i tried speaking Chinese for a day (disappointing lol)

[@melody2350]

As a native Chinese speaker, I think your Chinese is pretty good! The pronunciation and fluency is better than most people (I’ve watched) who did the same theme.

[@changgu2278]

but his pronuciation does have some accent, like cang for 长, it's a little bit hilarious😂

[@snakemaverick7183]

我觉得他是故意装不太会中文 🤔

[@babytae9530]

@@changgu2278 American accent thou lol

[@krystalannawilliams2653]

This is pretty cool

[@charitymusicandsongsOFFICIAL]

My chinese is trash too even though I am chinese X3

[@ethelchua6665]

for some reason, his vlogs are so relaxing. Like the editing and just everything

[@Naziamehak2001]

And his editing is getting better and better everytime 😌😌

[@ethelchua6665]

@@Naziamehak2001 so true! He's so good at editing eventhough he started youtube not long ago

[@Naziamehak2001]

@@ethelchua6665 IKR! 😌❤️

[@evodiebanza4288]

Fr!!!!!!!

[@gardenialiu]

yes!!

[@omorin5991]

every time i watch fred's vlogs, it makes me want to be productive, step out of my comfort zone and enjoy the little things in life.

[@Freddielooo]

You got dis

[@miku_x_nakano3607]

frr

[@AnimeArtest1]

omorii

[@sol1202]

Yea, same, which is crazy because I didn't even know him before this video

[@djulianofficial]

You got this bro 💪

[@gracie7189]

你中文說的挺好的呀～可以多講！也很喜歡你其他說英文的影片😆有些裡面分享生活大小事也讓人覺得很有趣！ from Taiwan的小粉絲

[@雪碧纤维]

说得很好啊！说英语的时候就有一种“随意”的感觉，超帅的！说中文的时候就变得好可爱啊哈哈哈哈！多说一点多说一点！😝😝

[@parulpaul3819]

Evelyn: posts a picture w someone wearing a grey hoodie fred: whos that Also fred: posts a story of him wearing a grey hoodie

[@psj9842]

Haha ikr

[@phxlihehe]

Sus

[@marianaaorz]

Fr

[@ridhimagurung4314]

but the hoodies are different

[@tayakokai777]

@@ridhimagurung4314 exactly

[@jjeonaiiv6759]

Fred: "sorry my Chinese is trash." *Me, who can't speak Chinese* "you're doing great sweetie"

[@brit7627]

exxactly lmao

[@gavintao1071]

As a Chinese born and raised in China, I really cannot tell he's a non native speaker

[@eleteshieylivan7747]

exactly... a chinese girl who cant speak chinese here 😔

[@FC-eh7ll]

@@gavintao1071 I think he sounds alright, it’s just the tones that are the tiniest bit off and a little bit of an American accent

[@Moomin_127]

@@eleteshieylivan7747 I can’t speak my language either I know the pain 😔✋

[@hobissprite2333]

Ok but fred’s singing at the end is everything😩

[@aprilflowers43]

what he sang was "you are my little star"

[@bummby6357]

@@aprilflowers43 wow thank you for translating

[@iwenyou009]

@@aprilflowers43 no, the song is “little apple” by the chopstick brothers

[@idontwannago]

@@iwenyou009 ya its little apple

[@yifpye8895]

8:16

[@AlanChikinChow]

ur chinese is good!!!

[@Thatoneactergirl]

Hiiii

[@yatingguan]

omg Hiiiiii

[@soyafang1250]

As a Chineses followers I’m so glad to see you speak in Chinese cause it just make me feel more close. ❤

[@pr4nce860]

你中文讲的很棒啊！自信点bro ！ 话说你的新头发好好看～ 期待你下一支的vlog～😁😁

[@倾听-e7v]

🥰🥰

[@tonyy9226]

Your Chinese sounds very natural, growing up in a Chinese family did build you the foundation that is difficult for the REAL second language learner to achieve. If you get chance to live in China for a year I bet you would be super fluent

[@kyluuh.939]

"if it doesnt challenge, it doesnt change you". I FELT THAT

[@ttsing_q]

i clicked on the video expecting some really broken Chinese, but ur Chinese is truly fluent, i couldn't even tell ur not a native speaker if it hadn't been for the background story lol

[@djulianofficial]

Yeah totally agree. He can communicate in chinese pretty fluent :O

[@fabneha2561]

Love the way every vlog has a advice or a quote 🙌🏻

[@SheisOlivia]

I truly appreciate how you are open and sincere in sharing your background and growing-up stories and being really positive about them. That actually means a lot and can inspire many people!

[@_kwin.py_]

Me, who doesn't know even 0.01% about mandarin language. Also me : he's speaking really well in chinese tho

[@paige172]

(2)

[@popopopkckckc6619]

As someone who speaks native chinese, he does speak really well HAHAHA if I dk him Ill probably not know that his chinese is bad (though is only he proclaims it to be)?

[@jienz1990]

中文讲得挺好的，发音虽然不算很准，但中国人都听得懂的。语言要多说才能更流利，加油。 Your Mandarin is actually pretty good. The pronunciation is not perfect, but understandable. The key to be fluent in a language is to use it more. Good luck!

[@marisawu3646]

I had the exact same experience as you except for the fact that I was born in Italy. There are many kids like us around the world! This is so mindblowing

[@yeloli-baiguangying]

but his born in America not China

[@J61616]

Your chinese is great fred, my dad's side of the family is fully chinese and i can't even speak as good as you 😁 although i can understand, i can't really converse.

[@JM-qo4om]

Thank God i can put to use the 14 years of studying Chinese, watching Fred’s vlog😌

[@sissizhan]

People asking JM: "why did you decide to learn Chinese?" JM replies:" to watch Fred's vlog"

[@JM-qo4om]

@@sissizhan HAHAGAHAHAH lmao😂😭 it was forced upon me tho😃 my parents enrolled me on a Chinese school since preschool

[@lejindaryjams]

@@JM-qo4om do you think it is useful? Because I’m thinking of learning it but afraid of how hard it is

[@JM-qo4om]

@@lejindaryjams If u see urself going into business, I think it would be useful. It's actually not that hard if you really want to learn the language :))

[@theogone1lin]

I know how to speak Chinese and English fluently but the language I want to learn is Korean

[@clairemin5254]

fred's vlogs are always so calming; from the cinematography, to the audio used as bgm- everything just screams serenity. also, this vlog somehow gave me war flashbacks of my chinese classes HAHAHHA tho your pronounciation and fluency in speaking mandarin is really good tho ;u;

[@gcfkoo9757]

fred’s deep voice when he started speaking chineseeeee

[@tailung9841]

It happens with all of us. When we speak Chinese our voice is deeper than in English.

[@faith2756]

@@tailung9841 Zhong Chenleeee, ni haoooo, is that you bestieee, lol.

[@djiedragon]

@@tailung9841 HAHA RIGHT ! my voice getting deeper when I speak chinese Dunno why

[@yeloli-baiguangying]

ikr, my voice is so soft when I speak english but in chinese----(lets not talk about that-）

[@djulianofficial]

For me it's the opposite. My voice is higher when speaking chinese 😂

[@YabaiUki]

Please make another speaking chinese in a day video ❤This was so relaxing to watch and different vibes ✨

[@Hispringbye]

How can a person be so adorable and cuteee at the same time🥺🤍 love watching ur videos fredd

[@_xiaotin8490]

你说中文好可爱哦😭😭💛

[@cutekitty9044]

You remind me so much of my best friend: she’s soooo athletic, she ripped two ligaments in her leg, snapped an ankle and still won a national tennis tournament with first place, goes to a trillion different sports clubs AND manages to keep up with school work. She’s really smart too and gets such good grades on top of all that, it’s concerning. I have mad respect for you and people like you 😔👏

[@happilytiffanie]

I enjoyed listening to you speak in Chinese. It was actually quite soothing. You have a nice tone and I hope you do more videos like this. Great video and good performance too. 😇

[@edenhuang819]

I speak Mandarin too so watching this felt nice 😊also the pronunciation is great

[@saml9346]

What a great way to practice your chinese and get out of your comfort zone! I must say that you're pronounciation is def better than most

[@billythebill2470]

Chinese sounds so relaxing !! Makes me want to try and learn a bit but it's so difficult to pronounce for me ://

[@fairynini]

it really is! you can start by trying to learn the basics first and in order to get the correct pronunciation try to see how native speakers speak and repeatedly listen to it. afterwards you can delve deeper into learning it. (i'm chinese so i learnt it since i was young but that's what i was told to people who are interested in learning it ^^)

[@Reree-gz5bg]

This!!! 大家好🌟

[@musaad9326]

I encourage you to start it, you'll never regret it

[@michaelkensington2494]

Try it. Im going to learn Mandarin. 👍

[@lemonchan4660]

Go try it!

[@jixiangtuxixi]

you wearing glasses is just everything 🥰 so cute when you speak Chinese ! 你中文很棒

[@zoeyl5241]

yesss with glasses

[@janezzajavier8885]

Fred's editing skills are so 🔥🔥🔥

[@impythondev]

I liked your post.... I'm learning english and chinese. I think chinese is the hardest languages but I like it. I'm going to learn korean later.

[@jannatdagar8458]

I don't know why but your vlogs or any type of other videos that you post are so relaxing. If my day is going really bad, you and your talks comforts me. and You sing really well :) you should do these types of videos. love ya :):)

[@belkishou429]

Freddd, your story is so similar to mine! 说实话我觉得你的中文不错，你回到中国不会被人欺负的，加油！我相信你可以变得更棒！btw finally someone I can relate to😭

[@pupu5501]

就算他不会说也不会被欺负啊

[@yeloli-baiguangying]

same...

[@liamey_gainz]

Honestly bro, your videos are just fun to watch and motivates me to do stuff, like school and talking to other people

[@Freddielooo]

[@julialandayan512]

I have been searching for someone to study Mandarin with and listening to you helps me study A LOT!!!! more mandari videos plss!!!!

[@flarefrenzys3046]

If you don't mind I'd love to practice with you, but you will have to pardon me in advance that my English is kind of poor XD

[@adalillychu3934]

One of my fav videos 😭 so funny and ur Chinese is rly good

[@LiuCandy]

語言只要聽得懂就好了~哪需要多好啦，而且你的中文表達很清楚呀~完全不會聽不懂 跟室友的互動好可愛呀W 唱歌的部分也超級可愛啦W

[@exeamu]

"i just looked at my homework for 10 minutes" ur such a mood ISTG

[@Fenghuang04]

*I dont know why but I really like it when you speak Chinese.. Or its just me addicted to reading subs lol.. .anyways u always look cute Fred* 😍♥️

[@omorin5991]

we all know that fred has a great voice, so please drop a cover song fred! T^T

[@nutella-u6j]

I knOOOw I bet he wouldn’t even have to try to sing good, his voice just naturally sounds so melodious and nice

[@xinwang4804]

中文讲得很好啊 ！ 赞！ 我的英文口语要是有你中文的书平就很欣慰了。

[@supreme87878]

Ok lah! No problem at all at being conversational. I had totally no problem in comprehending you, there are worst out there where i need subtitle to understand.

[@dein6013]

You're so good at video making and your editing like it's satisfying and asthetic at the same time 😌

[@oao-lol]

Omg ur Chinese is pretty good. Never thought about how good ur Chinese are! 🥳Especially ur pronunciation is literally amazing just like a native! It shocked me a lot.🤩

[@jessiechow796]

Why is no one talking about his beautiful vocals at the end of the video 😭😭

[@linglingtan167]

Your Chinese is pretty good, I mean so damn good

[@JoseLogan-l3]

I would love to learn too 😢

[@hongyo122]

His Chinese is very soft… I see speaking Chinese is so soft beautiful and lovely

[@顆顆-n5r]

你好劉文傑 我是你台灣的粉絲 超開心你用中文在影片裡說話！感覺好親切哈哈哈 你講中文有種馬來西亞人講普通話的口音😆！很可愛

[@marburg8697]

Tbh比马来西亚口音好很多

[@中泰竹木制品]

哈，我是福建人，我听着像北方口音😃(稍微标准一点的发音在我看来都是北方口音！)

[@boyiyelcham2630]

大家猜猜他的口音 老家是哪個省的

[@marburg8697]

He should speak Cantonese

[@mirakoo]

@@boyiyelcham2630 好像是长沙人hhhh

[@craymiev]

I have a mandarin class this sem so this helps a lot hearing you speak Chinese, so I could learn the accent a little. YOUR CHINESE ACCENT THO. I CAN'T. 💜 PLEASE POST MORE.

[@bricktubestudios3976]

This was one of my favorite videos! I would love more Chinese Also your little motivation stories on instagram are more meaningful than you think

[@zoej810]

Like really.. your Chinese is perfect. As an ABC, it’s so hard to know ppl that knows Chinese that well.

[@daisydaisy8332]

Be confident!Your Chinese is really good!

[@Kokostrwbrry]

I struggle speaking spanish when its literally my mother language, it’s embarrassing 😭

[@Freddielooo]

It’s okay, we’re in this together 🙏🏻

[@chanisfoive6203]

stayyyy!!

[@06082-t]

same, like sometimes I forgot a word to talk in my mother language. So I have to add English words to the conversation:((((

[@jezzelrenderos5047]

Sameeee 🥲

[@MilkTeaReader]

Me with Tagalog so I opt for the Taglish option

[@em-rr9bg]

你說中國語的時候 有種 中文裏帶有美國音色的感覺 不過已經很棒了~~ 嘻嘻❤

[@exchan354]

Love when he speak Chinese. His authentic chinese sounds so good. Like where ever his Chinese area is from

[@felixwijayateguh8608]

Me as a native chinese speaker as well, your chinese is very fluent, i understood everything you said and your yin diao is very good as well.

[@marianarroyave4509]

The first time i´ve seen a video of his and i´m pretty much in love, this was a nice reminder i have to improve my chinese, and get my homework done

[@exeamu]

so obsessed with your editing like...I COULD BINGE UR VIDS FOR HOURSSS AND NOT GET BORED (also wtf how am i so early omg

[@aybotaserik619]

多出一点中文vlog可以吗 太喜欢了！！！！

[@previouscharlie]

i approve of this idea!!!

[@toriatyt1386]

中文其实很不错了，而且口音很可爱！

[@louise8571]

I think your Chinese ability is okay for daily life and that’s enough, cuz it’s your second language(I think English is your mother tongue😂), think about that a lot of people can’t use two languages as well. I'm learning English now but I never worried about my grammar, because I know most of my friends will kindly to me.

[@deyuanhomh7144]

讲真的 你的中文听起来很棒了 比起许多外国人 如果只是听声音 我需要听一段时间才能听出端倪 很多的发音十分的标准

[@itsannkuo]

Omg the way u speak Chinese is so adorable Fred lol

[@Alexa-ul8vb]

His videos are so satisfying , relaxing and entertaining....i just love them

[@loved2611]

"if it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you" ++ I knew it he has a nice voice 😩💙

[@mori1938]

nah bro ur chinese is so good, i’ve been learning it probably my whole life and it still sucks. its prob cuz i never actually went to china and studied it (i’m just in a chinese filipino school), i’m planning to stay in china for a couple months to learn more!

[@jeffy164m.4]

第一：你剪了頭髮很帥！ 第二：你笑起來的時候很可愛 第三：你中文沒有問題呀！很好聽！ 請你多拍吧！ i hope you can read chinese :)

[@anhtran2303]

我不是中国人，但是我每天都努力学习中文，因为在我的国家会说中文给我很多工作机会

[@肖肖江-h3g]

加油

[@anthonyzhang1649]

加油哦！

[@mozhou5093]

请问你是哪个国家的人

[@anhtran2303]

@@mozhou5093 我是越南人

[@boyiyelcham2630]

加油，努力就一定會進步的

[@hyunhyun167]

其實你中文說的很好，聲音也好聽☺️

[@hazellellelel450]

pls be safe always flu, u inspire me a lot! thank u so much ♡

[@supergiiiihejrjrjrrl]

I love some langs and of course Chinese is one of my favs , xiexie for this video.

[@milkmia309]

this video so calm omg i love it, thank u for video

[@Bomiiao]

我很喜欢

[@kath2666]

最后少了个“你”😳

[@o_o9397]

You?

[@annazhu7016]

hh我也

[@maturecheese9688]

哈哈哈你们都普通话真好的。

[@suibianslaopo]

喜欢谁呢？

[@q-annalim6855]

Wow I wasn't ready for that zheng zong accent. Would love to see more videos like this! KZbin has become my main go-to for learning Chinese :")

[@changgu2278]

youtube is also my first go-to for English learning 😂 born and rasied in China

[@leen9331]

I don’t know why but your videos are really relaxing, your editing skills getting better every time!

[@bl9081]

"if it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you" dang alright wow

[@mai5532]

please post more videos speaking chinese!! i'm learning it and it helps a lot

[@anY-ol7gu]

其實你的中文不差ㄚ而且講起來很可愛 影片剪得很有質感！希望可以多出這種說國語的影片 from Taiwan

[@kingofmsg3470]

still China

[@grassy7869]

@@kingofmsg3470 yeah of course because they're the Republic of China lol

[@kingofmsg3470]

@@grassy7869 Fun fact the Republic of China was destroyed by the People's Republic of China on December 7, 1949,Now Taiwan is just a province of the People's Republic of China I'm sorry for your ignorance.🤣🤣🤣

[@noina4293]

台湾是一个国家。😘

[@howardlam6181]

@@kingofmsg3470 excecpt that they had absolutely no soverignty over Taiwan.

[@reeen3007]

“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you” - Fred, 2021

[@elssidney]

this video is going to be my mandarin class for the next few weeks to improve my mandarin skills and learn something new

[@donatellazappala9456]

I've been studying Chinese for 4 years now and I think he's amazing hahaha I wish I was as fluent as him 😭😭

[@ansonuuu]

Although I am from China, your mandarin is far better than me as I use Cantonese as my first language. My second language is hokkien. I started to speak mandarin five years ago when I entered university as most people in China can't understand my first and second language.

[@yoonjung-hwa6511]

Fred, your Chinese and editing skills are pretty good. Love watching your videos. You're so humble and polite

[@julienne6346]

It's amazing how he either sets up or holds the camera, shoots some inserts, and edit the vid. All on his own? 🙌

[@wordjumper2713]

It's still amazing you are able to speak Mandarin due to the environment, for my case, most Chinese in Malaysia are kinda still able to speak dialect as well. My parents send me to chinese primary school for education and they speak mandarin with me, I only understand Cantonese beside Mandarin. AT least you can speak better than some Chinese in Malaysia or Singapore lol

[@delphinoula62]

welcome to the club. You know when everybody repeats what you say and there is no light of recognition coming. I am pretty sure you are way out…. on a native speaking level!

[@tsyrying7729]

ur chinese is literaly very good ,like its better than most people

[@ukpkmkk8409]

6:27 the moment Stanley laugh so hard , because William said 他很快(he’s trying to say he is fast) , but that word in Chinese means that he is a minute boy, that’s so hilarious hahahaha!!

[@DanielZhang-xu8qu]

You’re wrong. It doesn’t directly translate to “minute boy”, the direct translation is: “he is fast”, but you can inferr from what he said that he’s a ‘minute boy’.

[@fairynini]

@@DanielZhang-xu8qu yeah that's what it actually means-

[@ukpkmkk8409]

@@DanielZhang-xu8qu Yep, it is not directly translate into “minute boy”, but in China , when you said that , usually most of the young dude in China would think in that way, so fewer people would said like that. Stanley comes from China, so he know the punchline . It is more like a meme which is used during the young.

[@jy-gb3nh]

Fred your Chinese is good haha, 你的中文挺好的！ More Chinese vlogs pls lol

[@iqnawae]

7:39 let’s just ignore the wrong lyrics fred wrote 😭✋🏻 PS: 你的中文很棒 加油🤙🏻

[@lonelybanditband1349]

Dig it :) I'm trying to learn Chinese and finally I understand most of what is said in the video. Funny too XD

[@jjgoldy]

Fred I love this video, can you do more of these chinese videos in the future. I enjoyed it alot

[@itsolivia3308]

你的中文已经很棒了！😆很喜欢这只vlog，期待下一次再听你说中文！

[@yixin3663]

Love this topic ahahahah your accent is just so cute hahahahha ‘我是个大笨蛋“🤣🤣

[@Aseelll.77]

He’s vlogs makes me feel warm and safe 🤎.

[@Aseelll.77]

His *

[@JunAbroad]

PLEASEEEE DO MORE VLOGS IN MANDARIN, I am truly learning from scratch and my teacher said hearing someone physically attractive is going to make the process smoother haha

[@allisonma923]

very fluent and native! just be confident!