Listen To These 25 Different Chinese Dialects

Chinese spoken language has hundreds of dialects that vary depending on one's home province, city, and even county. In this video, I ask passers by in Yangshuo to teach me how to say, "你吃饭了吗?" (Have you eaten?) in their local dialect.
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[@jiesentoh3170]

In Malaysia we greet with friends like, "eh u haven't die ah?!".

[@XianWangTheo]

eh? lu be si ge ho?

[@butterworthdaniel6363]

Can't agree more..

[@erwinnerwin]

This make me laugh so hard 😂

[@hayleynguyen6341]

Lol

[@sif_2799]

In German there's a greeting that's similar "na you're still alive too"?

[@julienfu3541]

I can hardly understand the dialect of my neighbor town.

[@Monkeyabroad]

lol, What's your hometown?

[@WingChunBoyz]

Julien Fu Foshan?

[@julienfu3541]

@@WingChunBoyz yeah correct

[@jamesonlee2478]

@@Monkeyabroad I cannot understand my neighbor Town too,from Huanggang hubei

[@guangxiandong5891]

Even my mom doesn't greet in this food related style. It is already outdated.

[@somno6878]

There are 10 major language groups in Chinese language, and over 800 classified Han Chinese dialects. There must be more unrecognised ones.

[@Monkeyabroad]

Thanks for watching

[@nginluboupamai5153]

May be some chinese dialects can be found in north east india....😂😂

[@felicaheks-marvin7877]

Maybe 800 dialects have more subdialects.

[@chyngyzsupuev]

OMG 😱

[@somno6878]

Feliĉa Rono. 펠리챠 로노. ⵔⴰⵡⵏⵓ. So true

[@hasseloo4563]

1:22 how do I train my cat to just lay on my shoulders without killing me

[@huangsimon935]

let u wife try first~

[@DieFlabbergast]

*lie on my shoulders

[@DisabledAccount____]

@@DieFlabbergast *lay on my shoulders

[@doggyhotpot]

Lucas Penchaszadeh it’s lie

[@hwaiting6759]

My fat lazy cat would literally scratch me the moment i carry him up.

[@2prize]

3:47 I had to pause that's breathtaking

[@user-mq6fu6ou4f]

You are breathtaking.

[@Monkeyabroad]

Thanks :) shot this sunrise with a drone last Friday morning

[@2prize]

@@user-mq6fu6ou4f you're all breathtaking

[@crescentcompe8289]

@@2prize hahaha, keanu on E3

[@samirrossi4887]

Is that in Guilin? Becuse i'm going there soon 😄

[@stephaniechang9183]

As a Chinese, I think have you eaten is not a greeting in China...

[@c.j.5238]

Only in the villages will work

[@Chicken_o7]

I mean, if you say it, it wouldn't be weird, but it's true that it's not really that common.

[@dannali7492]

It's become a popular urban myth. I mean if you say it to someone you know well right before meal time it's fine. But if it's like 4pm and you ask someone that they'll probably be like, lunch or dinner?

[@leaillex]

My French teach though that 你好meant 'have you eaten' and insisted that we (7 Chinese kids) were wrong. This was a normal school in Canada.

[@angelaw1195]

Ikr

[@lunchmoney1114]

Have you eaten yet in Beijing accent 101 : CHURR LA MAA

[@juliette7151]

hahahahaa

[@jaydenli6709]

Omg XD

[@albertdittel8898]

I have been living in Beijing and I speak Mandarin and there aren't any Chinese people as hard to understand as Lao Beijing Taxi drivers, because they don't speak, they just grunt and burp. When Chinese people tell you that Bejingers speak the best Putonghua and the "Southerners" speak bad Putonghua, don't believe them! When southerners speak putonghua, they maybe have an accent, but at least you can perceive different syllables... And the finest anchorman-like putonghua is spoken by well educated southerners studying at one of Beijings universities.

[@lunar_python8359]

@@albertdittel8898 I personally don't believe you should say there is such a thing as "good Putonghua" and "bad Putonghua". It's simply a different accent. If you compare Beijing and Taiwan accents, you will find a huge difference, but there isn't necessarily a good or bad. I've heard people say that the accent in Taiwan is very light and sweet, but I've also heard the accent being called girly. I've heard people call the Beijing accent correct and proper, but that it's also very in-your-face and loud. There really isn't a "good Putonghua" in my opinion.

[@beijingbacon2389]

I'm dead 😂🤣🤣😭

[@mari-ky8jo]

That guy at 1:22 with his cat... ICONIC. 太可爱了！

[@user-vi2vr1dp7w]

我也可爱了，哈哈哈

[@PP-vf1kx]

Suga Meets Salt And The Whole World Turns Upside Down

[@elvis11241]

我比較好奇怎麼做到的XDD

[@thunderdragon555]

@@user-vi2vr1dp7w 不要脸

[@Apetitegirly]

@@user-vi2vr1dp7w 给我看看

[@zmfighter1892]

I came from Hubei Province, I can't understand the language of people in Fujian Province.even one single word..

[@smallapple-2834]

I heard in China there people couldn't access social media such as KZbin ? But why you able to access it?

[@user-vw8xm6jq3t]

@@smallapple-2834 Internet in some universities、institutions and enterprises is free and rid of the great firewall. We can also purchase legal VPN service to access blocked websites.

[@smallapple-2834]

@@user-vw8xm6jq3t Oh I see ... 谢谢你

[@mrbutterfluff1881]

Which one is fujian province?

[@whysofish8038]

@@mrbutterfluff1881 It's on the southeast coast, on the northeast of Guangdong province.

[@alcgda]

I love your admiration for Chinese culture and the people! Proud Taishanese here!!

[@Monkeyabroad]

Thanks for watching

[@szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp9821]

@@Monkeyabroad How come you don't have Southern accent?? Since you're from Tx.

[@williamj.greene5682]

My wife is from Nanning, Guangxi. Went to school in Guilin. Can't wait to get back over there. Love it! Nice video! Thanks for sharing it.

[@Monkeyabroad]

Thanks for watching!

[@andyl9658]

Urban Guilin has really deteriorated over recent years- although much of the scenery remains quite beautiful.

[@lenl8004]

I love nanning

[@seanspartan2023]

My favorite Chinese greeting among friends they haven't seen in a while is "ni pang le" 你胖了 (you got fat) 😊

[@dehydratedbhojpure7492]

I hate how my name means fat

[@ChineseHandwriting]

哈哈哈，you bad bad 你坏坏

[@candycandie456]

”你老了” 😂

[@cannonf_odder3041]

Sean Spartan literally the first thing my relatives during cny

[@stephaniezhao8294]

Ooof I felt this 😂 literally went to China last year to see relatives and that’s the first thing they said to me

[@a92910]

I'm from Taiwan. My grandparents' generation use "Have you eaten?" for greeting in Taiwanese(kinda like South Fukien dialect, which is used in specific area). It is because in old time, there were wars and natural hazards or bad economy, lots of people suffered from hunger. So asking "Have you eaten?" is a way to show sincere and care. Some villages or old people still use it now. Just like English speakers like to talk about weather 😂

[@willharbison7861]

Chia PA boe

[@shastasilverchairsg]

Ni Jiak Ba Buay?

[@user-sq1kz3ow3k]

顶上去让很更多人看到 ，前面出生在改革开放后的年轻人对历史一无所知！

[@deepdark795]

@@user-sq1kz3ow3k 知道咱中国人以前穷很牛吗？

[@obiwan88]

​@@deepdark795 "那些拒绝学习历史的人，将会被迫重蹈历史的覆辙"。

[@zhangsc91]

Great video! Loved how you presented the vastness of Chinese dialects on different scales, and really put things in perspective. Plus, the footage, editing and message are just wholesome! It’s really a feat to bring such a wide variety of people closer together, linguistically and culturally. You said it better than a lot of state propaganda lol.

[@Corey-dk3xi]

Another Texan! DFW studying in Taipei here. Good luck!

[@awakening333]

"Have you eaten" is a common greeting for Chinese in south China (Two Guang) in the past for sure, despite what other Chinese here that claimed otherwise. The latter could be born in the recent three decades and did not follow tradition religiously or born in northern part of China or simply not aware.

[@iampetz]

Yeah, in the south. The issue other people are having is he's speaking as if it's common for China as a whole, which it's not.

[@iceomistar4302]

Northern Chinese don't greet eachother they just yell

[@dodo-eu6ox]

Northern Chinese also greet with “have you eaten”, but the younger generation don’t

[@xberttraveler2032]

Great video Kevin. It really shows the diversity.

[@nightdipper5023]

Your NYC accent sounds like an Italian mafia in Hollywood film😂

[@evan2557]

Weiyi Bao 我还以为他是澳洲口音哦，，

[@HaoNguyen-nl3fz]

well, new york used to be controlled by italian mafias.

[@jeffreyzhao1535]

Mama mia

[@emilt.m.6418]

@@HaoNguyen-nl3fz new yawrk* ;)

[@iisophiex3]

haha its funny how people think thats waht New Yorkers sound. I was born and raised in NYC and we dotn speak like that. It reminds me of the West Side Story.

[@Gary1q2]

i love this video, i watched it a while back and was searching all through my watch history and finally found it yay

[@amj.composer]

The dude with the kitty on his shoulders. So damn cute.

[@benfoulkes83]

Great video! I live in Shenzhen and most of the people I meet are from different parts of China. Really cool to think about all of the different dialects in one city.

[@Monkeyabroad]

Yo man, thanks for watching. I've visited Shenzhen a couple times. Since the city is only about as old as I am, there are virtually no Shenzhen-nese people; it's nuts how every single person there is from some other part of China.

[@user-ph4yz4rk7k]

honestly i lived in china for over 16 years and not once did someone ask me if ive had dinner. edit: i meant other than my family. but in that case it's not a greeting. they want to know if i need more food.

[@angelhero89]

山东人表示我们那边见面都会说“吃了吗？”，但一般是在饭点左右见面的时候会这样讲。如果不是饭点，比如上午十点或者下午三点，会说“上哪儿去？”

[@TheBrianp1]

As a fat guy, the answer to the question if I need more food, it's yes. It's always yes.

[@user-ph4yz4rk7k]

@@TheBrianp1 I love food too but sometimes they overkill. Like three plates of seafood, a plate of pork liver and 20 dumplings is just too much. At that point I'm just stuffing myself to make my grandma happy.

[@jovialteguh5006]

@@user-ph4yz4rk7k hows the people and the atmosphere there in China?

[@craigmitchell4407]

@@user-ph4yz4rk7k I am a 200 lb. man. What always amazes me eating in China is I get so full I can't take another bite and then watch these 90 lb. Chinese girls continue to eat everything except their chopsticks.

[@jishunzhou828]

Great interesting video thrown out here as always! Great job Kevin!

[@EricReprid]

Love the video bro 🤘🤘

[@ziqi8985]

omg the first Chinese guy is from Xiaogan, Hubei. That's where I'm from too!! Miss my hometown and my dialect!!

[@lixixilin]

dude i have to say the KZbin algorithm is some magical thing that has brought me to your videos. Great works here!

[@jono_bates]

Ah! Loved this. I find these types of videos so interesting! Thanks :)

[@fairlymoon448]

That is so cool, i love hearing the different chinese dialects! Especially since even within my family the older generation speak like 4 different dialects. But there's so many more, the Jiangsu one is coooool!

[@user-uj8re8fv8c]

2:37紋身師傅紋的兩個字笑死我了

[@Jennwengg]

Ahh, I speak Teochew (the dialect from Chaozhou Guangdong). I wasn't expecting to actually hear it spoken in this video haha. It's always so interesting to hear all the dialects out there

[@SuccessforLifester]

Ka kee nan

[@Jennwengg]

@@actimols True, surprisingly I've actually met a quite a few Teochew ppl in Australia. But most of them speak with different accents (not the Chaozhou dialect)

[@wallie356]

Jenny Wong?

[@peaxches]

ayyyyeee teochew fam

[@enicnarfxbella]

@@Jennwengg Oh cool, I'm also teochew but am living in Australia! Where're you based?

[@hillvalent]

Love the way you present your video...keep up the good works...

[@vertigq5126]

This was cool man, thanks for sharing! God bless you :)

[@designthedays]

This is great. Hope to visit China really soon!

[@Monkeyabroad]

Thanks man, you should def visit

[@MEN101]

Those cats made this video even better 🐱 😺😼 hope you’re doing great Kevin

[@FitzpatrickSD]

This was a good one! Very interesting!

[@cicimandarinchinese9133]

Awesome! Super enjoyable video man! I love studying all of the languages and dialects represented here in China.

[@araaijmakers8024]

Me, who only knows "ni hao": *_CHINESE IS CHINESE_*

[@rubixpsyche7021]

Know basic can already bLEASE dont ask me for anymore

[@lawrencewei3583]

Apologies please

[@araaijmakers8024]

@@lawrencewei3583 well sorry it was just a joke

[@franco912]

@@araaijmakers8024 Whatever RICE is RICE.

[@TheDaysEnd]

Ni hao ma.

[@dheaismaxx]

It’s also the same thing with the Philippines. Tagalog is like our Mandarin. So if you want to communicate with everyone here, it’s useful to learn Tagalog because everyone can speak and understand it. But we have more or less 82 spoken dialects/language all throughout the country. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk

[@belizeguy]

This is an amazing video. Thanks!

[@nangofficialchannel1593]

Interesting video! THanks so much!

[@Marinn1993]

I studied mandarin in college (But lost interest) but my parents can speak Chaozhou dialect cause both sides of the family came from Guangdong (I'm Thai). If you can speak Chaozhou dialect, you can communicate with lots of people in South East Asia.

[@wagenlowyikhang7019]

because Chaozhou dialect is a branch of Hokkien dialect, and tons of people in SEA speaks Hokkien

[@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263]

@@wagenlowyikhang7019 no bro, we can't understand it XD.

[@wagenlowyikhang7019]

@@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 I'm addressing Chinese descendants

[@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263]

@@wagenlowyikhang7019 I myself speaks hokkien bro. After doing some research by comparison with Japanese Kanji counterpart. Teochew seems like is actually even earlier version of Min language.

[@gamechanger8908]

Here in the Philippines Hokkien is one of the main Chinese dialects here, since most of the Chinese population come from Fujian province which also speak Hokkien.

[@OcramSheep]

In Hong Kong. We just say "wai !"

[@nadiaparkins6034]

I also hear that a lot in Guiyang

[@lakekinglong1819]

In mainland China, wai is generally used in the telephone.

[@wackywong]

喂 is used for on the phone. It's really rude to say it in person.

[@kclee6968]

"Wai" is not a greeting. It's used when you want to get someone's attention in order to ask a question.

[@wackywong]

@@kclee6968 You don't use "wai" to ask a question. To ask a question use: 唔好意思 (m hou ji si, sorry to bother) 唔該 (m goi, please) or 請問 (ceng man, may I ask) Again, use "wai" _only_ on the telephone.

[@tdrawup]

This was so interesting Great Vid

[@krissroxxy]

great video!

[@stickersdogcat42]

Linguistically speaking some ARE different languages, not "dialects." A Mandarin speaker can't understand a Cantonese speaker. Although politically they are called dialects. It's like saying French, Spanish, English, German etc are dialects of the EU.

[@rickyismail4096]

I think so

[@nikserof2183]

I agree. As a Cantonese speaker who also speaks Mandarin, I find it irksome when people consider different Chinese languages as merely dialects of each other. I think it began with the incorrect interpretation and mis-translation of the term "方言".

[@chairmanimao7982]

stickersdogcat42 disagree, Cantonese is dialect because if write down the words it is same as Mandarin the standardized Chinese language. I suggest you check with native Cantonese speaker for their opinion.

[@stickersdogcat42]

@@chairmanimao7982 Notice I said "speaker" Im talking about the spoken language not written.

[@huiboon54]

@@chairmanimao7982 from what i know, written cantonese and written mandarin are very different, though. For e.g., to a native mandarin speaker/writer, 乜嘢 (cantonese) would make no sense. Rather, the same word would be 什麼 in mandarin. I dont study linguistics, but if we say that mandarin and cantonese are the same language because they both use chinese characters, wouldnt this be similar to saying that european languages that descended from the same language branch, and which similarly use latin alphabets, are the same? Someone please advice.

[@Jumpoable]

Thank you for showcasing the diverse Chinese languages! (the preferred linguistic term is actually "topolects). The mother from Lipu County, Guilin said [kit] for 吃 ! That's almost like the Japanese reading for the character! Wow, super archaic pronunciation (most Mandarin languages will pronounce that as "chi" from southern [tzz] to a northern [chrrrr]. The Cantonese guy from Yanggang said [haak]/ [hyak] which was also super interesting. Standard Cantonese (basically the Guangzhou dialect spoken in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and even in Nanning, the capital of the neighbouring province of Guangxi) pronounces 吃 as [hek]. But we usually just use 食 [sik] for the word "eat" & to use [hek] is considered slightly rural & uncouth LOL. Although the slang term [yak] is probably 吃 as well.

[@HowardZed]

Good shit mate. Keep dem contents coming!

[@Monkeyabroad]

Thank you

[@limbunhang8568]

I finally found my family dialect through this vid😭. Thank you so much ❤️🙏

[@tsunderenekokun]

Fun fact: most of these dialects are varieties/ dialects of mandarin, and fall in the branch of mandarin, hence bearing a lot of similarities to standard mandarin. However, varieties of Cantonese, and entirely different language of mandarin which falls under an entirely different branch of the Chinese languages, can also be heard here, since this video was filmed in guangxi. I’m a Hong Konger, and surprisingly they’re more easier to understand than the other varieties of mandarin. Maybe it’s cus of how Cantonese can only be found in the south and isn’t that spread out unlike the mandarin branch.

[@habibcicero3833]

well yea u would have to go to southern china if you wanted to hear more different Chinese language groups, the north is entirely mandarin speaking

[@tsunderenekokun]

@@habibcicero3833 but this video happens to be in the south…… maybe everyone speaks only mandarin thanks to the policies and Cantonese being discouraged lol

[@habibcicero3833]

@@tsunderenekokun discouraged is an understatement, us southerners are allowing our languages to be banned and wiped out, leading to the death of our cultures and identities im taishanese, hokkien, and cantonese and all three of my peoples are being shit on by the ccp

[@tsunderenekokun]

@@habibcicero3833 ik…. I just didnt really realise how extreme the bans are.

[@92fan2]

2:37 The tatoo says“Hangzhou people son of a b*tch” lol

[@McMurchie]

AMAZING use of background music, 吃了

[@XDWendyXP]

Very educational video! Thumbs up!

[@andrewliu7958]

Typically, we say hello first and then say “have u eaten yet?” as a sign of sincerity. Idk about strangers, but that’s what I do with my family.

[@Andrew-X]

Alex Meng said: I'm from Taiwan. My grandparents' generation use "Have you eaten?" for greeting in Taiwanese(kinda like South Fukien dialect, which is used in specific area). It is because in old time, there were wars and natural hazards or bad economy, lots of people suffered from hunger. So asking "Have you eaten?" is a way to show sincere and care. Some villages or old people still use it now. Just like English speakers like to talk about whether😂

[@raincomesflowersbloom]

Um, sir, you have overwhelmed me in over twenty-five dialects.

[@rosiecalvo8712]

Great video, had no idea china was so diverse with regards to dialects !!

[@banniwang7010]

Wow that’s fantastic!!! Thank you for your efforts. The mountain is so beautiful 😍 as a Chinese I haven’t even been there

[@Adam-jo3tr]

Wow this was such a cool video. For someone who's trying to learn Chinese, I've been putting a lot of emphasis on getting each sound right and all that, but it's clear that so much of the language, written and spoken varies throughout the country

[@liwenz2668]

1:17 that's the dialect of my father (teochew) i believe, i can barely understand it lol

[@onceflewup8413]

in Chinese, it is “潮汕”or“潮州”。

[@ashd1641]

My mums teochew lol it sounds funny but I understand like 50%

[@owlblocksdavid4955]

@@ashd1641 probably cause your mom speaks it.

[@Dovid2000]

Great video!

[@euni_yum]

Great video for understanding chinese dialect!

[@Patrick-tm7fk]

I'm from Chaoshan area and I speak Teochew!! It's nice to hear the dialect from my hometown. Thanks!

[@glennchiang4724]

胶己人

[@SuccessforLifester]

Ka kee nan

[@joethesimple685]

These dialects made me crave for Chinese foods even more! 😁

[@greasyclaybrainedfootlicker]

Love this

[@chasetsai8500]

That’s a really awesome video.

[@ama7175]

1:23 the dude with the cat on his shoulder is a mood lmao

[@liongkienfai104]

My family's from Indonesia and we speak mainly speak Cantonese and Teochew. Some of us speak Hakka and Mandarin as well, but they're not often used. 我家人來自印尼。 我們常常用廣東話和潮州話。 還有一些人會客家話和普通話， 可是在家裏沒用。

[@ZK_Avenger]

It's rare to see Chinese people in Indonesia that still can speak Chinese language tbh

[@McMurchie]

This video definitely earned my subscription, I genuinely find it so amazing that within the space of 10 years the amount of interest in China and fluent speaking lao wai has sky rocketed by several orders of magnitude. What does the future hold for China and it's place in the world?

[@keninomaru]

I really appreciate this as someone who speaks multiple chinese dialects

[@harrylouw2511]

My grandparents from my Dad were from Chaozhou. I live in Indonesia. I basically speak the same language as that guy from Chaozhou. Le Ciak Bue : you eat yet? Have u eaten yet?. Great video Kevin.

[@SuccessforLifester]

Ka ki nan

[@liongkienfai104]

Mines too. From Khuntien (Pontianak, Borneo)

[@hingzai6689]

Ka ki nan 🤗🤗🤗

[@keithkee8999]

Southern China has many dialects. My dad is Teochew & mom is Hakka and I can speak both. I have been living in your home state for years. Perhaps before even you were born .. LOL. Love your videos. You don’t have southern drawl or lost your Texan 😁

[@SuccessforLifester]

Ka kee nan

[@keithkee8999]

Sean phak xi boh xiang gan 😆

[@SuccessforLifester]

@@keithkee8999 Ka Chng Ang Ang

[@keithkee8999]

Sean haha .. TMI 😆

[@Bluepanda555]

And I also noticed that while asking questions some Chinese dialects ends with MA which is common in asking questions in one of the dialects spoken here.. It's really interesting

[@miniryou6904]

i really wish i could attend. it would be so cool!

[@AbAb-mm3og]

1:01 the Shijiazhuang guy says - ni chi fan le *bu* Interesting. Thanks for the video.

[@Monkeyabroad]

Thanks for watching

[@fengzhao9971]

yes..and this is a dialect which is closed to mandarin. just different accents

[@AbAb-mm3og]

@@fengzhao9971 , i see. Thanks. I wonder if they use "bu lai" instead of "mei lai" (since here in the video he used 'bu' instead of 'mei').

[@puluqemil]

come to Zhejiang province, you walk every 10km ,you will hear different dialects :) My dialect is: Fa shi guo min

[@dorischen6121]

This is so true, but still many people from other countries don't know that. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@marieclaireching]

It's nice to hear Cantonese and taisanese as well

[@rachelenkay9523]

I am really proud of myself that i could read the chinese on the thumbnail off the bat

[@maggiexie67]

I speak mandarin Me understanding mandarin: easy Beijing: normal Other: **doesnt feel Chinese anymore**

[@kiwi9660]

Maggie Xie YOU CANNOT BE “MANDARIN”

[@lookingfortruth1930]

princess lia Right you can't be Mandarin. However, and strangely, you can say you are Cantonese if you are one since it's an adj.

[@owlblocksdavid4955]

You know, Sichuanese is a Mandarin variety, too. I've heard not even all mandarin varieties are mutually intelligible :)

[@southernmandarin9651]

哈，加油哦

[@meganaxeliar]

Amazing!

[@huiyiwang4532]

I am from a small place in Zhejiang called Qingtian and we speak a dialect. Just 40 minutes from here we have Wenzhou and they speak another dialect similar to ours. Then in Hangzhou (about 1 and a half hours by train from qingtian) they speak another one. They all sound similar but I can understand just a bit from the others

[@koffron9696]

some of those are technically different languages from mandarin another thing is maybe "have you eaten" works better for older people but no longer for younger generations

[@Andrew-X]

Alex Meng's explanation: I'm from Taiwan. My grandparents' generation use "Have you eaten?" for greeting in Taiwanese(kinda like South Fukien dialect, which is used in specific area). It is because in old time, there were wars and natural hazards or bad economy, lots of people suffered from hunger. So asking "Have you eaten?" is a way to show sincere and care. Some villages or old people still use it now. Just like English speakers like to talk about whether😂

[@lookingfortruth1930]

Caffeine Raccoon it's for political reasons. So technically Cantonese is a language

[@ericta2138]

Chaozhou, represent!! 😆 Southern US English and and New England English are actually sub-dialects of North American English, rather than just "accents" due to additional differences in vocabulary. North American, Australian, South African, and British English are all dialects of the English-language, proper. Now, referring back to Chinese, Sinitic languages are divided into separate groups like Mandarin (Sichuanese), Yue (Cantonese), Min (Chaozhou), etc. Separate languages are roughly defined in linguistics as those which are mutually unintelligible to one another--much like how species are defined by their mutual inability to interbreed (this is a simplification as hybrids, subspecies, and dialect-continuums are important concepts).

[@eddiestilll]

so awesome to learn all dis :D

[@felixkunzer8592]

Hey! I really like your videos, they get me really nostalgic - i lived in China for a year after graduating highschool. Actually your videos inspire me to maybe move back and so I was wondering, how are you financially sustaining yourself? Best wishes from Germany :)

[@Monkeyabroad]

I have a few small revenue streams: 1) youtube adsense 2) affiliate partnership commissions and benefits 3) money saved up from working previous media gigs unrelated to this channel. In fact my most lucrative video work isn't on my own channel; I work with other Chinese companies to produce content for Chinese audiences, on platforms and apps for Chinese users. The work is seasonal, so I have a good chunk of the year to do whatever I want, as long as I don't live too lavishly.

[@seraby7151]

1:23 that guy with a cat scarf is goals

[@araaijmakers8024]

True dat

[@audreyy1.]

I speak two different dialects of Chinese. And I get so confused at times

[@wagenlowyikhang7019]

Aye, i speak 3

[@stephanieno6722]

I love your video soooo much

[@chengone6480]

Interesting episode!

[@PP-vf1kx]

Chen Gone Fishing,back soon

[@treefremd6273]

As a Chinese，for me，I often greet with my friends by:"chi fan le ma" when it's time for eating. Nevertheless，other time，we generally use:"ni qu na li."(Where are you going？) Or just simply"Hi"

[@jerrylin6756]

I speak mandarin but I never heard of using the phrase 'have you eaten' when greeting someone.

[@Max-yp1iw]

Jerry Lin same 😂 我也没听过

[@jaydenli6709]

Lmao me too I just hi or something

[@sabrina3138]

@@Max-yp1iw Ayy, 我听说from some article talking about " natural Chinese "😂😂😂😂😂. 他们对我说谎吗?

[@Max-yp1iw]

Sabrina sorry because I don’t live in China I forgot many letters so my reading is not the best.. can you repeat it in engl

[@diezombie9612]

Pretty sure it's mostly the older generation

[@ensonsu1361]

Totally agree!! I always have private conversations with my parents while traveling outside of our hometown

[@AsmLoke]

Interesting topic. nice one ^_^

[@zennoix9984]

"Have you eaten?" Is a greeting mostly used by the older generaion. Today, the younger generation just go "hi" or "ni hao".

[@bobzazzy5325]

What the meaning of Ni and Hao or it's just hello..??

[@wander717]

actually，“have you eaten？ ”is just like “how's the weather”

[@ninnin2064]

Amazing video 👍

[@Monkeyabroad]

Thank you

[@_Crazyslots]

loved it

[@tiffanylin6201]

Cantonese and Mandarin and Teochew are different languages not dialect. A dialect is when Mandarin sounds slightly different due to region (such as Beijing vs surrounding cities), or Canontese sounding different in Guangzhou vs HK.

[@Zero-lr7xf]

This is not a greeting but people do tend to say this as something to ask to start a conversation

[@Cyrusgaming2024]

Yeah we say the same in our Dialect.. like"Ti re maa" meaning Have u eaten? And "Surho maa"meaning Have u been doing well for greeting each other after long time

[@ailidgarcia2387]

I learnt Chinese at Beijing but my gosh it truly change when speaking other dialects!! Personally I loved some of them, pretty hard to understand but still really interesting and beautiful.

[@maxtong8676]

when i’m on a phone call with my grandparents my dad always tells me to ask them if they’ve eaten yet and i’ve never thought much of it or considered it a greeting until now lol