Sadly, this attitude is all too prevalent. It was a very funny reflection on the situation of many first timers in China. After a while, we all feel the need to skip to Chapter 10 to get us out of our slumps.
Sadly is the attitude of the majority of people around. Also, they have a good salary but just blow it off as they get it without investing it right. I've been here 3 years and a half. Have never attended a formal Chinese lesson and already can speak fluently, read and write in Chinese as well. It's about what you want for yourself.
To be honest, some of those restaurants have very stylized food item names. First time I ordered at KFC, I called popcorn chicken 爆米鸡 without looking at the menu, then I realized it was 鸡米花. This video's lessons didn't include other important vocab such as 打开 (when buying bottles of beer) and 不要太辣/太辣/不要辣。
after 80 hours of Chinese classes one teacher asked we "what's your name" and I had no clues of what she said... the school's manager called me and told me they can give me back the money for the remaining 20 hours I already paid as long as I don't enter the school again :( I also tried the "Chinese girlfriend" way and now I'm married... but still can't speak any Chinese
lmao this was hilarious! It does hit close to home as usual though with you guys in the sense that I get really frustrated with other foreigners here who never bother to assimilate and learn the language for themselves. It's really sad. I've been here for just over 2 years and I can speak a pretty fluent level of Chinese at this point, my vocabulary still needs some work but I'm always learning. My girlfriend doesn't even speak English but we're super happy together. Yet on the other hand I've met expats who have been here 10+ years and still can't speak the language, I'm sorry but that's just pathetic... It's clear to me those people shouldn't even be here.
教英语不是一个可行的长期职业，this is so true for the laowais in China xD, especially the ones teaching English in kindergartens with their white skin tone being their only qualification
I really like your videos and love to sometimes shamefully see myself in some aspects of the characters =) but don't you think the "typical laowai" joke is starting to get a bit old? Every other video has some English teacher reference, getting sick from the food etc. There is this attitude of "I am the only one properly learning Chinese and integrating into the culture, so all of these other foreigners should leave my China, they are overstaying their welcome". I still love these kinds of skits but how about some more positivity? (I only mean well with this comment, feel free to hate on me anyway.)
Well to be fair... Only 1 out of every 10 foreigners I would end up meeting actually would learn or at least attempt to learn Mandarin in a serious manner. So it's hard to not poke fun of it when it's a channel all around stereotypes of how you are perceived as a foreigner and how one perceives chinese people and the culture as a foreigner.
Skip outdated old fashioned Chinese character writing, just learn to talk, pronounce, by listening to tapes, CD, medias, movies, music, shows, news with English subtitles and repeat what they say, you can learn anything time any where, very much no cost, bet few years speak like natives, but need to write down Chinese to send Chinese to read, just use pinyin for communication with Chinese, wow lah, that's all. That's why I master 3 languages fluently, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese and English like natives.
Why can't local Chinese speak English, English is an international language and they need to speak to us in English. We are the Westerners. We have the white privilege here. What part is it that these Chinese don't understand.
Word of the day: tingbudonging
Ting bu dong
yingbudonged
Sentence, you mean
what does it mean
@@alfonsjones5798 Ting (1) Bu (4) Dong (3): I can't understand what you say.
"Tired of tingbudonging your way through life?" lmaoo xD
that killed me too lmfao
I felt personally attacked
Winner winner chicken dinner.
Zhe ge zhe ge baked potato.
"Have you eaten yet?
5000 years of history.
Liberal arts major."
This shit is too real
3 left feet My laugh disturbed my neighbors lol
this is easily my favorite mamahuhu sketch. wish this team continued making content
很多外国人觉得普通话是一个很复杂的语言，我不同意这个看法。在大学，我学中文学了二年了，结果我的中文水平逐渐地提高了。我觉得除了当一个良好的学生以外，更重要的是你的态度。如果你不尊重中国的文化和风俗习惯，可见你就不会学习得好了。
Matthew wiggles 说得很对，写得也好，加油！：）
挺标准的美式中文！
Right,
Antediluvian Clockwork
哈哈哈哈不知道这是夸他还是损他 XD
Antediluvian Clockwork 哈哈哈哈不要逼太紧啦！ 能够到这个地步说明真的用心非常多！
Honestly this is me so bad and I’m embarrassed “wo Yao Liang ge double cheese burger sliders with fries”
Who doesn't want 两个double cheeseburger sliders with fries?
这个这个 baked potato
Dude this is on point.
snarkyguy
Lol'd at the vocabulary
gei wo yi ge zhe ge
I feel personally attacked.
A lot of people don't know this but if you go to a church in China you will get a lot of help from the people in the church.
"Nobody said learning a new language was easy" yes, yes you did IN THE VIDEO TITLE!
I'm just wondering how you guys don't have 10M subs yet. Such quality videos. WOW!
Not much English-speaking RUclipsr can read chinese
I like it. "Ting bu donging" through China. Why does that just sound so funny. Hahaaha
Sadly, this attitude is all too prevalent. It was a very funny reflection on the situation of many first timers in China. After a while, we all feel the need to skip to Chapter 10 to get us out of our slumps.
Sean Armstrong Aren't you the guy in the video?
Sadly is the attitude of the majority of people around. Also, they have a good
salary but just blow it off as they get it without investing it right.
I've been here 3 years and a half. Have never attended a formal Chinese lesson and already can speak fluently, read and write in Chinese as well.
It's about what you want for yourself.
you are doing great！
BlnkMnd Nope, I'm a doctor.
harry lee Thank you Harry!
MrWazzaza Not really. Knowing that I did it is good enough. 😀
*pat pat pat*, there's the imaginary pat on the back you were looking for.
You guys are insane
Wow yaoh zhegaah
我要这个。。。 Basically me all of last year, also particularly visiting restaurants only if they have pictures on their menu.
This comedy sketch seemed so accurate, I got food poisoning when I was in China and so I laughed out loud at the food bit!
the white castle scene is so me at a chinese resturant trying to practice my chinese but cannot read the menu
I f***ing love you guys! 🤣🤣🤣 also tired of ting bu donging! Love from 意大利🇮🇹
Might be your funniest vid yet. Lols were had
that was soo good! keep at it people im based in Beijing and really like your content!!
Ok then! Gonna find a Chinese girlfriend, thank you for the advice!
To be honest, some of those restaurants have very stylized food item names. First time I ordered at KFC, I called popcorn chicken 爆米鸡 without looking at the menu, then I realized it was 鸡米花. This video's lessons didn't include other important vocab such as 打开 (when buying bottles of beer) and 不要太辣/太辣/不要辣。
Antediluvian Clockwork it's satire
I like how she's drinking straight from the teapot
这个这个backed potato 😂
after 80 hours of Chinese classes one teacher asked we "what's your name" and I had no clues of what she said... the school's manager called me and told me they can give me back the money for the remaining 20 hours I already paid as long as I don't enter the school again :(
I also tried the "Chinese girlfriend" way and now I'm married... but still can't speak any Chinese
Just start easy my friend. On sentence at a time. You will speak Chinese too. I did it and I'm not very smart
So where is it? Is it a channel, mp3 audio lessons? book?
God damn I miss 这个ing up some street food! Congrats on making this video without using the n word!
Great video !
This is so damn accurate!
lmao this was hilarious!
It does hit close to home as usual though with you guys in the sense that I get really frustrated with other foreigners here who never bother to assimilate and learn the language for themselves. It's really sad. I've been here for just over 2 years and I can speak a pretty fluent level of Chinese at this point, my vocabulary still needs some work but I'm always learning. My girlfriend doesn't even speak English but we're super happy together.
Yet on the other hand I've met expats who have been here 10+ years and still can't speak the language, I'm sorry but that's just pathetic... It's clear to me those people shouldn't even be here.
Best thing i've seen i a while
教英语不是一个可行的长期职业，this is so true for the laowais in China xD, especially the ones teaching English in kindergartens with their white skin tone being their only qualification
I love your videos!!!
Thanks!!!
In case you wanted to know how much Chinese Ive learned. All of this 😉 Zhege siege baked potato. Bonus points for filming at the White Castle 😂😂😂
Shots fired.
Is there a premium option? I would like to upgrade my account.
Haha, nail hit head. From one LBH who misses ting bu donging his way through life 😂
Another perfect video
Truth.
I feel like " have you eaten yet " is the hello / wasup in china lol
If you were talking about Thailand you would actually be right: "how are you?" in Thai literally translates as "have you eaten rice yet?"
Kickstarter style.....crazy...lol
😂😂😂😂 OMG THATS MY OLD ENGLISH TEACHER!!!!!!! HI NATE ITS TAYLOR HOW YOU DOING
He's forgot to teach you grammar. Just kidding 😂😂
why this looks like my mandarin book？。
Can we have a link
the worst part is... this really could bea commercial.
lol zhe ge zhe ge baked potato
Chī wǒ de māo
Lmao really funny and amazing video
Passive-aggressive and motivated-depressing talks at their finest...
Or look up Chengdu's finest: Mandarin Blueprint
isn't located near Chunxilu? I remember this restaurant. I forgot the name of this expensive area. TaiGuLi?
God!! This video is sooo funny!
Ouch. Hits a little too close to home.
Speaking of which... I should skip to the final lesson, "Time to go home, Laowai."
All my hopes and dreams destroyed. Maybe I can get good at coding instead.
Hojo4 coding pays dirt cheap in china
Aiyaaaaaaaaaa 😂😭
哈哈哈，《学习中文：从入门到回家》
笑死我了 😂
Why is this me in a few scenarios.
brutal
r/CCJ confirmed
It's funny because it's true
Haha amazing😂😂 so me
HEY! LET'S MEET UP AND PLAY SOME SWITCH!
That's literally me even though I'm a huaqiao
Nope
Hahahahaha Epic!
So is the title for this video just click bait?
Maybe, there's also some solid advice in it.
五千年历史 文科专业 这个笑死我了 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈 估计是聊天必备
Lmao!!
最后那个女生是诺拉Norah？？？？？！
Yes.
@@studiomythic 我蛮喜欢她的脱口秀的，没想到她古早前就在你们这出道了哈哈
Why do some Mandarin speakers pronounce words with 'jer' and others would say the same word as 'sher' (as an example)?
trollking99 There is a lot of accents in China
Kurosora I see, thanks.
actually there is a lot of dialects, not just because of the accents
cristian K Yes but dialects are just accents in some sorts. That's how Chinese call them by the way, now I'm used to say "accents" as well, my bad
I want to learn how to speak English, maybe we can talk. I will teach you Mandarin Chinese.
I can help you. 我正在学习中文。
we know that scam. lol the whole conversation ends up in English. :P
I really like your videos and love to sometimes shamefully see myself in some aspects of the characters =) but don't you think the "typical laowai" joke is starting to get a bit old? Every other video has some English teacher reference, getting sick from the food etc. There is this attitude of "I am the only one properly learning Chinese and integrating into the culture, so all of these other foreigners should leave my China, they are overstaying their welcome". I still love these kinds of skits but how about some more positivity? (I only mean well with this comment, feel free to hate on me anyway.)
We live in Shanghai so I don't think we have grounds to claim that we're the only ones "doing China right." 😆
beeehn agreed
Well to be fair... Only 1 out of every 10 foreigners I would end up meeting actually would learn or at least attempt to learn Mandarin in a serious manner. So it's hard to not poke fun of it when it's a channel all around stereotypes of how you are perceived as a foreigner and how one perceives chinese people and the culture as a foreigner.
what about Chinese boyfriends for women in china?
They should totally do a video on that. All too often the attention is lop-sided towards Chinese gfs.
Nick Mason sure you can get a “boyfriend” but they will never actually marry a foreigner or take the relationship seriously.
Purely Pixels not true. even in youtube you can see a lot of videos about marriage with girls from all over the world in China
I've been in China for 5 years, and only seen ONE chinese male/laowai female couple in all this time
这个，这个，baked potato.lol
Bruh..
No
Hahaha
快要笑炸的我
oh lord that was so wrong.
laowai
I can soooo relate to this. I ting bu dong daily, even after 7 years in China lol
Why is teaching English not a viable long term career?
It is. If you are serious at work. It's because many are not serious at work.
Liberal arts major xD
教英语不是一个可行的长期职业... 哈哈
我遇到过中文比我好的外国人。那家伙比我还像中国人。WTF
Skip outdated old fashioned Chinese character writing, just learn to talk, pronounce, by listening to tapes, CD, medias, movies, music, shows, news with English subtitles and repeat what they say, you can learn anything time any where, very much no cost, bet few years speak like natives, but need to write down Chinese to send Chinese to read, just use pinyin for communication with Chinese, wow lah, that's all. That's why I master 3 languages fluently, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese and English like natives.
Why can't local Chinese speak English, English is an international language and they need to speak to us in English.
We are the Westerners. We have the white privilege here. What part is it that these Chinese don't understand.
Mostupdate Lol, you're joking, right?
It’s funny if it’s a joke