! 💕❤️
@@honourhume5906 uh huh hume🙌
Totally Agree #H If I could go back in time. Hmmn - I'd change a thing or two... or twenty two 🤣🤣🤣
lol, My two kids sound like that. They can understand a lot more though in both Cantonese and mandarin. High school only offers mandarin, so they both are taking it.
My Friend also can not speak even she is Chinese blood 100 % ( she born and grow up in Thailand from parent who move from china). Both of parent speak chinese very well but she can't. They had to work hard to treat 5 children to improve their life. This is due to parents didn't focus on this much. Environment is so Thai, I understand her.
My older brother is the same, we were both brought up speaking spanish only in the house so we would know our language. He and his wife both spanish speaker never taught their kids how to speak it. Now in their early 20s they realise what they missed out on. When i have kids, I will do what my parents did for us, Spanish at home, French in school.. English in after school programs.
A lot of 3rd generation onwards Chinese diaspora do not speak Chinese well
It’s true. Most Thai Chinese could not speak a word of Chinese at all. Though I hear they are fluent in Chinese dialects
That’s great and it was a disgrace the haters on Weibo called him a traitor ...Just because he’s Chinese doesn’t make him a citizen of China ...what about all the Canadians on the China hockey team or Gu - the American who skied for China ? And cyber bullying the American women who figure skated for China but fell is disgusting ...I’m very embarrassed by my fellow Chinese
Do you know that CIA sponsored countless people in China to spread hatred words against any successful Asian figures? They’re misleading people with false information, creating controversy, and yes, many Chinese people will fall into it (mostly less educated Chinese, no offense) and that’s exactly what US government did to their own citizens. There’s always multiple sides of a problem, the best we can do here is to spread positive about China in the internet and hoping one or two will stop stereotyping the Chinese and start to do some critical thinking (jokes on the Americans , they all passed the SAT, and now the majority are brainwashed so easily )
China has an inferiority complex. They are especially envious and resentful of Asians, esp Chinese who are successful in the West. They think all Chinese (or all who ‘look’ Chinese) should suffer their self- imagined ‘racism’ from white people - and be equally miserable like them.
@@honourhume5906 bruh what? If you think there is no racism against Chinese or Asian in the west you are naive or delusional
@@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj Bruh what> You think Asians are NOT racist themselves? Just look at how they worship Ms Half-White Goo...scratch that, just look at how they treat WHITE vs non-white expats within their own communities.Duh!
Sadly, Nathan probably gets asked, "Where are you from?"
everywhere he goes in the U.S even though he was born and raised
in the U.S!! He is an American who speaks
perfect English. So, stop asking Asians in the U.S this type of question!!!
It's inappropriate and racist. Stop hate crimes against the Asians in the U.S!!
That kind of ignorance may be common about 10 years ago, but people now are very used to seeing Asians in countries not traditionally associated with Asians, like the US, UK, Australia, even France. Similarly, there are so many Caucasian looking people across Asia that they fail to cause curiosity and wonder anymore it seems. The worlds gone global now dude.
His parents didn’t teach Chen Chinese
Do you know that so kinds of language in China, don't you?
Like I was from South of China,but I can speak more than 3 kinds of Chinese language language.
Вот именно, слишком аккуратный, праздника на льду не было, всё проката но с таким старание, а где жизнь на льду?
我的孩子也不会说很多中国话，在家里更多的是用中英双语交流。
太厉害了你儿子，竟然不会说中国话。
@@whatsup778899 有问题吗？与厉害不厉害没关系。为什么什么事都要扯上厉害呢？
@@qunjiang4383 没有你想太多了，想说你的孩子不会说中国话太难得了，替他感到高兴也顺便称赞你把孩子教的太好了。
@@whatsup778899 谢谢你！网上五毛太多，把你想歪了，对不起。孩子小时候也上过中文学校，但我没有逼迫他学，全凭兴趣，主要是没有语言环境。
厉害国来的，老厉害了
Ne-How !!! Sia-Sia (dont know much, just what I hear multiple times 😘)
Like Russian is Spăcíbö🙏🏼♥️ for Thx alot !!
How tall he is?
5’6”
Good. Stick with one country, one language, one culture or you end up bitched on both sides. You don't want to be displeased.
优秀男孩。千万别学某人自已为是两边玩，小心最后劈叉
Lol...We first-generation Asian Americans are raising first-generation Americans just like REAL Americans. Why apologizing? Like my kids, Nathan is 100% American and doesn't need to be fluent in a foreign language.
Exactly. I never came across another ethnic group as sensitive as the Chinese regarding language and fluency. They are really immature and fragile.
因為他們小氣；高傲自大！認為自己了不起，目中無人。
Is he speaking Cantonese or Mandarin?
Mandarin.
Putonghua
I told my children, you are Chinese, speak Chinese with me. 海外的孩子完全可以熟练掌握双语，不会的，大致两种情况，父母只讲英语在家，这种就纯属文化上归化。另外一种就是能力不足，没时间精力金钱支撑
妈呀他讲话就很郭杰瑞哈哈哈哈哈😂
应该听得懂。这样的中国孩子见不少了，最好能说，技不压身啊！