CHIU CHOW IDENTITY TALK (Teochew, Chaozhou)

[@BeatTranProDucTionS]

This was very heartwarming. I literally thought all the Chiu Chow people left would be the older generation. Its nice to know I'm not alone speaking Teochew out there in my generation. I am 24 years old have not met anyone my age that can speak Teochew. I can relate a lot to all of the stories you guys talk about. Even in the end I was counting along with you guys and understood all the words. Thanks again for this video, it kind of helped me find a part of myself!

[@augustbernadi4085]

I'm an indonesian teochew..!! Finally teochew nang speak out something.. hahaha.. proud of you guys.. and thanks fungbros for bringing up teochew in your video..

[@prstyzq7424]

daerah mana bro? kepri?

[@oliviathai]

thank you for giving diojiu people a voice & setting my ethnicity straight! ;) you guys are awesome!

[@absumption894]

oliviathai I wish they also included views from people who are actually from Teochew, and do not have influences or backgrounds from SE Asia countries. Their perspectives are totally different.

[@jw6451]

rliu94 yea they're just more brainwashed

[@nathanielmills4678]

Very informative video. Everything I was hearing was new. They should do some more of these videos. E.g. Koreans living in Japan.

[@gretalin6952]

FINALLY! Im born and raised by chiu chow family but I feel so alone and isolated in my own identity! I've always said I'm from HK (where my family lived for a long time) but deep down I know I'm a gaginang! lol!

[@pigboykool]

Greta Lin There are many chiu chow people in Hong Kong since chiu chow people doing business & don't mind traveling all over the world for that. It is why the current richest man in Hong Kong and Asia is a chiu chow - the Hong Kong "Superman" Li Ka-shing.

[@AlqGo]

pigboykool I heard that real Hong Kong families who have stayed there for many generations are actually Chiu Chow people and not Cantonese.

[@gretalin6952]

pigboykool I live in Vancouver now where I don't get many chances to meet chiu chow people! But what you're saying is true!

[@pigboykool]

Yep, my family is from Hong Kong and now I am living in California. It is why I know there people in Hong Kong originated from chiu chow and they are well known business man. The current Richest Chinese in the Hong Kong is a chiu chow and people called him the Chinese "Super(business) man" Mr. Li Ka-shing. lol

[@liongkienfai104]

Greta Lin Im gaginang in Vancouver too :)

[@musiclover13141621]

so for me, I knew I was 1/4 Chinese but I never really knew where I originated from. And then today I clicked on a Fung Bros Food episode just to take break from studying for midterms and to my surprise, I recognized the language. So I kept watching the episode and then I recognized the food too, but I still wasn't sure if I was Chiu Chow. And literally a half hour ago, I showed my uncle and mom the food episode and they were like "Yeah! You are Chiu Chow". I never really identified myself as Chinese before, let alone Chiu Chow. I always have identified myself as Vietnamese because my mom is full and my dad is half. Honestly I'm so glad you guys made this episode because it helped me discover something about myself.

[@Rinsuki]

Just like me. My dad is half teochew y mom full viet. Born in vietnam came over to america when I was five. What is it like in teochew blood to travel and own businesses lol?

[@azkalnabiel6699]

I'm hokkien but I live in Indonesia, teochew and hokkien numbers are very similar but not the same.

[@samiheang]

My favorite video of all times! Thanks for providing the world (well, at least the youtube community) a glimpse of each Chiu Chow person experiences. Also, Dave and Andrew, you two ROCK! Love all your videos! Keep up the great work!

[@IsabelleQuach]

WOwwwww I'm Chiu Chow but we're not even 1% of the population where I live, it's kind of awesome to watch this video and hear you all talk! I'm not used to youtubers speaking Chiu Chow dialect- like ever, so thank you for making this video and making me feel like I'm not the only one feeling 'isolated' and whatnot!

[@thomaslee3045]

So appreciate this segment! Both my parents were born in Vietnam from Chinese emigrants (father is Chiu Chow and mother is Cantonese). Arrived in Australia 7 years old in 1980. Only spoke Chiu Chow and Cantonese at home and schooled in Mandarin. Took many years to identify myself culturally in Australia. I AM AUSTRALIAN CHINESE descended from Chiu Chow and Cantonese heritage.

[@Cindeekisses]

this is so rad! it's so hard to see gaginang represented anywhere, especially somewhere as recognized as your channel. thanks for repping guys!

[@thearra]

I've always considered myself as Cambodian-Chinese or just Cambodian even though I am part chiu chow. I don't know anything about that culture. I'll definitely look into it, thanks guys!

[@leiahok7873]

Same

[@phengov943]

I just put Cambodian in background don't feel Chinese really, my family been in Cambodia for multiple generations.

[@Kennyt929]

Same

[@danielsbhng2321]

Take a flight to Swatow or Chaozhou, ... and open your eye. You shall find your roots with renewed pride.

[@ubermenschzarathustra862]

Sameee we’re sino-cambodians(⌒▽⌒)

[@MelzNezious]

I’m Indonesian, and my great grandparents from china, so we can speak teochew/chiu chow ❤️ proud 🙏

[@evelynchew9590]

This was so fascinating ! Hereabouts in Singapore and Malaysia we refer to Chiu Chow as Teochew. Watching you guys felt like my “western” English speaking and Chinese cultural worlds collided. I’ve just started Chiu chow/ teochew classes to understand my grandma better. Lovely meeting you all, I loved hearing all your stories and identity journeys🤗

[@tiffyjustis]

After 25 years of being confused about being Chiu Chow, I learned so much about my ethnicity and culture from this video!!

[@tiffyjustis]

tiffyjustis My dad and his family were from Vietnam, my mom and her family were from Cambodia, and one of my great-grandfather was from Indonesia... and I'm not sure which generation of my ancestors were from China... but they all identified themselves as Chiu Chow, so I always thought I was a mix of all of these ethnicities LOL! It was so confusing when I explained it to people haha

[@sayjaibao01188]

You're Chinese, but more specifically Teo Chow! Just tell ppl that and they will understand! Lol :p

[@yourbiggestretribution6151]

You can just say you are Teochew, Chinese. Those places you mentioned are just places your parents and grandparents lived temporarily. It's not your blood line. Our bloodline is defined by our ancestry. Just because say, I move to France, my family name doesn't change. Once you start to understand it, you'll get it. Just see it as a matter of genes. My genes don't become French by moving to France.

[@Suite_annamite]

@@yourbiggestretribution6151 Speaking of France, I noticed that most Teochow people in the west are in France; they must have come from either Vietnam, Cambodia, or a French colony with a lot of Asians like Mauritius.

[@liwenz2668]

Yeah like me ! I can confirm that there are a lot of teochew who are for the majority Chinese-Cambodian like me, btw we have the same last name Tiffany if yours is LY lol

[@christopheryoeurng3722]

No Cambodian teochews😢

[@waveboreale]

I am :)

[@emeline.h6763]

Hi :)

[@christopheryoeurng3722]

Yay!!!!!

[@harry9790]

Hello all Cambodian teochews!! Can anyone teach me some teochew ?

[@_tuliptan]

IKR, I am Combodian teoshew

[@johndee759]

Teocheow people are very proud people. Li Ka Shing is one of the richest Chinese men in the world and he is teocheow. My father told me that teocheow people are very frugal and said to be stingy. Teocheow can survive on very little. For example they can eat porridge, mueh with ghana, salty olive.

[@pigboykool]

johndee759 Your Dad is right. chiu chow people are kind of the Jews of the Chinese. They love doing business and that's why many chiu chow families traveled oversea especially South East Asia to do business. Mr. Li Ka-Shing is a fine example of them. He is not only the richest Chinese. He is also the richest man in Hong Kong and Asia.

[@TVBFAN11224]

pigboykool Lol " Jews of Chinese"

[@slayinputangg]

johndee759 Pretty sure anyone can eat that...

[@johndee759]

Oh man, I could eat mue with ghana all day long. The only thing is that Teocheow porridge is very watery with little grains of rice. The salty olives is only there to give it some flavor. Teowcheow are all over the place. In Thailand the Teocheow influence is very strong. Singapore is like the success symbol for almost all of the Overseas Chinese of the world, also strongly influenced by the Teocheow. BTW, when you talk about Teocheow, you gotta talk about the Tea Drinking tradition.

[@johndee759]

Yup! Chiap Mueh!

[@christinao1781]

Awesome video and 100% can relate 😆! My parents are Cambodian born Teochew nung, and I was born n raised in New Zealand so growing up was definitely confusing trying to explain ethnicity, culture and language! There's now a few thousand Teochews in NZ from the past generation that immigrated from Cambodia/Vietnam after the Khmer Rouge civil war (incl my family and first cousin side of the family). It's cool to see that there are more of our people out there and keeping the culture/identity alive 🤗

[@justpartytattoos]

So... because of this video, I now realize I'm part Chiu Chow. I'm Filipino but my maternal grandpa is full 'Chinese' (now I know he's Chiu Chow) and he always claimed he was Chinese. He was very secretive about where exactly he came from so I never knew much about him and he eventually passed away revealing very little about himself. Then one day, when I was a kid, my mum told me she knew how to count up to 10 in his dialect and growing up I thought she was making it up because it didn't sound anything like Mandarin or Cantonese. And then I see this video and you guys started counting... it sounded exactly what my mom said. Legit mind blown right now. Thanks for shedding light into this! I'm pretty amazed. XD

[@divinusluciferase3892]

I lived in Manila for a while as a student in an international school (when I was a kid); all my Chinese -Filipino classmates were Chiu Chow. Congratulations on your discovery :)

[@bajiu11]

Really? I thought that filipino chinese are overwhelmingly from hokkien ancestry which is related. Well the pronunciation of 1-10 is very similar except for the 5 in hokkien the pronunciation is go not ngo.

[@migspeculates]

​@@bajiu11The Filipino Chinese community is overwhelming dominated by Hokkiens many others decided to assimilate. Cantonese, Hakka and Teochew exist

[@Kevin-zy5jm]

thank you for seriously making this video! I'm teochew-cambodian. Great-grandparents are from the Chaozhou area but parents and grandparents are from Cambodia!

[@pandannep]

YAAAAAAS MY PEOPLE!!! Okay so I'm like, half Chiu Chow and half Viet but I really identify as more Chiu Chow because I've grown up closer to the language and culture. I used to be really frustrated that none of the Chinese kids around me spoke Chiu Chow and spoke Mandarin instead and I was pretty convinced for a while that we were the only Chiu Chow family where I lived haha. The interesting thing I think is that when my family speaks Chiu Chow, it's really different from the Chiu Chow that 100% pure Chiu Chow people speak. What we speak at home is sort of a mix of Chiu Chow AND Vietnamese. I think that's probably because my mom's family had moved from China to Vietnam so most of my aunts and uncles grew up only speaking Chiu Chow at home so over time, little bits of Vietnamese have been mixed into our Chiu Chow. It's really interesting when we do meet 100% Chiu Chow people though. My mom has no problem communicating with them because while she speaks the Chiu Chow/Vietnamese mix with me, she can still speak "traditional" Chiu Chow when prompted. I however, find it harder to speak the "traditional" Chiu Chow and so sometimes it takes me a while to get other Chiu Chow people (especially the older ones) what I'm saying. I'm actually sort of ashamed that I can't speak the language as well as they do. I think it's really cool that you guys made this video! It's great that you're spreading awareness of a different kind of Chinese :-)

[@fevildevil]

Actually really loving these videos because they bring me back to a part of my life that I have a really hard time keeping in touch with. My grandma was the only one in my family that still spoke chiu chow constantly so when she passed away, everyone kind of reverted naturally to cantonese and the language is kind of lost to me now. It's nice hearing the familiar sounds.

[@marthalim3332]

wow I'm a toechew who is raised in Indonesia and just actually knew that we are called Chiu Chow hahaha a new knowledge! Thanks fung bros for sharing these Chinese knowledges. Makes me even prouder to be a Chinese hahaha

[@xswtxswtxlitoxstarx]

This video made me have butterflies! I'm 100% TeoChew but it's pretty lonely when there's not a lot of us around. Luckily, I live in the Bay Area and was able to make friends who knows how to speak it. To make a conversation simpler, I just tell people that I'm Chinese and Viet unless they ask what kind of Chinese I speak. It's sad that there's not a lot around because I can't practice speaking the language, so my TeoChew is pretty broken. I just know enough to survive. But omgosh Olivia Thai!!

[@johndoe1721]

xswtxswtxlitoxstarx Stick to saying Chinese.

[@12ym3zwif012ang3]

Yay I am in the Bay Area too!!

[@Senoko]

I've been asking my parents what we are for like 25 years and they kept telling me Chinese, but they were born in Vietnam. Now I finally know the term and can explain to them thank you!

[@christineee444]

My parents were born and raised in Vietnam too (they're both Chinese), but I've always identified myself as Chinese!

[@Senoko]

Christine Tang Same here! Friends still think/call me Vietnamese.

[@jennytje8MSP]

Same here but only my mom lived in vietnam so people think im half vietnamese

[@lisapure5343]

Senoko Same with one my friend. When i found out that his last name is Phung, i said hey i thought you are Chinese and he just said i'm am Chinese.

[@niyenni]

Senoko Teochew(the Vietnamese term for this is "Nguoi Trieu Chau") is just a group of Chinese people that came from a particular region of China. You can find a lot of Teochew people in Vietnam compared to other groups but just because you're a Chinese who lives in Vietnam doesn't necessarily mean that you're a Teochew. You could be a Hakka, Hokkien, Hainan, Cantonese etc. My dad's side of the family are all Chinese-born Vietnamese but they've always referred to themselves as Hakka (Vietnamese term is "Nguoi He") There has to be someone within your family who knows which group you guys belong to; try asking your other relatives :)

[@ndickie]

OMG to hear you guys count to 10 brings back all my childhood! Half Teochew, half Hokkien, a bit of Thai from Thailand here. Thanks for the video

[@ammitious1996]

The way you count 1-10 reminds me of my childhood so much. As a kid I thought all chinese people counted like that but then I knew some folk from a family that speak mandarin and it changed my mind forever lol I'm Thai-Chiu Chow by the way.

[@chimpangiee2067]

TEOCHEW NANG BORN IN TEOCHEW, GREW UP IN TEOCHEW, AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA WHEN I WAS 7 YEARS OLD. THIS VIDEO MAKES ME SO PROUD TO BE TEOCHEW AND MAINLAND CHINESE!! thank you for the representation, fung bros

[@AlmightyTreeDragon]

The confusing thing about all of us Teochew speakers is that we have different dialects from each other depending on where our parents came from whether it be Chaozhou China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand or wherever else. It would be hard understand each other because we pronounce it differently from one and another. I'm Cambodian/Teochew Chinese. I can identify as either since I'm mixed race.

[@vieuze]

Teochow is actually came from Hokies . Even in mainland China, that dialect is spoken differently from town to town. Just like English in England . As the people spread out over the time, they changed their tongue. They also pick up words from other languages.

[@calebhuang1421]

I think the key point is if you can speak lots of it, I am a local Teochew and I have also been visited from friends who is second or third of Teochew from southeast Asia, we can communicate with each other but they just speak a little. So you can see the problem. In addition, there are just two accents in Chaoshan: Chaoyang and the rest of Chaoshan, Chaoyang accent needs some time to understand but all Chaoyang people can understand the other main accent. Which means the whole world just have two accents and almost every Teochew can understand The Teochew accent, Chaoyang accent is spoken by Chaoyang people who have much smaller population within Teochew.

[@phengov943]

Mix too much Cambodian so not sure if I am speaking teo chew at all lol :)

[@fearnes.5272]

Not only by the country we were born in but it’s also up to the part of Teochew prefecture that our grandparents or great-grandparents came from. My paternal and maternal grandparents came from different towns and have different accents 😂 that’s confusing enough within my family.

[@JSerfinity]

I am Cambodian/ teochew chinese too yay

[@michelleca686]

i just watched this again after becoming so much more proud of my teochew identity.. and i'm tearing up. i used to feel so lost that everytime i said i was chinese people would automatically assume mandarin or cantonese. but i'm so proud now that i'm teochew and i actually spend my free time watching teochew old dramas. love. #gaginang

[@lilpipsqueakxd]

Thanks for making this video!! I can relate to this so much.

[@miatran5018]

Thanks guys for making this video. My family lives in VN too but we are 100% gaginang, so really emotional when watching this video and knowing we are not alone.

[@sophialuu6397]

HOLY CRAP!!!! WHERE MY TEOCHEW FAM AT!!!!!😂💛🤪🤪🤪😂😂😂

[@cloudsnleaves]

Thanks for this video you guys! As a teochew person from Singapore, this helped me learn a lot more about other teochew people around the world ^_^ keep the great videos coming!

[@fallengel84]

The Teochew dialect is very similar to the Hokkien dialect

[@jw6451]

Kelly Lim it is! they were all from the fujian area, different parts of fujian speak different dialects, but some are mutually intelligible. fun fact, teochew ppl originated from the southern tip of fujian n travelled down to guangdong!

[@fallengel84]

Couldn't agree more. I am Hokkien and my mum is Teochew. But I can understand both dialects. Foochow dialect is a little difficult to comprehend but again, some similarities in some words.

[@smileykeane]

I thought so, but then I realized when I speak fast a lot of my Hokkien friends barely understand it. And as a Teochew, we tend to speak faster than other dialects. While I can understand 90-95% of Hokkien.

[@succeedinternationel6616]

閩南和潮汕同文同祖

[@cvsmup8100]

They are both Min

[@audreygeo5254]

Dear FungBrosComedy thank you so so so so so so so so so so much. if you read this or not or won't reply and I don't want to be bashed on the internet for saying this, but tonight I watched your video, and I found out something and I went to ask my sister and now I know I'm a small part Teochew after living 20+ years on earth. Thank you Fung bros. I'm very speechless right now. The internet commenters can reply to me saying that I'm stupid or anything, I don't care anymore. I just wanna write this comment to thank fungbros. I have just got laughed at for not knowing. And before this vid I don't even know what chiu chow is because in my language it is called something different. Anyway, I have all the respect in the world for teochew people and keep watching Fungbros. Andrew and David, you my best people :)

[@Mr.AhDuuuuuu]

damn, i didnt know olivia was theochew. even prouder to be theochew now lol

[@jaocb178]

I'm guessing you're a theochew from Vietnam?

[@Mr.AhDuuuuuu]

Jacob Nguyen singapore mudda pucka

[@jaocb178]

BanhMiThit oh i thought you were viet cuz ur name is banh mi thit

[@Mr.AhDuuuuuu]

Jacob Nguyen puh nia ball

[@jaocb178]

BanhMiThit i have no idea what that means

[@sarinachu7234]

Thank you so much for making this video! This video has taught me to take pride in my ethnicity and has given me hope that there are more Chiu Chow people out there ! I've always struggled to explain myself to others when they ask me if I'm Chinese, Vietnamese or Cambodian. Thanks again !

[@RichGoesPlaces]

Im Teochew but I identity as Vietnamese all the way! Vietnam is in my heart, mind and soul. It's what I speak. Its who I relate to

[@MrXLSAM95]

Be proud!!

[@adrianm3292]

I actually love this video. Finally brings light to chiu chow people. And I can finally understand what they're speaking

[@takekodesu]

Very interesting!! I feel a lot more educated after watching this. You guys should do a video about Okinawan identity. Many people think Okinawans are the same thing as Japanese but some Okinawans do not identify as being Japanese. It's a big thing in Hawaii.

[@brycem1207]

Yeah Okinawans are a separate ethnic group from Japanese(Yamato) people! Have their own language, food and culture! BUT Okinawans and Japanese are ethnically similar and linguistically apart of the same language family.

[@ThePeeBottle]

cento_mentalshii the fung bros wont do, i suspect. there can be too much politics in the comments section, if you know what i mean. i think it's the same reason why they've never done tibetan food, despite that one guy (tenzin something) who keeps on politely asking for them to do one. don't get me wrong, i'd be very interested to watch a video from them talking about okinawan, tibetan, cham, and other cuisines that are not so mainstream.

[@ply155]

***** Okinawans have a long history in Hawaii. They are not immigrants by any means. The current governor of Hawaii, David Ige, is of Okinawan/Japanese descent on his father's side of the family.

[@mesaquecaiu]

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[@xerowill]

Damn this is actually something new i never even encountered before. But now that you guys brought it up I remember having friends who got some vietnamese connection but identify as Chinese. Even after 25 years still learnin' something new. Also shoutout to you guys coming out to NYC after your A&E event. It was fun meeting you guys. #stillwaitingforEastCoastvWestCoastAsiansvideo

[@thaito2934]

My firstname is Thai. Roots from chiou chow and Vietnam. Born and raised in Sweden. lol.

[@Omonk6]

Cambodian, Vietnamese Teochew grew up in New Zealand and currently living in Australia. Thanks for the vid, I need to brush up on my Teochew :)

[@xHelloLe]

I just want to say thank you because I was ALWAYS confused about "what" i am, just like you guys mentioned, my parents never talked about nationality/ethnicity. I think they just wanted to keep it simple lol. My story is a lot like IE Tran, my mom&dad were born in Vietnam but my grandpa(before he passed) would teach me cantonese numbers so I thought i was half viet/half chinese? I've always wanted to go to China, find my roots, dig deep down lol. Maybe I'm Chiu Chow? Idk, I wish someone would make a documentary about Asian Americans going back to their homeland to find their roots/relatives and so on. I'd be down to do that lol. Anyway, THANK YOU AGAIN!

[@calebhuang1421]

Hey, do you have any information about your relatives in Teochew, maybe I can find some useful information to u. I have been Ho chi minh twice and I have met some Vietnamese Chinese who speak Cantonese, but I have not found any clue about Vietnamese Teochew. I am really interested about what Gaginang doing in Vietnam, and where are most of them living, do you have some ideas?

[@imagochristus]

Thanks guys I really needed this. I'm half hakka and chiu chow, but born in thailand, raised in Monterey Park.

[@jackheris687]

Great video. This is the chinese dialect I speak. These guys are right, when you tell someone you are chinese, they automatically assume you speak mandarin or cantonese. They don't know there are other dialects. Awesome video.

[@gingertran83]

Omg thank you!!! So glad to know my gaginang still rep!

[@PagniaXiong]

This is very interesting. It's cool to see another ethnic group that is similar to my ethnic group, Hmong. Although I have a Chinese last name and my parents were born in Laos, I identify as Hmong American, not Chinese or Lao. Thank you for this awesome knowledge!

[@YeyenOng]

I love this, thanks Fung bros and everyone else. I am Chiu Chao too and I love to hear other Gaginangs' thoughts! I feel like we are a group that is disappearing and we need to keep our heritage alive!

[@emilysng35]

I'm half teochew half Hakka. But I don't really speak those two languages. Heheh instead I speak mandarin and Cantonese

[@emilysng35]

Dialects*

[@harry9790]

Eric, The Fanboy Slayer I’m also Teochew-Khmer. How are you related to Khmer by the way?

[@phengov943]

Lucky don't speak or understand those type of Chinese. Understand more khmer than main Chinese languages .

[@M-J-qn8td]

In France, in wikipedia, it's writen that many immigrants recorded as Cambodians or Laotians are actually Teochew chineses. And it's often the case in Quebec, where I'm from (lots of them where refugees).

[@Suite_annamite]

Indeed, you're right: francophone Chinese are overwhelmingly Teochow from the Mekong (either Cambodia or southern Vietnam). But other French-speaking Chinese from Madagascar and Mauritius are Hakka.

[@Suite_annamite]

I'm a Vietnamese from eastern Ontario with Québecois relatives on my mother's side: my maternal aunts Louise and Nicole are montréalaise et bouchervilloise, respectively.

[@iamplor]

Can you guys cover hmong ethnicity?

[@iamplor]

And food.

[@msantoinette6283]

Thank you guys so much for this video! It's great you guys touched on the identity topic because here in Australia we have a large teo chew community and it's true, most of our parents come from other South East Asian countries. Our language isn't mainstream so they drop the Chinese part of themselves and stick to the other part.

[@rs4runner]

My family is definitely a bag of mixtures. On my mom's side, her mom's family is teochew from Vietnam who immigrated to Cambodia so already detached from China (last name Le), her dad's family is Cantonese who immigrated directly to Cambodia (last name Ng). On my dad's side, his mom's family is teochew in Cambodia (last name Teo) and his dad's side is full Cambodian (my last name is Cambodian). My grandparents speak Cantonese, Vietnamese, and teochew, but my parents are both culturally Cambodian and only speak Cambodian at home. When I ask my parents, they both identify as Cambodian, rather than Chinese or Vietnamese. I also speak Cambodian and French and not any Chinese dialect or Vietnamese. I kinda wish teochew and Vietnamese were passed down though. As for me, I personally identify as Cambodian-Chinese-American haha.

[@unavailable2577]

rs4runner interesting story.

[@MuChoLife]

This was beautiful. Thank you for educating me. And also proves better to ask than assume ;). I actually have a friend that she didn't know she was chui chow till recently!! She's 30!!! This was awesome. Thank you

[@richardlee9207]

What does it means to be Teochew nang 潮州人? let's begin by learning to pronounce the word 潮州 correctly in our own dialect it's Tiejiu or Teojiu using English phonetically spellings (using French T instead of English T pronunciation .) Teochew is actual English word defined by some missionaries awhile back. Teochew is not an ethnic or race it was the name of a prefecture 府 throughout pre-republic China. Before the establishment of provincial system, there were two prefectures Guangzhou prefecture 广州府 and Teochew prefecture 潮州府 in what is now known as Guangdong province 广东省. Our ancestors came from Teochew prefecture located at northeastern quarter of today Guangdong province. Prefecture was the equivalent of province in ancient China, thus it was natural for all Chinese people to identify themselves with the prefecture hence our ancestors called themselves Teochew nang 潮州人。 Are Teochew people Cantonese? In modern day geography yes, but in every other ways no we're not Cantonese. First there is no language called Cantonese because Guangdong province has three main dialects Guangzhou dialect, Teochew dialect and Hakka dialect. Teochew language and culture and customs are very different than Guangzhou people. Teochew is much closer to Hokkieng 福建 or modern day culture of Taiwanese than Guangzhou cultures. Teochew cultures including Teochew cuisines retains many of ancient Chinese classical philosophies of Lao Tzu 老子/庄子 and Confucius 孔子。Guangzhou cultures contains much more fusion from the Viet Kingdom 越国 and Europe, etc. Are Teochew people ethnic Han Chinese? Yes we are. Like the Guangzhou and Hakka people our ancestors were not natives to the region. The first wave Han settlers in Teochew were Qin Emperor 秦始皇 Army soldiers who conquered the Viet Kingdom, followed by a few more waves of soldiers and their families to cultivate the lands and fight the enemies. then as Hokkieng 福建population over grew the lands waves after waves of the population emigrated south to Teochew prefecture. In fact there are quite a few villages in Hokkieng province still speak Teochew to this day. The most prominent organized mass immigration to Teochew were from Futian 甫田 (福建) which had unusual high population of scholars and high ranking imperial officials during the Yuan 元 (or Sui 隋， have look up this one ), they were the most loyal generals and high imperial officials who refused to surrender to the Mongols invaders long after all of China already lost. Most Teochew scholars credited the Futian immigrants as the most influential group of people that shaped and developed the Teochew cultures that we know today. they were all Han Chinese people. what about the natives? Many of them were driven south and those few remaining natives were allowed to maintain their cultures which still survive today. The emigration to South East Asia were organized by Han Teochew and spaces on boats were so limited I doubt it very much any native people could make it onboard.

[@richardlee9207]

Sorry my post is long because at first I dismissed this video as yet another ABCD (American Born Confused Daisies) But Then I read the comments below and I sensed some true sadness and the desires to learn. So I hope some of you would read it in its entirety. Yeah its long but might help you find out more about yourself.

[@ubermenschzarathustra862]

Aren’t teochew language part of the Min group rather Cantonese tho?

[@jmhsieh7103]

@@ubermenschzarathustra862 yes teochew is part of the minnan language family which includes Hokkien and Taiwanese all of which are mutubaly intelligible

[@tantangpenn5496]

@@jmhsieh7103 Not only does the language retain the eight tones of the Ancients, it's supposedly the one and only that changes pronunciation to suit the melody of the sentences. Probably the reason for the distinctive intonation of the local music and separate schools for playing various instruments. Did anyone mention that even if you are capable of answering 鄉里抵過, you may not address yourself as 'People of the Prefecture of Tide' in some parts of the world?

[@evelynchew9590]

Oh wow thanks for this

[@danielsbhng2321]

So proud of you guys !... from a Gaginang born in Singapore and migrating to Melbourne.

[@calvinwong1371]

Counting in Teochew sounds like counting in Hainanese!

[@jon134a]

I love the Fung's youtubes. Thanks guys and keep up the works.

[@sophialuu6397]

Nice to know that I can understand another language that most ppl don’t know.

[@emmatibbe1297]

I struggle with this too. I'm a quarter Chinese, quarter Indonesian and half Dutch. My father past away when I was seven. My mother speaks Malaysian. I look more Chinese then Indonesian or Dutch, I'm not one of those beautiful half Asian half white people. People always identify me as Chinese, but I don't speak Chinese and my mother never thought me how to speak Malaysian. I have no Chinese or part Chinese friends. But everyone sees me as the Chinese girl. (Not like I'm bullied ) So I don't really know what I am. If everyone sees me as "Chinese girl" I will never really fit in with the "white"people. But I will never fit in with "the Asians" either...

[@joshuagoodman9630]

Chuichow blood but Vietnamese raised...so I feel most comfortable identifying with my Vietnamese peeps

[@Suite_annamite]

I so rarely meet or even hear of Trieu Chau people , and am glad whenever I do : you guys are familiar, yet exotic to us. LOL

[@J88HNT]

Same brother!

[@fatblunt5471]

My mother side immigrated from GuangDong to Thailand 3 generations ago, and I had always thought that I was fully Thai and nothing else as no one had ever told me that I was part Teochew until last year when my grandmother passed away. I finally asked my mom about my ancestry and found out that I am as much as 1/4th Teochew. I was really amazed, because I've never actually heard any of my family members speak the Teochew dialect (which they actually know how to but never managed to teach me).

[@uhhsandy]

You guys should it a video on Taishan / Toishan people. :)

[@SakuraRilakkuma]

I felt the feels when you started to speak Teochew. Many people don't understand my background and you guys just made me feel complete. Even though I was raised with parents who speak Teochew, my parents were born in Vietnam so now I don't even know if I am speaking true Teochew anymore😭

[@brycem1207]

Waiting for the day when there will be a video about Okinawans food and Okinawans identity and how we are different from the Japanese and Ainu

[@jw6451]

Bryce McLin and you want these chinese american kids to do it?

[@supernewchie]

***** it'll come soon honestly, these guys make videos concerning all of Asian cultures and identities

[@randelaoveer2395]

***** They're like "Asian jack-of-all-trades" . They know much about different asian countries and cultures, but they're not really Chinese, the don't even speak any chinese language fluently.

[@randelaoveer2395]

***** They're like "Asian jack-of-all-trades" . They know much about different asian countries and cultures, but they're not really Chinese, the don't even speak any chinese language fluently.

[@MtotheAtotheJtotheA]

My mother is of Teochew descent. She always says she is Chinese, although she cannot speak Chinese (it was forbidden during her childhood), has never been to China, and grew up in Indonesia. She was Confucian, celebrated all types of Chinese holidays, etc. I'm a hapa and usually just tell people I am German, and Ethnic Chinese Indonesian. I found this video really interesting!

[@dennismurashige8865]

I'm Japanese American, so why can't they be called Chinese Vietnamese?? I have Chinese Thai friends and Chinese Filipino friends, they both and raised in Thailand and Philippines.

[@VeeBeeZee22]

@Dennis Murashige They make it more complicated and then they say its struggled to identify themselves lol my grandparents of both sides came to Vietnam from China, my parents were born in Vietnam and I always identify myself as Chinese Vietnamese.

[@sarahlay3421]

YAY! i was honestly really surprised when this video came out cuz im teochew nang(person) (grandparents from china) and ever since, i thought that there were barely any teochew people around here. I hope people consider to learn how to speak this dialect!

[@wanDUUH]

uhhh....did anybody else count along with them when then counted to 10? hahahaha...

[@sanicthehdghg]

me lol

[@number2xtreme]

just wanna say I appreciate yall doing this video.

[@l0vexnana]

one about cantonese people of china(guangdong) would be nice......

[@christineee444]

annaaxc Ooo that's where my maternal grandparents are from!

[@GreatValueBleach]

Christine Tang heyyy girl

[@teafanyii_]

YES!!! It's always about hk canto ppl but what about us mainland canto ppl?

[@chloechang8810]

Yes definitely!!! They always talk about HK canto, there are other dialects/province within Guangdong. Guangdong represent!

[@liongkienfai104]

annaaxc They already did one with Wesley Chan

[@yenli4536]

I love this! My grandparents are Chaozhou. My parents were born in Cambodia and Then in Vietnam before moving to America. I still speak Teochew.

[@fallengel84]

You forgot to mention Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. THere are many teochews in Malaysia and Singapore as well as Indo. Teochew is actually a Chinese dialect.

[@Lilybear26]

I am late watching this video. But I think its super cool to learn about Chiu Chow people and their language. So Awesome. Plus I was just about to look up Olivia Thai in the You Tube search bar and her named popped up before I put the rest. Ol is what I put in the search bar. The is so cool.!!!

[@bboyjohnny100]

Hey oliviathai I thought our translation of our last name is 蔡. Choi in Cantonese and Cai in Mandarin. At least that is what my father told me.

[@worldtravel101]

Johnathan Thai I've heard some versions of that as well. 蔡 would be Cài in Mandarin. hmm idk about Cantonese though.

[@liongkienfai104]

Johnathan Thai You're right about the Cai and Choi part. And to add on Chua is the Teochew translation of the name.

[@jw6451]

Johnathan Thai i've also seen tjoa, chua, and chhoa

[@liongkienfai104]

***** Just different spellings of the Teochew pronunciation. Just like how the Cantonese pronunciation can be Choi or Choy and the Mandarin can be Cai or Chai

[@jw6451]

Melodeelicious1 amy chua is hokkien, not teochew

[@n1hondude]

This video tackled an important aspect of Nationality vs Ethnicity. My dad is Portuguese and my mom is Japanese but born in Brazil, I was born in Brazil therefore I identify myself as a Japanese-Brazilian, not Portguese-Japanese, I grew up around the Japanese culture, from food, to family gatherings and everything, I just wasn't taught the language.

[@sayjaibao01188]

I know there's lots of Japanese in Sao Paulo. Anyway, it makes sense you identify more as a Japanese-Brazilian. While Portuguese is the national language, Brazilian culture is very different from Portuguese culture, also since you are part Japanese and influenced by the Japanese cultural aspect. :)

[@macpac1913]

I just got goosebumps when they counted numbers. Any Thai-Chinese(Teochew) feel me?✋ I know there’re a lot of us😂

[@dennisng3465]

Teochew, speaking Thai here.

[@RiamsWorld]

Too many, to the point it doesn't even matter to most Teochew-Thai people I know. I remember meeting a coworker who mentioned her parents were Teochew Thai, and so I told my mother, who's also Teochew-Thai. My mom said, "So what? almost everyone in Thailand is Teochew" Also I had a friend in college who identified as half-Thai(her mom was white). I met her father, and realized he was Teochew Thai. I said "Oh, you're Thai-born Chinese" and he said "We don't say 'Thai-born Chinese' in Thailand, you're just Thai" And finally, I have a friend, both parents are Teochew-Thai, who married a guy, both parents are Teochew-Vietnamese. When I hang out with them, she always blames his bad habits "because he's Chinese and I'm Thai". I pointed out "Wait, you're just as Chinese as him, and to the degree you're Thai, he's Vietnamese". She said "Being Thai overrides being Chinese, but not being Vietnamese". 😂

[@ChiliCrisp88]

Eyyy, Thai-Teochew gang!

[@dr.simonliem8975]

I am Indonesian Teochew, born and lives in Ketapang, Kalimantan Barat (West Borneo). Both of my grandpa were born in China and emigrated to Borneo. Everyday I speak Teochew (Tiociu/Diojiu/Chaozhou) with my family and friends. There are a big community of Teochew (Tiociu) people here in West Borneo, especially Ketapang and Pontianak. Btw, I've been to 626 (Pasadena, Alhambra, El Monte, etc)

[@dennisng3465]

Here is more coolness for being chiuchow/teochew: many words are 99% same with Korean words. Such as student. (*yes, hakseng), danger or dangerous (*wiheom).

[@dennisng3465]

Kwii, ghost. Also same word and sound in Korean. (*ask your Korean friend, have fun sharing)

[@loian2012]

Hi guys. Today i so happy see this video. That video talk about Teochew. Im Teochew from Vietnam. This video make me prond myself Teochew. Thanks all of You Choiz Xìa chòi chòi..

[@Cynth1a94]

YASSS MY CHIU CHOWS

[@wz1631]

OMG!!! it’s amazing to hear you guys speaking chaozhouese!!! and the phrase that Kane said actually means i miss you ;))))))

[@KUMANTONG-4D-POWER]

Teochews call themselves Deng Nang (Tang Ren - 唐人） - The Tang People (Tang Dynasty people).

[@jon134a]

+Super Kumantong Deng nang = Chinese

[@KUMANTONG-4D-POWER]

+Jonathan Tang Chinese - Hua Ren (华人) 。 The Southern Chinese (Teochews , Hokkiens etc) call themselves as Deng Nang (Tang Ren - 唐人） - The people of Tang Dynasty. Examples: China Town everywhere in the world is written as 唐人街‘ （Tang Ren Jie) - The Street of Tang People, because most of the early Chinese Folks come from the Southern China. Teochew people generally use Deung nang (唐人; Mandarin: Tangren), literally Tang Dynasty people, as opposed to Hang nang (漢人/汉人; Mandarin: Hanren), which means 'Han Dynasty people'.

[@lixiahuang6838]

+Super Kumantong Most Southern Chinese call themselves 唐人.

[@EliseMa93]

+Super Kumantong really? If your info is true, it will help me a lot. When you said "deng nang" it reminds me of my childhood, i usually heard that phrase from my family along side with "an nam nang" means "vietnamese". I'm full teochew, born and raised in vietnam and it's a shame that i just know a bit of this valuable language. My big sisters know more than me. So sad!

[@LOVESTREO]

They are heaps of Teo chew Nang in Malaysia and Singapore, in fact they are the earliest to arrive in Southeast Asia 2 generations ago due to their expertise in maritime and making business. I'm the 4th generation and I am proud to be teochew!

[@GreatValueBleach]

HA Richie didn't contribute to this video

[@archer9664]

bnjmnwng Lmfaooooooooooooo bro that's fucked up

[@richiele]

bnjmnwng there were 6 other people there, i'm cool with letting them shine

[@chocoboblue99]

bnjmnwng Wait a sec. I remember Richie contribute. He said, he was straight up Viet. Less is more sometimes.

[@TVBFAN11224]

bnjmnwng Nah Richie did speak , he said if Vietnam was more high up the chiu chow people would say there more viet than Chiu Chow.

[@Harold11]

Kane I see you on This is Us!! Chiu chow actor wooooo let's go!

[@waveboreale]

Cambodian Teochew living in Paris France :)

[@BlizzGo]

Your parents went to France as refugees?

[@waveboreale]

BlizzGo yes

[@emeline.h6763]

Tu connais les bails ;)

[@christopheryoeurng3722]

Yass

[@essennagerry]

The reason why I'm here is a youtuber whose mom is a Cambodian TeoChew and they live in Belgium, haha!

[@amagroup9398]

Sums up my life! Thank you for creating this. 😍

[@JasmineVue2009]

Hmong Identity Talk? Just an idea..

[@Kkhuu87]

Halfie here 😁... My father is full vietnamese and mother teowchew. Her parents immigrated from china to Vietnam where she was born. There is a strong sense of identity because of the segregation in Vietnam. In Cho Lon where she grew up, there was definitely a separation of vietnamese and Chinese, and even within the family, marrying a vietnamese person caused conflict. For the most part, growing up my cousins and i identified as Vietnamese because a few of my aunts and uncles married vietnamese people. To westerners i identify as Vietnamese to simplify things, but to other Asians Teowchew because I dont look like any particular ethnicity. Our family is quite blended in that conversations fluidly go between vietnamese, teochew and cantonese.

[@elcojay]

It would have been nice to have a Chinese Cambodian (or Chinese Thai) instead of three Chinese Vietnamese... The Cantonese are actually the largest group of Chinese in Vietnam while the Teochew are the biggest group in Cambodia, Thailand and Laos...

[@christopheran8152]

This video seriously made my day. I've also felt so disconnected even within the Asian community I grew up around. It's nice to hear some familiarity online for once.

[@keooka]

My upper body is asian but my low body is black.

[@younganexx5530]

YOU WISH!!11!!!1!

[@averhaf9879]

my boyfriend and his whole family is speaking teochew i am German i understabd a little Bit of teochew through hearing is there any possibility (maybe a book) to learn the language?

[@xaosong]

Firstly, it's TEO CHEW!!!!! Not chiu chow.

[@ryantan4016]

its Chiu Chow ( in Cantonese ) Its Chao Zhou ( in Mandarin or putong hua ) Its Teo Chew ( In Chaozhou/teochew/chiuzhao , Taiwanese, Fujianese)

[@zhd3433]

Yes. They are Teochew, stop saying it the Cantonese way. If you romanise it, Teochew is still an English word.

[@sapheare1270]

OMLLLL THEYRE both right. Teochew, chiuchow, or chowzhou. Chowzhou is how you spell the city in China

[@Suite_annamite]

*And it's Trieu Chau in Vietnamese* : come on man, they live in different places, and so what they call themselves will change!

[@VeeBeeZee22]

Chiu chow is the way they call it in Vietnam.

[@ElleXY]

OMG! I wonder if this type of Chinese is where my great grandparents come from. When they counted to ten, that sounded a lot like Thai! My mom is from Bangkok, but her maternal grandparents are from China and spoke Teochew. Interesting stuff!

[@pigboykool]

Chaozhou people are AWESOME! They are well known for their smartness and strong business sense in comparison to the other Chinese. Some of the most successful Chinese people are Chaozhou people - like the RICHEST man in Asia - Li Ka-Shing, or the top tennis player Michael Chang, or the popular Hong Kong singer Wakin Chau.

[@crew]

I never knew Michael Chang was Teochew. Thanks!

[@pigboykool]

Yep, there are many other popular Teochew people in Asia but not well known outside of China. Like a famous singer Stefanie Sun is also a Teochew.

[@Freshie55]

pigboykool Cool. I knew his parents came from Taiwan but didn't know he's teochow.

[@pigboykool]

Yep =)

[@charlesfu3726]

True, Teochew people were called "Oriental Jews". No offence to Jewish people.

[@herry310588]

just found out this video. i'm also Chaozhou born and raised in Indonesia. my grandfather was from Chaozhou and then he moved to Indonesia. in my family, i was taught by my parents how to speak Chaozhou although it was not details enough. at least i can still use it for daily conversation.

[@tomynguyen2425]

Kane comes off as a condescending dude...

[@sayjaibao01188]

You just mad he dont identify as a viet! Haha

[@tomynguyen2425]

sayjai bao Cool story bro but I actually don't care if he's viet or not. He could be the "Chiu Chow Prince" for that matter. Still sounds douchey throughout the vid

[@gryffaballin1337]

I feel you guys. Growing up, I always thought I was the only one who was chinese that had a viet last name. As I grew older, I started to meet people that had that as well and go through the annoying process of explaining it to people XD. Everyone always just assumed I was viet and I wanted to change my last name so bad. It was really annoying because people didn't believe that I was chinese because of my last name. So, super glad to see this video :)