American black New Yorker speak Chinese

[@eyecoin]

Good job Drew. I'm on the way over to your apt.... get those noodles ready.

[@alexcerdenaphotography]

I thought i was watching an episode of Reading Rainbow for a sec :D lol

[@alexcerdenaphotography]

totally agree :) it just reminded me of a shoot I use to watch when I was little :)

[@Rose0004]

Damn. I love you. I couldn't have said that better myself.

[@kiwifruitkl]

I think the biggest problem with foreigners speaking Chinese is that they always drop the intonations, presumably due to the fact that intonations are not very emphasized in their own languages. It takes time, effort, practice, and a very keen ear to distinguish the subtle phonemes as well as the ascending and descending intonations of the voice. On top of that, there are so many dialects in China, many of which are mutually unintelligible. What I mean is, a person speaking in the Shanghai dialect can barely understand a person speaking in the Wuhan dialect, though I confess that the Wuhan dialect may be closest to the Beijing dialect or standard Mandarin.

[@sunnygirly2k4]

That was very informative! Thank you for posting that.

[@shaolin89]

Totally agree with you about the tones.. Check my video on my channel, I emphasize speaking fluently with standard intonation.

[@kiwifruitkl]

Frederik Rasmussen I must add that sometimes Chinese people can't speak standard Mandarin Chinese fluently, but rather their voices may sound accented. Examples include the Shanghai people speaking the Shanghai topolect. I admit my own bias in my previous post about the fact that Wuhan language is closer to Mandarin than Shanghai, but that's only because my parents both speak Wuhanese, while their standard Mandarin may be a bit accented. To find an English equivalent, it's like a person in England speaking the King's English. The King's English is standard and proper. Now, English is a Germanic language. So, imagine that Germany and England are one country, and "Germanic" is considered one language. Then, German and English would be, in this hypothetical scenario, be considered "dialects" of "Germanic languages".

[@39thala]

Many Chinese (from outside of Beijing ofcouse) have told me that Harbin probably has the most truly standard pronunciation of Mandarin. I've know a few from Harbin and I have to say, their Mandarin 'is' indeed very clear and beautiful sounding. More so than Beijing imo. Of course, you don't want to tell a Beijinger that ;-)

[@kiloplay]

I am an Asian and I respect that greatly! It's NOT easy to learn Chinese and speak as natural as he did. Great job! With his level of fluency, I bet you he DREAMS in Chinese language too! LOL...

[@acballen2613]

I do dream in Chinese. You're right. Andrew 大龙

[@wahhmann123]

riding a stick and aint even gayyy what a G

[@allaboutdatGDA]

That guy can speak Chinese very well!

[@Yamanhitle]

This is one of the videos that's inspiring to make my own KZbin videos speaking chinese

[@AwestaKhalid]

"My job got easier after the pole-riding" I chucked.. :D

[@nrsimmons178]

Do the stanky leg, ehh! He was killing me with that damn pole, lol!

[@nrsimmons178]

Lol, thanks!

[@foodiegrl]

You go boy!

[@BFP2021]

Lol making the noodles requires a huge pole... i am sure he brought his own with him ;) sry i had to say it

[@StuLenS_Gaming]

XD

[@bigbro05]

Great man!

[@halolord]

i love this guy's show :D

[@DonaDiabla24]

Amazing!

[@bnnzzg]

Lol!! The way he made the noodles is so funny.His mandarin is awesome.

[@acballen2613]

haha! Thanks!

[@ada113]

he can understand chinese with a southern accent, it's great

[@Rose0004]

I know what you mean. I love to study languages, but the second I decide to take up Japanese, I'm a nerd or trying to be something I'm not. It's whatever, though. There's enough negativity in the world, so I say keep doing what makes you happy. Much success to you. :)

[@SeraphXT]

Damn...he's good!!

[@kali4good]

haha. awesome. hey i missed that tv show where the guy travels all over the world. i heard about it

[@truthsmiles]

Fun to watch. That noodle making looks like a real pain. No wonder I love Ramen so much! Also, Really impressed with that guy's Chinese... I took Chinese for a year in college and all I remember is "Ni hao?" haha

[@acballen2613]

haha. thank you... 12 years post-fact.🤩

[@jia2001]

I wish more foreigners will live and stay in China the more people who comes just proving that China is a better country to live then 30 years ago life is getting better.

[@MG-951]

Thats impressive. Chinese is a freaking hard language and I give respect to anyone who learns the language.

[@Poemi10304]

He's bouncing w/ him! That's so cute! XD

[@EGarrett01]

Reminds me of Levar Burton and Reading Rainbow. Any more episodes of this show? So relaxing and educational.

[@MusicforMe123]

Very impressive, both your Chinese and noodle making...nice job brother!

[@kingjohnkk]

dude im from guiyang, a city of the province of guizhou, and i fucking love the noodles. easily my favorite cuisine. anyone in that area go try it out.. it's just flour

[@largon2008]

damn it now i want soup….

[@WrenJenn]

His mandarin is so good!~

[@ForeverCellist]

I'm not black (I'm half white and half hispanic) but I get the same thing. I don't understand why it's "normal/okay" for me to study some European language, but the second I want to learn an Asian language (I'm studying Korean) people think I want to be Asian. So when I study German, I'm just wanting to learn the language, but when I study Korean, I'm an Asian wannabe? :/ Anyway, good luck with studying Japanese! ^^ That's another language I would like to learn sometime. :3

[@weilunkang]

This brotha's chinese is really good, tho' at first I thought I was watching LeVar "Geordi La Forge" Burton.

[@IngemarKenyatta]

The fact that you have to point out that there are exceptions illustrates more about the terrible truth than it does about the exceptions (we are always hearing about).

[@Mandy0943]

I started to learn it a year ago and I get the basics. But, I study still to retain it. I struggle alot with making sentences though. :(

[@candicelee9963]

I think he's perfect.

[@acballen2613]

So sweet of you. Thanks.🤩

[@overseachininadoll]

That's good boy speaking beautifully. Great funny video.

[@llee0715]

Wow, his Chinese is perfect! Great job. I think I need to brush up on my chinese now.

[@OliviaBrown54]

XD he's in my home town!!! ROCK ON DUDE! you speak some GOOD chinese

[@lowincash]

wow you're awsome! i'm chinese and i've been trying to learn mandarin for few years already...you're a lot better than me lol

[@1ofmeNlotsofU]

his chinese is so awsome; im inspired by it and want to learn.

[@Jamille85]

@johnnyandthepnuemoni --- I almost died laughing...

[@mahshidgz]

1:41 "i'm a noodle cowboy" hahaha

[@Mandy0943]

good for you! I wish schools would give you more choices than french or spanish. :) I would have started a long time ago!

[@thekanman]

how did he learn to speak mandarin so well? impressive.

[@after100tries]

LOL~ nice video. this guy reminds me of a friend who just like him.

[@TheWooHooism]

Aww, I just find it so interesting when people who aren't natives (like black and white people) can speak languages like Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. I'm black myself, but it just makes me so interested I can't help myself!

[@bigbro05]

he's amazing, got to meet him someday

[@OneLifeZ4]

@ilidionbeurkley I agress with what you're saying here brother... All asian are like that. It just that how we respond because is rare to see people from america or europe learn asian language, we just happy to see people from different country learning about us and our culture peroid.

[@happyboyy8k]

Wow...you speak very well, keep it up. Peace

[@Inokea]

I give major props to that dude for not only having respect enough for another culture to learn their language and for the smarts for looking forward to the future opportunities he'll have.

[@acballen2613]

Thank you!

[@Trixiaoyu]

@Sky300 - Of course its not weird, it's AMAZING. OMG, it's a difficult language to learn yet this black man got everything right... even his accent is SPOT ON!! AMAZING!! I am so surprised. =O

[@AkeebaMaze]

you dont see many people learning the language period, but people are always so overly shocked when that persons black. i am also learning mandarin + Japanese and i think the proportions are equal. u dont see as many black people bc there arent many in general. if you have just 1other blk person in ur class of 10 then thats 20% which is about right considering our % in the US. maybe u should look harder?~ b/c i know a bunch of blk ppl learning chinese......

[@jamessuzhou]

Is this the same Andrew who used to be a concert promoter in Shanghai? If so, I met him once, he seems to have parlayed his Chinese abilities into a mini-career. If I recall correctly, he used to promote events at Pegasus. Oh, and thanks for bringing Ice-T to Shanghai in 2005, that was a great concert. There are actually tons of foreigners who speak really good Chinese, but they don't get noticed because they're Asians - Koreans, Indonesians, etc. Still though, his Chinese is solid! jia you!

[@acballen2613]

One and the same. Thanks.

[@LoveForChinaForava]

he called him 哥们儿, hahaha, sweet

[@davidhalldurham]

He's great! I'm so jealous!

[@ForeverCellist]

This guy is awesome!!

[@brainburrito]

awesome! now i know what the heck that guy was doing in the movie "Kung Fu Hustle". good chinese too. =D

[@jia2001]

I am Chinese and I can understand him

[@PARASNIP]

ol boyz doin some gangnam style on that pole.

[@heresteven]

i wish you did more videos.

[@JeromeLeong]

@BLAKPEARL69 yes, many. majority dialects are Cantonese, Hokkien , and so on.

[@Aspenfash899]

@alansmisclass lmao that's what i thought, he remind's me of the reading rainbow guy

[@dearangel111]

Those noodles looked yummeh.

[@TheCoolfez]

great pronunciation!

[@jonnynice8366]

This is so cute :D Cool video. He's Chinese is good too.

[@datruzepp]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WUT A LEGEND!!!! rezpec da brotha, tiz tru 8)

[@bpeacenlove3564]

more of him on chinaflix travel getaway channel

[@NothGosBack]

wooao!!! His chinese is soooooo good.. even better than many chinese,bcoz many old chinese people have obvious accent which only belongs to their own district.. I wanna know you, man

[@tuberlxb2012]

@fitzrapid How did you master 4 languages? I want to teach my 2 year old Mandarin, Spanish, and Hindi. Unfortunately, I can't speak any of them. Do you have any suggestions on how I can go about achieveing this?

[@tay2014]

@BLAKPEARL69 you still can. most people who speak a dialect also know Mandarin. its the "standard' Chinese dialect, known as putonghua, because that's what people speak in the capital city. its what most foreigners learn when they study Chinese.

[@Tahkayun]

@TexLonghorn903 I'm ashamed to say I was surprised to see that he could speak Chinese so well. Also, does anyone know what this program is called? I'ld like to see more. It sorta reminds me of "Dirty Jobs" but in China.

[@pmunkyandpals11]

@DurtyDominican Actually, I'm surprised that anyone can speak Chinese, it seems so complicated! :)

[@BLAKPEARL69]

COOL. I WOULD LIKED TO HAVE LEARNED CHINESE. BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT DIALECTS, CORRECT??

[@YangYao]

@DurtyDominican Not just because he's black. I have met other foreigners that speaks Chinese. But it's difficult for someone that is not a native speaker to speak a nearly perfect accent.

[@AFNYOAQIS]

noodle making can be dangerous. But dont take my word for it, check it out at your local library!

[@JohnnyLeetheasianoftheworld]

That's funny how the guy was beating the bread and shit hilarious.

[@frankchen1769]

It probably is becuz of there are more tones to distinguish.. but i've never had a perspective from a non-canto person.

[@dacianey3]

@samuraialfredo Yes mines to he is awesome! Truly one of a kind!

[@LSD25]

"My noodle making job got easier after the pole riding." Ya don't say.

[@dfdtdfdx]

it should be pretty easy for latin-language-family native speaker (English, Spanish, French etc.) to learn each other language, and there is enough economic incentive to learn each other language

[@tuppz7892]

this guys story is pretty interesting en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ballen

[@krisC2U]

that's the adventurous and well traveled type of melanoid man that i want.

[@minzygee]

This is correct! My parents live in China now, my father being white and my mother being half black/filipina and when they are out together, she gets the utmost respect. They are infatuated with white people. My father always gets special treatment (though they always try to raise prices when he's near) While my mother is treated as if she can't afford anything and people are rude and short with her. :s

[@summerbergin7078]

why did i watch this i was watching a shaytards vlog

[@photism]

@TIMarbury lol was js a figure of speech homie

[@BF2superfans]

dude this man is good! love his mandarin

[@joeshmoe005]

@Aspenfash899 wow why the hostility, i'm HAPPY that people of your kind are getting an education! glad to see that you're a strong independent black woman doing her thaaaang giiiiiirl! #affirmativeaction #blackpower

[@luvasia]

It doesn't matter what race you are, you can speak any language you want that you have learned. I'm studying some asian and other languages myself. Me, mostly vietnamese though.:)

[@Flyingdust1031CW]

that's great man,noodles can be made from plenty ways in China,And that's just one of them.yo made me hungry

[@ladysleopat]

Hi! Greetings. I love Chinese! I'm black Caribbean and I am determined that I will speak this language and maybe Cantonese one day! I am Black Chinese all the way!!!

[@Muraku666]

@earthtojanson I did MY research. Japanese isn't related to chinese at all. There are a ew phrases, but Japanse came from Korean and Mongolian. I have been to all three countries, and there is more similiarity between English and Korean than Japanese and Chinese. Use rel sourcs, not wikipedia. I can go on Wikipedia now and rewrite history.

[@Trixiaoyu]

@alongthebluff - They still turned it into something better. Nihon wa saiko desu yo!

[@bluefiregem]

Whos is he? He's awesome! I like him, he's educated, open minded and adventureous.. Where can I see more of his travel adventure videos?

[@jazzblowin]

humm...never thought about it like that...interesting point of view.

[@Aaxzej]

Looks funny how they ride the pole hehehe

[@AJ78910]

lol he said after the pole riding.

[@dalmain77]

I've seen that process of making noodles..it's an old practice. Yeah, his chinese is impressive.

[@akaiYaMa9]

i know that, and i know that it is still hard for them to learn Chinese....all i was saying was they have the ability to read kanji which is the hardest part to learning Japanese..the hardest part of learning Chinese is the voice changes you have to learn..

[@coolmojito]

wow, this BLACK GUY made a pretty good show! it's the first time i ever see this kind of show hosted by a black guy, and it sounds awesome! did he make more, like a series?

[@alvins1979]

Dang. I am envious of his Mandarin skills. I am Chinese and I don't think I can ever get close to how fluent he sounds. Good stuff.

[@jazzblowin]

It's 2008, aren't we beyond that yet? That is such a tired phrase. Oreo?? I don't even use that term, and I am certainly older than you:-)