Hungarian but Chinese

by Hilda Fleischer, Anders Yuk Pui Lam
A movie that focuses on the integration needs and aspects of the first and second generation Chinese immigrants living in Hungary.

[@Szilvi79]

One of the most memorable thing I've ever witnessed: 3 Chinese men were having a conversation in Chinese while having lunch at a fast food restaurant. A few minutes later a Hungarian friend of theirs joined them and they instantly switched to Hungarian so he could understand what they were talking about. It was a very respectful act.

[@sweiland75]

If you don't respect your host then you could be kicked out.

[@adelinealdercy1195]

@@sweiland75 maybe stfu?

[@youareajackass2005]

@@sweiland75 Tell that to the Mexicans in US.

[@ryanan8082]

@@adelinealdercy1195 lol the like on that comment vs his

[@thepalehorse08]

Lol I don't think them speaking in Chinese is disrespectful Yt westerner logic

[@Tight4Skin]

Seems like you have mastered 2 of the most complicated languages there are.

[@zoltandober]

Achievement unlocked

[@im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username]

As a Slovak who is learning Japanese, I kept thinking this. I've been exposed to Hungarian and Chinese many times as a side effect of where I'm from and what language I'm learning, and I'm always stunned at just how incomprehensible both of them seem to me. Big respect.

[@sebestyenpinter706]

@@im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username The Slovak, is a loooooot easier than Hungarian

[@tarvos_trigaranvs]

@@im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username though its worth to mention that for a child neither chinese nor hungarian is harder than any other language

[@semi-automaticdooropened9007]

Chinese is actually quite simple, tones and writing script ruin things by alot

[@szalard]

And do not forget about our two Chinese champions, Liu Shaolin Sándor and his brother Liu Shaoang, who became skating Olympic Champions for Hungary. We are very proud of them.

[@piuspeto]

They are half-Chinese as their mother is Hungarian.

[@skyllo]

I was about to mention this haha. Thanks for this comment.

[@xihangyang]

@@piuspeto yes, they receive training in china. not sure hungary have a good coach there.

[@piuspeto]

@@xihangyang The lead coach of the Hungarian team is Lina Zhang, who coaches them in Hungary. They did train in China but I think that was some time ago and they are not constantly there.

[@meixingmichael2480]

never heard of them

[@attilaberki3533]

As a hungarian I think they are lovable hard working people, also they make a lot of effort to learn our language.

[@szentendre6655]

Én is nagyon becsülöm őket. Inkább élnék egy pekingnyi kínaival mint 10 “borsodival” 😂

[@tamasszily8235]

@@szentendre6655 Te nem tudod hogy mit kívánsz.

[@szentendre6655]

@@tamasszily8235 Ha jártál már Kelet-Magyarországon vagy esetleg a 8 -ba a Diószegi Sámuel fele vetett valaha az élet bármilyen okból kifolyólag akkor értenéd mire írtam.

[@tamasszily8235]

@@szentendre6655 Mivel Magyarországon élek így a legtöbb felsorolt helyeken volt szerencsém "járni", és igen, nem ott élnek a legkívánatosabb emberei, viszont mivel feltételezem hogy nem jártál kínában, így inkább te nem tudod hogy mire írtam.

[@Anna-oi4yj]

@@tamasszily8235 @Szent Endre szerintem ez teljesen attól függ hogy kiről/kikről van szó, minden népcsoportban vannak rendes és kevésbé rendes emberek. Ahogy a magyarokról se lehet elmondani hogy ilyenek vagy olyanok, mert mindenki különbözik. (Én eddig az összes kínai akivel találkoztam nagyon aranyos volt (egyetemen viszonylag sokan vannak szaktársaim) és például egyik legjobb barátom egy kínai lány.)

[@DanyMcDonald]

I am the proudest of my country when I meet someone who came from the other side of the world and decided to spend his/her whole life here.

[@marciturani6416]

Yeah, I like seeing different cultures here. Plus I love asian food soo

[@sukete_budamonger5065]

that's nice

[@gamermapper]

I'm French with a foreign background and I'm always happy when I see someone from another country!

[@monmaxwitnaojulgri6032]

@@gamermapper yes because you're a loser refugees looking for freebies from western worlds.

[@gamermapper]

@@monmaxwitnaojulgri6032 wtf??? Why do you say that?

[@vadkani7279]

Tartsák is a hagyományaikat. Ők nem akarják ránk erőltetni, mi sem rájuk. Itt vannak, szeretjük őket, megismerkedtünk egymással, elvagyunk.

[@lewisf18]

köszönöm. Szeretem Magyarországot

[@666magnesiumcarbonat9]

@TheHuns jaj Istenkém :D ezek a fanatikus hungaristák olyan viccesek...a beszűkült gondolkodás mód mindegyikre rendszerint jellemző :D hadd kérdezzek valamit Mr. Hazafi. mégis hogy tudja összeegyeztetni az elveit a helyesírásával ilyen nagy " magyarként" ? még annyit sem tud hogy a vesszőt hová kell helyezni Mr. Hazafi.. pont az ilyen hungarista faszok utáltatják meg a magyarokat a külföldiekkel..

[@Preezly]

@TheHuns Nem. Ők nem vandalkodnak, nem szegik meg a törvényeket, es szerintem altalanossagban is jobb emberek, mint az europaiak. Igaz, egyszer a messzi jovoben tulszaporodhatnak minket, de ők nem romanok, nem ciganyok, nem fogjak magukenak akarni az orszagot soha. Es amúgy is ez az osszes europai orszag jovoje, hogy a feherek aranya szepen lassan csokken, es helyere jonnek az "eletkepesebb" nepek. Es ha mar muszaj, hogy ez legyen a jövő, 1000szer inkabb kinaiak legyenek itt tobbsegben, mint más népek, pl romanoknal a ciganyok, nyugat europaban meg az arabok

[@NixUgriBugri]

@@Preezly kicsit naiv vagy lefogadom minden tizedik kommunista part tag. A kinai kormany tudatos politikaja tamogatni nem kis penzel az osszes ilyen "diszporat" terjeskednek mindefele afrikaban a termofoldek tobb mint tizedet felvasaroltak del-amerikaba egyes orszagaiban hasonloan.. Ezenkivul adositjak el az afrikai orszagokat hasonlo csuda projectekkel mint Orban vasutja az adriaig mindenhol ugyanaz kinai hitel penzbol adott orszag vasutat/utakat/infrasturkturat fejleszt amit kinai vallalatok KINAI munkaerovel felepitenek es nagy keszsegesen meg uzemeltetik is csak az adott orszag fizeti vissza a penzt 30-40 evig. FIDESZ is megette ezt (valamelyik NER-es persze jo kis jutalekot kaphatott amibol csurrant csoppent a partnak meg a dobroginek) . A vasut bevetelei NEM fogjak fedezni a hiteltorlesztest ...mert mire kesz lesz nem lesz ra szukseg.... es ahogy a kinai szarokrol mar jo ideje tudjuk a minosegi munkaban meg igencsak azsiaiak. Ott vannak europaban mar tobb kikoto van kina kommunista part es a "nep hadsereg" vallatainak kezeben mint barmilyen mas kulfoldi vallakozaseban. Naiv vagy Preezly nem kicsit... nem vetted eszre hogy a kommunista kinai nepkoztarsasag ZASZLOJA lebebg az Asia Kozpont kapujaban (azt meg nem mertek kiirni hogy Kina Kozpont)

[@BIGMANHUNTER]

@TheHUNgarian. pinat jobban kieszik mint te

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

Big respect to be able to speak both Hungarian, Chinese and English....

[@istvanturke-siklody1367]

Why? Chinese is his mother tongue. Speaking english in the 21st isn't really a big deal. Literally anyone with youtube can learn speaking english fluently (I did and it wasn't a big accomplishment). And speaking the language of the country you are living in? I guess that should be the minimum if you want to be part of the society... I respect people who are speaking 4 languages and studied it, not just happened to understand some of it...

[@robertb1802]

​@@istvanturke-siklody1367 Good work! Not everybody needs to study multiple languages. That said, Chinese people can simply choose not to learn their host language in most countries. The immigrants who chose to learn the language are impressive because so many choose to stick within an immigrant community and not learn their host language (like many Hungarians in Canada did back in the 80s and 90s). It's also impressive that some are open to discussing the Tiananmen square massacre, which most mainland immigrants these days are not.

[@tananansad]

how are people so oblivious to the amount of effort put into reaching a near-native level of speech

[@istvanturke-siklody1367]

@@robertb1802 yeah they could not learn the language, but he did. I think being open to the culture as well as to the language is the minimum of integration. However I do see your point, as he is learning such a hard language like magyar. I didn't say the stuff about learning english because I think I am better than him, that's really how I feel about english.

[@wolfzmusic9706]

@@robertb1802 I think living in another country & not bothering to learn the language is rude though

[@tzarnikolov]

As a Chinese, even though I did not spend a long time travelling in Hungary, I do remember one encounter when I just got off the plane and took the metro to Centrum, I saw a group of hungarian locals practicing Tai Chi. I stopped for quite a while watching their performance and afterwards some of them noticed me as a Chinese teen and we gave gentle nods and smiles of respect to each other. I never really had encounters as such in Western European countries. And it just gave me an impression that Hungarian people and in general people in Eastern Europe are kinder, gentler and at least more respectful and friendly towards other cultures.

[@extraemail6870]

I’m Japanese and Hungarian + Rusyn. Family is from Görömböly, Borsod.

[@Fyg3]

I was watching this very interesting video regarding the integration of multiple cultures, then I scrolled down and seen the most suprising comment ever. Cheers from Görömböly ;)

[@extraemail6870]

@@Fyg3 are you from Görömböly? My family is Burján & Nagy Román.

[@sakayumi]

Hi! Nice to see something like this, I am Hungarian and my bf is Japanese. My Instagram is @nipponhangug do you have one? :)

[@johncarnege]

Borsod? Off.... Your parents made the right choise to get out there.

[@gaborballa4631]

Wow a japanese around Miskolc? I'm not so far from you. If you like the old japanese cars, come visit me, i have a GT-R R32 in Bánréve 😉

[@izabellaszendi6131]

As a Hungarian, I truly respect Chinese people. My mother and father owned a clothing booth and a business and they were both entrepreneurs at so called Tigris piac (Tiger market, at the biggest Asian openair market in Budapest 8.district) Chinese people are all really hardworking and it doesn't matter how far they travel or settle down on this planet, they nurturing and bringing their culture and values throughout generations. It's a nation that everyone should take as an example of togetherness and values

[@aclovetudou]

谢谢😁 欢迎您来中国，

[@zoltangabordudas4393]

Négy Tigris! Chö Bon Con Hö! :-D

[@Meta9871]

I'm the least sociable person I know, but I decided to take a part-time job as a university mentor two semesters ago. My job was to be the guide for a group of students from China for a few months. It never felt like a job. They were some of the nicest, most pleasant and friendly people I have ever met. We became such good friends so quickly. I miss them.

[@30803080308030803081]

The menu in that Chinese restaurant was quite interesting to me, because it is unlike a menu one would find in a restaurant in China. The dishes on that menu are all totally authentic Chinese dishes, but they come from many different regions of China. It’s a sample of some of the most famous dishes from various regions. I think the Chinese population in Hungary must come from all over China.

[@zoldzoltan2707]

Hm, I think they choose dishes which suit hungarian taste, mostly spicy, hot, strong tastes. I've heard there are dishes which are not even chinese or not authentic. Once I arrived in the last minute to a chinese restaurant and the owner chinese lady and her family also had their own dish, which was not on menu. It must be an authentic chinese dish but honestly it was not so mouthwatering for me :D By the way, they were super cool, because they gave me almost a double ratio, I suppose there were a lot of remnant food before closing down. I really like chinese people :)

[@cwcwilson]

I am chinese and can tell you those dishes on the menu are all authentic chinese dishes from the province Sichuan of China which are usually spicy.

[@ladybooog]

@@cwcwilson Judging by the prices and the menu itself, that restaurant seems like the real deal. Most chinese restaurants are the cheaper type here in Hungary, about a third in the price, and they have almost the same dishes everywhere. (For example, I've never felt that sechuan peppercorn kind of numbing, spicy feeling and citrusy smell before actually buying some on my own, because it's import stuff over here and most basic Chinese restaurants just can't afford that as an ingredient.)

[@cwcwilson]

@@ladybooog You're probably right. That's true even in China, cheap restaurants use ingredients that just don't give you the full taste of the dishes, hard to blame though, you get what you pay for after all.

[@stellasou9606]

cwcwilson Are you suggesting Beijing roasted duck is from Sichuan?

[@eszterbertok602]

I'm hungarian and i learn chinese at the university of Miskolc. Throughout the years i had the chance to meet so many wonderful chinese people. They are very humble, hard working and respectful. And i became amazed by their culture in no time.

[@pass3d]

华人世界各地都有，非洲其实也有很多华人的。总体来说就是比较坚持自己的文化，喜欢吃苦挣钱养家。男性比较重视家庭，对于离婚相对来说没那么随意。

[@shaolinwisdom]

Chinese or Hungarian? Half &Half 😭❤ I'm the same, girl. I'm born in America, to Hungarian immigrant.❤ It's lovely to be of 2 cultures.

[@NixUgriBugri]

Na igen de rajtad NEM LATSZIK ! (kurva nagy kulonbseg am) Oh sure but you do not look different, (big fucking difference )

[@mkristof1230]

@@NixUgriBugri Csak azért mert nem figyeltek oda rád, amikor kicsi voltál, meg nem szerettek, még nem kell más embereken levezetni a feszültségedet. Köszi.

[@P.B0209]

Hungarian and Chinese girls ar the most beautiful! You are doubly beautiful :)

[@rolfneks]

@@HandilauObosit What do you mean exactly?

[@istvanszalkai-nagy4788]

@@solarydays don't be rude, let him try :D

[@andy9962]

Thank you, Hungarians, you are so kind, greetings from China 。Köszönöm, magyarok, olyan kedvesek vagytok, üdvözlet Kínából

[@WalterWhite_2077]

Notice how the Chinese lady still has her accent while she is speaking hungarian but her daughter dosn't have one. Truly fascinating, personally I don't have a problem with them, they are peaceful kind people who mind their own business.

[@djketoldaluusbkabel585]

depends on who you learn the language from tbh

[@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

depends on how old too. when your’e younger it’s easier to learn the sounds of another language

[@djketoldaluusbkabel585]

@@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy you're right but my mom had no problems developing a german accent when speaking german at 43, but I do still with 16. Odd, but I can see where you're coming from

[@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

@@djketoldaluusbkabel585 by young i mean 0-6 years old, not like teenager young. "foreign" accents occur when we try to fit other languages words into the sounds we already know how to make. like. how english speakers say "bak" instead of "Bach"

[@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

not that it's not possible, it takes more effort to learn new sounds when you're older. also, not that it's a bad thing either! adults have a much easier time learning vocabulary and memorizing things

[@szolanek]

French feel offended if you don't speak French, even more if you butcher it. We Hungarians are happy even if they try to speak it, and it is hard to understand. Once I heard two African ladies talking to each other on perfect Hungarian, in a small town in Spain. It was unreal.

[@saral3039]

We are happy when someone try to speak our language because we know how difficult it is to learn. Personally I find it cute and a kind gesture when they are trying.

[@JH-cx2ms]

I’m Chinese and lived in Hungary during 1992. Elementary school was at GGCA in Budapest. My father was a diplomat stationed in Hungary. My father was responsible in building strong relations between the two countries. Have to say, during my few years of stay in Budapest, it was literally the best time of my life. Hungarians are extremely friendly people and during that time, I never felt any racism or danger(not saying there is now). Aside from kids on the streets looking at me wondering why do I look different from them🤣. I miss the country, once COVID dies down, I definitely want to revisit again.

[@damblebee1253]

Wow nice experience, thought at the beginning of Chinese migration to Hungary on 1990s there'll be some kind of at least soft rejection from the locals and ended up on racism in some way. Does Mid-East Europe in general aren't racist or Hungary is even more friendlier than any Mid-East European countries? I mean compared to West Europe that, you know, racisms are still here and there although ofc much less than USA. My sis live in Italy and racist stare and verbal abuse stil happen from time to time.

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

@@damblebee1253 We in Hungary just not really care about where other people is from (there are few exceptions of course, like as for everything). And also in Hungary we kinda have a culture of politeness and respect, which has a very visible mark on the language as well. And in general, this region of europe (the country of the old iron curtain) generally not really cares about strangers except if the person in question makes some big trouble.

[@rc-xv4xq]

that lady earned my respect because she really made an effort to learn the Hungarian language, which was not easy to do by any means.

[@the_white_rabbit]

Chinese are hard working people. They are here to work and live. Noone has any problem with them. Even if they don't want to assimilate or even mix with us and living in a tight closed community we respect them because they are working. The recent migration bring lazy people into Europe. Mainly from the Middle East and Africa. But it doesn't matter where they came from. They only want subsidies and aid from civil organizations. We don't have a rich country so we don't like people getting money for nothing while we have to work hard for very little money. Come and bring your passport and you'll have no problem in Hungary. We respect and welcome people who come here and willing to work. It doesn't matter what kind of work. We don't want foreigners do inferior work like in most western country. We just want them to live from what they worked for. Most chinese does that so we like them. I always wonderes why did they choose our country over many other. This video helped me understand that.

[@bandiras2]

@Azz Lazz Hungariandude here. We had no money to pamper them. So only the ones who really want to work came and stay here.the only thing we can give someone is a chance. To work hard, build something, and live. Living in a poor country have it's perks. There is no welfare immigration here.

[@willyh3896]

in Sydney many Asians live thr, as i visited it 7 yrs ago , i was really suprised, Sydney felt just like another Asian city

[@bandiras2]

@Azz Lazz Well they are not problem free, but the msin issue is tax evasion. And this is a national sport here, so nothing rxtraordinary.

[@dragondynastywarrior506]

@Azz Lazz how can there be "millions" of Chinese doing it when there aren't even "millions" of Chinese in Australia?

[@dragondynastywarrior506]

@Azz Lazz I'm not going to presume that Hungarians are more or less anything than anyone. Maybe they are, who's to say...

[@mysteriousDSF]

I'm Hungarian from Budapest and I love the local Chinese more than anything! Very hard working and always smiling, often singing while doing so, and extremely polite, humble and nice at all times. Not to mention that the quality of the stuff they sell is actually quite decent for its price

[@americanprophet8013]

Would rather have Muslim migrants who can bring you the religion of peace and be like France,Germany etc?

[@unpluggedbug6744]

Stop virtue signaling

[@katebeck609]

Hungarians are good people who welcome immigrants to their country with understanding& compassion.😁

[@mysteriousDSF]

@@katebeck609 if they're skilled then yes, everyone loves the Chinese here as well as the uni students who come from abroad

[@zsoti-7755]

@@americanprophet8013 religion of peace? Lmao

[@RiverWorksCo]

Mi elsosorban emberek vagyunk. Ezt nem kellene elfelejtenie senkinek. Az, hogy the melyik pontjan szulettel a foldnek lenyegtelen mert a fold senkie es mindenkie. Magyar pedig az, aki magyarnak vallja magat. Elfogadasbol baratsag, elutasitasbol pedig harag szuletik.

[@3rg025]

Pontosan.

[@Fuckingcoolsushi]

Van egy osztálytársam, aki szlovákiában él, ellenben nem beszéli valami jól a nyelvet. Mégis Szlovának vallja magát és nem Magyarnak.🤷‍♀️

[@ELmayer636]

Úgyvan

[@tothbenedek2028]

@It's R Tea Jaj de kis elfogadó...

[@orsolyatimeabejanhegyes5356]

Ilyen szèp kommentot mèg sosem olvastam eddig üdv .Ròmàniàbòl- Erdèlyböl

[@applepieclub5012]

Chinese people are found all over the world, in all sorts of countries. As a child of Central Asian immigrants, one thing I really admire about Chinese people is there ability to adapt to their environment, usually by working so hard. So adaptable. So nice. Much respect to my fellow Asians.

[@JV-cy6gu]

I absolutely love the Chinese community of Hungary! You are our brothers and sisters. I love china a lot such a beautiful and diverse country, rich in cultures and heritahge, amazing architecture. In fact I love all far east asian communities here.

[@igorknown8608]

I'm Hungarian I respect the Chinese people living in Hungary a lot. It's very hard to leave your country and live somewhere else

[@rmoss1149]

There is more than a billion of them, and they have their loyalty to China - it’s not hard, they came for money or they running from their own government. But still, they are loyal to China, and they will always treat you as a foreign barbarian, when they have an advantage over you. My wife is chinese - and I lived in China, many years, I know them very well. Last year in Chongqing, they were celebrating the deaths of Italians and Americans in the restaurants - and then back in Bilbao, they were buying up all the businesses that collapsed and happy to see the old dying, so they could get their houses.

[@ebbeb9827]

@@rmoss1149 stop lying

[@howellwong11]

@@rmoss1149 No, they are not loyal to China; they are loyal to money.

[@lisakim3374]

​@@rmoss1149 you better watch out, Chinese people will kick your ass badly if you say they happy to see the old dying. family is the center of their culture. you can't change your miserable life no matter how you smear them.

[@Borotva05]

I like Asian people, they work hard, learn our language, always act helpfull to costumers, and they are way more kind than most hungarian employees.

[@pepederien5096]

You speak from my heart. ;)

[@damblebee1253]

​@@pepederien5096 Reading comments from this videos really like finding oasis in the desert lol. With how the world is right now, covid origin issue, and anti Asian hate rising on US and some european countries, it's just fascinating that many Hungarian's view about Chinese community on your country is mostly positive. Many said they're hard working, friendly, try to adapt etc, so as immigrant Chinese descent myself somehow I feel proud hahaa.

[@unpluggedbug6744]

Guess that’s grounds to systematically replace an entire ethnicity of people because the outsiders happen to act kind because it’s in their best interests to do so.

[@GavinLiuranium]

Man. Hungary’s such an interesting and beautiful place! Love you guys from China 🇨🇳

[@rolfneks]

Oh, thank you.

[@GavinLiuranium]

@@rolfneks Np!

[@rehobalint1100]

I love my country. The only problem is the government

[@m3rc3b0ss8]

Gavin we love you too, nice to meet you! Greetings from Hungary! Have a nice day dear! 👐🏻👐🏻👐🏻💝💝💝🇭🇺

[@GavinLiuranium]

@@m3rc3b0ss8 Thanks!! You have a nice day too ;)

[@theoneandonly380]

I'm just a Polish passerby investigating Hungarian country, don't mind me 🧐 🇵🇱🇭🇺🇹🇼🇨🇳 I speak Polish, English, Chinese and now I will learn Hungarian, ez katka

[@zhangjeff238]

Me living in Hungary as a Chinese. Hungarians: Bruh Me: Bruh

[@norbertvalterkalocsai6584]

me as a hungarbruh: bruh

[@tananansad]

Bruh bruh bruh Bruh: Bruh

[@prla5400]

Hungarinese: Bruh

[@graficandorealidades7561]

Bruh (me) as a bruh: bruh My bruh (brother): bruh bruh: bruh

[@kocsisjanos850]

You said it right bro!

[@Magyarleanzo]

The woman’s Hungarian accent is awesome!!! I got teary eyed. De aranyos a gyöngyi 😊

[@cormoranuud]

Seeing them talking hungarian it's like time traveling 1000 years Europe's past .

[@weedwhacker287]

Oh yeah cause the Hungarians were from asia I completely forgot about that

[@cormoranuud]

Correct

[@imacolonelinbf2975]

italians not white

[@titot2370]

The Huns probably look more like these people than modern day Hungarians. It’s interesting how modern day images depict a more European appearance.

[@hank4920]

@@cormoranuud isn't Attila's time was about 2000 years ago?

[@amcsibozgor6791]

I'm from the USA, my kids were born in Hungary. I wish I had more quality culture to give them from my homeland than what they get on TV and the internet. Hala Isten van nekik a Magyar hagyomany.

[@andraspeter1114]

Jo a felhasznaloneved :))

[@TothLaszlo77]

best username I've seen in a good while

[@uniqueauction]

I am Chinese American and i approve this video. Hungary is such a beautiful country. I travel there five times already. People there are so friendly.

[@canadapainter658]

6;00 the Chinese lady speak well Hungarians=. And she is right that Hungarians are kind people...They are and I am as well..

[@zoltandober]

Also humble 😄 🤣

[@titan9259]

6:00

[@openhearts5000]

The Chinese are hardworking people. We appreciate them a lot.

[@LMDinNC]

When I was in Budapest, I was told that the reason behind the Chinese visa program was that after communism ended in Hungary, there was pent up demand for goods, and China was equipped to provide all those goods. I also learned that the children of those Chinese immigrants feel more truly Hungarian. That is common for many second generation immigrants.

[@PCGeines]

This is the most random video I've ever watched. And I'm a Brazilian guy (with a Hungarian grandpa, but a Brazilian guy).

[@goodputin4324]

Sim

[@mrandorex7495]

This is fascinating and im so proud that such a nice and hard working community has for in my country! To every chinese in Hungary my respect is all yours and i admire you! Here your welcome home! 🇭🇺♥️

[@zhang3229]

thanks ,best wishes from CHINA!!

[@nulnoh219]

I know a Hungarian Chinese in Australia when I went to study in Australia. I mean Born in Australia to Hungarian Chinese parents. Speaks English, Hungarian, Mandarin fluently. Amazing.

[@goodputin4324]

Why amazing? Seems pretty normal.

[@jonathanharker6940]

Is an African person born in China, Chinese? There's no such thing as "Hungarian Chinese". They are Chinese living in Hungary.

[@paulsitt]

@@jonathanharker6940 Ultimately, that's for the native population to decide. Thailand and Singapore, for example, are good examples of successful integration. Ethnic-Chinese Thais today swear allegiance to Thailand; they adopt Thai names, Thai culture, etc. They don't consider themselves Chinese and are generally anti-CCP. If you call an East Asian looking Thai person Chinese, they'll really be angry at you.

[@skyllo]

I’m Filipino. I tried to learn Hungarian on my own. Magyar is so difficult but it’s fun to know a few words and phrases. I enjoy watching the Liu brothers skate. They’re Hungarian-Chinese.

[@milkyway_939]

My boyfriend is Filipino. He is trying to learn Hungarian, so we can have a secret language nobody understands 😄

[@skyllo]

@@milkyway_939 oh that is nice! I wish you both well 😃

[@bobofthestorm]

I realized that I found Hungarian as language is even more foreign than Chinese. Chinese sounds familiar, while Hungarian is something I've never heard before

[@kristjanrom9429]

Chinese are good, hardworking people they are respected around the World. We like them here in Slovenia

[@warcraftSENSw]

Thank you for your comment, I'm Chinese, we are really hardworking, but life in China is not easy. everyone is busy everyday. For us, Europe is really heaven. You are so lucky. God bless you

[@kristjanrom9429]

@@warcraftSENSw Thank you, you are right, it's sad a lot of people in West don't like what we got going here. Everybody want to move to West, because it's the best place on Earth. Got to start respecting what we got, before it's gone.

[@damblebee1253]

@@kristjanrom9429 It's quite fascinating knowing that many Hungarian like the Chinese community in their country, does the same apply in Slovenia and most Mid-East European countries? Because you know, with covid issue and anti Asian heating up in US and some Western Europe countries, yet most comments I read here is positive.

[@damblebee1253]

@@cyang2000ify Ahhh I see, it makes sense. I think most Chinese immigrant have an attitude of something like "wherever ground is stood on, the sky is hold high". Immigrants who do not want to integrate and assimilate are troublesome, especially about religion thing. I think govt should've put requirements and special regulations for people who want to migrate to their country especially refugee. And do strict supervision to them for couple of years, until they sure the migrant is integrate well and doesn't have radical belief.

[@MC_Elie]

It's beautiful. Thank you for sharing this post. I wish people are just living in harmony. No boundaries, no xenophobia, no political quarrels. Just people in all colors living in peace, love, and respect with one another.

[@tommeiner9983]

yeah thats never gonna happen

[@kudasaixsomnum51]

I really find myself in these people, i am a son of pakistani immigrants in Italy , we are now really half pakistani half italian even tho we dont come from this place , when people open their minds they become the real definition of someone who is inteligent, also mad respect for the women and the girl who speaks 2 really hard languages

[@share_accidental]

as a singaporean chinese, this is so fascinating to watch.

[@p6h14]

Same same.. i didnt know so many Chinese ppl in Hungary

[@wonderfulchina1344]

@@p6h14 Many chinese go aboard for making money.Chinese love money.

[@shawndonadieu4084]

@@wonderfulchina1344 let me guess, u hate money?

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

@@wonderfulchina1344 in this dominantly capitalsit world there is no person who would not love money.

[@wonderfulchina1344]

@@tovarishcheleonora8542 I just want to say why so many?😅😅

[@RookieDancin]

As a Chinese American, it's good to see all the positive comments about embracing the Chinese. In America, sadly, our elderly are being attacked and some died due to hate crimes

[@sodapop83]

i have yet to see a video where the attacker is white

[@RookieDancin]

@@sodapop83 what does that have to do with anything I said? I don't care what color the attacker is, if they specifically target Asians then it's a hate crime.... Why do feel the need to bring up white people? We were being targeted by non whites and no mainstream media talked about it, only when a white person does it, all these big name celebrities are like stop the hate. Shows that people don't really care about Asians, they just want to blame everything on white people. That helps no one and makes racism worst...

[@sodapop83]

@@RookieDancin well, racism is racism, but in your country they love this lucrative race business until there will be a civil war, you're very close to it

[@detectivethinker3637]

I am British Chinese, but I am intrigued in the lives of Chinese people in non-English speaking countries. I am surprised that the shop owner doesn't have a Hungarian menu!

[@bandiras2]

The lack of hungarian menu is not a problem. The lack of hungarian staff in the kitchen is a problem. Original chinese food is not suits well with hungarians, but when the hungarian cook put some hungarian twists in the original recepie, it is popular.

[@jljljl1820]

@@bandiras2 imo they really shouldnt do that. yes its different so what? i want to get to know chinese food not hungarian, i know that already

[@ThePirat2011]

@@bandiras2 that’s the case in most countries though. The dishes have adapted to local taste. I don’t think this particular enterprise needs local staff since it seems to be a family business. It is the larger businesses that should employ Hungarians.

[@DudiMr]

@@jljljl1820 As in the video it is mentioned there's a little Chinatown in Budapest. There all the food is original Chinese. But you can find Chinese restaurants in the whole country in the most random places as well. Those places outside Chinatown has usually mix seasoned foods

[@osml]

@@bandiras2 I don't think that's a problem tho? I would love to taste Chinese food that actually tastes Chinese.

[@MrAkurvaeletbe]

The mother and girl are so sweet, i like how the mother is speaking hungarian, and its nice to see the girl speaking 99% correct hungarian, these are good people!:)

[@atdzsny]

Don't exaggerate: she said "Elmegyünk moziba, és akkor is magyar filmet j'tszottunk". Wrong tense, wrong verb. I doubt not that she speaks better than some Hungarians, though.

[@MrAkurvaeletbe]

@@atdzsny ok changed it to 99%.

[@atdzsny]

@@MrAkurvaeletbe You still have to discount for the foreign pronunciation of "mó-ziba". ;)

[@ferrum7625]

valószínűleg csak zavarban volt.:)

[@rolfneks]

@@atdzsny Értetted mit mondott, nem? Akkor mit kell belekotni. Ígyis jobban beszél magyarul mint a népünk 40%-a.

[@jenniferyu2828]

This is a super interesting and informative video! I don’t personally know of any Hungary-born Chinese but it’s super cool getting to know their experiences and perspectives living with two cultures that are so different from one another

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

I know a Chinese man in Debrecen, who we call Laci (short for László, or Laszlo for the western folk), he runs a Chinese restaurant, and the actual area where the customers can stand is ~2 m cubed, but the food he and his (I assume) wife make, is great

[@EstillaSz]

Szia, so proud of you, thank you for learning my very difficult language.

[@Susanc06]

My grandparents immigrated to the US from Hungary. I'm Jewish so I thought no way would I have relatives in Hungary that they were dead because of Hitler. Than I took a DNA 🧬 test and I found my 5th cousins alive and well in Budapest ❤️ Like a miracle.

[@goodputin4324]

Damn the Nazi didn't get you.

[@SweatySockGaming]

Alot of jewish people who thought they didnt have any relatives in Europe actually end up having surviving relatives in Europe or Israel, its a wonderful story

[@goodputin4324]

@@SweatySockGaming nope

[@freenational]

@@goodputin4324, not all Jews are zionists.

[@goodputin4324]

@@freenational I know.

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

Good example of a culture, which although lives kind of isolated from the main culture, but still in peace and acceptance towards each other. It can be done like this too. Main point is, it depends on both sides, if one is aggressive and/or tries to force their culture on the other, then the big problems come.

[@sodapop83]

if you're refering to the usa, two completley different history/country, i don't see the point to compare. in other countries for example in india, muslims forcing their religion on to hindus and they clash bc of this

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

@@sodapop83 I know, so I don't refer to US, more like a general rule

[@kiwifruitkl]

One unique thing about Hungarian culture is that the family name goes first, like Chinese. So, those Chinese immigrants in Hungary can just write out their names in the original order, transliterate into Hungarian characters and ***bam*** that's it. No name reversal or anything. Most of all the European cultures aside from Hungary's would place the family name last instead of first.

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

Actually there are less than 10 countries/languages in the world that uses this kind of name order, and most of them is in East Asia while only one is in Europe.

[@lunalibo]

The keywords are coexisting and mutual respect (not tolerance!).

[@OOTO.]

"Tolerance is a dirty word in my household." - Lazlow Jones GTA IV

[@rmoss1149]

Co-exist. Go china, and try live there - lol. Nobody going to treat you as an equal.

[@oburci9596]

I would bet on the fact that 60% of the comment section is Hungarian 15% is Chinese and 25% is any other

[@shngain100]

I'm the other but still Asian 😂

[@wolfzmusic9706]

im english

[@mizoku2382]

This is honestly amazing

[@susanahsalman5639]

Great story to be able to speak Hungarian and Chinese, is amazing,

[@aronvstheworld]

Although we may look a little different and some of use may be more or less tanned, at the end of the day we are all humans having the same struggles, having the same desires, having the same emotions ❤️

[@loveispatient0808]

It’s called the human race!!!!😀

[@patrickm.4754]

@@loveispatient0808 Yeah. But too bad, some of us are busy hating and fighting each other.

[@enikokonkoly7676]

Nagyszerű videó lett! Örülök, hogy rátaláltam!

[@bobybull]

I was always wondering why there are so many Chinese in Hungary. Right now I have a bit deeper understanding in this matter thanks for this video. Cheers 🍻

[@StephenKane]

Nagy! 太好了！Interesting and enjoyable video. Two of my favorite quotes: “Communication increases understanding, understanding decreases fear.” “It’s better to travel a thousand miles than to read a thousand books”. Never truer than today.

[@liza._.5614]

I was born in hungary too w russian immigrant parents💕

[@VicmundLim]

Cool

[@robertsimon6674]

hearing these lovely Chinese folks speak Hungarian brought tears in my eyes / USA- bol annyira hihetetlennek tunik

[@somecunt8579]

Chinese immigrants rock hard, they're very respectful, hard working and well mannered, great people to be around.

[@Theo-rx9mk]

Fascinating video - thanks for making it

[@US395Official]

That's so cool how they seem to coexist. I think this is so rad.

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

Very lovely video!

[@zoltandober]

As an ex-pat hungarian living abroad, I love to see how my hometown is growing culturally even with foreign influences that for people like my grandparents is unheard of. My girlfriend is Chinese, and I honestly can't wait to take her home with me for a visit and have that fun interaction with the local Chinese "falatozó" from my mum's neighborhood 😄

[@EllenDeGeneresFans]

I am very intrigued by this!

[@weetbix4497]

It sounds so different and strange (makes sense considering it's in a different language family) but Hungarian sounds so cool. Definitely the next language I'd want to learn, or at least try to

[@mohadams3754]

I love this. Wish the world is more interconnected

[@Coinpicker]

As a Canadian born from Chinese descent, I am proud of my people who can adapt anywhere and in any language around the world. Hungarian is a language that is incomprehensible to my ears as I never learned it but it is lovely to hear that language so foreign to me roll off the tongue of that Chinese lady. Awesome! Really shows that humans are all the same regardless of transplanting them from one part of this planet to the other side given enough time.

[@jonasf.5453]

Communication increase understanding - understanding decrease fear -------------- GREAT!

[@hondacbrification]

Hungarians are essentially Huns who mixed with Asian people since they have seen them as equal and even do this connection with Uyghurs,Mongols and Hans is broken due to geopolitical situation or religious differences which irrelevantly looking at Asian culture as Hungarian I don’t see anything foreign in Asian culture but something that was essentially ones part of our culture

[@notamoonraker]

LOL. Not it's not

[@notamoonraker]

It's like saying Chinese and Indians are Africans because the early humans migrated from Africa

[@dsyy90210]

@@notamoonraker not really. Hungarian is a Uralic language, the family spans the boundary between Europe and Asia. There is some truth to it

[@hondacbrification]

@@notamoonraker And you argument is “it’s not because it’s not so..” while you have little or knowledge who are Hungarian or where did they have come from or have any knowledge about Hungarian culture in general and again you “know” while in reality you don’t know anything in particular. Usually people or groups that think that they have such a great knowledge about other groups in reality don’t know anything about they own culture or nation origins

[@notamoonraker]

@@dsyy90210 Nahh. Next what, saying Southeast Asians descent from Chinese? Everything descent from Chinese? So Chinese can claim everything, like when they claim the entirety of South China Sea because of the vague "it was our ancient traditional waters" basis?

[@andraspeter1114]

Possibly my fondest memories of Budapest, as a Transylvanian Hungarian, were the dinners in the authentic Chinese restaurants, which for someone living in Romania was the most exotic thing you could think of. Romania should also drop the visa requirement, we need more Chinese restaurants and hard-working Chinese people. On the other hand, they probably don't have any reason to emigrate anymore, especially to Romania. :))

[@Ces91E]

Well, there are a lot ot Chinese people in the world. I have seen them everywhere, also in less developed countries than Romania. In Serbia, Chinese influence is quite strong. Even in dirt poor, sparsely populated and very isolated Suriname (ever heard of if?) there is a substantial amount of Chinese. In some villages in the jungle there is no running water, but there is a Lang Fing Supermarket... As soon as the regulations are lifted, some Chinese will find a way to make money in Romania too.

[@andraspeter1114]

@@Ces91E Yes, but at the rate in which China is developing economically, there's no point in moving to Romania for the Chinese anymore. Unfortunately. I'm quite sure that most Chinese moved to Europe in the 90's or early 00's.

[@IndrainKorea]

The video is 2 years ago, but the comments are recent, I guess everyone suddenly got this in their recommended like me, KZbin Algorithm sure is interesting, this is a well made video though, so thank you KZbin for recommending this to me, and thank you to the creator too of course for making this video!

[@mr.dakamd5444]

As a half Korean and half Hungarian - i am 100% Proud

[@jeremyemilio9378]

IMPROVISE ADAPT OVERCOME 100

[@albertalberto2288]

As a Romanian i have nothing but respect for them, they work very hard here in Romania too and they have a lot of respect for everyone!

[@oliverzhenghardy7121]

What do you think of codreanu?

[@joannaa1724]

I like it. Great coursework for Historical Narratives.

[@gergopiroska5749]

They brought chinese food here What's the problem? Everyone loves chinese food

[@goodputin4324]

Pork. Ewwww.

[@gergopiroska5749]

@@goodputin4324 wut?

[@goodputin4324]

@@gergopiroska5749 pork is dirty meat.

[@gergopiroska5749]

@@goodputin4324 no it isn't Why would it be?

[@goodputin4324]

@@gergopiroska5749 fact. That's why it's haram.

[@tamastimar9511]

Köszönet a videóért.

[@shngain100]

From all the central and eastern Europe countries I've seen, it seems Hungarian are the least racists and friendliest to Asians. I wish to visit Hungary once after I get a job. Their food looks tasty too from what I had seen on YT

[@americanprophet8013]

You won't find any Muslims in Hungary

[@shngain100]

@@americanprophet8013 I am agnostic so I don't like all religions but I have no problem if one is religious but don't come and preach their religious values on me

[@ritikachaudhuri6151]

@@americanprophet8013 what's finding Muslim got to do

[@americanprophet8013]

@@ritikachaudhuri6151 Poor Hungarian don't have the religion of peace there. Wonder why?

[@SuperPrototipas]

So you have seen and investigated every single EE country to make this conclusion?

[@danieloktovian9523]

I love Chinnese - Hungary , I'm Indonesian - American 😁😁😁❤️ I love Chinnese, Thailand and Korean

[@Fishball0423]

you love too much , abang~

[@mahbrum]

This is a very good video. I especially like the parts where the Chinese people are speaking Hungarian.

[@zsoltpapp3363]

East Asian immigrants are the best immigrants you can ask for. I am a Hungarian living in Prague, Czechia. Here arent many Chinese, but we have a great Vietnamese community. These ppl came here to work, most of them are business owners and are very respectful in every way. Even though its true that their first generation doesnt speak the language fluently, so they are living in a parallel society, but i never heard anything bad about them. They are already way better integrated then lets say the gypsies who live here since 500 yrs.

[@anthonycordina4185]

But it is Hungary. It is the Chinese people's responsibility to be open to and assimilate to the Hungarian culture, nott he Hungarian people's responsibility.

[@TheHighborn]

You have the right idea

[@anthonycordina4185]

@@yolandachen7094 Cry me a river. I know what 老外 means. I assume you do to. Can you explain why the Chinese people in this video refer to the native people as 老外 in their own country? Stop pretending that Chinese people are trying their best to integrate. And another question, how often do these Chinese immigrants in Hungary or anywhere else in the world protest their government to pressure China into accepting more immigrants? Why do you establish China towns when your goal is apparently to integrate?

[@anthonycordina4185]

@UCBGO07AXCtddR8HsC4BjAjg Of course personally you feel like China towns don't conflict with intent to integrate, you're Chinese. How many Hungarian towns does China have? or any other form of non-Chinese cultured area? You don't need to establish a China town in order to trade, there are no America Towns or Russia Towns, why not just trade where everyone else trades, why is it necessary to establish a China Town to trade? because it is cultural invasion and Chinese people don't and never have had any intention to integrate. Yes 老外 means not-Chinese, or not local, or foreigner, outsider and yes it is neutral, but you do not refer to people as 老外when you are in their homeland. You are the 老外。Thank you for this conversation I hope many of my Hungarian brothers and sisters are able to read this. Please let us continue.

[@flyboy2161]

@@anthonycordina4185 Agree with you......I'm Hungarian born Canadian...assimilated to my new Homeland that was my choice from many other opportunities.....I settled here.....made Canada my home....learned the language and do as Canadians do...just like in Rome.....I'm an old-timer...close to 80 and for second start in my life I have a Chinese Partner for life.....we get along tradition wise, we both appreciate each other's culture and learn from them. I'm sceptical about the teachings of the origin of Hungarians.....but I have great respect of the Oriental culture

[@Klassenfeind]

8:33 there he even said it, 老外，as if the Hungarian were foreigners in their own fucking country.

[@guanda76]

It's important for the society and people to be acceptance of one another differences, to learn and interact with one another. Maintain and share good values.

[@tropingreenhorn]

Very interesting piece

[@hugoherman3499]

Interesting video. I liked when he said that both sides are actually quite happy isolated- I think that happens with a lot of immigrant groups in Europe and that's why so many Europeans think that immigrants don't care about European culture and society and don't want to assimilate.

[@Crystalbomb321]

Super cool. Have never seen someone of Chinese ethnicity speak Hungarian. 😙

[@renishii6834]

My first knowledge of Hungary is from a book titled "The Bridge at Andau" by James Michener. I was like 15 years old then. Impressed by Hungary then, impressed now. I think Hungary is a good country with good people.

[@Pompom-xy3uu]

This is fascinating

[@kierunekdestynacja]

I am simple Pole. I see Hungary. I click it.

[@BariZolika]

Good video,likeable people.Defo they should keep their heritage and culture.They dont want to force us for their culture,we dont want to force them for our!This hungary.Very welcome who dont want force us for anything 💚😇🙏✌😘🇭🇺

[@lemlermark]

I liked the video it was intresting, and i would like to see something similar about the Vietnamese culture in hungary.

[@PrincessSakuno]

extremely interesting. I'm Australian born Chinese background person here, its always interesting to me how other Chinese diaspora and their kids live in their 'new' country.

[@XCashfull]

Nagyon aranyos a fiatal lány. :)

[@tingyuelin4972]

Koszonom

[@gabormongol7741]

@@tingyuelin4972 gyönyörü szép vagy 😘

[@sunipopovici3490]

@@tingyuelin4972 Hasonlitasz edesapadra es szebbre sikerultel,mint egy kinai lany...

[@saulvongutman]

@@tingyuelin4972 az én kínai tanárom hasonlít rád 😅

[@P.B0209]

Írta, egy lány még feljebb, hogy félig magyar félig kínai, legszebb lányok a magyarok és a kínaiak :) Ő duplán is szép :D

[@martinkullberg6718]

The girl looked cute and innocent. And I like the pronounciation of hungarian from the older woman like the o vowels. Its a Nice language. 🇭🇺

[@wyqtor]

The daughter was clearly speaking better though!

[@n34t]

The young girl speaks hungarian just like any other teenager raised in Hungary.