Looking at Beijing Drain Holes!

[@charlesyeeh]

Super interesting! You are probably the only KZbinr talking about Chinese manhole covers and Chinese characters. 😂😂😂 👍👍👍

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@charlesyeeh 😂😂 And yet the original title was “Looking at Beijing Manholes”… which we had to change haha

[@LibertyEater]

I got bachelor degree in mechanical engineering in China. The QT stands for “球墨铸铁（Qiu Mo Zhu Tie）” QT is the initial of “球” and “铁” while it the term means nodular cast iron, the chemical composition of QT600-3 is approximately as follows: Carbon (C): 3.6-3.8%, Silicon (Si): 2.4-2.8%, Manganese (Mn): 0.3-0.5%, Sulfur (S): 0.03-0.035%, Phosphorus (P):

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@LibertyEater thank you 😊 we were wondering if it was a Chinese abbreviation or an international standard abbreviation. Thanks for the input!

[@GoddyGoodman]

非常专业和有用的释疑，赞

[@kaiki8490]

👍👍👍👍

[@jameslee2465]

professional explanation.

[@xingw9358]

Opened my eyes, never noticed there are so many knowedge inside these covers.

[@johnli6782]

Love the fact that they are labeled. Now l am inspired to take a look at the NY manhole covers.

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@johnli6782 video or it didn’t happen!

[@bellybutton6138]

I don't remember seeing fanciful drain covers where I live. In some countries, drain covers/grates keep disappearing because of people steal them for 'steel'. 😅

[@johnli6782]

@stevenslanguagevlog Don't know how to upload pictures in the comment section. But NYC manholes are emblazened with the names of the company, such as ConEd, Water, ans Sewer, or NYTA ( transit authority). There are company acronyms that I don't know.

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@johnli6782 don’t think you can, email them to me at [e-mail] and I can post them.

[@thisisaname822]

So creative!! I’m from Beijing but never closely looked at our drain covers. Very interesting

[@WhyTeeisayouassstooge]

This is a very innovative and informative video. You are probably the only one who does video like this 👍👍👍

[@baichuanren885]

2:16 the full sentece is "请注意，倒车！", roughly means 'Caution, Reversing!'

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

only in China!

[@jameslee2465]

Attention, Reversing!

[@baichuanren885]

0:54 重 is a Polyphonetic character. When pronunced zhòng, it means heavy (abj.) or weight (noun). When pronunced chóng, it means again (adv.) or duplicative (adj.). Here it means heavy, representing a heavy model of the lid, calssified under CJ/T3012-1993.

[@andyho9670]

Interesting topic! Such topic can show more detail about the daily life of Chinese people. Good work!

[@chisieuchan6434]

yu 雨 means rain storm sewer, wu 污 means sanitary sewer

[@user-uy7eh3gt4g]

暖means地热，暖气，central heating， heating installation

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

收到了🫡

[@yoongzy]

There's another Beijing underground of Beijing handling all Beijing's needs.

[@luofubo]

As I am originally from Henan, I could not resist to click into this video, if you know what I mean. lol

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@luofubo no, afraid not. This could go a couple different ways!

[@rongwu-sj9ws]

你大爷的…… 😅😅😅

[@rongwu-sj9ws]

@@stevenslanguagevlog This is a joke about regional discrimination in China, saying that people from Henan used to have bad behavior and often stole manhole covers to sell as scrap metal.

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@rongwu-sj9ws 😵

[@rongwu-sj9ws]

@@stevenslanguagevlog He is from Henan and is being self-deprecating. At one point, China's industrial development was extremely rapid, producing 1.3 billion tons of steel annually. In the frenzy to find iron ore and scrap iron for steelmaking, the price of scrap iron skyrocketed, making manhole covers a target for many thieves. This led to a sudden increase in the number of broken bone cases in Europe at the same time (because European rogues would steal manhole covers to sell, causing pedestrians to break their legs，It's not just Europeans; Chinese people suffer from it as well. One of my classmates encountered such a "trap" while riding his bicycle at high speed. He had a severe fall, shattering his hip bone, and underwent multiple surgeries, but he will be troubled by it for the rest of his life. Sigh!). Similarly, when the Mongols invaded the West, the price of fish in Europe soared because so many fishermen were conscripted as soldiers to resist the Mongol army. In the same way, many people in China also stole manhole covers to sell. At that time, everyone blamed it on the people of Henan, and eventually, "Henan people stealing manhole covers" became a meme.

[@Mad_fly48]

This is very interesting. First time see people learn sth. from holes😂

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

lol, I think it's more common than we could imagine. 🤫🤭🤭

[@ghsu5357]

Very creative approach to learn the language!👍👍👍

[@terracecar1]

Thank you for covering this topic.

[@chenli9511]

nice and helthy topic

[@jlee8041]

I like it. Interesting observations 👍

[@86333able]

I think "重" on the manhole cover means "heavy duty"

[@baichuanren885]

hahaha, that's some authentic Beijing dialect.🤣🤣👍👍

[@user-xw5fs3ye2w]

自来水 有时候也会缩写成，污水井也会缩写成😅

[@kaiyunchen6046]

interesting! Thank you!

[@latiendaca1773]

I like your subject.

[@AlastairGilfillan]

Great idea for a video - 谢谢

[@baichuanren885]

4:46 Yes, it's for centralized heating water pipes

[@cadenzaskoung9198]

低頭仔細看,竟然也能看到這麼有趣的物件~~

[@desongliu6463]

高！

[@Strangelove101]

Well done... now that's original content! as there is just too much content on foreigners covering food, Great Wall and HSR... honestly these man hole covers are quite interesting

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

you saying I should scratch the "SIX phrases EVERY FOREIGNER should know before they come to China?" and other classics such as "How to use WeChat for beginners!" from my content rotation schedule? 😂😂

[@kaiki8490]

Very interesting vid

[@enzhus]

Interesting, never paid attention on that.

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@enzhus thanks for watching

[@rider2731]

You need to work on your pronunciation and tone. But your effort and originality got an A++ . Thank you for sharing. Next time I go to China again, I sure will check out those manholes.

[@steevek]

I just realised that your chinese language is better than me!

[@keliangchan]

funny angle of view of China😆hope you enjoy. me same, when i saw these covers in UK, i would try to figure them out via numbers, letters, etc......

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@keliangchan maybe it’s something expats see but locals would become oblivious to until it’s pointed out to them

[@hifimusic441]

老外喜欢研究这个啊😃

[@alex100yi]

哈哈，太有趣了，专门对井盖进行研究，下次可以研究窗户或者大门，更有讲究！

[@ChineseinAlabama]

最好不要对井盖有太多研究哦，外国人不需要太多研究井盖儿。我们都知道偷井盖的后果

[@antonyip]

小红书上有个兄弟专门拍铁门

[@ChineseinAlabama]

@@antonyip 是研究怎么撬铁门，偷井盖吧😂🤣

[@yinhau]

闸，水闸，water gate。so 闸alone mean gate. pronounced as "zha2", not jia2。

[@thomasanthony2970]

From water department so it is water gate, in short it use gate every Chinese understand except you lol.

[@janusli8820]

04:29 maybe it should be 市政设施 and they made funny mistakes about the sequence when building this one

[@handaxia1251]

They even made mistake with their own language, so you see..there's no hope for English

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@janusli8820 not sure what you mean, Looks more like abbreviations

[@janusli8820]

@@stevenslanguagevlog The word on the drain hole was "市设政施", and it's not a meaningful abbreviation especially the latter "政施". But if you swap the second and third characters, it's "市政设施" which make alot more sense, just like others with "北京市政", and then added a word 设施/facilities.

[@user-yb7vl9it5w]

JG = Jing gai = 井蓋 = Grain hole lid

[@qqfill3381]

nice tutorial 😄

[@junlifang2896]

支持你

[@spidermann1256]

Interesting that they are all circular. Do they have any that are triangular or rectangular? Have you considered looking at their tree grids? I was very impressed when in Beijing & Shanghai that they were all properly bedded with no displacement due to on-going root & tree growth, basically not presenting any trip hazard.

[@user-yw1he9ho2z]

身为中国人，我竟然不知道井盖还有这么多学问。哈哈。谢谢了😂

[@xingminwang5381]

QT is short for 球墨铸铁 (Qiu mo zhu Tie) Spheroidal graphite cast iron

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@xingminwang5381 谢谢🙏

[@kz0927]

"污 " means sewage here.

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@kz0927 yes, sewage/ waste

[@constanceso7399]

舉頭望明月，低頭學認字😮

[@wanglei7488]

Actually “市政” is not short for "municipal/city government" but a fixed word for "municipal administration"

[@mmorpg9564]

北京还有一种水叫中水，可用于冲马桶，浇花和草地，洗车和马路洒水。这种水的井盖上有一个“中”字。

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

很有意思！谢谢你！

[@keyanggao3534]

有趣的灵魂

[@feix5800]

1:05 There are four tones and 污 is first tone instead of second tone (such as 无). You can copy and paste the character to Google Translate to hear exactly what it should sound like. 👍

[@terryyeung7470]

The English subtitles on your video cannot be translated into the Chinese language😅

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@terryyeung7470 I get that a lot 🤣🤣

[@kentsupermad7145]

2:09 闸，zha, translates as valve here.

[@bobbylow175]

This is like complex Sesame Street for Chinese Language 😮

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@bobbylow175 🤣🤣🤣

[@SabiBisceglia]

Fun video but your tones are a little off often. I don't want to be /that/ commenter because I love the idea and content you've made. I'm cheering for you!

[@-qsprey7881]

大豫通宝!

[@setphenlee]

这个小区有点像双井的苹果社区啊。

[@mw0062]

Damn! Is that the new way people travelling around china😂

[@teatree6228]

You can read!

[@zhugecunfu-pr8sd]

This is called in China“大豫通宝。

[@jont2576]

i think "zhong" could mean "heavy" as well like a warning.

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@jont2576 could be

[@fantasycelestial2908]

Hi Bro, your knowledge is a bit niche.😂

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@fantasycelestial2908 It’s always been something I’ve wondered about! Now I know 😂😂

[@lukelee6680]

北京话辈儿地道!

[@bigoldye]

This is an interesting video.

[@user-sl2mr5hd9t]

哥们你研究这个干嘛？😂

[@BubbaGim]

it is a tourist trap

[@andrewmk8514]

This is brilliant! To other viewers, no hate, but his pronunciation is very "John Cena". Use Google Translate or other apps for proper pronunciation. I know it's hard for Americans to learn this and thank you for trying.

[@user-hx1or8ls4h]

這下外國人都知道腳下的井蓋是哪家的，幹嘛的了……😅

[@janelee3130]

哥，声调好多都错了。加油！

[@user-lb3px3jq6z]

4:50 Heating ducts. Winter Heating

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@user-lb3px3jq6z 谢谢🙏

[@alloha7374]

物勒工名😂

[@simrcchannel]

hahaha please do propaganda lines next time you know what I mean, words on red banners 😂

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@simrcchannel already did, look up the “Keep your dogs in line” video 😇

[@genus.family]

The japanese one are way more beautiful!

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

pics?

[@user-zu4nl7bm9e]

Most of these are not manhole, don't drop or walk into it for fun.

[@rayclm]

The cover around 4:30 which does not make sense to you, is probably because the Chinese characters were switched in wrong sequence, Should be 北京市市政设施， Then I think it will make sense to you.

[@emeliealegonero4043]

Leave their sewage alone, you knew it stink. Better get your self a girlfriend 😅

[@laughingkor8643]

Sir! Not too long ago, this video alone could land you long hard labour prison term for collecting classified national security data of China for a hostile foreign power. Nowadays, your video is a threat to the national security of The Almighty US of A. Anyway, keep up the good work.

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@laughingkor8643 thems the way the apples bounces me guesses? And despite any perceived threat, they’d still gladly tax it!

[@jamescen6531]

我明白你的意思，但是你的表达容易引起误解。老外会真以为拍摄井盖会被老改。

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

no idea what you mean

[@roywolfgang3167]

very nice Chinese

[@yezih2694]

Damn! Your Chinese is better than me and Chinese is my mother tongue.

[@davidzan9190]

@1:40 zha "闸‘’ is meaning control valve.

[@stevenslanguagevlog]

@@davidzan9190 yes that would make sense. I think I say it in the video but the titles show “gate”.

[@86333able]

Precise meaning of the word, when used here.

[@tonyfeng7027]

funny guy

[@jay8235]

你这学习的角度相当刁钻

[@ChineseinAlabama]

最好不要研究太多哦，研究太多了会让人怀疑哦

[@user-rk4ik6gp4b]

笑死，中国人自己都没注意这些东西，你一个老外懂这么多😂