Chinese Girl Talks About Marrying a Foreigner in China - Intermediate Chinese - Chinese Conversation

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What reactions does a Chinese girl face when she decides to marry a foreigner in China? What challenges arise from being in a relationship where the couple has very different cultures? Eileen interviews Jane to find out!
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[@QuizmasterLaw]

Great content! I really hope you get social credit for all your work since this is something good for China (population and family) and Chinese foreign relations (how Chinese people relate to other peoples). I really admire you and appreciate your work. You are a wonderful person. If you ever need English editing for free just write me an email. 感谢您！辛苦了！

[@MegaThepostman]

This girl makes Chinese sound so sweet! 😍🥰😘❤️

[@EricS1818]

Another brilliant video, Eileen. Thank you. You prepare your questions so well. The conversation is smooth and relaxed. Well done.

[@tomarmstrong5244]

I met my Beijing born Chinese wife in 1985 when it was still very difficult to marry foreigners. Her family were initially very much against it, saying foreigners are not serious and get divorced too easily. Anyhow, although it proved impossible to get married in China, we stuck it our, married in Hong Kong and have been married for 36 years now, and have five fine sons. We live in England and sahe is very happy here, but remains proudly Chinese.

[@shadowdraqon2479]

Her parents, especially her dad, probably hates u and resents u for stealing their daughter away from their family

[@johnyossarian9059]

Your whole opinion is based solely on "probably" I have seen how the Westerner in-laws who were vehemently against their daughter marrying her Chinese husband changing their opinion completely after the birth of their grandchildren

[@iheartyunjinlol]

@@shadowdraqon2479are you ok? 🧍‍♀️

[@user-pe4zu7rc4g]

After living 11 years in China, Jane and husband have a very good relationship, how to find a balance between two cultures. Very good interview too.

[@msai257]

I love how her face always gets so soft after Eileen asks if Jacob is a good dad/spouse/if he's romantic. What a wonderful couple

[@mandarin.marmalade2167]

This is the first time I watch an entire interview in one sitting. Very good, thank you!

[@markcook1392]

太好了我找到了这个KZbin频道，采访人的问题很好，可以听到各种各样的话题

[@miketheneanderthal9490]

I have been married to my Chinese wife for 5 years. We are older, and our daughter is 22 and Chinese (I adopted her 2 years ago) I would so much love for you to do an interview with her like this!

[@MandarinCorner2]

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[@janchristian514]

Every interview is like a conversation. One never knows what subject may be discussed. Your guest and you discussed drinking hot water. I have had at least one doctor here in the U.S. advise that drinking cold water is not good for us. The Americans love to drink water that is three quarters ice cubes, so we are learning from you! I am so glad you have the freedom to carry out these interviews!

[@TheBillaro]

cold water is really bad for your organs for sure

[@janchristian514]

@@TheBillaro Thank you! I agree. Get the word out!😃

[@janchristian514]

@@TheBillaro Thank you doctor!😃

[@TheBillaro]

@@janchristian514 hahaha it's basic chinese med

[@janchristian514]

@@TheBillaro Actually, it’s basic Chinese lifestyle.

[@Sun-iw3pt]

Note to self: 1:05 video start 1:38 guest speaker 1:55 work 3:36 meeting husband 6:30 perception of foreigners 8:15 friends' reactions 9:57 trip to Australia 11:57 problems living together 13:41 proposal + wedding 17:19 England 18:26 chinese wedding customs + laws 19:26 honeymoon 24:47 getting married in china 25:36 difference in culture 29:03 differences in diet 32:55 difference in expressing emotions 34:52 beauty standards + giving presents

[@adriancann5056]

what an interesting lady. so many things to consider when combining two different cultures. thank you as usual for doing this interview.

[@JohnyIIOh]

Thank you for uploading!

[@ilvessalmi]

感谢Eileen！所有的你的采访特别有意思！

[@Lymacsaushuffle1]

我永远支持你们，你们制作的视频如此逼真,时用、有用、专业、易学、有趣。 我不会错过你的任何视频。 每个视频我都反复听几十遍甚至上百遍来背。 我已经关注你们的频道 2 年了，现在我的中文交流很流利。 非常感谢，期待新视频。我叫阿李是越南人。

[@FilipP88]

Wholesome I wish them the best and thank you for this video

[@ImprovingAbility]

I'm so happy that you provide proper English subtitles, this really stands out! Thank you :)

[@StratosFair]

These videos are pure gold. Thank you Eileen

[@lucag7908]

This Channel really helps learning Chinese with real specific topic conversations/contents. Thanks Eileen 👍❤️

[@stalker21able]

much support, Eileen!

[@Spiritnepal]

采访做的非常好，感谢 Eillen 的努力工作。

[@quentinparrenin6976]

Awesome was waiting for your video :)

[@jbjoys]

Super fast comment for this wonderful channel. Thank you for your videos

[@zinthuthumyo]

Always give yr best . Thanks Eileen 💕

[@andypierce6593]

I laughed at the part where she was talking about teaching him the language. It’s hard to learn when you’re married and need to make decisions! haha

[@yl5674]

仔细听听老师提出的问题，使用的词和语法都很标准，感恩老师。

[@_WhereAreWeNow]

Thank you for this insight.

[@Perrydog101]

Very informative. Nice convo.

[@sharos.d2323]

Thanks for the class and this interesting story.

[@Luper1970]

Very nice video. Thank you very much!

[@mattl3023]

Amazing interview.😊

[@srdsfdasgfdsgfd]

So cool video!!! Thank you, enjoyed yet, everything you’ve made is so cool and so much useful for me to learn Chinese!!! And 1500000% agree when Jane said about the fact that foreigners always ask why?!😏🤣👍its soooo truthful, remind me every day while I’m living in China, the fourth year now😂

[@kantnergirl08]

很有意思！非常感謝Jane 的分享。Jane 的英文應該很流暢吧💛💛

[@tranminhthien3633]

看这个视频既能学汉语又能增长知识，真是一举两得阿。非常感谢你。

[@AshinAsia]

Great video as always! Thanks for making it. I hope to go and live in 陽朔 soon! Hopefully I'll meet Jacob and Jane in passing. At x0.75 speed, I can understand quite a bit! She speaks very clearly, and I'm already used to the slight accent. I'm looking forward to reviewing the dialogue on the download.

[@pieterbezuidenhout2741]

Fantastic interview and I enjoyed and learned a lot thank you. Love from a white South African Boer 🙏😁.

[@biglance]

Really good interview! 谢谢你！ from 福州。

[@boonkiatong6790]

It was an interesting conversation. I like it.

[@ianrowcliffe]

Hi E! Just listening to this wonderful video again: and so I was wondering that you might create a book, called Reflections of Life in China! You are always so upbeat and endearing in everything you do. People may wish to have a hard copy! Great love to you!!?

[@helmutspanker]

Leaving plastic bags on tomb sweeping day... this is very strange to us foreigners, as plastic is the scurge of society and to leave it in such a spiritual place seems like the worst thing. Besides, plastic is a modern material so I don't see any tradition in it, paper is fine. Also generally speaking I often find Chinese cities incredibly clean but in the countryside there is a steady stream of litter floating around, which is a great shame. Perfectly reasonable people will simply toss their rubbish away as it's something they have always done. This was a problem in my country too when I was young, but people are more aware now. For the same reasons I am hopeful that countryside litter will become less common in China too, it's a beautiful country.

[@sinerity1269]

Thanks for your beautiful channel.

[@GregTrencher]

This is a really fascinating conversation and life story. Great work.

[@francogiulianelli1751]

Tutto molto bene per migliorare la conoscenza di questa bella lingua

[@cliffordmagnuslarsen4398]

Just posted this up on HACKING CHINESE, Listening Challenge for today: Yale stay at home Dad Audio book and a new one called 小水的除夕 by 祁智 Also another long Mandarin Corner video. AMAZING JOB! Chinese Girl Talks About Marrying a Foreigner in China - Intermediate Chinese - Chinese Conversation Great video and fascinating topic. How did you find this person? Personal friend? Great questions and I will have to listen again!

[@ranjeetpaswan5293]

So nice

[@pt6792]

很有趣

[@HangmanG]

I love when she gets the epiphany that he is the oldest child of 9 and will have helped raise many children.

[@celebesgirl9540]

感谢

[@JasonEyermann]

Loved this interview. So many new useful words. And not too difficult to understand

[@haivhmoob9133]

I learnt on 05 December 2022

[@wpig8037]

I like Jane share Jacob how to propose to her, so sweet

[@chinesparainiciantes7831]

Maravilha

[@kelvinomwamba7458]

Hi. please do a Chinese speech video. speeches especially in business meetings. thankyou so much

[@hy02.02]

❤️

[@pipmagwitch]

Very interesting interview. It would have been good to ask about their baby’s language development, especially as the father’s Chinese is rudimentary. I wonder if they are intending to brin their child up to be bilingual.

[@Furansowakun]

Their kid for sure will be bilingual

[@testtestsson4927]

@@Furansowakun yeah would be a waste to not teach the child both english and mandarin chinese

[@nhano7800]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@eagerdip8086]

its good to see 😍😍🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@masandar765]

挺有意思。

[@yeye3999]

Great content as always. 2:25 她说了 "然后我就想着能做一款他想吃的。" 我不太清楚。款是错的吗？ 您能解释一下吗？我以为是为了时尚和产品等等。这是自然的吗？is it used incorrectly? I thought it was only used for fashion and products etc. Is it natural or common to use it like this?

[@MandarinCorner2]

"款" is used more specifically for counting items with distinct designs or patterns, rather than just any general item. She was basically designing a new kind of bread specifically for her husband, so it wasn't used incorrectly.

[@yeye3999]

@@MandarinCorner2 啊啊明白了，谢谢。

[@user-qx1ry3zy8q]

1:06❤

[@omololaolabode1151]

She's pretty 😍

[@williamkauffman5745]

I have friends from Guilin

[@sgpleasure]

Very good video. I am also learning Chinese. It would be perfect if the video was like karaoke subtitles.

[@roligue]

I met my Korean wife in Taiwan after we were married we had had many of the same problems even after 20 years we still have cultural issues

[@enkalesem8340]

Hi, censuses show that the majority of foreigners living in Mainland China are of Northeast and Southeast Asian descent. There are also various African ethnicities living there, including my friend's sister, for 15 years. But in this video, when we hear «foreigners», it’s only «Caucasian». I am a Khmer from France, but no, South-East Asians don’t look alike to each other, let alone North-East Asians and West-Europeans. I know a Lao Loum or Tai (➡️ the majority ethnicity of Laos) from France, and a Han couple from Hong Kong SAR who live in Guangzhou. As well as a French woman of Celtic origin (the majority ethnic group in France) in Beijing. Can you make a video on what they think of North East and South East Asians ?

[@berberecivilise2825]

c'est pas la fin du monde mec

[@robertv.8893]

Very similar to my experience with my Chinese girlfriend. Manderin Corner, is there a way to get in touch with Jane?

[@Sisilsmurfjesus]

I can't imagine living in a car for years. But their love story is so sweeettt

[@breakingthewall2112]

Most Chinese, Korean, or Japanese apartments are not much bigger than a car so besides running water not much difference.

[@Truthshallsety0ufree]

I'm also Australian and have a beautiful Chinese girl I want to marry.

[@minskoreanpodcast6121]

Thank you. Just out of curiosity - do all Chinese people have an English name and use their English name to introduce themselves?

[@MandarinCorner2]

No, most Chinese don't have an English name. Usually those who are learning English will get one.

[@shadowdraqon2479]

The reason why chinese in America adopt an English name while some other asians dont(japanese and korean) is because Chinese names are harder to pronounce for English speaking people in America. For example the korean last name “park” is literally also an english word. And even though the pronunciation might be different in korean language. Its familiar enough and comfortable enough for the white/black/hispanic people in America to pronounce.

[@shadowdraqon2479]

Japanese names will be a little bit harder than korean names but still easy enough to pronounce. Natsumi or miyamoto or takashi. Chinese names/words however have many z and x and q letters, just look at the subtitles in this very video. Its a nightmare for American people.

[@shadowdraqon2479]

The reason for this is, theres very few word’s commonly used in day to day life in America that have the letters z/x/q. Play a game of scrabble, when you unluckily get the letters z or x or q, and you struggle to form a word, you will easily understand everything I said.

[@ariararia]

guilin i love

[@and1597]

I would say in the west people are more selective about getting married and Chinese people are more selective about dating

[@MikhailGoncharov-tl4cr]

I like you Eileen, you are so beautiful. I like you channel. I like you as a people. In this video I can see a lot of casual words and phrases. It's very useful and interesting and easy to learn. I strog like to english subtutels I wish that always and in all times in you life all will be good.

[@filimana]

Hello, i know a chinese girl who tells me i am a 'Zhiji' to her. She told me that it means to be more than a friend. But i don't know if it is on a romantic way or is just like a close friend to her? Thank you

[@MandarinCorner2]

It's more like a close friend who understands her very well.

[@filimana]

@@MandarinCorner2 i see, she also told me that even Zhiji's can be marry or be a couple? I'm a little confused. 谢谢

[@andrewbyrnes6389]

特别有意思的。我现在住在中国跟我中国的女朋友。我也来自澳洲😂 未来的话我有可能可以来跟你做面试！

[@Spiritnepal]

恭喜你呀，

[@sherpa_hesperides]

你好! 我在学国语和汉字。

[@sherpa_hesperides]

... And this was my first comment in Chinese :) ... I've wrote it on my own, only with the aid of a dictionary... It seems easy, just one sentence, but it took me around 15 minutes to write it! I'm happy with my progress though. It's now 7 days past since I started to learn it! Thank you for your content! Great interview! Zaìjiàn! :)

[@bingolittle8725]

采访反对清零政策的人可能有意思的很

[@AlexBravo]

@12:07, should it be 同意 instead of 统一?

[@MandarinCorner2]

No, it should be 统一 which literally means, to unite. So if two people's opinion are "united", it means they agree with one another.

[@ilovelaos]

There are many Chinese men marry with Lao girls but there are not Chinese girls marry with Lao men but there are french girls marry with Lao men

[@85jacob85]

啊，我是一個外國人也找Jacob有中國老婆 。我都是老大！😂

[@patryka11]

Australia is 澳大利亚, 不是吗？

[@MandarinCorner2]

我们也会说澳洲，which refers to Australian continent.

[@DoubleAmaterasu]

you are both 很厉害，疫情过后去中国提高中文水平吧

[@eagerdip8086]

🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵😍😍😍😍😍

[@MikhailGoncharov-tl4cr]

пожалуйста кто нибудь скажите мне. если я сильно охрип, поймут мою речь китайцы? из-за хриплого голоса невозможно понять тоны

[@gepe7176]

тоны можно понять даже если произносить шепотом

[@tsjonathan]

It’s a shame most foreigners don’t bother to learn Mandarin when they have a Chinese wife but that’s because of Western economic power. Generally people conform to the dominant or wealthier culture

[@user-dz4no8gs8t]

嫁给老外就不提买房买车彩礼这些事了对吧？

[@Grem305]

I know the drill My ex wife was chine (bejing), and my current girl friend is Chinese (wuhan) and we live in France. I am spoilt for choice!!! (get the best of both world)

[@TheFatSonny]

China has advanced very rapidly, and the days of being extremely backward 落后 in thinking are still very much a part of daily life. The idea that women could not drink cold water was one of the most obvious. I think it comes from two sources. #1 the Chinese are dominated by their parents and their parents by their parents before them and on and on. Chinese parents do not need a reason to tell them to do this or do that, so women should not drink cold water is just something that is passed down over and over. This was changing when I was there, but still very prevalent. #2 Chinese people are accustomed to boiling their tap water to know it is safe to drink. Filling a glass from the faucet and drinking it is probably not a good idea in China. I told my Chinese gf that American female doctors and professional athletes drink cold water and iced-drinks all the time. She could not accept it. It is actually very telling about Chinese culture at large. Some of the old-fashioned thinking is great, but some of it is laughable.

[@shadowdraqon2479]

Stop stealing Asian women from Asian men, they already have it difficult as it is being rejected from white girls, dont make it any harder by eating up the only supply of girls that will give them a chance(their own people)

[@StefanoCarta73]

Non è bravo a cucinare.. ovvio! È inglese 😂😂😂

[@user-ez9gr1ih4m]

搞笑的口音，分不清s-sh z-zh

[@BrunoidGames]

What a man

[@artugert]

I’m sure Jacob is a nice guy, but come on man, you need to learn the language! It’s disrespectful to live in a country without learning the language. Also, you will never really understand the culture without learning the language.

[@benji4402]

most of the girls I've met prefer to marry a white guy because is more acceptable to their culture, the happily married girls I met had a black foreign spouse ❤😂👍

[@jmpompey1]

I am a white guy and I am happily married to a Chinese women

[@breakingthewall2112]

You can see how unflattering the marriage vis in China is. Unable to work and almost impossible to become a citizen plus all the hassles of buying a house taking kids to school ect. really wish China would improve this.

[@nick_at_nite]

Interesting and enlightening video, but one takeaway is the American government should put all the same restrictions on Chinese nationals living America that the Chinese government puts on foreigners living in China. The current practices and laws are clearly not mutually equitable for both sides. I'm sure the people in both countries are great, but it's the governments that always make things difficult.

[@unequivocallyguilty2327]

Why. don't you do a video about censorship in China?

[@artugert]

Because she’s self-censoring?

[@unequivocallyguilty2327]

Why don't you do a video about the recent anti-'Zero Covid Policy' protests that rocked China?

[@jimwhite1756]

Looking at the topics on your channel like this video maybe you should consider changing the name of your channel from mandarin corner to white worship.

[@geoffwitt4227]

I like the content but I'd rather learn a coding language or a job skill than a language by a civ that is trying to self-destruct.

[@wyvern6217]

then go watch coding lessons videos bro

[@FilipP88]

weird comment, why are you clicking on this video then?

[@cauwenberghsroeland8607]

我老了, 我 没钱, 我只会说一点点中文...,我很矮, 我很胖, 我不撒谎, 我话太多, 我会说七种语言, 但最糟糕的是我是比利时人....没希望....炸薯条 和 巧克力 ....这是个没有希望的故事.... 💔Why translate it into English ? I hope my chinese is not that many worse, and in English or Spanish or Lingala or Nengue Tongo or Dutch or French - and even in Arabic or Russian , Portugese and what ever else that i allmost did forget - Xhosa, Kikongo, Sangho, STILL I am allso old, poor, fat, short, never-lying, talking too much AND in seven languages - without the allmost forgotten - , worst of all, I am belgian, who would eat chips with chocolates ? No chance at all... Chips and chocolates ? Maybe a british, BUT I never would eat chips with chocolates... even less chips, fish and chocolates... Maybe a beautifull widow of seventeen that doesn't want to condamn nobody to live anymore ( I mean make a baby without asking it before if it wants to come in this mad mans place ) ... But with chips ans chocolates...again no chance ! Short and fatty and old and poor and a walking radio and...who knows? Maybe a deaf with poor eyes... But chips with chocolates... Mama na ngai, ata nde liwa, I will remain alone till my death - no, ask the Chinese, only those that lived close to Kinshasa would understand that- maybe- ( mama na ngai, ata nde liwa, my mother, till my death... )... 后会有期