THIS is What Happens When Chinese Americans Write Chinese

[@ivyg8617]

Sheldon wrote tree, Edward wrote woods, and mike wrote forest. They’re totally one mind

[@meganwang7115]

Ivy G about to say the same lmao

[@fanchuiyu]

木，林，森

[@The4ever520]

Ivy G omg yessssss totally

[@gent7837]

IKR

[@feliciay1342]

Hhhhh

[@kity5154]

爸爸 suddenly became 노노 with ㅅ on top of them both he was korean in his past life then

[@funcats1999]

The more radicals the better. Just for good luck. And some teardrops!

[@saikokandy]

哈哈哈哈哈哈哈😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@squidneyli719]

He was speaking Cantonese I think

[@kennyliu9589]

Edward's writing tho. Even the mistakes he made. You can tell he got a good sense of Chinese radicals, and native Chinese would understand what he's trying to write. Meanwhile Sheldon and Mike are basically drawing.

[@funcats1999]

Ideaograph lost

[@gent7837]

Kenny Liu drawing😂

[@lewang1739]

Lol drawing wwww.

[@judymegan4827]

Lol 😂😂 I can't help but to agree

[@angel_cat]

True.

[@ladidadi876]

ㅅ노ㄹ...Sheldon is writing Korean letters ! 😂

[@daffykenny5406]

I was thinking the exact same thing. 노 with a hat...

[@sonImbigguyinwoods]

I was thinking the same shit LMFAO

[@Ilikeflowers22]

I also thought of that 😂😂

[@morganblackburn7287]

I literally scrolled down to the comments to say that😂

[@brookleszing2233]

That’s exactly what I was thinking lol😂

[@achamehlogeorge1376]

sheldons writing looks so much like those old chinese characters written on bones and turtle shells

[@PandoraHola]

omg hahaha

[@hsuennn]

Achamehlo George HAHAHAH

[@joyhaneul]

Bahahaha so true

[@lotusfxiry2119]

true lol

[@minjieliang5603]

LMAO hahhahahahhaha

[@sweetogal]

LOOOOL laughed too hard at Sheldon's 爸爸

[@charlottezheng5509]

sweetogal those look like Korean character tbh hahahahaha

[@noah-lf2mt]

@@charlottezheng5509 nooo fam its not even close to korean characters

[@Weeping-Angel]

Not Korean characters. It’s Korean letters

[@chucks4963]

*SHELDON-NESE*

[@RosieMegan_official]

Yup lol

[@takirasharde2318]

I was just about to writes that he should have his own language and get credit for that

[@CantoMando]

Writing Chinese characters is NO JOKE. Any ABCs/CBCs out there that can do better? + feel free to LOL at us :)

[@CantoMando]

+CantoMando btw Sheldon here. I'm not crazy right. This memory thing is a real thing lol. Anyone else have this problem? Ex. Mike's mom can recognize traditional words but can't write them out. SAME THING IT'S REAL LOL

[@anahau03]

Yes. I can read Traditional characters but can only write a few of them but your case was extreme, haha

[@ChrislouTV]

Hi fam. I’m a youtuber as well, I strongly recommend you to put your video on Bilibili which is Chinese youtuber, lots of Chinese interested about ABC life, you can be more popular, I’m not even joking!!! Keep going, love you guys!

[@shininggreentea]

I learned simplified so I only know how to write simplified, but the traditional ones are easily recognizable. haha did you guys learn traditional (so many extra strokes ;-;)?

[@imasian88]

2ez

[@t0biechan]

"different part of my memory" ok. actually me

[@nikkichao9426]

Nah man, i have the same problem as Sheldon HAHAHAHA I can read and recognise the characters fine, but if you ask me to write it, I have a very vague memory of what they actually look like :^)

[@vanessa1999137]

Nikki Chao omg this is actually me if you get me a computer I can breeze through writing coz I can read and recognise perfectly but you tell me to write a sentence by hand I would be struggling for my life

[@Hannah-vy3qn]

I’m learning Chinese and this is so true, I can read huge paragraphs fine but can hardly write simple things from memory. Whenever I try to explain this to people they think I’m mad so I’m glad Sheldon understands 😂

[@tinc6349]

SAME!! I literally need the dictionary to write essays. Even simple words.

[@Lion-ik6lv]

So as a psychology major, reading and writing are in different parts of the brain and memory doesn't have a specific area but throughout the entire brain, so technically, Sheldon is right, it is a different part of his memory. I do the same thing like I can read sentences and such but don't ask me for writing a short story.

[@hiendral9533]

@@vanessa1999137 the thing is, today, we barely write anything by hand actually

[@hestiaz3719]

06:09 苯 Benzene holy you guys surprise me

[@justsuzin8960]

I think if Sheldon actually learned Korean, he would get it . 노,ㅅ,ㄹ. Anyways, Mike and Edward did well. So did Sheldon.

[@funcats1999]

Unitentionaly learns korean. Like watching jane the vigrin and learning french instead

[@sunniliu4599]

y’all should watch/react to Asian dramas together 😂😂 10/10 would watch

[@KarakuriOdette]

Yaaasss!!!

[@christinesu7019]

🤣🤣 y'all just convinced me to send my kids to Chinese school forever

[@michele18schmidt]

Christine Su 🤣

[@farel-168]

Yes, send your kids yo chinese school

[@rhiannafrench988]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kiwikiwi2134]

lol I'm the same as Sheldon! I've been studying Chinese for a few years and I can read characters fine, but actually writing them is the death of me. Guess you could say its a different part of the memory???? lol love all your videos!!! :-)

[@danielledixon1211]

6:31 Sheldon wrote ㄹ, that's Korean for r/l. And he wrote 노 (noh) and ㅅ (s). If you listen to Mike from 7:51 you can hear him say that Sheldon is learning Korean. So our boy studying Korean and forgetting his own language ...damn how we love a scholar and an actual intellectual 😂😂

[@Zheltyy_]

This..... He would fit right in with NCT😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@montexic5201]

Haha but I don’t think mike said sheldon’s learning Korean, more like “sheldons writing some other words again.”

[@MAYCEMAYCE]

hahahaha i dieedddd laughing. It's been three years since I took Chinese class and I forgot all of these characters as well :(

[@csgidiscsg]

it's not even 冷氣的氣。 it's 汽水的汽 sheldon stop xDD i think edward's 本 is closer than sheldon he wrote an entirely different character. 木 is wood LOL hahha and the strokes are so childish are u drawing or writing. nice concept art sheldon.

[@vil1700]

Tris 服了几个人在这里一本正经的胡说八道lmao

[@estasvii9756]

菜：veggie 苯：Benzene, C₆H₆. you gotta order carefully in a Chinese restaurant 😂

[@lizzywang8613]

Okay but Sheldon is kind of right... it’s a different part of your memory

[@anahau03]

#IGSQUAD! Hope you all had the happiest holidays!!! And... uh... was Sheldon trying to write in Korean when he ""wrote"" omg. That 노 with a ㅅ on top LMFAO. The characters Sheldon made up in this were really funny lmfao I'll never get over his 爸爸.

[@CantoMando]

+Ana Hau legit I was thinking and my mind wasn't showing me the character at all :(

[@CeliaGoh]

i secretly read it as “sno sno” 😂😂😂

[@glendawu6310]

Sheldon: “oooh! I kinda know this one” 1 sec later “different part of memory 🤦🏻‍♂️” Lollll😹😹😹😹😂I died laughing

[@ChrislouTV]

Hi fam. I’m a youtuber as well, I strongly recommend you to put your video on Bilibili which is Chinese youtuber, lots of Chinese interested about ABC life, you can be more popular, I’m not even joking!!! Keep going, love you guys!

[@RosieMegan_official]

Ok I'm gonna sub

[@googleuser4596]

This was actually fun watching you guys write Chinese. Edward seems to know the most. Mike is always trying to peep. And Sheldon 's writing is the funniest.

[@angellei5840]

Challenge idea: 书法 writing challenge!

[@ElleAlly5590]

IG Squad. Well I can’t write or read Chinese so you guys are much better than me! I’m actually surprised that Edward is so good at it! Video idea: a skit involving the popular Chinese pop songs of 2000s like from Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, S.H.E, Fahrenheit, F4 to name a few 😁

[@CantoMando]

oooo classic bands :) let's see how we can integrate that into a vid

[@xuteyee]

i love this idea!! S.H.E was the shit

[@lovemiumiu1]

#IGSQUAD Is Sheldon writing korean lmao Edward did so well lol

[@CantoMando]

+Lisa L lmfaoo Sheldon is writing his own language

[@jennaolson61]

I cant😂 Sheldon using korean characters😂

[@chao-yiwang9872]

As a person who’s got Chinese as first language, I laughter too hard when you guys confidently flip the 茶 open😂😂😂

[@audreyjones7990]

That moment when you're playing along but then you're like, "Oh shoot those are traditional characters."

[@teabag0013]

Audrey Ruyi sameee samee

[@Hamidmahdi]

In Sheldon's defense, writing and reading are different skills to use when talking about language just like listening and speaking are. Listening and reading are both passive skills and take much less effort than speaking and writing which are both active skills.

[@AG-yy9zy]

Tip: y'all can check out simplified chinese, the ones y'all wrote are mainly traditional chinese, which is tougher to remember and write compared to simplified.. take it for someone who sucks in mandarin 😁 Example: Traditional -【客氣】, Simplified -【客气】

[@adindavanvliet4894]

Your laughs are so contagious! I’m smiling with you the whole time...haha

[@Laughinggor66]

Thanks for raising this topic up in such a funny way~ thank you~

[@yao5903]

This is hilarious! I didn't think it was possible for other ABCs to be worse than me at writing Chinese characters. 😂😂

[@pinkkittymusic]

I did this along with you guys and here are my answers (actually wrote this out): 1. 爸爸 2. 北京 3. 本 4. 不 5. 4客起 6.菜 7. 茶 8. 出租车 9. 打电话 I speak Canto but Mando Sat school where I forgot everything but I now ironically volunteer there so not bad.

[@kathytran1188]

can't relate to anyone more than these guys 😂 every video has made me laugh out loud like a complete idiot and i've been binge watching nonstop right now p.s sheldon is cuteeeee

[@susapo123451]

It is easy to tell that Edward has the most practice for writing. But every bit of mistakes really are hilarious, like what are those new characters? Some sort of new writing system? Anyway, very nice video. God bless y'all.

[@JoyJoy318]

Enjoying these skits and challenges! It's great seeing a variety of videos from you guys and to see your personalities come out! It would be cool to see a video where you guys reenact a chinese drama or where you recreate some movies/shows if they were Chinese versions (like the Halloween video). Keep up the great work :)

[@melariee_jenia8525]

ghad, hahahahahhahaha.. poor sheldon. 😂 i love edward lools. he is so cuteeee.

[@juliam28]

I've been learning mandarim for 3~4 months and i got it all right, i feel good now

[@brianchau2818]

The next video should be translating Chinese to English hahaha

[@multifandomnerd1328]

I was playing along, since I scored 83% on my HSK level 1, but I failed so bad😂🤦‍♀️

[@miguelmorales8093]

This challenge totally needs to make a comeback!!

[@steffibeachpillows7791]

#IGSQUAD i thought sheldon used to be the chinese teacher? "different part of my memory" lol

[@CantoMando]

yes he can teach you how to write from 1-3 :) but don't ask for four

[@fionama288]

Edward: I didn’t go to 10 years of chinese school for this level. 😂

[@nicolelindsay2098]

I'm learning Chinese atm at university as well as japanese and Korean. But my main language I'm learning it Japanese. You guys are so funny. It's easier for me to learn Japanese kanji with Chinese characters because a lot of them mean the same thing just sound different like 口 kou is 口(くち) kuchi in Japanese and it means mouth in both languages. I like watching you guys.

[@WangJinru]

i know even know why did you guys laugh at each other you guys all wrote so funny lmao

[@axurus]

This was so funny, I hope you guys will do another video like this soon! xD

[@athenazang1201]

get an international student (fob) in the video to judge you guys. i think that would interesting and i dont know but it might hhurt ur pride to much like it did to mine

[@CantoMando]

I like this :)

[@KaitlynL890]

On ‘Tea’ Sheldon just gave up on Chinese altogether and started adding Hangul in his answers. 😂💀

[@mmoon7864]

You guys make everything so funny. I love you 💕

[@GSRL03]

i’m Italian, I’ve been studying Chinese for 1 year and I would have gotten all of them

[@melindaly3851]

I understand you Sheldon😩😩❤️ it’s the same for me !!

[@Zeta825]

IG squad! I’m a native HKer but I’ve been helping my ABC boyfriend learn mandarin and write Chinese (simplified). Chinese is hard man! Keep up the good work! :)

[@CantoMando]

tell him to do so as well! : )Thanks!

[@mimishen]

i really appreciate how recycled paper was used. very reminiscent of childhood lol

[@ngayanc10]

I stumbled across this channel and I can't stop watching these videos!! My cheeks HURT!!! For once, I'm pretty chuffed with my level of Chinese, showed my dad this video and he had no words. >_

[@eileen_zhou]

Just recently found this channel and its so funny and relatable for me hahaha since I know mandarin but hate writing the characters. I also want to learn canto, which I am from a friend and she's learning mandarin from me soo these videos will be fun!! :)

[@TheGLOSSette]

Watching this back in 2023, Sheldon can now read and speak Mandarin better than the other 2. Wow!

[@jerjer19]

Sheldon looks so cute. His hair tells us he sleeps a lot...lol

[@PandoraHola]

So funny! I think for Sheldon's character for dad, he used that upper character to resemble house, and the part below was just made up lol

[@kyiella9453]

I felt I’m improving my Chinese cuz m a starter.. thanks to CantoMando♥️

[@genechan]

Love the vids.. Only knock is the use of ABC instead of CBC in the title :)

[@CantoMando]

we forgot to put both :) let me change that

[@banniwang7010]

When Sheldon said “ok, I got it” and showed something that’s not even a character.😂🤣

[@kihyonii]

"different part of the memory" this was hilarious lmfao

[@slightlyhazardousgecko]

I'm Korean and I know more Chinese than Sheldon (I know nothing) WHY

[@loganbigmo]

Take a shot every time Sheldon says "it's in a different part of my memory"

[@carmenlin1198]

MANS ON THE LEFT I'M CRYINGNSISKWKW

[@khoopika]

It’s way more funny to watch this when you’re a native Mandarin speaker and able to write Chinese 🤣🤣

[@meluui]

It's ok. All I remember how to write are numbers, me, person and mountain. Pretty sure a kindergartener knows 10x more than me

[@cocotan1045]

LoL watching this is so pressure-relieving😂😂😂這也太舒壓了

[@saanddee]

Tried to play along too! I swear I can read like all these things too but writing is completely on another level.

[@kayleeautumn2264]

Sheldon really has me over here cryinggggg.. he is sooo cute :((

[@daryanetjuktjauwtjin6403]

Lol Sheldon was writing hangul😂😂ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@JB-lr5fl]

问甲车 LOL... Asking the armoured car...

[@daffykenny5406]

Haha I read it as 向甲车

[@jennyyue8835]

I can relate so much that it's sad

[@karenawharton-brown4953]

The best part is, they’re all so cute. 😘

[@mischa9458]

This video just made me sooo glad that my mum made me go to Chinese school every saturday lmao

[@rosyrose492]

You guys are funny! Just described, saying hi from Beijing.

[@BrockMak]

6:08 OMG! Edward wrote a tough word out of nowhere! 苯 (běn/bun2), same pronunciation, but this means benzene.

[@darianprotho6622]

3:28 no one is correct but the interesting part is each one of you have 木。Sheldon has one, Edward has 2 and Mike had 3😅😂😂😂😂😂

[@nadyays7546]

This one is really hilarious,i become Sheldon's fans lmao

[@EverydayTCK]

Hahaha haha xD this is great guys 😂😂 I'm hsk 4 with writing soooo😂 but good job guys. Love videos like this

[@庄砚嫫]

they're writing Chinese words like me writing english words…it's so hard…yes I'm Chinese.

[@judyzhong9806]

I laugh so hard watching this! Really love you guys

[@bonniecheung959]

LOOOL!! Should've paid more attention in Chinese school 🤣🤣🤣

[@imsofishicated3644]

Guys... I’m... Impressed...

[@sunniliu4599]

U guys actually did this!! So glad to see someone struggling as much as I do with writing 😂😂😂

[@Kpoper4life]

I just found your channel and I love it. I'm an ABC, went to a Chinese school that taught Cantonese for 6-7 years, learnt Mandarin at regular school for 9 years, but I suck at both and can basically only read and write. I find it hilarious how bad Sheldon's writing is, though you all are pretty bad tbh lol

[@sydney8574]

Me, a Sinologist: 本，不，爸爸... good old days *sobs in Premodern Chinese 101*

i died every time sheldon said "different part of my memory" :DDDD

[@archerchu4181]

Hahahahaha, it's just like how I can read traditional Chinese but not being able to write it!

[@jamesxu133]

this makes me feel so good about my self :)

[@HillaryGaming_Official]

I am a Chinese girl who is born and raised in Canada

[@rajomann1147]

Sheldon was like “different part of my memory man” during the whole video😂.

[@annc144]

Poor Sheldon! I can totally relate. I can read decently , but suck at writing out characters. If my tests were written instead of typed I would have failed big time.

[@colleencaezar9401]

Sheldon should get an excuse award for saying "a different part of the memory" so many times 😂

[@walsoncastro3156]

The one with the red cap is cute!

[@kawaiho4204]

so true about the different part of memory !

[@lapyanlai9080]

看來繁體字在外國還是挺常用的( in traditional Chinese )。作为大陆人，简繁体都能看得懂。而且学习书法的时候，就一定要写繁体字。( in simplified Chinese )。