Learn Chinese in the 21st Century | Haiyan Fan | Haiyan Fan | TEDxOakLawn

[@desirachen4380]

Amazing! The first time that I, a native Chinese, come to understand my mother tongue better, and realize the beauty and fun inside. Proud of you, dear!

[@huberylyn6348]

Similar to English roots, how does increasing your knowledge of the language help you use the language? This is akin to understanding the function of cells in the human body, which to predicting human thought and behavior.

[@chiyau6498]

What a refreshing approach to learning Chinese...organically starting from the original 300 Oracle Bone Scripts! Not only have the entire Chinese language (with 50,000 unique characters) evolved from these ancient characters/scripts, but one of the first well-known Chinese Classics (I Ching) was also written in them. If the Chinese languange has evolved "naturally" from the 300 ancient scripts (the root) to today's 50,000 characters (the fruit), there must be a "good reason." The speaker through her engaging and entertaining lecture tells us why, which can be key to mastering the Chinese language...organically and intuitively.

[@quach8quach907]

It's the same in English. With a few handfuls of Latin and Greek words.

[@hambos]

OMG, I am speechless, these are the people the world needs! Imma cry

[@prototype225]

I haven't known anything about Chinese language before this video. Having seen it I realize that it is very interesting and unique language and the way it is written

[@JenniferBrick]

This was absolutely fascinating.

[@施凯文-j7w]

我认为最生动的，最有意思的，一种学习汉语的方法。演讲者的演讲水平也很生动

[@carolineliang7146]

It is really a very interesting and new approach. I have watched again and again and since then I observe and analyse all the chinese characters :)

[@chinestory2095]

I'd LOVE to have this translated to Chinese, and use the Chinese subtitle here, so that my mom and dad, aunt and uncle in China would understand.

[@pelademocraciareal]

Now you can! You can click on the video settings. Then, the automatic translation. There you will find many words. Within then, simplified and traditional Chinese :D

[@limedwardster]

so using |, two dots beside to form 小 ，尘，尖叫 ，示好，尔康 Using n (月 also indicate body )to expand into 朋 月 買胃肚肝脏 明用同 counter check with handphone keyboard as long 70% similar, software can give u answer.

[@TheBulletPointOfASoldier]

Its worthy learning. I quit my job, moved to China, spent 4 years learning mandarin.

[@siucon67]

So interesting and relatable Haiyan! the way you explained the character origins and included relatable references like Star Wars and Dr strange 😂👏. It was so good !! 👏

[@jianmingdong3124]

Fascinating way to learn Chinese! Engaging talk!

[@1000jacci]

Just "met" Haiyan at our local Toastmasters meeting in NW Arkansas. Excited she's in our area!

[@揭光平]

Hi! What do you call it, my name is Jie Guangping, I'm from China, I'm a beginner in the English language, if you don't mind, we can exchange language learning, you teach me English and I teach you Chinese🥰

[@danikadeva7207]

Great talk on a unique way to look at the Chinese language!

[@quach8quach907]

It's the same in English. A few handful Latin and Greek words make up the base of most words.

[@layzamedina1144]

best tedx talk i've ever seen.

[@vianissa]

This is absolutely great. Such a creative way of learning :)

[@JaneStoller]

Great job Haiyan!

[@derekpruitt9779]

Great Stuff Haiyan!! You're awesome at breaking down the Chinese Language!

[@micheleemmett373]

I loved the Ted Talk! What a great way to look at language.

[@chinestory2095]

Thanks, Ms. Emmett~

[@pelademocraciareal]

Absolutely amazing!

[@nhano7800]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Future-of-Xploration]

Excellent presentation. You are very creative Haiyan Fan!

[@AdrianaGirdler]

This was so fascinating!!!

[@jjcooks9673]

Amazing speech! Fascinating!

[@Lypno]

谢谢老师

[@KaysKreationsMC]

This was amazing ...loved it and learned so much !!!

[@bretonneTX]

Great speech! Really like your story.

[@OverallBuddies]

This was so interesting! Thank you for sharing!

[@amygarrenwarriorarmedwitht9127]

Awesome!

[@anastasiailina5910]

It's amazing! 辛苦了

[@maggieguo2501]

Great job!!!

[@mdhasibulislam42]

Superb

[@paulabiffignandigiannavola623]

Beautiful

[@Golem1988]

Chinese symbols represent words they mean... one line represents 1, and so on and then comes 4: 四 and then comes five: 五 and so on... I mean... That's just like saying all europeans have blue eyes based on 3 people. Offcourse there are many symbols representing things... I like umbrella 伞 and well... earth is funny: 土

[@quach8quach907]

土 That's a lump of clay on a potter's wheel.

[@ricardoricardo3232]

I just want to learn the most spoken language in the world. I already know 2. It be cool to Learn a other one.

[@komikuslucu785]

What is your first & second language, bro?(sorry for my bad English)

[@quach8quach907]

Ebonics doesn't count.

[@jyoram2369]

But in higher level like HSK6 this method does not work

[@sen-mik]

Ok, so what’s the name of the app to learn with this method? 😅

[@yulin4013]

Great job! Texas Fight! ;-)

[@antoniomarsicola8608]

alphabet is a much more efficient technology for writing, but i appreciate the poetry of chinese

[@quach8quach907]

No it isn't. Look at chess. Informant chess magazine re-invented figurine algebraic. ♘ instead of horse, knight, horseman, cavalry And that's just English. Now add another 100 alphabetic languages. logos and symbols are used all the time as they are more efficient than alphabets.

[@antoniomarsicola8608]

@@quach8quach907 you made exactly the point, horse horseman cavalry cavalier are different words. Also consider that abstract words are difficult to be represented by physical concepts, e.g. many women mean quarrelling in chinese. Why? Could you read ancient Egyptian writing if ideograms are so universal? Of course you can't. With 24 letters you can express all the words, you need many thousands of ideograms... This is just a better technology. Also consider in the end you use alphabet to express chinese concepts on technological devices. P.s. i am not english and you are not english, but we are communicating in a western language via alphabet writing

[@quach8quach907]

@@antoniomarsicola8608 You are not getting the point. instead of ♘ for all countries You need knight for English cavalier for French springer for German caballo for Spanish and on and on and on and on. We can use Chinese for all countries. 馬 That is a glyph of a horse. 4 legs and a tail, and an exaggeration of a mane. It is an EYE language, not an EAR language. It doesn't even need sound!

[@antoniomarsicola8608]

@@quach8quach907 sorry i see clearly a horse, not a knight, and your drawing doesn't show a horse nor a man it is very confused to me. Where is the man?

[@quach8quach907]

@@antoniomarsicola8608 You forget something. Languages are not even written. They are spoken. The printing press is very late in human history. Look at Ebonics. The French "putain" became "poontang", "pootytang". The French "beau'" as in "beauty" became "boo" (boyfriend). That is what you get with a sound language. That is what you get with Latin, it fractured into a dozen languages.

[@AD-vq1xm]

Her English is good 😅

[@joejoe8236]

i really feel bad for Chinese people and now i understand why Chinese people emphasize on memorization its a whole mentality. so in order to understand Chinese you first have to study the paleo roots of Chinese civilization to understand the idomeological symbology behind the meaning of Chinese characters or else abandon all hope. and this is considered a more simple way of learning Chinese. i feel like i am being trolled

[@quach8quach907]

Look at Latin. Latin fractured into a dozen languages. Chinese is so stable that OTHER countries adopted Chinese writing. Japan, Vietnam, Korea. Read the story of The Three Little Pigs.

[@srghma]

Here is a spoon of tar in your barrel of honey: uncle Hanzi said chinese language won't be popular until they abandon hanzi in favour to pinyin

[@quach8quach907]

Latin broke up into a dozen langues. That's why Europe is not united until NOW in the EU.

[@dogpiss2]

ngl what on earth have i just witnessed