White Guy Surprises People in NYC Chinatown with Perfect Chinese
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- I did a social experiment / prank where as a white guy I walked up to various Chinese vendors in NYC’s Chinatown, began speaking to them in English, and then switched over mid-conversation to Chinese (a combination of Mandarin and Cantonese, Mandarin I’m quite fluent in, Cantonese less so). We filmed their genuine reactions!
This is an idea I’ve been wanting to film for a while, inspired by a combination of videos by JAYKEEOUT and laoshu505000. It didn’t come out quite as I planned, my camera’s autofocus is terrible in bright light, but hopefully this can be the first of a series if you guys like it!
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Ok xiaoma
the way you switch between languages so effortlessly is so cool
Team up with laoshu 505000
omg you actually commented
lol
Being multi-lingual changes everything. The looks on the faces immediately brighten - its like opening a door when you speak another person's native language.
That's so true. Impressive👍
Maybe cause you’re showing appreciation of another culture i don’t know....
Very true. Being multilingual is an advantage.
It's true. I am from socal so I speak Spanglish. When I moved to Washington and met my Spanish speaking neighbors they really grew to like me since I do my best to speak to them in Spanish. :)
@@denishavail1773 I noticed that too living in areas of California with lots of Hispanic/Mexican people. Just being able to ask "How are you?" and place your order in a taqueria in Spanish gets lots of smiles and positive responses. They appreciate you trying!
Making people smile by speaking their language AND supporting their businesses? You're the homie forreal! 😂
TheVintageRomance umm... I randomly came to this video and I see your comment?!? This is the third time lol!!!! Tell mom I said hi 😂
Yooo
Peta Parka LMAO FR THOOO💀
Yeah.... That shows respect.... I'm chilean (or latino for people that can't distinguish between Mexico and Chile, which is crazy by the way) and i hate latinos that live in the US and don't learn English...
Arus Naldrick why?
I showed this to my mom who was disappointed that I couldn't speak as good Mandarin as him. I just didn't know what to say because we are Indians.
Edit: Thanks for all the likes everyone. Just a typical comment by me 28.07.21 :)
Excellent
Oo, good one, and time-tested.
LOL
wise man said indians always get upset.
i guess that's why he's wise
Lolol
lol all the chinese ladies praising him "you're so smart" they're basically just saying BECOME MY SON
It's so cute. I try a little bit of Chinese at my job and the elderly ladies are so sweet. I'm not fluent like this guy though.
@@EverywhereAtOnce123 even this guy ain't fluent , idk why he always says PERFECT MANDARIN , yes he's so good but ain't perfect as a chinese language professor told me when i showed him a video for this dude
@@siefmassoud7102 Most Chinese people can't even speak "PERFECT MANDARIN" much in the same way that most native English speakers can't speak perfect English and most Arabic speakers can't speak perfect Arabic, etc. That doesn't mean they aren't fluent.
come to house, i make bat soup fo you....
@@vmlenigma no wayyyy. for real...got your joke.
not only he can speak, but he did well in the humble part. one of the big thing in the chinese culture. well done, xiaoma
White people should not be celebrated like gods for speaking the most common language in the world.
@@stanlymitra2816 Relax. It's not that deep
@@stanlymitra2816 There's always one of you crusty dweebs that show up in the comments.
@@trollscream8607 Yup they have done more alright. Kill other races, make fun, slavery. Lynched people. Mhm a lot alright.
Stanly Mitra - He’s not being celebrated like a god, people are just surprised and impressed and rightfully so. Chinese is not one of the easier languages for a native English speaker to learn.
You could see their whole demeanor change once you spoke their language!
People are friendlier when you speak their language because it shows that you made an effort to learn their native tongue. But it's the opposite with Americans. They're more surprised that foreigners can speak proper English.
@@Moss_piglets what do you mean "more surprised" ? Is it bad or good ? Just asking
When they are speaking in their native language, they speak as adults with an adult vocabulary. But when they speak in a second language that they are not fluent in, they are reduced to four-year-olds speaking with vocabulary of a four-year-old.
@@nunkiyeux6474 obviously bad. It's offensive when one assumes that you don't speak English when it's not your first language. Then there are idiots who expect immigrants to speak English only Just because we're in the US and can't understand them i.e. nail salon. It's not their fault they speak another language. Even abroad many Americans expect others to speak English which is embarrassing.
@@Moss_piglets Except, a lot of them don't... lmfao
They legit respected you so much when you spoke their language, that’s nice.
Elle is e z man neeee for them. No need to speakera Engrrrish.
Crystallized Booger you sound stupid. typical of someone who doesn't speak another language.
Speaking another person’s language is an easy way to gain their trust and respect. Certain cultures in particular will hold their respect for you to a higher degree if they know their language isn’t a particularly “easy” or common one.
It’s cool to watch honestly and really inspires a person to pick up another language.
@@jayespin I'm always really surprised when people try to speak my native language. Most of the time I prefer English because they never speak Dutch very well. I'm aware that this isn't very helpful but I cringe everytime they botch it. And frankly I think it's a ridiculous language.
@micca903 I speak a bit of german and when I visited amesterdam last year I was surprised by the fact that I could essentially read dutch but the pronounctiation is so vastly different I couldn't understand a signle sentence. However it's true that most dutch people ive met speak amazing english, can't say the same about my country!
The way the people with whom you interact just light up...you can tell they feel respected that someone took the time to learn THEIR language(s), instead of being treated impatiently with their grasp of ours. That’s the best part for me. The look of gratitude and relief that they can relax and speak their first language.
Felt the same
Yeah..thats the amazing thing of learning a language ..to connect straight to someones heart💕😊😍
@gbrot001 "Instead of being treated impatiently with the grasp of ours..."
Very well put.
That is, unfortunately, how we treat non native English speakers and that's shame on us. We never think how difficult it must be for non western people to speak English. We just take it as a given that they should and get annoyed when they can't. 😔
So refreshing to see a hidden camera video where the “host” isn’t trying to hurt, embarrass or manipulate other people. Thank you!
Gregor Collins I was just thinking that. It’s refreshing. Too many other videos try to get attention in a negative way.
nice to see this type of stuff too, I agree with this comment.
I think what you mean is not being completely staged like 99% of all the prank videos on YT
@@disco4535 That too!
@@doubledouble4176 *thumbs up*
Did you see how quickly the people's guard dropped when he started speaking in Mandarin and Cantonese? He was instantly accepted, truly amazing...
valveman12 true
That's one of the cool thing about speaking a foreign language it allows you to instantly connect with native speakers of other languages.
It kind of opens up trust because if you know a language to a fluent extent then it's implied you have have respect for the culture
alot of the time its the opposite, they get really nice cause they're trying to remember if you're one of the ones they were talking crap about to your face
Literally like he doesn’t do much except being a white guy that speaks Chinese but for some reason I love it so much
I dont get it either but here i am
Same lol
I think we like it because the reaction on something that simple is so fascinating o-o
@@donovan2723 Moses is great bro. He goes around the world market just like "yo you speak Arabic?" In Arabic.
It's funny because you see people so shocked to see someone take time to learn their culture and language.
You see people like servers and cashier's light up when some random black guy starts speaking their mother tongue. They go from a robotic employee to a relatable person.
Wow. Your amazing
I said 'hi' in chinese once to someone in a restaurant and they instantly rattled off their life story back to me in chinese and i'm like, 'i only know how to say hi'.
I was going to this local chinese massage place. I just go because every now and then my back acts up on me, and they do this thing with hot rocks, it's very relaxing and soothing, and it seems to help my back. Plus if I go on a saturday around noon they feed me because I was going all the time on saturday, so they started asking if I wanted lunch lol. And I was tipping them like really good for the treatment.
Anyway, I learned how to say hi, you're beautiful and I love you, but not sure how those words would be received by the pretty girl that works there, so I haven't said them. I gave her a little panda I bought from a craft store and she took it and hugged me, but when I said "I have something to give you" she was like "no no" but I gave it anyway and she accepted it. And then the next time I went for a massage the older lady was talking and I was already laying down on the table and they were having a convo in chinese, then in english she says to the pretty girl "chinese girlfriend" and then went back to chinese. Soooo I don't know what that was all about. My guess is the old lady was talking about me and how I needed a chinese girlfriend? I dunno that's a complete guess.
Lmaoo that's why you should never flex lol
@@TwiigssGames you should go for it get in there!
@visible to all users Just was being nice and friendly. I no longer go there anymore because the last time I went, my right eye was red and puffy for no explainable reason.
There seemed to be a lot of unhygienic practices going on, mostly not washing their hands. I don't want to end up with pink eye or something because someone else couldn't be bothered about proper hygiene.
That first woman took so much interest in you.
She appreciates people learning her language haha :)
She was soooo sweet omg
Stacy Castello cuz taiwanese people are the warmest and very polite people. You should visit:)
i thought she wanted to hire him or something lol 😂
My grandma already loves you more than me. She’s Chinese.
Hahahauahahahahaha you have no idea how much I laughed right now...
Timmy Turner hahahahahahahahahhahaha
Gotta get some loves from your fairy godparents then
Their supreme lord mao fulfilled his integration to the west
think having some Chinese in you makes for the most interesting DNA studies
Those Chinese grandmothers really looked happy hearing him speak Mandarin.
Big strong white man...
@@manualLaborer doesn't look that strong to me
irradiatedbadger he looks a little fat so I’d guess he’s strong 🤔
@@nolix634 yes, I've playing fighting games, fat = strong
manualLaborer
How does your comment have anything to do with theirs?
Unless of course, you see the world through a predominantly sexual lens. That’s a real shame, there’s a lot more to people than that.
Why do I love all these videos lol
Because you like them
I love them All!
It goes down in legend that he’s still telling people his mandarin is just a little bit better.
Hater😒
@@omayraconcepcion9022
how is he hating? he was only making a joke and it wasn't even the least bit hateful. i hate when people like you jump to conclusions so quickly.
Amir Allong
Relax! I was just teasing. 😒
@@omayraconcepcion9022
my bad i didn't detect it immediately whoops haha
EDIT: I also now realize that i just contradicted myself by jumping to the conlusion that you're jumping to a conclusion. Huh. That's something to think about.
Omayra Concepcion 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒
His mandarin is really good, trust me, his mandarin is better than my daughters and we are chinese. Very Beijing style! His Cantonese needs some polishing but it is amazing than he could understand and speak some amount of Cantonese. Cheers! Xiaoma
请 教 我 中文. Gei wo ni de weixin haishi hellotalk ID. I want to be fluent like him. 请 帮 我 please help me
Yes. I think he practices it on a daily basis.
@@ycl9234 I'm also practicting on a daily basis. But sometimes my pronunciation went wrong.
Me: KNeeeee How Mah?!
@@MMMM-sm2rm that's ni hao ma 你好吗
The difference is that these Chinese people get friendlier when you speak Chinese. When I tried my French out in France, the attitude was like “of course you should learn our superior language”. The Greeks were more like the Chinese, they offered “a little extra” discount. 😂😂😂👍
I think people from "poorer" countries tend to brighten when you speak their language. I'm a Chinese guy and tried talking to some Mexican coworkers and they immediately brightened up, even with my shit Spanish skills.
Russians appreciate my limited mastery of their incredibly complex language. I should have started learning it earlier in life.
@@ColKorn1965 Saw some cheesy quote the other day that said "A translator speaks to the brain, a language speaks to the heart". Probably butchered it. But you get the idea!
Moist_Balls From my point of view, it has nothing to do with poor or rich. When people from poorer countries speak Chinese , we also think they are great 👍
French hate even themselves
They look at him like an idiot when he speaks English.. But he's Einstein as soon as he switches.
thats what i said they just seem rude giving one word replys its like they dont want him there at all because hes a inconvenience until he starts speaking there language .
Usually because their English isn't so good, so one word replies is about as much as they can do
Same with me when I am trying to talk in Spanish, I'll just say what I can and that's it
SlikWilly two languages can’t be that hard and, you must be over exaggerating
Fr lmao
in most european countries its compulsory to have english as a 2nd language im from the uk but i lived in sweden for 2 years my main worries when i first went there was i didnt know swedish but they all speak english better than the uk people do which is weird. i think china should take up that sort of thing where they get taught english in schools it opens more opportunity's for them specially now we are in a digital age and the world is alot smaller
Chinese pedestrians are wondering.
"How that white guy speak Mandarin?" 🤔😂
So should we wonder why nthe Chinese person speaks English ?
Bry Baller I see your point, however, English is a more widely known language around the world.
Mandarin is easy to learn, Cantonese is harder.
@@jennellis6679 Preach, Sister. Lol
😂😂
I think it was Nelson Mandela who said, “If you talk to someone in a language they understand, that goes to their head. If you talk to them in their own language, that goes to their heart.” Or maybe I'm having a Mandela Effect moment.
no he said it...:)
You win an mandela necktie.
I think Mandela said, “that guy needs to die. Winnie, put a tire around his head and set it on fire, I have a car bomb to deal with.” ❤️ Mandela. What a man of peace.
@@RightWingCon81 Maybe he was in the camp of, "kill all of your appoints and peace is achieved". group.
@@RightWingCon81 can you go spread your misery somewhere else?
I love how random people walking down the sidewalk suddenly stop and listen. "Is . . . is that white boy speaking Chinese?"
Haha right?! Their reactions they totally paused and did a double take lol
Being an American I can admit that we typically speak one language, badly. :(
hey! theres a unicorn in the street! look at that ! lol. Plus I hear Chinese, etc is very hard to learn compared to other languages.
Both my father and sister speak fluent mandarin Chinese. It's classic to see the response in a restaurant or down town.
in china this is a normal thing, people there are used to foreigner speaking fluently chinese...
Xiaoma! El domingo te vi leyendo un diario en chino en Chinatown y empecé a gritar a todo pulmón cuando te reconocí. 😂 Gracias por ser tan amable y por iluminar este mundo con tu empatía, curiosidad, excelencia y buena onda! Soy tu fan. Abrazo grande!
Hola, Ana, gracias por tus mails tan interesantes e instructivos. Saludos afectuosos a mi apreciada maestra de chino!
Aquí mi apoyo Ana, siempre leo tus correos.
Hola! No puedo dejar de sonreir pensando en tu efusividad!!! Al igual que Xiaoma, sos una persona que ilumina el mundo con su entusiasmo y buena vida!!!! Gracias por existir!
Ana gracias por todo, todo apoyo para ti. Te imagino gritando en la calle, jajajaja
Qué bonita experiencia... Bendiciones a todos en casa!
Vendors be like: wtf he ate one fruit from us and now he speaks fluent chinese
xD
UltimateJojo - Fortnite & more 😆 That actually would make a great prank... convince them the grape made him speak mandarin.
I needs me one uh dem fruits
how much for 1 grape?
😂😂😂
lmfao!
Old asian ladies think Americans who speak their language are so cute lol those ladies were giggling over you so much
tyler bruh he turned them on so much he gonna take them to poundtown next time :p
They want his D
They are creaming their pants.
This comment section is a disaster
Bcus 99% of us only speak English.
They all loved him. He put smiles on their faces hearing him speak.
This makes me want to learn Chinese LOL the language is so interesting
Update: I actually already speak three languages (English, Korean, Spanish) and I’m teaching myself a few languages so I’m familiar with the stress of learning a language and how difficult Chinese is :) I’ve been learning the language for about 6 weeks now and it’s been fun!! It’s stressful but I think I’ll eventually get the hang of it if I practice enough. I have two Chinese speaking friends who have been helping me and willing to communicate with me 😌
@@IA-1509 As a Chinese bilingual Im mentally stressed:/ I still need to learn Hokkien for family reasons🙄🙄🙄
good luck im chinese and i still think english is easier
@@Joseph6798-t6p Im Malay and Chinese mixed living in Singapore have to learn 3 languages ( Malay Mandarin and English)... Mandarin is the hardest
@@plaguedoctor1898 Oh im Singaporean too. Ya I learn 3 also, Mandarin, Hokkien and English
I grew up learning Mandarin and when I moved to the US when I was maybe 4 I didn’t know an ounce of English 😅 you can imagine how hard it was to go to school when I didn’t know English 😂
Seems like everyone gets so interested and impressed when someone speaks their language. Super cool
Yep when I was greece and spoke fluent greek some of them were confused but became extremely open and impressed.
@Frost Bite, that's sad. I'm brazilian and when I see a tourist trying to speak portuguese, I always find really cool! Learning a new language is not easy.
Frost Bite It’s always funny to watch some idiot on the internet generalize Americans lol
Frost Bite don’t believe everything u see on the media. Not many people will degrade others for trying to speak English here. The news and media only capture the bad. I for one love to see people trying to speak English. If they can’t, so be it!
@@-RJ-hw6qq That's true and because portuguese is one of the most hardest languages to learn it's cool seen foreing trying tô speak hahahah
The woman at the beginning is the typical Chinese mother. "Oh you learned in Beijing? That's it? What about Taiwanese? Okay, we're going to have a lesson....."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
She's cute though
However, there is not Taiwanese. That's one of Fujian dialects.
@@xiaoyanliu6761 i'm not being a racist or something but you chinese have some terrible languages that needs years of learning , without doing a thing beside learning it
@@xiaoyanliu6761 all the respect to your languages but i mean they're hard as fuck , i switched departments in college btw from mandarin to german lol 😂💔
"What's your name?"
"Dude TF did you just say about my little sister?!"
😂😂😂
🤣😂🤣
😂😂😂😂
Ahahaha
LOL! Hokkien (Fujianese) as spoken in Taiwan. Difficult to understand if he has only be exposed to Mandarin only. It is really a different language & not a dialect of Mandarin.
Why did I read the title as:
“White guy surprises people in NYC Chinatown with perfect cheese”ʰᵉˡᵖ
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bro you just hungry 😂
SAME WTF HAHAHA
Made my morning 🤣🤣🤣
same I am slightly disappointed in myself lol
I’m Chinese American and his Chinese is better than mine😂
Why u speak more slang
That shows how much u care about your real culture and language
Dave SE you need to relax
Dave SE It’s more about your parents teaching you than your own drive :/
Kian Zinzell exactly! I’m sure Xiao mas parent is teaching him hard !
Attention if you drirect your self to the comment section you’ll find the most brain dead people on the earth one of which called Nelson Mandela a terrorist 😂😂
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” - Nelson Mandela
Except these were mostly women
"If you put a tyre around someone's neck and light it on fire, that person dies a horrible death"
Winnie Mandela
Quoting a terrorist is not a very smart move!
"If you fart, it stinks." -Nelson Stenchella
@@boobella899 that's beside the point. That quote can be applied to all people. If Nelson actually said that, it was likely long before cultures became aware of the patriarchical verbiage when referring to people. Which also explains "mankind" rather than "humankind." Mankind means all people, just like the quote means all people, though it says "man" and "men"
I literally cannot stop watching because you’re making so many people SMILE AND I LOVE IT 😭
people always say “oh he’s just trying to flex his language skills” but if you were to learn the hardest language in the world fluently, you would want to talk to foreigners from that country to practice the language and no, it’s not flexing. how about you learn the hardest language in the world, and try not to want to use it. he’s not flexing, he’s just smarter than all y’all so don’t be jealous
7 Gapstanders What, are you 5 years old? It’s not the ‘hardest language in the world’, stop reaching for it. Also, it doesn’t work like that, to a native Cantonese speaker, this would be the easiest language in the world to learn. Get a grip.
@@Rakim8 Except he's not a native Cantonese speaker. Case closed.
Literally no one in the comment said that and every comment similar to that are just fun jokes and games and wasn't even as bad as you make it seem. You just trying to make up shit to have something to complain about
Rakim8 actually mandarin is the worlds most difficult language, with over hundreds of thousands of characters.
Blessings i’m not complaining. i’m just trying to give the guy a hand for learning this difficult language that is hard for most non-natives to learn
They started texting their daughters to come and meet him
Ah thats the secret to getting exotic women :D
Clyde Barrow hahaha 😆 gold
@DivineHeresy I think that's BS!
@DivineHeresy I've been many places in Asia , Far/Mid East, Africa & Australia many times and there is some truth in your statement but when you speak the language it melts a lot of ice. Being American as well, long as you respect the people and the culture of the country your in. Westerners tend to overlook respecting others cultures. being RUDE & DISRESPECTFUL! loud drunk A-holes.
DivineHeresy Not the one who could speak their tounge XD
Haha my aunt’s the lady who was completely unimpressed 😂😂😂
Really? Hehe😀
TheWonderwoo she a savage for that 😂🤷🏻♂️
Probably because she thinks he's being a bit pretentious.
Skrooge Lantay for expecting people to be wowed by it, you dork.
WD4L Legba still more of a warm welcoming feeling to speak someone’s native language
I bet it’s so rewarding to be complimented on how well you speak several other languages, thanks for representing! Truly amazing and inspiring to the max! Love and light!
Learning languages is plus. Everyone’s respect for you suddenly shoots through the roof.
Speak to someone in your language goes to their head, speak to someone in their language goes straight to their heart
@Silent Hill Warrior 5 just look at the video, the chinese became more engaging and happy when he spoke mandarin instead of just speaking english
I don't think I've ever seen someone not Chinese speak Chinese in real life before, so if someone did, I'd be impressed as hell lol I also heard it can be difficult to learn for English speakers
Earthshine even a few words can make a difference :)
Shame it doesn’t go the other way when English is the second language .
Everyone's so annoyed when he's asking a bunch of questions in english then they're all chill when he starts speaking Mandarin or Cantonese.
Lindsay Carvalho Você fala português? Acho que o seu nome tem origem português
Because it's more comfortable for them. Their English is very limited. It would be like if you had to speak Chinese all day then someone just starts a full conversation in English. You would do the same thing and let loose.
@@enderwiggins8248 so consigo ler e escreve bem, mas sim sou português. Você está?
@@lindsay_carv Carvalho is a type of tree and wood, Sucupira aswell. In Portugal, it's common to have tree / wood names used as last / family names: Oliveira (olive tree), Limeira (lime / lemon tree), Laranjeira (orange tree), Pereira (pear tree), Macieira (apple tree), Pinheiro (pine tree), Figueira (fig tree), Figueiroa (a species of apple) and so on...
I'm brazilian, but most brazilians have Portuguese ancestry, therefore my last name Sucupira. It's interesting to see someone like you, whose first language is English even though the family name is Portuguese.
@@yurisucupira It's really not that interesting that I have a Portuguese name but only speak english. My grandparents are from the Azores, they came to Canada my dad never spoke portuguese he always responded in english for some reason. And when I was born they never spoke to me in Portuguese so I never picked it up. I can read it though and kinda write it (with some heavy help from Google translate) .
This kid does so much for the world by just speaking to people who we would normally dismiss. Love to see their smiles when he bust out the lingo. Priceless. Good human.
We don’t dismiss them. They’re here working, making money and enjoying their life. 😑😑
@@coypu2005 working sure, but they obviously aren't making much money. That's why its so cool that Xiaoma supports these smaller shops and businesses. He's literally a local celebrity in Chinatown at this point.
I totally love how truly happy and appreciative all these people are that you have taken the time to learn and respect their language. It truly is a hard language to learn. I tried to learn Mandarin but because I am slightly hard of hearing I really struggled with differentiating the tones.
Hey man, long-time fan. This is EXACTLY the type of video I've always wanted to see from you. I enjoy your videos showing Americans things like K-Pop stars etc, but this - you love of Chinese culture of the beautiful language - is where you shine brightest. Your humbleness and appreciation for the language is what we love. Please consider doing more like this, perhaps even interviews with local Chinese business owners, asking them about how their neighborhood in NYC has changed since they first arrive, their perception of white Americans, their favorite foods, movies, etc
No more China culture after Mao's revolution
Preach!
Those poor old Chinese ladies lol. They can understand Mandarin and Cantonese but they are actually speaking Toisanese, the og Chinese in nyc.
Yitmen Chin haha that’s right taishanese is the predominate dialect with older Chinese immigrants. A lot to do with how Mainland China was mostly closed off until the 1980s. The first Chinese immigrants during the late 1800’s came from Kaiping. Then it switched to predominately people from Hong Kong immigrating in the mid 1900s... hence Cantonese.
Me Malaysian Toisanese 🤟
my bfs familys dialect is this one! theyre from guangdong and a small village (wen lao? mun lao? im not sure because my canto is garbage)
Yitmen Chin
Toisanese and Cantonese are mutually intelligible to an extent since they are variants of Yue whereas Cantonese and Mandarin are not mutually intelligible.
@@Ladeliciadelinda what's the difference between toisanese and taishanese?
He ends up buying a lot of unnecessary stuffs.
p-h chan -Cost of doing business ! And returning the kindness of others !
But for our entertainment!
Its for kindness
Stuff*
p-h chan ...and then gets a nice check from RUclips
Not only are you bringing smiles to everyone's faces standing around listening.... you've brought one to mine as well..... the interaction is absolutely amazing..... I'm envious beyond words......
I just love the way he sounds while speaking Chinese.
Then move to china. Shitloads of ppl there speak it
小马很享受被华人夸奖普通话很好
@@darrinwatts9229 who hurt you?
DARRIN WATTS 😂 savage
F.B.I Agent go back to reddit
It’s crazy, this has changed my whole perception of Chinese people, from my ignorance they seem cold and distant. The minute they hear you speak their language they light up and are so kind and complimentary. The instant respect and admiration they have because you’ve learned their language is so cool
3:15 that lady be thinking “what did my magic grape do to that white guy” lmao
Lol! Best response!!
HAHAHAHA
It looks like a commercial. White guy eats fruit starts speaking Chinese. All he's missing is an energetic pose.
Lmao
I love how much you enjoy speaking in their language. What a connection and seeing the people coming around to see someone that looks different, love their language as well.
You are such a nice guy, very likeable and so respectful of the Chinese people, you engage really well with them, very gentle and friendly, great video
She said "my Mandarin isn't as good as yours and I'm Chinese" lol
Love that the merchants get a kick out of this. Brightens their day, as you do mine :)
Merchant spoke a different dialect, Cantonese. Another person tried Taiwanese on him.
If god grant me one wish i choose to learn every single language on this planet from ancient to now
edit- OMG i left this comment with 150 likes and now it's doin' numbers
BTW if my wish got granted ,the person who trying to contact me will be that Ancient aliens dude XD
YOO PARK wow thats a really good wish. I woulda wished for flying lol
KikoMickey64 it’s better to wish for telekinesis if you want to fly because then you can move things with your mind while also moving yourself to fly
Same! Whenever people ask me what sort of power I want to have, it was to be completely fluent in every language to have ever existed
s2_chichan As soon as you do a Ted talk or something and become famous though, some random cult will think you’re either a witch or their God, and neither belief will lead to a good result 😂
Wow I also would wish for that
To me, in all these videos I've seen so far, their reaction when they hear you speak their native tongue. Pure joy in their faces, shock at first, but joy, laughter, thankfulness is present. They seem honored that you took time to learn their language. For me, I enjoy that part more than anything else. You seem to open up a part of them they would never have shared else where, it's truly inspiring.
my cantonese parents... i can hear them....
“how can this white boy speak better cantonese than you??”
“um”
“how can-“
My Mom's saw me watching this and said to me, "You should be ashamed of yourself! You look like an Ancient Chinese Buddha and this guy can speak Mandarin and Cantonese better than you!" OMG!!! So mean... Bwaaaahahahahahaha!!!
Do your Cantonese parents like being referred to as yellow boy and yellow girl?
Rutheless Truth wtf
@@Dawid2235h how is it any different than white boy?
Edit: or black guy black girl for that matter
Rutheless Truth to be truthful? they’ve never told me their opinion on that, so i don’t really know. i don’t think they’d care much, though.
Out here buying stuff he don’t need just to practice that’s wassup
Support small businesses 👍
when a white man speaks Chinese in Chinatown, everyone stared
Chris Miller same with a black man they start to giggle lol
hahahaha
Chris Miller When I walk down speaking my broken mandarin, people gave me that “That woman is dumb” look. I speak English better than Mandarin because I only learn Mandarin as I grew up through ears.
5:03 seeing the guy in the background smile made my day. To me he was like oh he mite Kno a couple phrases or two and then starts speaking his language probably made his day too. 🙏😌
I really like that you actually bought the items. I’ve seen other people and they just waste their time and try to film them. Supporting their business is an additional points bonus. Loved it!
Chinese Bystanders: They’re evolving!!!
I love how they immediately open up to you when they realize you speak the language. It's funny how just having a common tongue changes the dynamic.
Bcoz the language you use growing up is through which you can express your thoughts properly
Agreed, it’s like they sort of trust him more as well
Just stumbled upon your RUclips channel today and now I'm binge watching! My children were adopted from China and I've been to China six times.. it's like a second home to me
I love when they are like "I'm Chinese and your Mandarin is better than mine." LOL.
hha☺
lots of chinese dont speak perfect mandarin so its not that strange, would be like expecting everyone in europe to speak perfect english :P
lovesthebass FACTSSS
His pronunciation isn’t quite perfect all the time, but his theory in the speech is quite good
@@vir042 yeh it's because there's so many different languages so depending where you're from you will have a completely different language but Mandarin is basically their English since it's most common.
Hahaha...their reactions are so funny. Even the passerby who heard you speak also couldn’t stop looking at you🤣
I couldn't help staring when I heard two white (obvious siblings) kids speaking Chinese.. Guess they grew up in China or something..
“Wow, an American who grew up in China?” 🤣
A Japanese who grew up in Usa but his parents are american
My favorite part about these videos is watching smiles break out on the faces of the people he’s talking to and the ones walking by who happen to hear him. Truly the way to someone’s heart is through their own language
"What's your name?"
"What about my little sister?"
because it sounded like the latter xd
That was funny 😄
*starts fight*
:/ thonk that’s, without a doubt, a Chinese moment
Mandarin really be like that doe
"My mandarin isn't even as good as yours, and I'm Chinese!"
Hilarious!
He's got a really super strong American accent but his vocab and sentences are good 👏
I picked it up as soon as he started speaking 🤣
Yep
@@MensaGiraffe Yea why don't you explain?
@kirby waite i was wondering if he has an accent but since i dont speak chinese i couldnt tell. i think he is just pointing that out for non chinese speakers.
I cant understand what an American accent sounds like to other people
I give a big shoutout to this guy for taking the time to learn Chinese, one of the hardest languages to learn. Wow!
lol. Not even close!
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 didn’t like it too much when you said, “I’m not too bright to get a good job”.....You can speak the two most difficult languages in the world & have an infectious personality. The world is truly your oyster. Good luck 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Peter Clarke 他在谦虚啦， he just act like that ，its Chinese Culture ，not to be pround
Arthur Yuan correct
That's how Chinese respond to compliment.
Two of the most difficult languages in the world? If 1st is chinese, wich is the second??
SmartVideo Chinese is 2nd.....English is the hardest
Im surprised the Chinese aunties didn’t talk sht about you in Cantonese before they knew you can speak it
MNI Andes pretty sure it means bad man
@MNI Andes Bad man.
@MrSting17 my mom is hispanic and she talks so much shit about people, idk why they do that 💀
@Timemaster f 😐
@Timemaster f That's so rude. Not all hispanics are like that.
You’re an egg: White on the outside, Mandarin on the inside. 🙂
zerc1 or Cantonese or Taiwanese
Or yellow on the inside to be more general
Some asians are twinkies: yellow on the outside, white on the inside
Love it lmao
When You speak people's language - The Joy and Happiness is immense ! How happy are All there !
I actually really like these sorts of videos, as people often treat vendors in ethnic enclaves (especially Chinatowns) kind of badly, sort of dehumanize them, especially if their English is weak. Hearing them light up and just shoot the shit in their native language like this has real value in letting outsiders see them as people more.
Well said! We also get to see more of their personalities shine since they're more comfortable in their native tongue!
Yeh especially since Asian languages compared to Europeans are completely different. It really gets lost in translation so it's hard to tell if someone is being rude or not, in some cases what we might consider being rude is not rude to them and more acceptable.
It’s amazing how quickly sharing a language can bring people together
I wish I’d put just an extra effort to learn Mandarin
go to Mainland China and lesrn all you want
Chusone Chusone I believe in you
Yo Yo Chinese is a great resource!
its a biiig effort 😅 I love languages, but at the time, Im only learning european ones. Maybe when im older (currently 18) ill give mandarin a try.
@@MS-pe2vt it's better to learn languages while you're young
Their whole mood towards him changes as soon as he starts speaking Chinese. It’s so cool to see them appreciating each other in a way because he took the time to learn their language.
I myself can speak Chinese as a second language, and I think this guy’s Chinese and Cantonese is spot on. Really impressive👍
Sad P Chinese is a language ??? I’m confused
@@reinal7896 chinese/mandarin
Lily Smith Standard Chinese is also called Mandarin while Cantonese is a dialect of Chinese. Actually it is more of a sister language of Chinese, as Cantonese was split off from old Chinese very early...
Sad P I gotcha . . So is mandarin the most common language spoken in China then ?
Lily Smith Almost every Chinese can speak Mandarin as they are taught in school.
I love this on so many levels. Making an effort to learn and perfect a language allows you to meet people who perhaps don't have the means or confidence to communicate well with you and experience a different culture on a more sincere level.
I've learned everything in China town is $5
Some are two for $5 :-)
@@sealand000 5 dolla!!!
Even suckie suckies....
34.50
5 Dolla mo
It's amazing how compelling it is to watch humans simply being friendly and connecting with each other.
So one day he meets tall black guy called Moses...
Well, I'm sorry to ruin your joke, but Moses was actually black))
Moses the hyper polyglot
Runs into Snoop?
There was bound to be a copycat at some point, even his vid titles are from Laoshu's play book.
XiaoMa and LaoShu should meet!
Damn bro this made me smile like an idiot I loved this.
5:07 and you can see the old man slowly start to smile as he hears you carry on the conversation fluently.
You actually very good at being Chinese-style humble😂you are true Chinese inside!
You are wonderful. Your kindness comes through regardless of what language you are speaking.
If he ended up staying too long, they would have gotten his number or passed their daughters numbers to him. Lol
Highly unlikely lmao
He could be an accredited interpreter and make mad money.
Or stay a youtuber and make even more... Sad world.
Oh yeah $$$$$$$
@@ngc6603 no he wouldn't, interpreters make so much money it's not even funny
NGC 660 we live in a society 😔
Tons of people are bilingual in Mandarin and English. Why don't they all become interpreters? It's not that easy.
The only other people who get this surprised when you speak their language is the French.
If you're a foreigner who speaks French in France people will instantly want to shake your hand. Even if you're crap but you *try* they get so happy it's adorable.
Yeah the Germans not so much I went over to visit extended family and they were impressed but not really surprised
Dont forget Indonesian..
Most people from a different country will greatly respect you for speaking their language
They hate the English and refuse to speak English even if they know it. Not that I can blame them.
Some French citizens will toss out a subtle insult like "You have an interesting accent." A French colleague told me about how they insult people without them knowing it, and laugh among themselves:
Just incredible watching these videos. We need more people like Xiao Ma to ease the pain we are living through right now as Asian immigrants. Thank you for your kindness
I'm jealous my grandfather was Chinese from Fujian and I couldn't speak even a little of any Chinese languages..... I'm a Filipino but very happy when I see and hearing anthing good about Chinese and China.
I once worked in an SM company and i get to see the grand sons of henry sy around. I found out they never speak chinese at all. My ofcm8 on the other hand was born in hongkong but grew up in binondo speaks chinese fluently. My observation is that third gen or older tend to forgot their parents toungue in time.
My both parents are from Fujian
He may speak perfect Chinese, but he has yet to master the "asian squat"... stretch it out bruh
Ghahahahaha 🤣👍
Nick Hernandez he actually doesnt speak perfect chinese. he just puts that for the clickbait. he actualy has a heavyass american accent. perfect chinese means no american accent
brioche When what?
@@Crazehm8 ask what
Canadian CaCUCK I agree that he does speak it quite well, however coming from a CHINESE point of view, his pronunciation is of at some points. The way he says xiaoma is actually quite off. He’s kinda doing it to flex. Like I’m all for him embracing our culture and using the language, and I’m not saying he shouldn’t speak it, but his mandarin and Cantonese isn’t perfect. But, he can improve so good luck to him. He’s already much better than loads of white people that think they can speak Chinese, like when they say hello, but so badly. :)
Me: "I communicate a little bit
But my silence is better".
🤣🤣🤣
@Aura Darkskipper lol will u ever be ready?
I always enjoy how impressed they are. I don’t know how I stumbled upon your channel, but I’m glad I did. You’ve gained a new subscriber. 👍🏼
Wow... Xiaoma suprised me thhat he also can speak in Cantonese so well. Talented guy❗
lai kee hung I would be shocked if he can speak ”Taishanese”.
xiao ma (small horse) hehe
Speaking Chinese to still don’t get you a bargain. Damn.
Haha I get u but cant blame em, they dont make that much
You should try to tell them you were in an accident once and when you woke up you could speak Chinese
Hahahahahahahha
Why was I thinking about this today? Like what if I woke up speaking Chinese because this language is hard as fuck to study since I'm a beginner.😂😂😂😂
"Laneman"?
@@nicoleraheem1195 Chinese is the easiest language in the world! What r u even talking about? I can speak Chinese since I was 2.
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I live in Switzerland and Putonghua is my Major so I LOOOOVE your videos so much! I hope that someday I will be able to speak it as well as you do💫