Asian Americans guess Cantonese Slang (S01E08 Steve)

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

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  • @Kariyu101
    @Kariyu101 2 года назад +1

    This is so good

  • @terrytong8665
    @terrytong8665 7 лет назад +4

    Respect you guys effort . I grew up with the language but it seems really hard to learn.

  • @beardan76
    @beardan76 3 года назад +2

    It's actually a pretty well produced show!

  • @vishmanify
    @vishmanify 7 лет назад +2

    i use a bunch of cantonese slang in guangdong province China, its awesome!

  • @mcgibs
    @mcgibs 3 года назад

    3:08 I like that one. Never heard that one before.

  • @thisisjeffwong
    @thisisjeffwong 6 лет назад +1

    Could you use Mandarin as the alternate language hint? That might actually work for people who studied Mandarin in school or just remind them of an alternate pronunciation. Another way might be to use one or both of the characters in a sentence or in another compound word. (mandarin hint would not work for this episode of course)

    • @AdamZhang
      @AdamZhang  6 лет назад

      Thanks, these are cool ideas! Season 3 has already been filmed though, but on the bright side there is a lot more mandarin coming up!

  • @stephaniecheung9874
    @stephaniecheung9874 6 лет назад +8

    the easiest slang, yun san yun hoi, people mountain people sea, know what it mean? lol

    • @jiyakuches220
      @jiyakuches220 2 года назад

      lots of people.
      Many Cantonese people say that hehe.

    • @tonykwan8511
      @tonykwan8511 Год назад

      Crowded with a lot of people in terms of density

  • @ddongsgrl
    @ddongsgrl 2 года назад

    me: *waits for mom to repeat in background to verify pronunciation*

  • @zikoraifenneli
    @zikoraifenneli 2 года назад

    Good day Mr Zhang,I just want to ask you a question.I know almost no Cantonese and very little Vietnamese but I think that Cantonese and Vietnamese sound very similar so much that even if you know very little of both, you can spot the similarities.Do you agree with me on that point?I would very much like to hear from you.Thank you

    • @AdamZhang
      @AdamZhang  2 года назад

      Hi Zikoraife! What's interesting is that a large percentage of Vietnamese vocabulary (like 40% or more if I remember correctly) comes from Chinese. Compare Vietnamese đặc biệt to Cantonese 特別 (dak6 bit6). So you can definitely spot some similarities! You just have to know to look for them!

    • @zikoraifenneli
      @zikoraifenneli 2 года назад

      @@AdamZhang Thank you very much Mr Zhang.

  • @mrtsiqsin2290
    @mrtsiqsin2290 8 лет назад +3

    Nice video again! Adam, being curious, I have a few questions as below:
    1. Are you guys relatives or just friends? Do you all have Cantonese family backgrounds?
    2. I know you guys live or work in the east coast of the US. Is Cantonese still common among Chinese people there?
    3. Where did you get these Cantonese slang terms? Some of them are old and some are very modern. It seems you didn't collect them from the same source.
    Looking forward to your next video!

    • @AdamZhang
      @AdamZhang  8 лет назад +2

      They're all my family, so it was easy to film the first season with them! I think Cantonese is still pretty common, especially in the Chinese-Vietnamese community that we are part of. When I go to Chinatown, most of the people I meet speak Cantonese, though recently I've heard that there have been more Mandarin speaking immigrants.
      As for the slang terms I got them from Caros Douh's Channel, Off the Great wall, and a Cantonese Dictionary (www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk) so that's why they are all over the place!

    • @vishmanify
      @vishmanify 7 лет назад

      nice videos Adam, I live in Guangdong Province and ofcourse cantonese is everywhere here. i even went up to guangxi province and people there also speak cantonese

    • @yewtubez
      @yewtubez 6 лет назад

      Cos USA is full of Mexicans. almost

  • @ttsese
    @ttsese 4 года назад +1

    gag is pronounce more like get or the gec part of gecko

  • @helenfong3339
    @helenfong3339 4 года назад +1

    I'm pretty good with Cantonese slang, but I have never heard some of yours. Your mom sounds like she has a Vietnamese accent. Correct?

    • @AdamZhang
      @AdamZhang  4 года назад

      You have a really good ear! Yes, she was born and raise in Vietnam!

    • @kct9439
      @kct9439 4 года назад

      Honestly I have never heard of some of these slangs in Hong Kong.

  • @breadyegg
    @breadyegg 4 года назад

    I knew 'eat a lemon' from Carlos Douh :)

  • @shaushaurayray
    @shaushaurayray 3 года назад

    You are being a little generous.

  • @022emiliano
    @022emiliano 6 лет назад

    This is stupid.. but good, surprisingly. . Maybe because I have a light hearted crush on the host, especially when he spoke Español...so hot when Asian men speak Latin languages!

  • @TheSuaveBOSS
    @TheSuaveBOSS 7 лет назад +1

    Do you also speak Vietnamese?

    • @AdamZhang
      @AdamZhang  7 лет назад +1

      TheSuaveBOSS no, but my parents do. So I know maybe 10 words...

  • @duckymomo7935
    @duckymomo7935 Год назад

    I’m sorry but I’m a Chinese who speaks perfect Spanish but that Spanish but was 😵

  • @nonnynu
    @nonnynu 7 лет назад

    Broken gag should be pronounced lahn geck.

  • @Raphael-ql9pf
    @Raphael-ql9pf 6 лет назад

    Fan tong

  • @darKILLusionnn
    @darKILLusionnn 6 лет назад +1

    About your pronunciation...

  • @pandagurl637
    @pandagurl637 3 года назад

    Idk why it bothers me that, despite knowing the literal meaning of the phrase, the guy couldn’t puzzle out the “slang” meaning on some of them 😒

  • @Raphael-ql9pf
    @Raphael-ql9pf 6 лет назад

    Sap sui Pao jiong( useless)

  • @bkcalvine
    @bkcalvine 3 года назад

    好看的節目 。。。 但他的ABC口音非常重