The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon Speaks Mandarin

[@AItedi]

I love how the most accurate phrase he uses is when he's not intentionally trying to speak Chinese (when Penny scares him)

[@jitintilak1284]

Fear/shock makes a person speak any foreign language 😂😂(pun intended)

[@sanderkoekkoek9866]

Strange thing, when i am annoyed in Chinese class my Chinese is the best.

[@xs10086]

吓死我了

[@kinkisharyocoasters]

@@jitintilak1284 i don't get it

[@Rroovviah]

@@kinkisharyocoasters 给我看看你的柑橘皮

[@k.r.99]

"Once you're fluent, you'll have a billion other people to annoy." Brilliant line. I loved that 😂

[@awabbelghith2885]

The restaurant was the good first step 😂

[@thejackass123]

AAYYYAAA!!......that part nearly killed me. Hadn't laughed that much in ages.

[@jqyhlmnp]

:(

[@debarunroy9346]

Me too, laughing for the past 15 minutes...😂

[@k.r.99]

For me it was "long live concrete". 💀

[@Fridelain]

​@@k.r.99 Even better when you learn the chinese for "Long live" literally means "Ten thousand years".

[@LucasMii]

0:51

[@jfusion10]

James Hong (The waiter) is hilarious. He plays Po's dad in Kung Fu Panda.

[@michaelclentworth1283]

As well as Lo Pan in Big Trouble In Little China.

[@GGGritzer]

@@michaelclentworth1283, James Hong is in TONNES of stuff! Pure LEGEND!

[@santiagopizichini2151]

Yes he does. Have you played Diablo 3? He did the voice of Shen

[@sashafierce7249]

He was also Pete’s trainer in friends 😂

[@leonardowynnwidodo9704]

Whoa didn’t know that

[@yinan02]

I'm Chinese, so it's funny to hear the English pronunciation from the accurate pronunciation

[@blondespitfire]

Must be like when Russians try to speak English. Instead of saying "I'm going to the store" they say "I go to store."

[@anonymousperson3023]

@@blondespitfire Well, the pronounciation was bad and in CHinese, mispronouncing something is like misspelling something in enlgish and and the pronounciation is bad enough, they could be saying a completely different word thean what they think they are saying.

[@maksim3663]

​@@blondespitfire ​ @Lexicon 67 oh my gosh! so impolite! Russians here! could you try to say something in Russian, my friend? )) что-нибудь выходящее за рамки набившего оскомину "привет, как дела?". Just kidding=) I've seen many people speaking many different languages and I heard many different pronunciations for even the simplest phrases like "hello how are you". And we all know how difficult it is to learn to speak a foreign language fluently with good pronunciation. Sometimes even a basic level is a pretty high barrier. But every learner, even a lazy one, breaks down the walls between cultures and gains an ability to better understand the world.

[@abkaihorgikvaisingioro5684]

@@maksim3663 Бат ю кань спик английский, дун'т ю😂 Извините я умею чучуть по-русский. Я китаец.

[@lorddiosliving]

So awkward....that brings the punch line

[@lunapark9129]

Oh man, I also hate it when I get my tangerine bicycle order wrong. xD

[@planktonweed727]

who don't

[@andrewbui8295]

Luna Park Okay but show me your mucus! Your mucus!

[@Djeispark]

Luna Park damn that profile picture to you got is one hot tangerine bicycle!

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

Stop ordering from ebay then.

[@cungcung5042]

As a Chinese ethnic, I find it so hilarious. The words is correct, but the pronounciation is what makes it so funny. Sheldon really tried to speak it properly, but...lol

[@MasonKLutz]

I may not be Chinese nor know too many words in Mandarin, but I have heard that the sounds are very important to make out the right words. With Sheldon, he didn't take into consideration that the tones are important when communicating when speaking.

[@taiwandxt6493]

@@MasonKLutz Indeed, but the thing about tones is that they are very difficult to do properly if you didn't grow up speaking Mandarin or around many Mandarin speakers to kind of mimic the tone/accent. It's the most challenging language to learn, or at least one of them, for good reason.

[@Wistbacka]

I want to ask you, is the Chinese correct at all? Like when they tell him that he says the wrong phrases and corrects him, did he actually say those phrases, or is it just made up for comedic effect? And his argument in the restaurant. Is that also what he says, or just made up subtitles?

[@goldyellow5781]

as a chinese, i only understand a few words from the lines

[@Sheenifier]

This is what Chinese accents sound like English, but vice versa

[@CristianValenzuela2155]

Nice to finally watch this again! I died at laughing

[@CristianValenzuela2155]

I will quote Einstein on that one "energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can change form" 1

[@CristianValenzuela2155]

ik lol

[@CristianValenzuela2155]

yes dude :p

[@CristianValenzuela2155]

Now I know you are Sheldon Cooper himself into a disguise

[@hollowhello]

How are you 8 years later?

[@panther_zheng]

As a chinese, I find this really really funny and entertaining until it totally brought my mood up.. thank you Sheldon Cooper ☺️

[@0Chujo0]

Show me your mucus!!

[@Brainiac12000]

"Show me your mucus! This is not a tangerine bicycle!" LOVE sheldon!

[@waffledude111111]

There is a bit of translation mistake at the last part. It's not "Show me the mucus", it's "Where's the mucus".

[@jitintilak2643]

Where is the mucus😂😂

[@Lalaxbo]

I loved this episode so much !😃😂. I cried laughing when Sheldon tried to speak Mandarin ! 😂

[@ChlosChannel-w3i]

Sameeee

[@frankey477]

This is not tangerine bicycle Oxen are in my bed! Many,many oxen HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA BEST SCENE EVER !

[@gregblosser5681]

To be fair, I'd be upset too if oxen were in my bed.

[@jitintilak1284]

Imagine a sexy Oxen lying in Bed😜 . My messes up mind😅

[@julioibarra9629]

Big flex

[@superlombax1561]

@@jitintilak1284 Now that's a furry thought.

[@gabrielgarcia579]

That it really means that in mandarin?

[@Yilin1999]

Oh my god I watched this 253 times and it never gets old! It makes me cry laughing! I love this show

[@Hulkerine100]

"You blow your own nose and go away!" hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! I was literally ROFLMFAO at that part X'D It's just like Rush Hour 2 all over again where Carter keeps saying the Chinese all wrong. You have to practice really hard and also use a tone to add the accent. I think the accent parts are partly why people mispronounce the phrases. I speak some Mandarin myself, it took me ages to get it right, each time I said "Ni hao ma", I kept saying "meow mow nah" and a Chinese person would just glare at me as if they're thinking "Is that person smoking crack?!?"

[@astrangeone]

+Hulkerine100 I speak Cantonese and it's so hard to try to get the Mandarin tones right. The only few things I know how to say are "Ni hao ma?" and "I am a Canadian." which really doesn't help. I can understand the basics if I know the context of the conversation.

[@PHATB0Y20]

No you weren't

[@axeltaylor9094]

I know what you mean I have trouble with the tones a lot of times in Chinese, I get the pinyin typing but the tones are quite difficult especially à the falling tone I mix it up with the Rising tone á a lot of times.

[@cheryldisney90]

Gosh this IS SOOO hilarious... I laughed so bad when he asked to see the mucus.. And when he said aiya!! Hahaha...

[@Catbat]

I could have died laughing 😂😂😂

[@MrsChaosBitch]

When Sheldon said "long live concrete", I was assuming he asked the two Chinese people if they could sit on their table.

[@thesnowfox7262]

Plot twist: they were Japanese

[@smartmouse96]

He actually wanted to say “long live society”. In Chinese, the pronouncing ion of “society” and “concrete” are a little bit similar

[@superlombax1561]

Sheldon's favorite power from the InFamous series is Concrete confirmed.

[@Lisztfan]

He was trying to say "long live Socialism" but actually said "long live society" and pronounced "society" ("she-hui") as "concrete" ("shi-hui").

[@ShortFuseFighting]

@@superlombax1561 no...its "arrogance"....

[@zephyr84]

an essential transcript for all budding mandarin learners out there. 我的名字是 sheldon - my name is sheldon 給我看你用的陳皮 - show me your citrus peel 哎呀,嚇死我了! - 0:52 crap, you scared the hell out of me 長壽石灰 - long live concrete (???) 謝謝 - thank you 鼻涕在哪? 鼻涕! - show me your mucus! your mucus! 這不是柳丁腳踏車! - this is not a tangerine bicycle 不要打給圖書館,鼻涕 在哪? - don't call the library, show me your mucus 蠻牛在我床上,很多很多蠻牛! - oxen are in my bed, many many oxen! because, y'know, these are your everyday chinese phrases.

[@ZzzoneOut]

Thank you! I always wanted to know, how to say that there are oxen in my bed in mandarin.

[@DaCoolCrushIceKillah]

...crazy man..Call the police!

[@warrenbintoro5441]

No don’t call the library

[@THECOMPANY2014]

Then Sheldon replied, "don't call the library, show me your mucus" [[Bùyào dǎ gěi túshū guǎn, bítì zài nǎ?]

[@jesswd]

Omg I have tears running down my face 😭😭😭😂😂😂😂 this episode is by far the best in my opinion

[@Impedance_Z]

This the most watched episode for me and everytime i watch sheldon confronting that chinese restaurant guy it cracks me i laugh like a mad lad...

[@shahrukhrizvi951]

" Oxen are in my bed ! Many Many oxen " I almost died there 🤣🤣🤣

[@depdark1]

What is the meaning of oxen ?

[@emmadewitt1139]

One thing I don't understand is why Wolowitz always orders the Moo-shu pork which is based on peanut sauce.

[@TomKevlar]

+Emma Dewitt Sure. Don't point out the fact he is a jew eating pork

[@coolwhipp3d]

its not based on peanut sauce at all...if your local chinese makes it with peanutes maybe you should learan mandarin and tell them that! ;)

[@timeforjigooing]

Emma Dewitt i

[@bluebarash2488]

Also, Jews don't eat themselfs

[@dr.spectre9697]

excellent point

[@criskity]

At the end he's asking "Biti zai nar?" (Where's the snot?) I think the joke is that he wants to ask "Biqi zai nar?" (Where are the water chestnuts?) Too bad his pronunciation isn't very good.

[@Johnxxkuo]

"Ahhh! you are freaking me outttt" might be the only sentence he said I could understand....as a manderine native speaker lol .

[@katenzcool]

the oxen part was soo funnny!!! cant stop laughing cant breathe

[@Bear-Cohiba-1966]

When Howard says u will u have a 1 billion more people to annoy fucking funny

[@Sam-jf8hj]

No, dont call the library Show me your muscus

[@ChocolateyLov]

i watched this in school and laughed my ass off.My whole class thought i was mad XD

[@rabbaniasamuelchaudhry7381]

I love watching this again and again 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@leochen7472]

Explanition of Chinese in restaurant. 鼻涕在哪=橘皮在哪 柳丁脚踏车=柳丁炒鸡丝 猛牛= 朋友

[@lucasliu5365]

Leo Chen 谢了老哥

[@年輕人要講武德]

猛牛应该是=美女吧，我猜

[@TheJenniferKK]

What does Sheldon yell when Penny startles him?

[@年輕人要講武德]

@@TheJenniferKK “you nearly scared me to death!”

[@TheJenniferKK]

@@年輕人要講武德 Thanks!!

[@StaticBlaster]

This is perhaps one of the funniest scenes in the series. i've said this for other moments but there's truly a lot of moments in this series that crack me up.

[@joniroxanne96]

The guy playing the waiter at the Chinese restaurant is the *same actor* who voiced Po's adoptive father in Kung Fu Panda *and* played David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China... 😱 #SheldonRun

[@Sam-jf8hj]

Laughed so much after long time... that last scene... lol

[@peterchuvalov]

funniest scene ever! watched it like three times in a row!

[@gauravkini2506]

Did you notice? That actor who plays owner of the Chinese restaurant also acted as Pete's (Monicas boyfriend) trainer in Friends???😂😀

[@joniroxanne96]

And Po's adoptive father in Kung Fu Panda and played David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China. 😮

[@bloodyrose1985]

emar 5207 James Hong

[@dukevega1972]

Of all the guest spots in Big Bang Theory, James Hong is my favorite.

[@mingleite]

🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭I wonder how many re-takes they did for this last scene before they could do it seriously without everyone ROFL... coz i die laughing every time i watch this.

[@machenical]

I was pretty close to Pee myself... is one of the best scenes ever. Thanks 4 posting it. Sheldon Rules!!!!!!!!!!

[@bloodyrose1985]

I can only wonder WHAT Sheldon intended to say in Mandarin when he said “Oxen are in my bed. Many, many oxen!”

[@raymondxiao2716]

I think he is actually tryna say i got friends in my car, many many friends, it would sound like "peng you zai wo che shang, hen duo hen duo peng you"(maybe he meant to threaten the waiter), but what he actually says sounds like "man niu zai wo chuang shang, hen duo hen duo man niu"

[@imaniceguy5799]

The only accurate phrase he said was " 吓死我了”. 😂

[@WeldonWen]

哎呀，吓死我了! (Ahhh , you scared me to death ! )

[@ShortFuseFighting]

i love how leonard is genuinely impressed and unwittingly enabling his delusions (because he doesnt know any better)

[@robertryansantiago3350]

It's so funny that he still try to speak in Mandarin although he heard the Chinese man speak English

[@markomarosevic5240]

I almost got a stroke at the end of video 😂😂😂

[@troybull3673]

Crazy man Call the police! 😂😂

[@thatonenicehusky3623]

Janitor Oxen are in my bed! Many, many oxen!

[@sakikatana]

I died at "long live concrete."

[@LS-Moto]

What was Sheldon trying to say when he said "long live concrete"?

[@Yankees-pr7os]

He was trying to say long live socialism (she Hui) to greet the two Asians (he assumed they were from socialism China). However his pronunciation was long live “Shi Hui” (concrete or lime)

[@tonylok8311]

@@Yankees-pr7os No it means society not socialism.

[@raniaalhalaseh642]

Don't call the library haha 😂😂🤭

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

“BT Zynar” lmao

[@THECOMPANY2014]

1:03 鼻涕 在哪? [Bítì zài nǎ? Bítì!] Where's your mucus? Such a riot! 🤣

[@sarahbobmiles]

HAHAHAHA i love the snot part also cause he said bi ti so well HAHAH

[@5Mariner]

James Hong is a very funny guy!

[@joniroxanne96]

And he also voiced Po's adoptive father in Kung Fu Panda *and* played David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China... 😕 #SheldonRun

[@patrickoliver9133]

@@joniroxanne96 let's not forget the Classic Seinfeld 4!

[@redstarpizza-mh2dw]

1:11 CRAZY MAN CALL THE POLICE 😂😂

[@KDCO92]

best scene in the show!

[@michaelespeland]

Have you seen the whole show? Cause there are better scenes

[@caseynoel2202]

1:12 classic and typical “Don’t want to deal with Sheldon” moment

[@johnthesportsarchivist2600]

"Don't call the library! Show me your mucus!" Sounds like a Firesign Theatre Album.

[@coldfusionmusical]

Hahaha, I'm Chinese, I don't know what he's taking about but it's still funny 🤣😆😂

[@Dingle.Donger]

I laughed so hard my back hurts now HAHAHAHAHAHAHA funniest TBBT I've ever scene

[@MsFuturestar001]

I laughed so hard when Penny scared him! I was crying!

[@artmaniac7]

best episode everrrrr!!! omg so much more funny since i know what he's talking about in manderin xD

[@madhurarajendra1961]

I am crying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 this has to be the funniest scene of all times

[@dannysoo7976]

he spoke well actually...haha

[@ScrewTikTok]

Whenever something "Asian " occurs, Penny has that look. Also happened when Asian was mentioned when Sheldon was giving a speech on stage while drunk.

[@thedragongirl8]

he actually says 'where is your boogers?' , but they have a loose translation ahah this is so great :D

[@kidamaroo]

thedragongirl8 oh man, this just gets better and better 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@YonyGut1MoviesandVideogames]

"Show me your mucus!! Your mucus!!!" 😂😂😂😂

[@yanasnsnddjfjdjkd]

I have to listen to the last part so many times to make sense of the word lol

[@Huroviah]

As a chinese, this might be one of the best episodes of big bang, its like you understand and at the same time you dont 😂😂 💯💯

[@pache22222]

come on,u laugh at me all the time dude! :P but sheldon's always funny !!

[@lisaluo-xu7978]

lol cant stop laguhing

[@BlackWhiteAznPanda]

The correct chinese translation is "Gei wo kan ni yong de gang ju pi" - Let me see the citrus peels you used.

[@saraflint2982]

Penny: Sheldon- Sheldon: *exclaims in Mandarin*

[@TheJenniferKK]

What dors he say, though?

[@christopherelia]

Their tones are freaking hilarious.

[@bubbl3s-zi2uj]

"Once you're fluent you'll have a billion more people to annoy" 😭😭😭

[@debarunroy9346]

Best way to end Season Finale!

[@muannaulak848]

The last scene kills me😆😆😆😆

[@Outlaw8908]

That last bit was what had me in fits.

[@brandonkashinsky9222]

Long live concrete 😂

[@aaronchenangus]

Lol, its good to see how 哎呀 translates to Oy Vey.

[@astrangeone]

+Aaron Chen Angus Depends. It's an all purpose expression - either your exasperated, or tired, or it's an alarming exclamation (eg. Watch out!)....

[@studswat87]

Heey!!! That's the Chinese Premier from Black Ops 2!!!

[@jinukurian7]

AIYAAA.... I'm crying !!

[@MrJuulia01]

Theyre getting there! Its good actually.

[@KingdomHeartsFan3211]

"This is not a tangerine bicycle!"

[@ttvshadymarshman3861]

1:03 is where I started to lose it 😂😂😂

[@WanderingSlav7]

I understood that 吓死我了 perfectly 😂

[@archonofthecatbois]

As a Chinese American, this is hilarious 😂

[@yannilux]

I always wondered if the stuff Sheldon is saying actually remotely sounds like the phrases he wanted to say in Mandarin. That would be an amazing feature

[@alanngli]

Yes, and pretty good too! It makes it even more of a comedic gold for people who speaks Mandarin.

[@yuti18]

thanx ! mandarin seems to be a cool language !

[@ArmoredBlaster]

Thank you for the translation :)

[@YenAmiracle]

“Show me your citrus peel” But he miss-pronounce the verb from “kan” to “gan”, it becomes “ Let me fxxx your citrus peel.”(in original mandarin it literally means “let me see your citrus peel.”) By the way, although still a bit hard to understand, but Parsons’ Mandarin is better than most of actors in Hollywood🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DragonBuilds]

As a Chinese this is very funny!

[@willc5723]

James hong is the same guy from Seinfeld and king of queens, which also takes place in a Chinese restaurant

[@hannasolano5253]

The last scene was sooool hilarious

[@Supernaltooth]

其实我也听不太懂啦，应该是：给我看你用的橙皮 哎呀，吓死我了（这句算是很标准的）（Pennie scare him and he say: frighten to death） 吃饭那个：长寿社会, 应该是“社会主义万岁（Long live socialism）”吧XD

[@quocminhhoang5892]

Just like how Joey learns how to speak French :))))

[@nin4339]

When Penny scares him 😂😂

[@cartoonvideos5]

Love this scene lol

[@jacobhuggins]

@SuperTunaSandwich It's not "HAIYAH!" it is "AĪYĀ!" = ”哎呀！“ lol

[@moose3631]

For anyone interested, this is Season 1 Episode 17 The Tangerine Factor ;)

[@eaglesfan226]

“Concrete”? Wtf? 😂

[@bigcarli_carol]

@MegaBushmann "哎呀! 嚇死我了!" = "omg!! You freak me out!!"