Why Jimmy O. Yang Loves Cantonese

[@impopquiz]

They don’t just cuss, they will cuss your whole damn generations. 😅😅😅

[@tomtong3808]

😂😂😂

[@spectator4786]

18 generations if I remember correctly

[@mavis.lahar2001]

​@@spectator4786 damn!! how did you survive that?

[@spectator4786]

@@mavis.lahar2001 they apparently cane you , your family and 18 generations of your ancestors. It would be good if someone here knew what the exact phrase was. Absolutely brutal but hilarious! 😂😂

[@andeker]

​@@spectator4786😂the classic "屌你祖宗18代"

[@grimslepers]

one of my favourite things about cantonese is how casual or even crass you can be in conversation

[@hinthegreat7202]

And every argument includes “fuck your mother”😂

[@bangbambang1387]

Cantonese makes you a mad man when you cook

[@tommykaira8775]

Yes it can even be used as an adjective or description

[@blackpanda8857]

Russian language: take my beer 😅

[@wkinyih9243]

bro，try hakka，upgrade version of cantonese in cursing😂

[@foomaoseng8936]

As a Chinese who understands Cantonese, I can say that 90% of the curses in it involves ur sisters, brothers, cousins, friends, teachers, dogs, cats, and ESPECIALLY ur mother and father. Basically everyone that u care about. Also, around 18 generations of ur ancestors would be casually involved in the cursing. Why only 18? U may ask. Becuz if u go any further, it would probably involves the ancestors of the one who curses, since we Chinese are technically related at some point.

[@DeezNuts-]

Same with arabic

[@Randomearthling806]

​@@DeezNuts- nah bruh, in egypt we say "you son of sixty dogs/bitches" .. we curse up to 60 generations ... damn

[@bolson42]

@@Randomearthling806 …yeah that’s kinda funny considering there’s almost NO WAY two people aren’t related back to 60 generations lmao

[@delulu_soup]

wait cantonese dont cuss at peoples genitals? im kinda surprised (18 generations though? and i thought chinese cussing was bad 😅)

[@foomaoseng8936]

@@delulu_soup Oh i forgot to include genitals

[@asd-dr9cf]

I've never heard anyone curse in Cantonese as gracefully as Jimmy 😂

[@FlyinB269]

It's all in the delivery!!!

[@DanteDSol]

It's true, in my opinion you can end up casually cussing in Canto and no one will bat an eye most times but if someone cusses in Mandarin _you know_

[@anhquangnguyen5973]

Mandarin already sounds like cussing in the first place

[@dickng4190]

​@Adora Tsang well I mean whether it's sounds rude or not is highly depends on the stress in canto😂

[@letisriva8581]

@@anhquangnguyen5973 depends on who’s speaking 😁tones matter

[@evelynwong2489]

​​​@Adora Tsang i think what he means is that in canto we can blend cussing into a normal convo in an extremely casual way, it doesn't necessarily feel rude. You can totally swear while wearing a loving amused smile and talking about something nice, and that's absolutely natural.

[@RashidMBey]

​@@letisriva8581 As someone who speaks Mandarin, the language naturally has "attack" in its pronunciation because of its tones. Lol

[@JeremyMYG]

Suddenly I want to learn Cantonese

[@mekdu0310]

but it's quite difficult, in terms of tone and control of your every vocal organs

[@davidchust]

Learning to cuss is always the first step of learning a new language 😂

[@anona9583]

There are like 6 to 9 tones. Good luck

[@yammat1576]

好撚容易

[@mariaana9129]

@@davidchust so true😂😂😂😂

[@0722lilian]

as a Cantonese native speaker sometimes I’m still amazed by how creative and “fluid” our language can be when it comes to cussing!! once you learn the language you basically unlock a whole new library of creative play of cussing WITHOUT using any dirty foul words while still being mean and stuff 😂idk why I’m so proud

[@ninchan3]

Meanwhile in my language: you can be nice while litteraly calling a baby a 'bag of shit' 😅

[@HK_Musician]

Diu le lo mo, ba zi ba po

[@xinyiquan666]

cantonese is a dialect not a language, in china, there are thousands of dialects , cantonese is merely one of them, actually cantonese only be spoken in three cities in canton province, china, they are guangzhou, zhuhai and Hongkong

[@marcoli5367]

Mate, you high? What about Macau,Shenzhen. Not to say the 85 millions people that speaks the language.

[@aaronwilson.1921]

​@@xinyiquan666 cantonese isnt a dialect its a language. chinese, however is not a language. when someone says they speak chinese they usually mean they speak mandarin. chinese refers to a group of languages that use a single writing system. mandarin and cantonese are two seperate languages, and chinese isn't

[@Ava-q8t8l]

I'm a Japanese university student. I'm really interested in Chinese recently because its pronunciation is sooooo cool!!!!!!!! In addition, I've never heard Cantonese before. However, when I heard it, I was like, what the beautiful pronunciation!!!!!!!! I became a fan of Cantonese. I'll definitely start to learn Chinese, especially Cantonese next year! My most favorite videos of you is this!!!!

[@Hoo88846]

Japan, Korea and Vietnam are collectively called the Sinosphere. Japanese culture is a replica of the Chinese Tang Dynasty. Google search for “Japanese missions to imperial China” and “Japanese missions to Tang Dynasty”. Hiragana is cursive Chinese. Katakana is partial Chinese. Kanji is Hanzi, or Han Chinese characters named after the Han Dynasty of China. Cantonese is more phonetically closer to Japanese onyomi (Chinese pronunciations of Hanzi) because both descended from Middle Chinese spoken during the Tang Dynasty. Google search for “hiragana origin chart”, “katakana origin chart”.

[@alejrandom6592]

Its next year now 👁👄👁

[@ChaiSJ-bj6zl]

❤️🎈🌺💕

[@fenixphire84]

This guy is really funny. He was killing me in that show on HBO.

[@dannykuang9433]

Lmao, Canto older folks be cussing left and right like it's just part of the day to day convo...which in reality it is lol.

[@gcfko]

First time I went to HK when I was like 12, in the train station my aunt asked me, did you know that guy over there was just swearing every other word, and I was like I had no idea.

[@mytalllittlebunny]

older folks? 😀 the sign of true closeness with someone who speaks canto is whether or not you are cussing when you speak with them

[@rdm801]

Lmao lololol

[@sicariusflamus3033]

a lot of languages (finnish for example) have swear words baked into the actual structure of the language

[@paolagrando5079]

In some regions of Italy a lot of people use cussing like punctuation.

[@dunkyourdonuts2282]

Didn't even need to look at the comments, the second he said "I love Cantonese" my head was already saying "of course, dllm" 😂 the whole spirit of the cantonese language is the cussing

[@alphrz]

as a living creature from hk I can confirm this is true.

[@justkev1044]

As a hongkonger that doesnt remember cussing to my classmates for a single time, I feel extremely left out

[@mrpandasian8871]

This is even a thing on the mainland too that speak canto 😂😂

[@alphrz]

@@justkev1044 maybe you did but you dint realize

[@justkev1044]

@@bruhhhhhh8023 no I just dont

[@juanify9707]

Cussing in Cantonese is extremely dynamic. It can be the hardest language in the world when you're actually mad but it can also seems so casual. I never find any language stronger than Cantonese in terms of cussing.

[@manicpepsicola3431]

Russian?

[@guanonline]

Hokkien (Fujian)/Taiwanese is up there. I speak both

[@evilassholee]

All slavic languages a perfect for swearing

[@mysticamsm8447]

⁠@@guanonlinewow u speaks those?? My family is from Fujian and I live in Taiwan, to bad I moved to US, because all the Taiwanese I learned is gone and we just speak mandarin or English so I was never taught hokkien

[@zatozatoichi7920]

Because you don't know Hungarian. You could literally write a small book with a single sentence and without repetition. : D

[@benjamingam3694]

That "Hum Ka Chan" is probably the most offensive of curses in Cantonese. Even in the worst family quarrels or fights, we refrain from that curse. 😂

[@turtleturbocharged1232]

Dllm too, especially when you are fighting with your siblings

[@bravetherainbow]

I mean, it makes sense that you wouldn't say "I hope your whole family dies"... to your own family member lol

[@benjamingam3694]

@@bravetherainbow You have not met some of my friends. 😔

[@bravetherainbow]

@@benjamingam3694 very true

[@k3vs88]

How to translate hum ka chan in mandarin? 全家残？

[@Racheltse1234]

That's what my mother says to my teacher when I failed a test💀

[@sustainfem]

Lol!!

[@amirulmukminin2276]

I'm a Malaysian and i approve this..

[@adamabdullah7343]

People here majority speaks mandarin though

[@amirulmukminin2276]

@@adamabdullah7343 idk abt u.. must've been a big city shot. I came from the north. They don't even know mandarin here. It's either hakka or Cantonese.

[@sagan08]

@@adamabdullah7343 If you go back 20 years, most people in KL talks Cantonese. Due to SRKJC pushing Mandarin, yes younger gen are more well-versed in Mandarin. But yeah, this is influenced by regions too.. While Cantonese won't be dying out anytime soon, same can't be said abt other subs like Teo Chew

[@HBC101TVStudios]

@@amirulmukminin2276 Ipoh?

[@LukeyMia4]

I'm not Malaysian but my Malaysian friend cursed me with cirit birit once a week

[@blackguypancakes7516]

And now I'ma learn Cantonese

[@boozalm3715]

No you're not. Stop lying to yourself.

[@Zenciiiii]

Learn basic English grammar first

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

@@Zenciiiiiangry little man doesn’t understand extremely common slang “I’ma”

[@PandaMii]

I need a 1 hour vid of Jimmy saying cuss words in Cantonese. It's very satisfying, especially when I understand what he's saying

[@joshchan2642]

Same,cause I aggressively cuss as well.

[@kristineeee]

I need to learn too. It'll be fun to road rage in Cantonese 😅

[@panbubibej6537]

youuo

[@athingkanwar8083]

🤣🤣😍🤣😅 👏👏👏what an old nice man 😂

[@AYuxlin]

As a Cantonese speaker in school, I just cuss in my language and no one else understands 😂.

[@huntermackey8900]

“Any of you guys speak Cantonese HeAr?” 😂😂

[@andreweats8888]

My dad would cussed all the time, but it was so casual that I didnt even notice until I was older 😅

[@Midnight0Mistress]

Same same

[@csyac10495]

And you got punished by teacher because you did the same at school

[@DerrickTan74]

Same here with my parents cussing all the time. Also my 7th grader students tell me that their parents like to say DLLM a lot.

[@jcwms17]

A Cantonese-speaking friend in high school physics taught me “Diulei LauMau” and then had me share with our other Cantonese-speaking classmate when she came in; she certainly glared at my buddy knowing it could’ve only been him who taught me; we are in Indianapolis and certainly not a lot of Cantonese speakers around but I’ve never forgotten that phrase since learning it probably 18 years ago!

[@cd-zw2tt]

What's it mean

[@HerrscherOfOrigin]

​@@cd-zw2tt Google says that it means f your mother

[@geoffstandee]

@@cd-zw2tt same as what he said

[@vivianton]

It's not lei, it's nei

[@vivianton]

@韓恆 HanHeng it's the lazy tongue, but yeah, it gets the point across.

[@unknowndeoxys00]

Not Cantonese but it stands to be one of my top favorite languages every time. It's expressive and hilarious. HK martial arts and comedy films are never the same when they're dubbed.

[@unknowndeoxys00]

@@XxDaRkStArRzxX Yue people, progenitors of Cantonese-speaking Chinese people

[@abzuwaters]

POK GAI

[@namu5583]

I love the way he speak Cantonese.

[@karthigaaravinthan3139]

I truly enjoy watching old Chinese movies like Hail The Judge, Mr Vampire etc

[@grevious99]

As a person born in Hong Kong, 頂你個肺

[@TWmastershen]

in English is “kick you lungs”?😂 it seems that it is actually not a cuss😂

[@luc6226]

@TWmastershen It’s a more moderate swear, kinda like “frick”

[@lanabanana5626]

ah yes, the toned down cuss of "knocking ur lungs". although some said its also cause the dick is so big u feel it in ur lungs lmao

[@ItzCrazyj0]

It’s basically the f word

[@ruuoxi]

Like how stephen chow seems always soft spoken in his movies but the subtitle is on another level...

[@inexplicable01]

Cantonese is a beauitful language

[@edwardwong654]

I love cussing in Cantonese. I also cuss in Italian, English, French, but they do not come close to Cantonese. My boss used to say he can hear me getting close when he hears the cussing getting louder and louder.

[@deathpsycho7585]

I want to hear him talk in cantonese more often, it gave me 1000 years of life ~

[@MeiMei91]

Born in Hawaii and Cantonese was my first language bc of my parents. I knew so many curse words as a kid and teenager but didn't say any English curse words ever lol I would say them all under my breath. Cursing in Cantonese has so much flow.

[@Walking_China]

哈哈哈，中国好多地方方言都是出口成脏，我们老家也是。基本都是口头禅了，

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

As someone who speaks Cantonese, I concur with Jimmy!

[@writevil]

As a Hong Kong fan, I can say that this is very accurate😂

[@voodoo1244]

“Couple of you guys” aka the whole crowd😂

[@JL_hahaha0303]

I just love that he helps more people to understand there are different chiense languages other than just mandarin ❤❤

[@MrTubaman93]

I live in an asian city and immediately understood "DU LEI LOMO" 😂😂

[@marcoroman3242]

What does that part mean

[@Agenda_Grinding_America_Down]

@@marcoroman3242 You don't wanna know it from someone telling you😂

[@marcoroman3242]

@@Agenda_Grinding_America_Down

[@UnwittingMango]

@@marcoroman3242 It means eff your mother.

[@marcoroman3242]

@@UnwittingMango

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

Cantonese is one of my favorite languages to hear because I've grown up around Cantonese speaking culture in Vietnam and Hong Kong's movies.

[@KGTKK]

Can we talk about how many people screamed when he asked who speaks Cantonese and the actual number of people who really understood what he said (the ones that laughed) 😂

[@collintam4295]

I was there! That was me! I was rolling!

[@jonesreviews4613]

The fact that it sounds so nice makes it a really cool sounding threat

[@janemilner8162]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️i love you jimmy ... you're fanstastic

[@fazbaral-falah1486]

I automatically imagining Steven Chow when I hear Cantonese.

[@FAUJI89]

Stephen chow 😆

[@fatwhale9242]

As a person in Hong Kong,I feel proud of myself 😂

[@ĐầuTư_TẤNTIẾN]

hey whale, can u write down what he said? I want to learn that sentences.

[@motorama7527]

@@ĐầuTư_TẤNTIẾN it's "diu nay lo mo, hum ga chaan". you can simply type "DLLM" if you're texting a HKer and they know you're sending regards to their mother :D

[@fatwhale9242]

@@motorama7527 isn’t it diu nei instead of diu nay?

[@username_69807]

@@fatwhale9242 mhhh I think it’s actually nei but the pronunciation sounds like lei and also dllm looks smoother than dnlm Don’t need to care about the details, no one knows how to write the pronunciation correctly without using google, we just learn how to pronounce words by speaking mostly

[@fatwhale9242]

@@username_69807 the pronounce is nei,but people said it into lei

[@the_seraph_ruby143]

As a native Hong Konger…yes. Cantonese is so creative with cussing too

[@Otilia-oz4bb]

NAAAH! That was personal💀

[@RamonaVirus]

I love how when he asked if anyone spoke Cantonese the entire audience cheered lmao

[@SikfanKitchen]

Lol 😂 love it! The most “cho lo” language

[@hoyukpui]

cantonese is the best language in the world❤

[@leove6603]

For cuss

[@borntobeahippo]

That actually sounded beautiful..what a twist 😅

[@cherylparkin8094]

You’re funny! Make me laugh😂 keep up the good work

[@DickyWeiXu]

As a Chinese I can confirm this bc my mum said that all the time and I’m 10 so I’m not allowed to cuss

[@_na-bi_]

the voice crack on “here” though 💀

[@Fotosynthesis858]

Jimmy O’Yang is the funniest Irish comic

[@AirFire18]

And in Spanish… we make it sound romantic 😂

[@mariaana9129]

Not really lol

[@pumpkinwarrior7138]

I’ve never thought that about Spanish LOL the swears sound so aggressive and weird

[@mariaana9129]

@@pumpkinwarrior7138 you’re righ, spanards Are so religious and the cuss Jesus and his Mather lol I’m not religious. They say Me cago en dios y en su Puta madre lol Me cago en tus muertos If you translate this for English do not sound romantic 🤣🤣☮️

[@adamb8317]

​@@pumpkinwarrior7138 Not Mexican Spanish. Super chill and low key

[@AirFire18]

@@mariaana9129 I teach Spanish, if you speak certain dialects- it doesn’t sound romantic. There are many dialects, and the one I find most soothing is Venezuelan accent. Spanish is poetic for how it is written- all the words usually ends in a vowel- making it easier to write poetry and the sound ends on a soft tone. As much as you may disagree, compared to other languages- it’s tone is suppose to be soft.

[@dalecollins876]

YOU ARE AWESOME 😂

[@Gerbil_World]

Cue in Sleeping Dogs 🤣

[@StarEmpress30]

Anyone who spoke Canto and English as a kid will have one point giggled at "Flower Bridge"

[@jt4369]

“Fa Kieu….” Hahaha

[@szesze2982]

The more cuss words sometime means a more intimate friendship. We greet with cusssssss

[@cheesentman1515]

“In Cantonese you can casually cuss” *Enter Mexican Spanish*

[@stealthmode4755]

In this era, enter the Mexican Spanish Canto kid

[@moonrohaizan8140]

That's why I love Cantonese movies. Missed the glory days 🙌

[@PikaPals-x5q]

Cantonese ❤❤❤

[@candidfellow]

I do this to a guai lo worker the other day in a grocery store when he keep pushing a loading cart and got in my way and bump it into me and didn't apologize to me, I won with this golden verbal phrase diu lei lo mo po gai ham gah chan

[@deplorable-0ne]

Dam, now I want to learn Cantonese...

[@GreasyBeasty]

I used to work with a cook named Haren from Hong Kong and he had a chef under him from somewhere else in China and they would have the longest most energetic conversation in Cantonese and it was strange to hear in a rural town but it flows so nicely. He later explained how westerners talk with their mouths but Asians speak with their throats more. Cool dude, cool people and amazing spice in their food.❤

[@PluribusProject]

Deserves more attention

[@roys2010]

I was born in Hong Kong, and my first language is Cantonese. I love my language.

[@charislau7202]

As a Asian who born in hk I really gotta say cantonese is really fuckin cool just like u said bad words in cantonese u can make it to so cool😂

[@veno-moose]

" any of you guys speak Cantonese HeRe"😂😂😂😅

[@nancyortega6105]

Spanish in other hand…. My husband and I was having Brekky in a cafe, I was eating and listening him when I noticed the face of the lady on the table near us and I said to my husband laughing (in Spanish) “that lady thinks you’re verbally abusing me” 😂 her face when she saw me laughing 🤣 god bless her, she was ready to save me 🥹

[@JesusLovesOfficial]

As someone who grew up in as a cantonese , this 100% true. Idky it works xDD I get very confused especially when my family cusses on me sometimes, cause I can't tell whether they are insulting me or complimenting me.

[@testingacc2.079]

Or they say it just because it sounds right

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Any language that you don’t understand can sound nice if you make it so nice with body language and tone

[@madingthree]

I go to a uni in Hong Kong. Exam season the entire building is just full of people yelling "diu lei lo mo" at the top of their lungs

[@seabb]

what does that mean?

[@RomeHero12411]

​@@seabbIt means "fk (diu) your (lei) mother (lo mo)". I think it is like what people say " fk" which can apply to different circumstances as self-expression aside from cussing others, depending on the tone people say it, such as being surprised, sad or/and angry (like in the exam case mentioned above)

[@queenprototypebarbie3740]

Now I am going to learn it. PROFESSIONAL CUSSER HERE MUFUCCA 😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤

[@romanbelic776]

Big big fan of this guy

[@UnderratedGiovanni]

Now I want to learn Cantonese

[@larrygeorge3988]

As a Cantonese, I can also say that it’s the most fun language to insult someone in. Learned that from my parents

[@oswarz5294]

it's fun to cuss in Cantonese, for us Vietnamese we used to mimic Cantonese words, i still remember the phrase he says is " i'll beat the shit out of you"

[@someernie6179]

We love Vietnamese people:) greetings from HK

[@manhkhoanguyen5788]

We still speak Cantonese in Ho Chi Minh district 5. Good location for food an markets

[@sat2255]

Jimmy, you are amazing❤❤❤❤

[@renewashington791]

😂😂😂😂 It has a sort of Romantic vibe and sounds aLmost **Poetic**

[@gulitzt5865]

Cantonese is like the language that can cuss for 10 mintues straight and sound like your rapping

[@E.b.9970]

I wanna learn Cantonese now 😂

[@Anonymous-12693]

Cantonese is so fun when it comes to cussing coz u can basically place a cuss words in any part of a sentence😂😂 u also don’t need to learn a bunch of cuss words; just one is enough and u can use it as many times u want in a sentence😏

[@charleswong6523]

Allow me to demonstrate: It surprise me that the cooking of this gentleman is so delicious 哩条懒样咕懒唔到佢煮哋餸咁懒好吃喔 😂

[@tlam9458]

Large lemon coke 😅

[@Eriee355]

The smile after saying what it mean like Huh?? Isnt that great?? 😂😂

[@sander5457]

Never seen this guy but hes funny as hell 😂😂😂

[@axoloneidolon4702]

It's not about the language, but how people manifest themselves.

[@mytalllittlebunny]

as a hongkonger, the day i really felt close to my mum was when she finally felt comfortable enough to cuss at me happened when i was abt 13,14 me, my sister n parents were already cussing ofcourse but not infront of each other but that day my mum said, 啊頂你啊 when i was being annoying i knew she loved me and finally treated me as an equal

[@who_is_zeyyy5915]

It's the same in my language Turkish. It's not like we cuss to people we see it's just you can get really creative about cussing and even create your own

[@JorinT-u6y]

Word.Luv Cantonese. So true.

[@lanuhsislehswolfchild146]

This dude is my fucking guy! I love Jimmy. He never doesn't make me laugh. He is so genuine. He compares and contrasts without coming off as racist. My hat is off to you Jimmy. ✨🕉️✨

[@CaraFelton]

Thank God for good men like you! You are a true blessing to mankind!

[@NP-jy7qs]

Hâhahh in my college days , i studied abroad so i met few cantonese friends, and the thing with cantonese boys they have such deep voice, and when they speaks i was like woo sounds sexy, but i keep hearing those words over and over again and later they taught me I realized its all cuss words. How ?!? how do you make it sound so nonchalant and sexy, even when they cuss their expression still so chill 😂

[@gelliworldlee481]

yes, cantonese have the best way to cuss n scold ppl. i never forget when i was in universal studio spore. these group of grown men cut right in front of me, i told them not to cut the queue but they ignored me. The lady behind me (cantonese) start scolding them and cussing at them w english mixed w cantonese. at that moment, i saw fear in those grown men eyes 😆😆😆 thnx to her those men moved to the back of the line.

[@Edgarlicker]

Fav thing I love abt cantonese is how even in casual small talks and chats, they will always be a cuss word or two, unless it’s like a formal chat.

[@rashidmelendez262]

I did not expect that 😂😂😂😂

[@tmkk83]

As a guy from HK, I can say this is so true 😂

[@manager-nim2623]

Time to learn Cantonese so I can defend my family

[@waikinchan1856]

@@manager-nim2623 No way, it will only make things worse. Your ancestors will be involved eventually😂😂😂

[@t1geres544]

anyone going to mention cantonese's extremely large quantity of tones?

[@ntelon1]

jim cussing is my favourite part :') He is so good its gangsta !

[@Togethicc468]

I’ll admit, we do have a lot of fun with our words, however threatening they could be :)😅😅 “Live for a thousand years, but may you be troubled by illness every single day.”? Damn boys, be careful around us😅😅

[@DylanBekker]

Love how the Cantonese isn’t censored but the English is 😂

[@6ian_.]

Cantonese child here I agree that when i cuss ppl from the UK just say aw such a cute child