This video is pretty terrific. Just wanted to share a couple expressions that I've read/heard in Hong Kong and in the mainland. I think the terms presented in the video for these things are more common in Taiwan. 发帖 = fā tiē = to post [on a website] (写)评论 = (xiě) píng lùn = (write) a comment [on Facebook/Weibo, etc] 分享 = fēn xiǎng = share/forward [an online article, pic, etc.]
Wow, Fiona and Ben, my two favorite Mandarin teachers together in one video! Great vocabulary... now I know most of the words I use on any typical day. :) BTW, where can I find that video of the woman dropping her 豆花?
Thanks for the video, everything I have seen so far from you has been great. As a suggestion, I think it would be very helpful if you kept the character and pronunciation in the background of the video as you explain it. This would help link visual and auditory learning styles more than pausing to remember the character and then listening to what you say about the word.
I know this is more of a Taiwanese based channel, but I wish they talked more about mainland China since it has so many social networks and a much different culture.
Great video! I really like these longer form videos, I usually re-watch them 4-5 times so that the specific vocabulary you bring up really sticks in my head. Huge fan, thanks for the great content!
Ben! You're censored in China?? Is there a video explaining that and your reactions to it? Also, loved the video as always. Keep it up. I love the learn Chinese now team
I had a weibo a long time ago and it was the most innocent thing. All I did was follow Chinese celebrities and k pop band fan pages, as well as listen to music. But eventually I got my account frozen most likely due to the fact I'm American. I'm kinda sad about it hahah I miss all my news
I had a great following on weibo, and made popular videos on YouKu and unfortunately my accounts were shut down due to my country of origin. Interesting to see such a different in culture for sure.
Fun fact: The show Ben mentioned at 12:10 is a Chinese adaptation of the German sketch comedy show "Knallerfrauen", because the original is apparently very popular in China. :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knallerfrauen They even made a sketch together with Martina Hill (the German actress), which you can find here at the 9:00 min mark: ruclips.net/video/scit7yFBbbw/видео.html
Hello good people of Learn Chinese Now, could you recommend a good chinese dictionary for english speakers that is in traditional characters? It'd be nice to find one that isn't both simplified and traditional.
How come you're censored in China? ....and then I notice your Hong Kong democracy video, that probably has something to do with it. I agree with her choice of famous Taiwanese youtuber. I don't understand a word he says yet I still find his show entertaining.
It was awesome! Great video, great insights... and be-e-autiful co-host. One question, when talking abou the most handsome bean curd maker, Fiona said "dou hua", don't remember if you explained the term earlier, what does it mean? Thanks for the effort and giving us this amazing pieces of knowledge. Keep'em coming, please.
+Patchy .E. fei is a negative word usually used to negate nouns, it is usually only used in classical or formal chinese, but the grammer structure 非...不可 fei...bu ke is a standard "double negative structure", it meant "not....not ok" so basically "you must..." in this case "you must die"
I just found out that there is a certain Mrs Haynes' Helpline on youtube and maybe you can do a video with her. Her Chinese seems great. She seems to be from Australia. Just a suggestion.
I always loved the 部落格 translation, since not only is it a neat transliteration, it is also means, literally, "tribe square". That means every visitors to your blog is also visiting the little corner of the world that you created, inside the little square on your desk (computer screen)!
This is awesome! I follow both of you and its cool to see you too together. Btw Italki is the best! I have been learning from a tutor for only 2 months now, and I have seen so much improvement. I never did the "buy one get one free" though. Is it too late?
Started watching your videos a few days ago for fun and now I keep learning more about Taiwanese and Chinese. It's quite interesting. This video was great, thank you :)
Is there any chance you meant 「社交媒體」? she4 jaio1 mei2 ti3 -- which translates to "Social media" -- which is also only one character off from what you wrote, but makes a whole lot more sense. (^O^)／ the more you know
Don't forget to mention Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are totally not part of China. So you can use RUclips and Facebook etc there! But I'm not so sure about Macau now it's "back" to China.
You should join up together once again and make something great! You are the two best teachers on the internet and China is booming now! Also check out Litao Lãoshī! www.litaochinese.com gooooo get back!
16:42 - "Don't remember to check out....." I think you mean "Don't forget to....." right? haha
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I am subscribed to both channels and I was very surprised to see Fiona here! :D Thank you for all great videos you make!
TheUserPo me too!
+TheUserPo ME too!
me too!
Me，too!
In the Philippines, 豆花 dòuhuā is called "tahô". It is very popular.
Funny, taho is really tofu -> tokwa = douhua 🙂👍🏻
This video is pretty terrific. Just wanted to share a couple expressions that I've read/heard in Hong Kong and in the mainland. I think the terms presented in the video for these things are more common in Taiwan.
发帖 = fā tiē = to post [on a website]
(写)评论 = (xiě) píng lùn = (write) a comment [on Facebook/Weibo, etc]
分享 = fēn xiǎng = share/forward [an online article, pic, etc.]
she is such a doll
Wow, Fiona and Ben, my two favorite Mandarin teachers together in one video! Great vocabulary... now I know most of the words I use on any typical day. :) BTW, where can I find that video of the woman dropping her 豆花?
I'm glad to see you and Fiona together in this video congratulations Ben.
Fiona is so cute...
Wonderful sir. We loo up so very happy. And great..
It is interesting I subscribe this to learn English.
I subscribed here to learn Chinese. 哈哈
Has Fiona lived in Scotland? I'm from Glasgow and can definitely pick up some scottish influences there :s
Marcus MM she has Scottish descent.
This is really helpful, thank you!
Thanks for the video, everything I have seen so far from you has been great. As a suggestion, I think it would be very helpful if you kept the character and pronunciation in the background of the video as you explain it. This would help link visual and auditory learning styles more than pausing to remember the character and then listening to what you say about the word.
I know this is more of a Taiwanese based channel, but I wish they talked more about mainland China since it has so many social networks and a much different culture.
Longer videos are great!
Great video!
I really like these longer form videos, I usually re-watch them 4-5 times so that the specific vocabulary you bring up really sticks in my head.
Huge fan, thanks for the great content!
do videos where you speak all chinese. those r cool.
Ben! You're censored in China?? Is there a video explaining that and your reactions to it? Also, loved the video as always. Keep it up. I love the learn Chinese now team
Great to see you here, Fiona. I've missed your lessons.
Helpful video. While I do speak Mandarin, I've never really used the internet in Chinese, so this was helpful in understanding "internet-lingo."
我非常爱中文跟你的 videos 是很 helpful 给我因为我是自学。我很感谢老师😁
😉 我帮你纠正一下：我非常爱中文，并且你的视频给了我很大帮助，因为我是自学的。
+兰浩 我很感谢 😁
+Daniel Anderson 你的中文很棒！加油哦！😆
兰浩 lol 哪里哪里我应该学习很多。再谢谢朋友！ ☺
Great episode! BTW: her video is very clear, can you tell me by any chance what camera did she use?
+Kuki Szabolcs I can't remember, but i think it is a kind of DSLR, probably Canon?
Thank you!
I had a weibo a long time ago and it was the most innocent thing. All I did was follow Chinese celebrities and k pop band fan pages, as well as listen to music. But eventually I got my account frozen most likely due to the fact I'm American. I'm kinda sad about it hahah I miss all my news
Hi Ben & Fiona. May I please ask if this Mandarin lesson is localised for the Malaysian Mandarin context?
What a cool combination! Thanks for the video, guys~
WOAH what a crossover!! Love Fiona. :) she brings great energy to the lesson
I compose original music and share my music with SoundCloud. How would I share my music with friends in China as Soundcloud is banned?
I had a great following on weibo, and made popular videos on YouKu and unfortunately my accounts were shut down due to my country of origin. Interesting to see such a different in culture for sure.
Hardly the reason. Millions of people use those sites that arent Chinese.
Fun fact: The show Ben mentioned at 12:10 is a Chinese adaptation of the German sketch comedy show "Knallerfrauen", because the original is apparently very popular in China. :)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knallerfrauen
They even made a sketch together with Martina Hill (the German actress), which you can find here at the 9:00 min mark:
ruclips.net/video/scit7yFBbbw/видео.html
Hello good people of Learn Chinese Now, could you recommend a good chinese dictionary for english speakers that is in traditional characters? It'd be nice to find one that isn't both simplified and traditional.
+Scott Aaron I would say find a Chinese who speaks English is a better way
Scott Aaron Pleco is your best friend
I learned so much. I like this kind of vids!
can you explain more about 人人网
hmmm.. i'll stick with Ben's lessons. He's not so awkward.
How can I find DaPeng or DaPang show?
How come you're censored in China?
....and then I notice your Hong Kong democracy video, that probably has something to do with it.
I agree with her choice of famous Taiwanese youtuber. I don't understand a word he says yet I still find his show entertaining.
Oh fuck my life, how beautiful is this woman?!??
IT IS RUDE TO DIE! BU KE CHI! Also ... we all want Fiona and Mr. Shaui Ge to hook up :) u 2 would be great together!
awesome VIDEO..!!!! dude
It was awesome! Great video, great insights... and be-e-autiful co-host. One question, when talking abou the most handsome bean curd maker, Fiona said "dou hua", don't remember if you explained the term earlier, what does it mean?
Thanks for the effort and giving us this amazing pieces of knowledge. Keep'em coming, please.
I was hoping you guys would mention VPNs, cause I'm actually leaving for Beijing on Saturday, and I'm going to need one to use my school email!
What is difference between Taiwanese and hokkien?
+IcyDragon68 Taiwanese is a type of Hokkien.
Taiwanese is a conglomeration of different cultures, including Hokkien.
This is very useful...thank you Ben
I noticed a mistake in the video. 非 does not mean “not” in 非死不可. It means "must" here. 非...(不可) means must do something.
+Patchy .E. fei is a negative word usually used to negate nouns, it is usually only used in classical or formal chinese, but the grammer structure 非...不可 fei...bu ke is a standard "double negative structure", it meant "not....not ok" so basically "you must..." in this case "you must die"
+Patchy .E. 非means "NOT", 不可 means not possible. because 可is from 可以/ 可能。 The sentence means it's impossible to not die.
I just found out that there is a certain Mrs Haynes' Helpline on youtube and maybe you can do a video with her. Her Chinese seems great. She seems to be from Australia. Just a suggestion.
I always loved the 部落格 translation, since not only is it a neat transliteration, it is also means, literally, "tribe square". That means every visitors to your blog is also visiting the little corner of the world that you created, inside the little square on your desk (computer screen)!
Wow I’m just seeing two of my Classical Chinese teachers together. ❤️👍🏽
10:24 we say exactly the same thing in French on web forums. we say 'vdd' which means 'voisin du dessus' (neighbor from above) haha
This is awesome! I follow both of you and its cool to see you too together. Btw Italki is the best! I have been learning from a tutor for only 2 months now, and I have seen so much improvement. I never did the "buy one get one free" though. Is it too late?
Any video that adds Fiona is worth watching! I already thought Ben was okay, but he just got a promotion hahaha. Nice job guys, and very informative.
Started watching your videos a few days ago for fun and now I keep learning more about Taiwanese and Chinese. It's quite interesting. This video was great, thank you :)
Really like the longer format, Thanks so much. Your videos are great.
Wow I’m struck by her beauty and her elegance.
Please leave chinese word sign Longer on the screen as you carry on talking
Why do you use traditional Chinese characters,you hardly see those in china
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today very interesting class.. xiexie nimen..
I love this video because I see both channels and love them and when I saw that you where doing a video together, I was delighted! :D
Why does she have the hanzi for soup on the bottom right?
My Facebook is in Traditional Chinese!
Hmm - this really is very good and I love your special guest.
我爱中国因为中国太好了! Did I write that correctly? :D
+James Mcdonald "I love china because china is extremely good"
Dedinside16 Completely correctly!
社交媚體
I'm trying really hard to get this xD.
when I typed that mandarins above and checked I was all "NAILED IT"
Is there any chance you meant 「社交媒體」?
she4 jaio1 mei2 ti3 -- which translates to "Social media" -- which is also only one character off from what you wrote, but makes a whole lot more sense. (^O^)／ the more you know
i realy like it and hope to see you more again. thank you so much.
Love the layout of this video personally.
I'm so glad to see you guys doing a video toghether!! :D
You guys should team up more often!
Isnt Chinese media censorship
this very interesting video xie xie nimen
this very interesting video xie xie nimen
lol 非死不可
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Awwww you guys would make a fantastic couple!
Thanks for the video!
Fiona is great. I love her videos.
THE BEAN CURD VIDEO AHAHAHA
You should use "With" in the title instead of "Feat"
this very interesting video xie xie nimen
Ben and Fiona sitting in a bush, making a baby... push push push.
this very interesting video xie xie nimen
best collab EVER
whos that 網路紅人 fiona suggested? tai hakka? i couldnt quite catch the name
It's 蔡阿嘎
jenllyfish
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Does anyone have a link to that funny Taiwanese viral video? I can't find it anywhere.
+stevo215 ruclips.net/video/OaJEozhZQ-Q/видео.html
+Learn Chinese Now 哇哈哈！感謝。
i saw the link . she just dropped something why is it viral?
XD MY DOFU
Anyone knows why ben knows/learns mandarin?
+Zulay092 He was born and raised in HK. I suppose he learnt it in school; he should know cantonese as well tho.
Born to promote anti-China？
「Profile photo」華語怎麼說？
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+Learn Chinese Now 謝謝!
i have a request. can u also do a video. about.how to use chinese keyboard?
+Kent Candia yes we will consider it. Thank you for the suggestion
+Learn Chinese Now , thank you. 😊
Don't forget to mention Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are totally not part of China. So you can use RUclips and Facebook etc there! But I'm not so sure about Macau now it's "back" to China.
搏客
oooh I'm having too much fun xD
Vyna it's actually 博, not 搏.
You should join up together once again and make something great! You are the two best teachers on the internet and China is booming now! Also check out Litao Lãoshī! www.litaochinese.com gooooo get back!
I thought 非死不可 means just won't die
非死不可
为什么你用繁体？应该用简体。