Emotional States | Learn Chinese Now

In this episode we look at Mandarin Chinese words for several different emotional states.
高興 Gāoxing Happy
興奮 Xīngfèn Excited
期待 Qīdài Anticipation/anticipating
傷心 Shāngxīn Sad/upset
心碎 Xīnsuì Broken Hearted
鬱悶 Yùmèn Depressed
失望 Shīwàng Disappointed
害怕 Hàipà Fear/fearful
生氣 Shēngqì Angry
我很...... Wǒ hěn.... I'm very.....
我有一點.... Wǒ yǒu yì diǎn..... I'm a little...... (I have a little.....)
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[@HillTopSeat5]

wow mandarin is such an intricate and beautiful language

[@innerwolf8]

Hey, I just wanted to say thank you very much. I took Chinese at my previous school last year, but after moving I was stuck with a school that didn't offer it as an option. I loved Chinese so much though, that I decided to continue learning it on my on as best as possible. Sometimes I get really depressed because I feel like I'm going nowhere, and it flat out sucks not having a teacher, but I always feel a lot better after watching your videos. They keep me determined to keep pushing. 谢谢！

[@breadman5048]

This might still be one of the best videos in emotions on YT

[@darrenc3979]

the torn beiber poster on the wall is a nice touch! good acting Karen and Ben!

[@irpacynot]

Is this series ever coming back?

[@irisx]

One of the very first words that was taught to my partner was 悲哀 and it really made an impact on him, because the mandarin teaching programme on the PC voiced it in a really hilarious and dramatic way. It's been a running joke with us ever since.

[@leoagaw]

幸福 is used when you are happy with your marriage. If you are happy with your marriage, u will say 我很幸福。 開心 means happy and 難過 means sad.

[@nagys36snn]

I really like how much work and story you put into it!

[@leem.7565]

Award winning acting! Oscar. I'm american and I LOVE the royals... Well, just Kate and Will and tikes...So precious!

[@vatnidd]

No one says 我是一點高興. In this case, 高興 is used as a noun, like in Spanish, when you say "I'm hungry", you say "Tengo hambre", which literally translates to "I have hunger".

[@thegreenpianist7683]

"so when you see the character for 'men' and a ridiculously complex character before it..." I'm dead XD

[@opalessense]

May i say this is one of my favorite episodes? My fave one is where Mike chen appears as someone's dad.

[@shep1582]

i have been watching you both for some time now and just wanted to praise you for your content and teaching style. Keep up the great work - extremely instructive.

[@adileone1993]

This video was so great xD Ben was hilarious and it was awesome to hear Karen speaking full sentences, helps to reinforce the point. Thanks! English people are so classy!

[@Golden4YT]

I loved this episode. It was comedic XD I love Ben and Karen! Great teachers and the taiwanese parts are great :) being taiwanese

[@Varizen87]

This was a great lesson. I think you guys should do a sequel. How would you say "I miss someone" or "I'm nervous?"

[@師父克林特]

great episode!! keep it up guys!!

[@diptotanchangya5963]

i loved this one! hope you guys will make more videos like this one!!!

[@jailbirdx0x]

Hi Ben, As far as I know, the qi dai for umbilical cord is qi2 dai4, and not qi1 dai4. That's why one should always practice correct tones to avoid misleading.

[@visithtplacewahid7869]

you frnd is giving you best gift

[@FrayRober]

Thanks a lot for this funny and so much useful lesson!

[@RSMaxxy]

O_O

[@sasutomato]

Hey I think im getting a hang of this

[@raquelfernandez5533]

I learned 开心 for happy and 难过 for sad. Are they synonyms or do they mean another "kind" of happy and sad?

[@CaNoNaDdIcT]

Karen's expression's so cute! lol

[@vatnidd]

Your criticism should be constructive. If not, they won't improve. So please tell us in what way is it silly?

[@caomei2542]

He did pronounce it with a qi2, didn't he? I thought he said that the way the Taiwanese pronounce anticipation is the same way they pronounce umbilical cord, both being qi2 dai4? Idk. lol

[@LiamGunes]

I think the correct emotion for the skateboard thing should have been "realistic".

[@allenyun8570]

Would it make sense if I were to say 我是一点高兴 instead of 我有一点高兴?

[@crystalpeng4485]

Allen Yun - the first sentence was kind of weird. No one say in that way. Maybe you can say ＂我是高興的＂ but when you want to add "一點＂ you have to use "有＂,like your second sentence - 我有一點高興

[@adileone1993]

I do! (and it's great)

[@learnchinesenow]

you must have watched some of it, since you seem to be on this page. ha ha

[@avs826]

Okay, wow, love the acting guys, but Karen was more convincing lol. This was a very funny video :)

[@epic0wnag]

this is a great video and "I can see your chi" lol

[@KeVtArO]

Karen's 心碎 can be seen by the destruction of Justin Beiber's poster. lol 哈哈

[@AnhNguyen-rd2vt]

love you guy so much

[@師父克林特]

ben the hot dog shirt is too awesome!! lmao

[@NinjaMafiaStudios]

funny how similar the pronunciation for energy 気 is similar to it's japanese counterpart. qi and ki.

[@michan6705]

kai xin gao xing whats the difference?

[@wildcrzyangel]

what exactly is 幸福? (as in when does one use it?) also some one asked this before me but in what context would you use 開心 and 難過? is it different degrees of happy and sad or synonyms? also what is the emotion when you are just feeling sort of indifferent? like the emotion Ben had towards Karen getting JB tickets or when Seth heard about the royal baby.

[@TheRainyAsian]

What about: 我还可以？

[@TheSuperlouloulou]

Ben's shirt... haha. I want one!

[@dumalun8388]

Whats w his shirt?

[@vatnidd]

They're mostly interchangeable.

[@b0r0g0ve]

I think the difference is very small, maybe if you talk about emotional states you can use both 傷心 and 難過, but if you talk about things and events, say, somebody tells you he lost his wallet and you want to show that you care you might say "Oh, that's so sad!". Then you'll say "噢，很難過！", not 傷心... Not sure :)

[@NZappletech]

Your acting is incredible. hahahaha.

[@TheSnorkeler]

the girl speaks fluent Chinese because she speaks it fast, those who pronounced it chopped and slowly are foreigners with a funny accent

[@vatnidd]

生氣 could also mean energetic as in 生氣勃勃.

[@kokococo6789]

期待，是一聲喔!! 我一直以來都念二聲，受教了!

[@lewisduffield6695]

A quick question open to anyone that can answer.... So Ben says wo hen both in third tone right? But I have learned that if you have two third tones together like this, or ni hao and such, the first word takes on the second tone, so it's more like wó hen. Like we use a and an. Is this right?

[@learnchinesenow]

+Lewis Duffield check out our video on the subject kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGrXnGClrKehaqs

[@amandalo6438]

lol the whole thing just looks like the old cheesy educational clips I use watch when I was little

[@TheDx917]

I love angry Ben XD this video is so funny !!

[@RThai12]

Haha whatever Ben did to those tickets , exactly what I would've done

[@humanbeing6714]

THE ACTING LEVEL MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD ahaha

[@juliasimons198]

LOL. I use some of your videos for my students (thank-you for the lack of cursing btw) but this one might be a little hard to send a link to... I love your videos but may I suggest not quitting your day job? The acting... well... um... Thank-you for the effort!

[@dana4902]

me too, funny and educational

[@melvinnlol]

isnt disappointed gufu?

[@matty543210098]

I know that she dosnt mean too but when Karen was talking about the Justin Heber tickets it sounded like she was kinda mocking mandarin.... Ag least I thought it was funny XD

[@Dudemar0]

I've only just realized that most of them have first tone then fourth

The last emotion ... of feeling happy on someone else's misery is called "Schadenfreude" in german. Is there a chinese equivalent?

[@gilbertoaltamirano4543]

It's called sadism in english

[@ellmatic]

Of course Germans have a special word for that. :D

[@owainlloyddavies7107]

Imagine the pain of being a map designer in Germany...cramming all the long names onto a small piece of paper

[@otabwill709]

Haha, great episode :)

[@changyingjushi8409]

Karen is so gorgeous!

[@ronnyboy6o]

This one could've used more simple example sentences... 我很失望！；）

[@adrianzondervan6521]

Ben, ni dei mai yi shuang yun dong xie

[@onefleetingsmile]

Could anyone pretty please tell me what does Ben answer when he gets the skateboard gift? Pinyin and translation would be awesome. I'm trying to learn and no teacher at the moment.

[@babymissy8078]

Huábǎn, zhèng shì wǒ xiǎng yào de. i'm not sure the last one. sorry

[@hiellobye]

didn't realizd you guys are quite funny.

[@Taricus]

LOL @ the torn Justin Bieber picture on the wall... XDDDD

[@randomfreakXP]

Forget about Justin Bieber! Hit-5 has five members, so if one of them have a girlfriend you have a backup bias. :3

[@AnalisandoSampa]

Wo hen gaoxin kan zhege yinpian.

[@jesimusicgirl119]

"Take a look at the character for yu" Me: …um no? … That's why I use simplified.

[@AlphizzleMusic]

My gosh Ben, how tall are you? I'd love to be your height. I'm only 5ft lol

[@spicy_wings5409]

wow this is old

[@bluefishtutors7656]

Excited role play pretty dumb. Americans love the British monarchy

[@adhd5865]

These are all Taiwanese characters. Art thou in Taiwan?

[@mystyredz]

Is it - Wǒ hěn xīng fèn or Wǒ hěn xìng fèn? Please help!!!!!!

[@adammiller6299]

It's xing1 fen4. Xing has two pronunciations depending on the meaning: xing 4, mostly when it means "feelings" (Gao1 xing4 happy), and Xing 1, mostly when it means "rising", or something is being built, (xing1 jian4 to build) .

[@vatnidd]

You'd say 我愛上了XXX, which means "I'm in love with XXX".

[@WintersunForever]

used to watch* I guess you didn't watch them well enough. :P

[@angelsalinas4075]

I love karen...

[@pokemonmalaque]

4 are Bieber fans.

[@vatnidd]

No one says 我是高興的. That's totally English grammar.

[@worldtravel101]

qi2? dai4? wow lol

[@thrillhouse4151]

Yeah they could've picked a more original name for that baby that's going to be in a scandal one day. Prince/King Mountaingar of England and Wales

[@jayramdahal3799]

hahaha

[@Avengekiller20]

Gotta say that was some horrendous acting. But still very funny!

[@weijizhu3729]

我很鬱悶

[@sniyut1037]

:-)