I always thought it was shuo hua de shuo. Stone+Head + Master Um, Carver? Hi Shuo! You know I love your work and your English is great, so much better than my Chinese. Grammar is correct and pronunciation nearly so. One improvement: L European languages, particularly English produce L by putting the top tip of the tongue underneath the top front teeth. For whatever reasons, East Asian languages have trouble with this sound. But it's really easy! It's the same positionf or the sound TH. With L you blow but with TH you hiss. I never notice you making a mistake on TH which is the harder one to pronounce. I think what happens is you get happy/excited/speaking fast and then produce the Chinese closest sound to it. I know in China you must open your mouth as little as possible, and sticking one's tongue out must be unthinkable. But this sound is produced so quickly that no one notices that. If you're worried about showing your tongu you can put the tip of it behind the top teeth and still produce L or TH it correctly. But it's easier to make the sound correctly with the tip of the tongue just in front of and underneath the front teeth so try that way till you get comfortable and then you can go back to hiding your tongue behind your teeth while properly saying L.
@QuizmasterLaw3 жыл бұрын
M.A.
@ShuoshuoChinese3 жыл бұрын
@@QuizmasterLaw Thank you! I will try :)))
@jirenuniverse1163 жыл бұрын
硕士和研究生有什么区别?
@karabogaz3 жыл бұрын
about inviting for a drink at the very first meeting... during my two weeks in Guangdong I didn't have the time to suggest that, I got invited to lunch/dinner in 3 cases out of 4! 😅
@ghostbeetle29503 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! Wish this video had been around before I went to China the first time, it would have made my life a lot easier! From my own experiences I can now say that all of this is very true to life and you will definitely be able to use this when you meet Chinese people!
@guilhermeportugal63893 жыл бұрын
It sucks that I can't travel right now due to pandemic restrictions. China is definitely on my priority list for visiting when the borders are open!
@lil_g_8873 жыл бұрын
谢谢您. I would love to see more dialogue examples like this!
@jirenuniverse1163 жыл бұрын
That first sentence didn't work for me. So one day I was ordering a food in a restaurant, but it was so crowded, there were no seats left. I saw two beautiful girls dressed in a stewardess outfit, they major in Xiamen airlines aviation. The conversation went like this, me : “美女,请问这里有人坐吗?”, Both girls:“没有”, me:"不好意思,我可以坐这里吗?", Both girls:stared at me for a while... "可以.”. Me:"你们是厦航学院的吧?”,both of them:"嗯.”,“哦,我是建筑学院的,来自印尼的,你们学院的课程难吗?跟其他学院有什么不同?”,both of them:"跟你们一样。” then we all stopped talking, and it was awkward as hell, but at least I tried😂
@dungdovan89362 жыл бұрын
the lesson is: choose alone girl and not quite beautiful may work 🤣
@laurentlebesgue67563 жыл бұрын
I've been learning Chinese for half a year now. I'm on a vacation right now to a city well-known for its large Chinese population, so I went to a local market to chat randomly. However, since my language skills are around hsk2+, I'm not that skilled. So, what I've found out is that I couldn't speak. Like at all. I was standing there in various situations with my heart pumping super fast, yet I couldn't yield a single word. I guess that's what they call a language barrier. I could finally only say 谢谢你
@mannaporanna26783 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry to hear that! Try again next time, 加油💪!! I think the secret is to not be afraid of making mistakes. Usually the less I worry, the better I speak, and it's always so schocking to me 🤔 how do you think?
@laurentlebesgue67563 жыл бұрын
@@mannaporanna2678 I tired a few times and my first shot has always been 我的中文还不太好, so it made everything easier. It also yielded a lot of chuckles from just about every Chinese I conversed with
@Kuntheary_3 жыл бұрын
Always so useful videos and imma keep this one close! It gave me confidence to initate a conversation in chinese next time the opportunity happen. 谢谢, 我们继续下次再一起学习吧!
@Alltherage9496 Жыл бұрын
This is so incredibly helpful for listening practice. 感謝啊🙏🏻
@ponlatepp.40563 жыл бұрын
It is a good hint to break through the obstruction of initiating a good relation.
@christinatattersall3 жыл бұрын
太棒了! I'll watch this video a few (several) more times to memorize these phrases. 谢谢你!
Great video, and very helpful. The Chinese people I met in America were pretty quick to comment on political issues, though. 😄
@JshMRsn3 жыл бұрын
Super practical and helpful as always, 谢谢!
@trtlphnx3 жыл бұрын
Love your analytic Mind, Your Lessons are Aorks of Art
@souleimaayari8383 жыл бұрын
I'm studying chinese and you are helping me a lot. 非常感谢
@lu107353 жыл бұрын
葉是我的姓,我叫詩涵。詩是詩意的詩。My ancestor is a famous poet so 葉 is part of his Chinese name. 感謝你老師!我覺得因為你的視頻,我的中文越來越好
@mjchiyodiaries17943 жыл бұрын
Simplied of 葉 is 叶. We have same surname
@neville132bbk3 жыл бұрын
A friend of his...i forget the name now...is buried on Marsland Hill in New Plymouth NZ.
@obnoxiouscommenter61943 жыл бұрын
No way, could your ancestor be *the* John Keats? That's pretty interesting
@lu107353 жыл бұрын
@@obnoxiouscommenter6194 haha yes, the very one! So we thought the surname would be appropriate in Chinese too.
@tymanung7682 жыл бұрын
Not sure if this helps, but Cantonese pronunciation is Yip. tone is mid low level.
@asgaiyawaya39733 жыл бұрын
Mine is Zhou Bailong. I am told it is the same name as a hero from classical Chinese literature when really I was translating my cherokee name to Chinese at the time.
@sarahbenzai53583 жыл бұрын
I paused to tell you that this may be the most useful chinese language video I watched !
@mjlee56172 жыл бұрын
Back to the fundamentals :)
@SmartBoy-xw2yh3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video... 👍👍👍👍
@DomArmstrong3 жыл бұрын
This is really useful. Thank you!
@dewikusumap3 жыл бұрын
I like this video 😍 Please make more, 谢谢你啊!❤️❤️❤️
@chunna_meimei76453 жыл бұрын
i love ur channel, I hope can improve my chinese..
@samsaolonggiada28383 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Xiong Laoshi ❤.
@BinhLe-ko9mtАй бұрын
湖南有天山门,那地方很有名 很漂亮。我去过天山门。
@aidan79333 жыл бұрын
One question, what if you aren't sure if they are chinese or not? That's my biggest fear😂 Great video again Shuo!
@khaledqutub58493 жыл бұрын
Very wonderful lesson Thank you
@suzydolma31143 жыл бұрын
你的视频每天有用
@karabogaz3 жыл бұрын
a special thumb up for a normal topic!!!! :D :D :D
@МайФан-ц9н3 жыл бұрын
这个视频太意思了, 我特别喜欢。 谢谢你
@mdaminulislam25893 жыл бұрын
你教的还不错👌
@bidhi3 жыл бұрын
lots of love, Shou. from Nepal
@nuesita3 жыл бұрын
this was such a helpful video!
@Martin-wp7dg3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for these good advices! Also explained in a very friendly way. I'll be careful with compliments since I often like to do some (可爱,漂亮,好看。。。). Nothing to do with flirting, I just like to be spontaneous! Perhaps we cannot make them because of the 面子 concept?
@giuoccan17293 жыл бұрын
thank you for this useful clip👍
@jessicadookie19653 жыл бұрын
This was very helpful 谢谢 老师
@jspihlman2 жыл бұрын
我在大学学习中文的时候, 老师讲我们 "北京有什么可去的地方?." "可去" 是不是常用的字词句?
@andrewchinese3 жыл бұрын
Oh, that why those ppl who i asked for doing me a favour did not pay attention to me xD 😒😒😒😒now i know they were just afraid of me 😂😂😂
@ShuoshuoChinese3 жыл бұрын
哈哈,没错
@seth14553 жыл бұрын
Or they were xenophobic
@karabogaz3 жыл бұрын
you can't figure out how many times it happened to me to get questioned about my salary, but for 5 Chinese who asked there were other 5 who confirmed the question is inappropriate
The thing is, a lot of times the second you indicate that you might not have understood something they said, they will immediately just say it in English*, which I know is meant to be nice, but it takes away our opportunity to practice the language. :/ Maybe at least for the example of names in this video, asking something like 你的名字用什么汉子呢? would be better than 什么意思? because it gives an impression of more understanding of the language and culture. *I've seen this a lot with Japanese people and a little with Chinese and Korean people, but I haven't had as much experience with those two yet so I can't judge very well. And of course there are also people who don't do that and do help you practice. ~:~
@sdr2623 жыл бұрын
Shuoshuo you're a rockstar ;)
@avanijagtap86843 жыл бұрын
我的中文名字是杨黛玉😀它的意思是' Black Jade'.
@faheemakhtar38183 жыл бұрын
谢谢老师
@sylvialucero50743 жыл бұрын
“我叫卢玉玲。卢是我的姓,玉是宝玉的玉,玲是玲珑的玲。” 我说的怎么样?
@estellebatchelor95322 жыл бұрын
is there a difference between 这儿 and 这里? ive only been learning for a few months and have only seen 这儿 be used
@mjchiyodiaries17943 жыл бұрын
叶是我的性,喜是喜期的喜,仁是仁心的仁。
@genierhope53053 жыл бұрын
Love you
@jgtbym6013 жыл бұрын
About “我可以扫你吧”, I heard that it’s more appropriate to let a female scan your QR code first. Or is it the other around?
@jssmedialangs3 жыл бұрын
我的中国名字是宋佳凝 。宋佳是我的朋友的名字 。她给我的名字,还有她叫我凝 。我说了她是我在中国妹妹,所以我们是家里 。 That was terrible because I don't really know how to explain the characters... 😅😅 but because my friend has become like family I wanted a name to feel close to her. So she helped give me my name. 😊
@kimimane4533 жыл бұрын
谢谢老师 ~💕
@jirenuniverse1163 жыл бұрын
My dating life kinda sucks in China, the ones I like don't like me, but the ones I don't like, like me XD, I'm blunt when picking up girl so, maybe thats why hahaha. But not all chinese girls are conservative, there was this one girl in my class who asked me for my number first, and keep the conversation going lol, my chinese best friend who was born in the same village as my grandfather really liked her but she didn't like him, so it was really awkward.. XD
@ronadami57473 жыл бұрын
It will be supernatural if you can add "ne" at the end. Any more miracles possible with Chinese words? @7:18
@toqaayman33953 жыл бұрын
我没有中文名字,硕姐姐 请你帮我选一个吧...
@betoxz00624253 жыл бұрын
My chinesse name is 何塞阿尔贝托 its just a translation of my mexican name By the way, greetings from Mexico Qué le parece la cucaracha? Jajaja 😂😂❤️❤️
and now am back here 😂😂😂 i skipped this video at first
@richardhartung15763 жыл бұрын
do you still learn german? :3 how is it going
@laisduarte36073 жыл бұрын
段亦蕾。段是我的姓,亦是“亦庄亦谐”的亦,蕾是“花蕾” 的蕾。
@NWord5736 ай бұрын
什麼意思「偉德」
@mannaporanna26783 жыл бұрын
哇!老师的姓是大熊猫 🐼 的熊 😄😄 太棒了!🐼🐼
@Ivanaly3 жыл бұрын
你好!林是我的姓。晓是拂晓的晓,灵是精灵的灵。
@sunnyRajkarnikar3 жыл бұрын
but it's ok to ask if someone is married or still single. or have a boyfriend or girlfriend. lol
@lyshellmaealabado74973 жыл бұрын
我的中文名字是来宝.🥺♥️♥️
@korawitwoonsin75473 жыл бұрын
ชอบ
@sparklingearth3 жыл бұрын
Quite interesting. Many thanks for the video. It's a kind of confusing to me that you mention that Chinese don't just plainly speak out their opinion about the other's appearance. Don't they say things like "You gained fat.", or "You look cute, today" quite naturally?
@ShuoshuoChinese3 жыл бұрын
Not the first time! :P
@yourlisianthea3 жыл бұрын
我叫彭梦洁。彭是我的姓,梦是梦想的梦,洁是整洁的洁。
@isaiasramosgarcia3457 Жыл бұрын
但 是 你 很 漂 亮
@karinmilles50023 жыл бұрын
我叫何珊.何是我的姓,珊是珊瑚的珊.
@karabogaz3 жыл бұрын
judgment on a sexy basis may have been a delicate issue few years ago in SZ, as Naomi Wu was at the top of her splendor, now unfortunately she can only reap the fruit of her exaggeration... some negative comments seems though to be on the go, you guys down there like sometimes to say 你长胖了...🤨 then about Taiwan, if the answer is yes then it's fine to me, no reason to argue 😅...
@rubysuan20783 жыл бұрын
Xiexie ni laoshi
@faheemakhtar38183 жыл бұрын
我的中文名字康德
@cormackhotzie78742 жыл бұрын
Great video! But you made one mistake. It's not: Don't talk about politics when you first meet someone. It's: Never talk about politics! Even with your wife :)
@tymanung7682 жыл бұрын
Unless you and others are going to political events or organizations in which you and they have same interests and views. In those situations, commonly shared politics are the reason to gather and meet!!
@cormackhotzie78742 жыл бұрын
@@tymanung768 yes, but how often are you gonna have the same views as a Chinese person?
@hiruki_neko3 жыл бұрын
哈哈。我的中文名是我中国朋友送给我的。我只知道那个 :)
@judybash93933 жыл бұрын
“再说一遍吗” 对不对?
@TheRandman123 жыл бұрын
我叫蓝森,是蓝色的蓝,森林德森,是中国朋友给我的名字可是我觉得不听起来很真实哈哈,你们觉得什么?
@caroleallison70463 жыл бұрын
你好, 我叫李愛華。。。李是我的姓,愛心的愛,中華的華 或者 耶和華的華
@namashaggarwal74303 жыл бұрын
我的中文名字是 “牛羿阳“ 。 我的中国女朋友给我。 这是个好名字吗?
@chiefgitsu3 жыл бұрын
我叫上帝, 来自其他的宇宙,我自己创造了。
@mizzyinchina19253 жыл бұрын
你好我是若飞,若是的若和飞机的飞
@user-Korpan3 жыл бұрын
A foreigner comes up to you and speaks Chinese, and your first thought is "Hmm i dont speak english very well, ill ignore them" lol strange.
@coldfire7743 жыл бұрын
This is a common phenomenon all throughout the world.
@OneLife13 жыл бұрын
你好漂亮 我觉得你很性感
@loleilo3 жыл бұрын
you could also say 穷不死富不了 if you don't want to say how many money do you earn
@seth14553 жыл бұрын
I've lived in 4 countries and visited many more, no one has ever asked me how much I earn, It would be considered so impolite, just doesn't happen