I compare Cantonese vs Korean restaurant service experience. Canton servers are cold, abrupt and straightforward, but they bring food quickly and take away your dirty plates quickly. Korean servers are sweet and nice but they never come back to follow up on your meal. So Canton people may not know how to speak nice but they are super efficient and action speaks louder than words. :)
Cantonese waiters set the plates like dealing cards. Fast and accurate. Cantonese bank tellers are most efficient. You can tell them 20 things you need to do at once and they complete all tasks in less than 5 minutes.
They're about maximum efficiency and waxing poetic about the day doesn't add to the efficiency so it's like and what do you want response? And then they get it for you. Then they stare are you with the permanent RBF in the corner where the drink machines are 🤣 Been taught task oriented training since birth. Do it or you'll get popped. LOL.
When you speak Cantonese you have the most fun joking around. Cantonese has the better curse words and Toisan/Hoisan takes it to the next level. I can speak Mandarin but every time I go to a canto restaurant I bust out to Cantonese, and I can't tell you the joy I have getting into a cab in Hong Kong and trying to talk Cantonese to taxi drivers It just is on a different level all together in terms of feeling like I'm in the hood. I butcher tones dahn Hai if you didn't like, diu! Mm GAN iu LAA!! I'm trying to figure out exactly where in NYC you guys are filming. The view looks so familiar..
Have a couple of Cantonese HS friends and would agree 😂. They would even make up words and talk s**t about others. 🤣 I think I still remember a few words too: Guat = Bone. So we had skinny HS friend. They called him Guatty = Boney. Tao = Head? So they also called him Guat Tao. Bonehead. 😂 Another I remember is I believe Gau = Girl. Doy = Dog. We had another female friend who could get kind of witchy with a B. So they would say Gau Doy 🤣
@@f430ferrari5 Ha ha I can hear them in my mind. Especially Guat Do/ bone head. Toisan had an equivalent but it's much worse.. And of course this is a family show but we all know that Cantonese take " go sea fishing" to a different level. They even have a non standard character for it. Sigh, I miss those days. Everyone seems to be from the north on the mainland now. La....
My grandparents emigrated from guangdong to malaysia a hundred years ago. Cantonese is not my first language but I grew up communicating with my grandparents in Cantonese and improved my spoken cantonese by watching Hong Kong dramas and movies in the 1980s. Yes, I agree Cantonese food is da best - flavourful without having to add MSG. However, my pet peeve with the Cantonese is that we can be sarcastically rude. Eg, when someone is blocking your view, instead of telling that person nicely to move aside, we would say ‘ Are you transparent?’ .. or if someone talks too much, instead of telling that person to tone it down we say ‘ if you don’t utter a word, no one would accuse you of being mute ‘🤦🏻♀️😂😂😂 . Having said this, I am proud of being a Cantonese. My surname is quintessentially Cantonese. 😂
That part about Cantonese people think anyone outside of Guangdong is a northerner applies to my mom. One day, I asked her who is considered Northern Chinese? She said anyone who lives north of the Yangtze river. One day, we went to the bank and a female Chinese banker served us. My mom had a bit of small talk with her in Mando and asked where she was from. The banker said she was from Shanghai and my mom said something about her being a Northerner? I didn't get the whole sentence cuz my Mando sucks. After, I asked my mom, "Isn't Shanghai south of the Yangtze river?" lol my mom just brushed me off with a "hehe my son's Mando isn't so great" or something like that.
I've enjoyed your other videos, but this one is near and dear to my heart. I'm an old Canto(lo wah queh) born in a rice farming village near Guangzhou(now part of it). I left China in 1960 when I was 4 yrs old(smuggled out in a fishing boat) and lived in HK for 2 years with the 3 women in my life(mom, grandmother and great grandmother). Then we went to Guyana(in south America) to join the men of the family who moved there earlier. Family moved to Canada in 1972 and still here. I agree with most of the stereotypes of Canto people. Personally, I'm not superstitious and don't see how the way a word sounds have any real life effect. In fact, we consider 4 to be a "lucky" number because at least 5 family members have 4 in their birth dates. I think there's credibility to TCM and herbal soups. Also I've read that Southern Chinese have more in common with SE Asians than with northern Chinese(more similar to Koreans and Mongolians). Look forward to more videos from you guys.
In San Francisco - back in the day. The mostly Cantonese Chinatown right next to the Italian North Beach was very similar after dark. Taking a walk at night you saw Cantonese or Italians gambling in their respective basements. Ma Jong, cards, or dice. It was fun to stroll around and see the similarities.
When I was little, I followed my grandpa to buy some weird stuff in a Chinese oriental medicine shop. I asked him if there's anything we didn't eat. He casually replied, "We don't eat relatives." 😅😢😮😂😊
For some reason, I have always associated Dim Sum to Cantonese cuisine. I grew up in Costa Rica where my parents' generation were almost exclusively Southern Chinese. Nowadays, there are more of a mix of Chinese people from all corners.
Except when you get sick. As a kid having to drink them growing up. Sooooo bitter. Thankfully they also work fast and only had to drink like 2-3 bowls.
As a Southeast Asian Chinese with few generations of ancestry, although I might have Taishanese blood, Cantonese had bad rep when in the mid 19th century huge migration came about. I was told that one of my Hokkien greatgreatgrandmother forbid their children to mix or marry with Cantonese. My grandfather was adopted by Taishanese, and I feel that it is due to him marrying into my grandma’s Hokkien family and lived with them that he was somehow accepted. My father, therefore, has relentless obligation to constantly pay back their kindness. It might also be the impact of the clan wars, between the Peranakans, Hokkiens, Hakkas and Cantonese. Cantonese were known to settle in new mining towns, while Peranakans and Hokkiens tend to became trade middlemen with Europeans and locals in old coastal cities. As you know, traditional profession monopolised by Cantonese were medicine, furniture and gold. The stigma still persists until today. My observance of my true blue Cantonese Malaysian friends was that they are generally less eager to be multicultural compared to the Hakkas, Hokkiens and Teochew. They tend to be unwilling to get out of the comfort zone unless it involves making profit. Let's not get confused with the early migration of Chinese in America, which were pioneered by exclusively Taishanese. It was when Chinese quarter was established when the Kwongfu Cantonese came in droves, and eventually instead of integrating to Taishanese, the Cantonese and Hongkongers impose on their language instead. It can't be helped with the popularity of Hongkong media, that Cantonese has a general sense of cultural superiority compared to other Southerners. Such also is evident when Kwongfu speakers casually bunch Hakka, Teochew and Taishan as Cantonese, but many of the diaspora generations prefer not to be labelled Cantonese. Wealth is a huge part of their identity. They are quite similar with Hakka mindset, but Hakka people are more willing to fully assimilate and thrive in bureaucracies and politics. Oh, and Cantonese adhere more to Confucianism. They revere Guan Yu big time, and Guan Yu was a Confucian import into folk Taoism and Buddhism.
Them days Hakka girls are forbidden for Canto males . But in Msia surrounded by Hokkiens ans Teochews Canto would accept hakka girls. But Canto girls would never be married to Hokkien Males unless from a very poor family going to a rich Hokkien Famly. Before 1950s. Its a rare fornthesencross marriages. The reasok for thisbwas Hokkien treat girls as almost like house slaves in a very subordinate position. Hakka girls have the best position in their community. Get to be independent.
@@sonnymak6707 lol true to certain extent. There’s saying, marry a Hakka woman and you’re blessed forever, marry a hakka man and you’re cursed forever. In Hokkien families, as well as Peranakan families, Matriarchs are very powerful. There’s saying that a Hokkien son would listen to their mother first than their wife second. Hence there was an endless cycle of matriarchs oppressing their daughter in laws. That is also evident in my baba friend whose grandmother was cantonese and was married into a Peranakan household. She was bullied and oppressed so much that she decided to leave and became the sole breadwinner. But I should admit traditional Hokkien women are quite oppressed and pressured to excel, because even though the men run the business, the women always held the money. My grandma and mum had countless clashes as she refused to be subservient to her. Even until recently grandma refers to our family asset as ‘your mother’s money’. I mean, people should just watch crazy rich asians, although not specified Hokkien, it’s a very Hokkien kind of household.
So accurate . In the past Toisan ppl of North America dominated Chinatown and when you spoke Cantonese they were pissed they answered u back in Toisan. After it was in the influx of wealthier HK ppl , Toisan ppl started to dilute with them to feel superior. They were clout chasing and looked down on south Asian/GZ canto or mainlander speakers. Now haha 😂 it’s mainlanders dominating and HK and Toisan ppl’s mandarin is so awful . But south Asian with canto background ppl have a gift being a polyglot and GZ ppl can also switch from canto to mando easily . Ain’t throwing any shade my mando is crappy AF 😂
Cantonese food lets the ingredients naturally flavor shine, the light seasoning only adds and enhances it natural flavors instead of covering it up like other regions of Chinese food.
Regarding 18:13, in Chinese culture, the number 8 is considered to be good luck and is auspicious. That is why the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China commenced on August 8, 2008 at 8 pm. On the other hand, the number 4 is considered to be bad luck and should be avoided. That is why buildings in China, there are no 4th floor, 14th floor, 24th floor, or floors with the number four in their names. Instead they are named using alternate identification.
the cold chicken feet, aka "white cloud phoenix claws" in cantonese when prepared in upscale places have all the chicken bones extracted manually. the chicken feet get marinated in white vinegar for sometime and usually served cold. Yes, that's very delicious.
Cantonese profanity is a peotry in motion. It is so flowery that when spoke it you command fear and authority. The person receiving the peotry feel small and humilated. LOL!
@@tkam9 You’re right on. I agree 100%. Also, depend on your tone of voice and demeanour, it can mean both ways. For example: …you dickhead… It could mean complement(used it wisely. Only close friends can say that). Or. The meaning as is. 😂 🤣😝😂
I grew up in romania in the 70s and ate brains fried in egg all the time. Also, absolutely all parts of the animal were used in food, nothing got wasted
lots of Cantonese businessmen even went to Shanghai when Shanghai was "colonized" and they have been several generations there before 1949. There were living districts, theaters, churches, schools for Cantonese before 1949. according to some books and newspapers in around 1906 there were at least 200,000 Cantonese and descendants living in Shanghai. of course many of them moved to HK around 1949.
After I came to US (NYC and around) so much of the survival mentality I learned was from Cantonese ppl. And realized it makes sense for why I've been feeling comfortable to them. My hometown, Osaka Japan, they are much more practical than being authentic in general, love searching good food, fun-loving, money driven than ppl from other regions of Japan.
My mother told me that when she was very little [90 years ago in China] her family would have fresh raw monkey brains. We were grossed out because it’s so cruel. We Chinese love to eat and talk about food! Cantonese people prefer fresh food for the best clean taste. Their vocabulary play with similar sounding words, hence very creative with their ‘phrases’.
Sea Bass is my favorite fish dish the way my mother does it. First she boil the water and emerge the fish for 5 minutes take it out and plate it Next she added ginger and scallion and then scalded the fish with hot peanut oil on one side only. Delicious!
I've always wondered why TCM doctors tell you not to eat spicy food, but yet so many provinces in China eat some of the spiciest food, while HK and Canto ppl don't really eat that spicy.
I firmly believe that attaining success does not necessarily equate to finding happiness. In my opinion, genuine happiness cannot be achieved solely through financial wealth. Additionally, running a business that demands substantial time away from family can negatively impact familial bonds. Therefore, prioritizing quality time with loved ones is crucial for nurturing strong and meaningful relationships.
I like your Podcast, I watched it for the first time today, about Cantonese stereotypes. Very interesting for me being Cantonese descend via South America;, now I know why. Can we hear more from your guests bc you David spoke the most.
Sun Yat-Sen is cantonese. The first emperor of the Ming dynasty emperor is from southern China. When Sun Yat-Sen need money for his revolution, he came to Chinatown in the US for donation. Much of his funding for his revolution was from the cantonese american. We cantonese never sold our nation. We are the nation builder.
About the boiling water is true, if I want room temperature water (Cold Boiling Water), u will have to wait util the water turn into room temperature, u will never drink any water out from a faucet like all Americans do. About the Dim Sum, no one ever in HK use chili oil, soy sauce & rock candy for the tea, only American Chinese do that. Kiki sings the Sam Hui money song, pretty much "No Money No Talk" in Cantonese culture. About the sandals, if u go for a short distance in HK, like getting stuff from corner store to home, u would wear sandals. You didn't even mention the very famous term "Hong Kong Foot". About pretty boy/pretty girl, this is when you order white rice/plain congee in restaurant. If u on the street try to get someone attention, u would call them big brother or big sister. (also make sense call them pretty boy/pretty girl, because u just want to get them attention.) nothing else. The term refer to outsider inside China but not in Canton is 外省佬,外省婆 or 北妹/北姑. If they are outside of China caucasian looking, u would call them Gwai Lo or Gwai Po. About the numbers, Cantonese loves 8, 18, 28, 38. It means Rich, Sure Rich, Ez Rich & Living Rich, because they love to get rich, they also love to gamble.
My favorite dish bar non growing up was Hong Kong Style beef chow mein. Best thing ever and had it every time I went to Manhattan Chinatown. Use to be like $10 in the 80's, now it's like $15+
Writing Canto is almost a language itself. When I was in Macau learning how to write Chinese composition, I can think in Canto but according to my teacher, it's not proper written Chinese because Canto is 'bak hua'.
I am Cantonese, but if you stay in Malaysia, you will appreciate other dialects that have great screw words, great food etc. Most of them can switch between dialects. But the key to all Chinese dialects is a common written language. And the strength of a language….whether it can be used in science, technology.
i really this episode based on being Cantonese and Shanghainese. I am most of these stereotypes except the sandals and flip flops unless I’m on a beach.
Might not be a stereotype but I find that people who speak Cantonese usually speak it very loudly. And around non-Cantonese speaking people it sounds abrasive and rude. Sometimes I almost want to tell them to please lower their voices because they’re making Chinese people look bad. Sorry, just my take.
That is how it was like decades ago. Nothing like a loud raucous dim sum restaurant to blow out your eardrums. 😂 I had a non Chinese friend comment that Italians are just as loud in these settings.
Cantonese people are often seen as superstitious due to deep-rooted historical influences from Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism; the practice of Feng Shui; strong traditions of ancestral worship; linguistic superstitions related to numbers and homophones; culturally significant festivals with traditional rituals; and beliefs and practices passed down through generations within tight-knit communities. These elements are integral to their cultural identity and heritage. Additionally, I believe that we may be from a whole different planet, traveling to Earth and leaving our marks just like we do here. TVB's depiction of ancient characters with supernatural powers suggests they were from a different world altogether.
I grew up in Australia Chinatown in the 90 and Cantonese was the lingo. Im Vietnamese but picked up alot of the lingo eating yum cha and watching young & dangerous. I love the culture 😎🔥🙏
Around the world in general it’s the Cantonese and neighboring southern groups who form the basis of Overseas Chinese communities. Hence the common use of Traditional Script often read/spoken in anything other than Mandarin.
Back in the day when I use to live with my parents as a kid they would make me drink the WORST tasting herbal soups as medicine when ever I got sick, so bitter and one had the consistency of snot ! That one in particular was the worst. Oh how I dreaded to get sick when I was a kid ! But IT WORKS. I get got better like over night in most times. As if my mouth was like hell no. No more of that. You getting better NOW! LOL
I always say.. a lot of Cantos look SE Asian with their darker skin, bigger eyes, and shorter height lol. I wouldn't even be surprised if Canto peeps had roots in SE Asia like the people in Yunnan province.
Cantonese people descent from the inhabitants of the Nan Yue kingdom, that included current Northern Vietnam, Guanxi, Guangdong and a part of Fujian. So yes, they are mixed with Southeast Asians.
Hakka is also Cantonese and they just have their Hakka dialect, no?!? Ppl in Hongkong speak Cantonese, but like this group, some are from canton, some from teochiu, toashan…🤷♀️
Another stereotype- Do you know that the Hong Kong are seen as Worldly People/“righteous cunning scoundrel” (direct translation - sai Kai chai) . If you know the Jin Yong Novel - Duke Of Mount Deer ( Luk Tin Kei in Cantonese) which has been made into , Tv series (Tony Leung) and movies(staring Stephen Chow) the main character- Wai Siu Bo is based on the Hong Kong people.. he played both sides of the coin- the Manchu Emperor and the Han Rebels. A cunning degenerate gambler and womanizer who is a Loyal friend/subject to the Manchu emperor (the crown in the case of Hong Kong) but at the same time being a Han , he showed the brotherhood spirit and loyalty to the Underground😊 Han rebels. Played both sides and make money from both sides😀. Typifies Hong Kong and Guangdong people
From northern chinese perspective cantonese ppl are: 1. Entrepreneurial 2. Money driven 3. Short, skinny 4. Eat everything from sky to ocean to ground 5.cannot hold their alcohol
I'm Vietnamese and my wife is cantonese and her family drink liquor like south korean dudes and the grandpa (ex sailor) always need the cognac shot before a meal...Only with her family I have seen people drink so much so they black out...🤣
@@robertlowe5697 Cantonese is very financial minded and finance oriented, saving money and always worrying about making ends meet. If they can survive spending $0.00 they would, it's like a life or death situation.
My wife is Cantonese but born in the US. She agrees that Cantonese are noticeably money oriented. She said she couldn't believe she was asked about her salaries so bluntly. So Cantonese guys in general don't want to date women with higher achievements than them.
I feel like a lot of fobs even outside Guangdong and China care about money and ask bluntly how much people make. You can see on blind all the time of indians and older fob people bringing this up I also wouldn't compare fobs to ABCs. Values can be very different
Isnt that the Chinese in general always wanting to know how much you make despite not even knowing you well. I never tell them. Not even my family knows how much I make.
yes we sold the nation lol and I agree with that canto region is like the transition between china and Vietnam...the language the culture the food and even by DNA tests.... Cantonese is like a mix
"Calling everyone outside of Guangdong a "northerner", even though many are decidedly from other parts of southern China. Thats my mom. My dad wears sandals or flip flops everyday. Soup everyday. I love sea food but its expensive. Calling every youngster pretty and handsome is so canto. Superstitous my parents believe it! So whenever we move into a new house my dad would spread candy in the house!
Cantonese, Hakka parents: 1. Don't rely on others. Rely on Yourself. 2. Work hard. 3. Be your own person. 4. Don't beg, borrow or steal. 5. Don't be a grifter. 6. Don't lie, cheat and be a burden to society. 7. Don't be an asshole. 8. Do your share of the work and never be a quitter. 9. Take pride in yourself, there's only one You and there's never going to be another You. 10. Every second counts. 😳💥
I don't know if this is still correct now, but according to the aunties in my family, the HK people had a nickname "Malaysian chicken" (馬來雞) for Malaysian-Chinese ladies (which, my aunties didn't find offensive but for sure others could). Maybe they aren't using it anymore ? I'll occasionally get the "馬來妹" though 🤣 But, it's very true that most of my Canto friends never consider me to "full" Canto, no matter how much Canto I speak with them, due to my mixed-Chinese background.
You should visit Hong Kong "wet market" in the 70's and 80's. Its looks like a zoo selling exotic animals. I am glad they ban it now because I love wild animals.
Probably not strictly Canto but Asian in general, not throwing away things. Especially containers and reusing them as storage. I remember back when I was a kid and thinking the blue tin of cookies was cookies and turned out to be full of dried orange peels. Also having the funkiest looking cupboard not full of plates but of jars or who know what in them and some labeled with Chinese characters and some not.
1. Swearing all the time 2. Screaming at the top of their lungs when they don't get their way at Chinese Restaurants 3. Extremely frugal shopping only at discount department stores and warehouses and only eating fast food with coupons 4. Uses a lot of free resources like napkins and plastic utensils and stuff them into their pockets and finally 5. Extreme materialism and consumerism and high standards for achievements in work and college and school and only will let you date a Chinese woman after getting an arranged marriage from a matchmaker or your aunt on your mother's side of your family from your grandma's village on your mother's side of your family. Or if your parents are very conservative they will force you into an arranged marriage with your Maternal opposite sex cousin from your Maternal grandma's village and move into your house if you're the first born son and ask you to provide for their retirement and dislike your mother will hate and be envious of your new Maternal first female first cousin bride.
My ex-wife is originally from Hong Kong so I learned a lot of bad words in the 10 years that we were together. As pronunciation and tone is VERY important when you speak Cantonese, I can have a lot of fun with my Cantonese speaking co-workers. For example, the word hi (depending on pronunciation) can mean shoe, crab, yes, and woman’s private area. So depending on the pronunciation/tone chow hi can mean stinky shoe, stinky crab, or stinky woman’s private parts. 😂
I compare Cantonese vs Korean restaurant service experience. Canton servers are cold, abrupt and straightforward, but they bring food quickly and take away your dirty plates quickly. Korean servers are sweet and nice but they never come back to follow up on your meal. So Canton people may not know how to speak nice but they are super efficient and action speaks louder than words. :)
Cantonese waiters set the plates like dealing cards. Fast and accurate.
Cantonese bank tellers are most efficient. You can tell them 20 things you need to do at once and they complete all tasks in less than 5 minutes.
I experienced the same rudeness minus the efficiency whenever I visit Korean restaurants lol
They're about maximum efficiency and waxing poetic about the day doesn't add to the efficiency so it's like and what do you want response? And then they get it for you. Then they stare are you with the permanent RBF in the corner where the drink machines are 🤣 Been taught task oriented training since birth. Do it or you'll get popped. LOL.
Cantonese really just kick butt in whateva they do. 😁😆
Get things DONE.
When you speak Cantonese you have the most fun joking around. Cantonese has the better curse words and Toisan/Hoisan takes it to the next level. I can speak Mandarin but every time I go to a canto restaurant I bust out to Cantonese, and I can't tell you the joy I have getting into a cab in Hong Kong and trying to talk Cantonese to taxi drivers It just is on a different level all together in terms of feeling like I'm in the hood. I butcher tones dahn Hai if you didn't like, diu! Mm GAN iu LAA!! I'm trying to figure out exactly where in NYC you guys are filming. The view looks so familiar..
Have a couple of Cantonese HS friends and would agree 😂. They would even make up words and talk s**t about others. 🤣
I think I still remember a few words too:
Guat = Bone. So we had skinny HS friend. They called him Guatty = Boney.
Tao = Head? So they also called him Guat Tao. Bonehead. 😂
Another I remember is I believe Gau = Girl. Doy = Dog.
We had another female friend who could get kind of witchy with a B. So they would say Gau Doy 🤣
@@f430ferrari5 Ha ha I can hear them in my mind. Especially Guat Do/ bone head. Toisan had an equivalent but it's much worse.. And of course this is a family show but we all know that Cantonese take " go sea fishing" to a different level. They even have a non standard character for it. Sigh, I miss those days. Everyone seems to be from the north on the mainland now. La....
@@f430ferrari5Haha… we do that too. Another one is “hung geng” for country folks. 😂
I am from Trinidad, a small island in the Caribbean and my ancestors (over 100 years ago) are Cantonese and Cantonese food is the best 💯🇹🇹
I'm canto and I love Caribbean food!
I was impressed to learn about the Chinese in Trinidad, and had only found out because of Anya Ayoung-Chee.
Do u still speak?
I don’t think I’ve ever met a Cantonese Trinidadian are you also Afro Trinidadian?
@@Avg_Joe_001广东人不一定是客家人还有客家人是汉族分支一个小群体😅
Thank you for having me on the show! I love talking in canto. Hong Kong number 1!😂🇭🇰
@@Dragon3435you expect ABC to speak Cantonese? They're practically American or "banana".
We should do more Conto American shows! 🙌🙌
@@fcnghkkc1abc should speak more Chinese. It’s up to us as to how to raise the next generation.
Cantos can be brutal. They can roast someone in the most creative ways. 😂 Even their own kids.
Childhood trauma 😂 mental and physical
Esp their own kids
My grandparents emigrated from guangdong to malaysia a hundred years ago. Cantonese is not my first language but I grew up communicating with my grandparents in Cantonese and improved my spoken cantonese by watching Hong Kong dramas and movies in the 1980s. Yes, I agree Cantonese food is da best - flavourful without having to add MSG. However, my pet peeve with the Cantonese is that we can be sarcastically rude. Eg, when someone is blocking your view, instead of telling that person nicely to move aside, we would say ‘ Are you transparent?’ .. or if someone talks too much, instead of telling that person to tone it down we say ‘ if you don’t utter a word, no one would accuse you of being mute ‘🤦🏻♀️😂😂😂 . Having said this, I am proud of being a Cantonese. My surname is quintessentially Cantonese. 😂
That part about Cantonese people think anyone outside of Guangdong is a northerner applies to my mom. One day, I asked her who is considered Northern Chinese? She said anyone who lives north of the Yangtze river. One day, we went to the bank and a female Chinese banker served us. My mom had a bit of small talk with her in Mando and asked where she was from. The banker said she was from Shanghai and my mom said something about her being a Northerner? I didn't get the whole sentence cuz my Mando sucks. After, I asked my mom, "Isn't Shanghai south of the Yangtze river?" lol my mom just brushed me off with a "hehe my son's Mando isn't so great" or something like that.
Northern Chinese for them is geographically north of Guangdong province. That’s why.
I've enjoyed your other videos, but this one is near and dear to my heart. I'm an old Canto(lo wah queh) born in a rice farming village near Guangzhou(now part of it). I left China in 1960 when I was 4 yrs old(smuggled out in a fishing boat) and lived in HK for 2 years with the 3 women in my life(mom, grandmother and great grandmother). Then we went to Guyana(in south America) to join the men of the family who moved there earlier. Family moved to Canada in 1972 and still here. I agree with most of the stereotypes of Canto people. Personally, I'm not superstitious and don't see how the way a word sounds have any real life effect. In fact, we consider 4 to be a "lucky" number because at least 5 family members have 4 in their birth dates. I think there's credibility to TCM and herbal soups. Also I've read that Southern Chinese have more in common with SE Asians than with northern Chinese(more similar to Koreans and Mongolians). Look forward to more videos from you guys.
In San Francisco - back in the day. The mostly Cantonese Chinatown right next to the Italian North Beach was very similar after dark. Taking a walk at night you saw Cantonese or Italians gambling in their respective basements. Ma Jong, cards, or dice. It was fun to stroll around and see the similarities.
Asian parents and grandparents love their steamed fish at least 2-3 a week without fail for dinner growing up in a cantonese household.
omg this so true
And eat steamed pork with hum ha.
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When I was little, I followed my grandpa to buy some weird stuff in a Chinese oriental medicine shop. I asked him if there's anything we didn't eat. He casually replied, "We don't eat relatives." 😅😢😮😂😊
Loved that!😂
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For some reason, I have always associated Dim Sum to Cantonese cuisine. I grew up in Costa Rica where my parents' generation were almost exclusively Southern Chinese. Nowadays, there are more of a mix of Chinese people from all corners.
That is true because yumcha is a cantonese tradition
Dim Sum is Cantonese
@mapowing: Dim Sum was created by Cantonese people.
Cantonese are famous for loving soups, we have hundreds of variations.
Except when you get sick. As a kid having to drink them growing up. Sooooo bitter. Thankfully they also work fast and only had to drink like 2-3 bowls.
@@mlong9475 soup is not the same as herbal medicine. if they are bitter, they are medicine, not the soup for eating with rice. learn the difference.
As a Southeast Asian Chinese with few generations of ancestry, although I might have Taishanese blood, Cantonese had bad rep when in the mid 19th century huge migration came about. I was told that one of my Hokkien greatgreatgrandmother forbid their children to mix or marry with Cantonese. My grandfather was adopted by Taishanese, and I feel that it is due to him marrying into my grandma’s Hokkien family and lived with them that he was somehow accepted. My father, therefore, has relentless obligation to constantly pay back their kindness. It might also be the impact of the clan wars, between the Peranakans, Hokkiens, Hakkas and Cantonese. Cantonese were known to settle in new mining towns, while Peranakans and Hokkiens tend to became trade middlemen with Europeans and locals in old coastal cities. As you know, traditional profession monopolised by Cantonese were medicine, furniture and gold. The stigma still persists until today. My observance of my true blue Cantonese Malaysian friends was that they are generally less eager to be multicultural compared to the Hakkas, Hokkiens and Teochew. They tend to be unwilling to get out of the comfort zone unless it involves making profit. Let's not get confused with the early migration of Chinese in America, which were pioneered by exclusively Taishanese. It was when Chinese quarter was established when the Kwongfu Cantonese came in droves, and eventually instead of integrating to Taishanese, the Cantonese and Hongkongers impose on their language instead. It can't be helped with the popularity of Hongkong media, that Cantonese has a general sense of cultural superiority compared to other Southerners. Such also is evident when Kwongfu speakers casually bunch Hakka, Teochew and Taishan as Cantonese, but many of the diaspora generations prefer not to be labelled Cantonese. Wealth is a huge part of their identity. They are quite similar with Hakka mindset, but Hakka people are more willing to fully assimilate and thrive in bureaucracies and politics. Oh, and Cantonese adhere more to Confucianism. They revere Guan Yu big time, and Guan Yu was a Confucian import into folk Taoism and Buddhism.
Them days Hakka girls are forbidden for Canto males . But in Msia surrounded by Hokkiens ans Teochews Canto would accept hakka girls. But Canto girls would never be married to Hokkien Males unless from a very poor family going to a rich Hokkien Famly. Before 1950s. Its a rare fornthesencross marriages. The reasok for thisbwas Hokkien treat girls as almost like house slaves in a very subordinate position. Hakka girls have the best position in their community. Get to be independent.
@@sonnymak6707 lol true to certain extent. There’s saying, marry a Hakka woman and you’re blessed forever, marry a hakka man and you’re cursed forever. In Hokkien families, as well as Peranakan families, Matriarchs are very powerful. There’s saying that a Hokkien son would listen to their mother first than their wife second. Hence there was an endless cycle of matriarchs oppressing their daughter in laws. That is also evident in my baba friend whose grandmother was cantonese and was married into a Peranakan household. She was bullied and oppressed so much that she decided to leave and became the sole breadwinner. But I should admit traditional Hokkien women are quite oppressed and pressured to excel, because even though the men run the business, the women always held the money. My grandma and mum had countless clashes as she refused to be subservient to her. Even until recently grandma refers to our family asset as ‘your mother’s money’. I mean, people should just watch crazy rich asians, although not specified Hokkien, it’s a very Hokkien kind of household.
So accurate . In the past Toisan ppl of North America dominated Chinatown and when you spoke Cantonese they were pissed they answered u back in Toisan. After it was in the influx of wealthier HK ppl , Toisan ppl started to dilute with them to feel superior. They were clout chasing and looked down on south Asian/GZ canto or mainlander speakers. Now haha 😂 it’s mainlanders dominating and HK and Toisan ppl’s mandarin is so awful . But south Asian with canto background ppl have a gift being a polyglot and GZ ppl can also switch from canto to mando easily . Ain’t throwing any shade my mando is crappy AF 😂
Cantonese food lets the ingredients naturally flavor shine, the light seasoning only adds and enhances it natural flavors instead of covering it up like other regions of Chinese food.
It's all the MSG that makes the food taste light. 😉
Need a part two on this topic
Regarding 18:13, in Chinese culture, the number 8 is considered to be good luck and is auspicious. That is why the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China commenced on August 8, 2008 at 8 pm. On the other hand, the number 4 is considered to be bad luck and should be avoided. That is why buildings in China, there are no 4th floor, 14th floor, 24th floor, or floors with the number four in their names. Instead they are named using alternate identification.
I always like the sound of the Cantonese language.
the cold chicken feet, aka "white cloud phoenix claws" in cantonese when prepared in upscale places have all the chicken bones extracted manually. the chicken feet get marinated in white vinegar for sometime and usually served cold. Yes, that's very delicious.
Cantonese has the best profanity. Not even English can match it. 😂
Cantonese profanity is a peotry in motion. It is so flowery that when spoke it you command fear and authority. The person receiving the peotry feel small and humilated. LOL!
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You’re right on. I agree 100%.
Also, depend on your tone of voice and demeanour, it can mean both ways. For example: …you dickhead… It could mean complement(used it wisely. Only close friends can say that). Or. The meaning as is. 😂 🤣😝😂
"Laughs in Mexican"
omg... yeah cantonese LOVE their hot water... they just drink that shit straight up... not even just for making tea
And they love their thermoses just as much as
I grew up in romania in the 70s and ate brains fried in egg all the time. Also, absolutely all parts of the animal were used in food, nothing got wasted
lots of Cantonese businessmen even went to Shanghai when Shanghai was "colonized" and they have been several generations there before 1949. There were living districts, theaters, churches, schools for Cantonese before 1949. according to some books and newspapers in around 1906 there were at least 200,000 Cantonese and descendants living in Shanghai. of course many of them moved to HK around 1949.
and Wuhan when it became a trading port
My dad is from Hong Kong but he grew up speaking Khmer and doesn't know a lick of any Chinese southern dialect.
Khmer represented.🎉🎉🎉
And your mother is Cambodian?
@@career5690 Yes she's Khmer and Thai, My dad is Khmer, Lao, and Chinese.
After I came to US (NYC and around) so much of the survival mentality I learned was from Cantonese ppl. And realized it makes sense for why I've been feeling comfortable to them. My hometown, Osaka Japan, they are much more practical than being authentic in general, love searching good food, fun-loving, money driven than ppl from other regions of Japan.
My mother told me that when she was very little [90 years ago in China] her family would have fresh raw monkey brains. We were grossed out because it’s so cruel. We Chinese love to eat and talk about food! Cantonese people prefer fresh food for the best clean taste. Their vocabulary play with similar sounding words, hence very creative with their ‘phrases’.
Try saying this. (Note: Might require an advanced Canto speaker) 虧龜愧跪貴葵. It means “Inferior turtle kneels in shame before precious sunflower”
Calling everyone lang jai and lang lui is 100% true for Canto ppl
Sea Bass is my favorite fish dish the way my mother does it. First she boil the water and emerge the fish for 5 minutes take it out and plate it Next she added ginger and scallion and then scalded the fish with hot peanut oil on one side only. Delicious!
I've always wondered why TCM doctors tell you not to eat spicy food, but yet so many provinces in China eat some of the spiciest food, while HK and Canto ppl don't really eat that spicy.
Cantonese are like the "anti-spice" of China
It's about the water we drink and the weather
Love Cantonese food.
I firmly believe that attaining success does not necessarily equate to finding happiness. In my opinion, genuine happiness cannot be achieved solely through financial wealth. Additionally, running a business that demands substantial time away from family can negatively impact familial bonds. Therefore, prioritizing quality time with loved ones is crucial for nurturing strong and meaningful relationships.
I like your Podcast, I watched it for the first time today, about Cantonese stereotypes. Very interesting for me being Cantonese descend via South America;, now I know why. Can we hear more from your guests bc you David spoke the most.
Cantonese are like Texans. Anyone who’s not from Texas is a yankee…😂
Anyone from America is a yank to us... It's all realitve
🤣🤣 but true
Sun Yat-Sen is cantonese. The first emperor of the Ming dynasty emperor is from southern China. When Sun Yat-Sen need money for his revolution, he came to Chinatown in the US for donation. Much of his funding for his revolution was from the cantonese american. We cantonese never sold our nation. We are the nation builder.
Agree Sun Yat Sen also raised money from other overseas Chinese in South East Asia especially from Malaya, then
i love this episode ❤. Everything you talked about its so true.
About the boiling water is true, if I want room temperature water (Cold Boiling Water), u will have to wait util the water turn into room temperature, u will never drink any water out from a faucet like all Americans do. About the Dim Sum, no one ever in HK use chili oil, soy sauce & rock candy for the tea, only American Chinese do that. Kiki sings the Sam Hui money song, pretty much "No Money No Talk" in Cantonese culture. About the sandals, if u go for a short distance in HK, like getting stuff from corner store to home, u would wear sandals. You didn't even mention the very famous term "Hong Kong Foot". About pretty boy/pretty girl, this is when you order white rice/plain congee in restaurant. If u on the street try to get someone attention, u would call them big brother or big sister. (also make sense call them pretty boy/pretty girl, because u just want to get them attention.) nothing else. The term refer to outsider inside China but not in Canton is 外省佬,外省婆 or 北妹/北姑. If they are outside of China caucasian looking, u would call them Gwai Lo or Gwai Po. About the numbers, Cantonese loves 8, 18, 28, 38. It means Rich, Sure Rich, Ez Rich & Living Rich, because they love to get rich, they also love to gamble.
My favorite dish bar non growing up was Hong Kong Style beef chow mein. Best thing ever and had it every time I went to Manhattan Chinatown. Use to be like $10 in the 80's, now it's like $15+
Writing Canto is almost a language itself. When I was in Macau learning how to write Chinese composition, I can think in Canto but according to my teacher, it's not proper written Chinese because Canto is 'bak hua'.
Spoken Cantonese and formally written Chinese are different. The PRC don't like traditional characters.
I am Cantonese, but if you stay in Malaysia, you will appreciate other dialects that have great screw words, great food etc. Most of them can switch between dialects. But the key to all Chinese dialects is a common written language. And the strength of a language….whether it can be used in science, technology.
Cantonese just sounds comical even to Chinese. Especially to those that don’t speak it.
i really this episode based on being Cantonese and Shanghainese. I am most of these stereotypes except the sandals and flip flops unless I’m on a beach.
canto people got the best combos and versatility in swearing lmao it's goated
Ya your right, combos of creative swearing and insults is on another level, in Cantonese.
You mentioned about the shipping and ports from Guangzhou. Canton, ohio is named after canton china because of the shipping business
😂I don’t have a Chinese name. This guy is shy of his heritage. Then bust out Chinese name after pressure.
Might not be a stereotype but I find that people who speak Cantonese usually speak it very loudly. And around non-Cantonese speaking people it sounds abrasive and rude. Sometimes I almost want to tell them to please lower their voices because they’re making Chinese people look bad. Sorry, just my take.
That is how it was like decades ago. Nothing like a loud raucous dim sum restaurant to blow out your eardrums. 😂 I had a non Chinese friend comment that Italians are just as loud in these settings.
Cantonese is equivalent to New Yorker. Loud, abrasive, and rude
always
Cantonese people are often seen as superstitious due to deep-rooted historical influences from Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism; the practice of Feng Shui; strong traditions of ancestral worship; linguistic superstitions related to numbers and homophones; culturally significant festivals with traditional rituals; and beliefs and practices passed down through generations within tight-knit communities. These elements are integral to their cultural identity and heritage. Additionally, I believe that we may be from a whole different planet, traveling to Earth and leaving our marks just like we do here. TVB's depiction of ancient characters with supernatural powers suggests they were from a different world altogether.
I grew up in Australia Chinatown in the 90 and Cantonese was the lingo. Im Vietnamese but picked up alot of the lingo eating yum cha and watching young & dangerous. I love the culture 😎🔥🙏
Cantonese are known in America as “old money “ they’ve Been established longer in America
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Around the world in general it’s the Cantonese and neighboring southern groups who form the basis of Overseas Chinese communities. Hence the common use of Traditional Script often read/spoken in anything other than Mandarin.
@@AbdulAlhazred-l2lnot you with that emoji again.
Ginger and garlic are spices, and spices are natural stuff!
Canto ppl are super hard working
Not the current generation. The typical lazy 9-6 and no OT.
Back in the day when I use to live with my parents as a kid they would make me drink the WORST tasting herbal soups as medicine when ever I got sick, so bitter and one had the consistency of snot ! That one in particular was the worst. Oh how I dreaded to get sick when I was a kid ! But IT WORKS. I get got better like over night in most times. As if my mouth was like hell no. No more of that. You getting better NOW! LOL
OH Yeah, its like you pulling out a bullet out of your own body so you will survive in the movie.
White chicken feet is the best! Love that spicy vinegar taste~
We get our Pancit Canton and lumpiang Shanghai from y'all 🇵🇭🙂👍
LOL my dad use to double boil soup for like 6-8 hours and get shit from my mom for using so much power just to make soup.
Our special Chinese soup smell around the neighborhood are legendary.
I always say.. a lot of Cantos look SE Asian with their darker skin, bigger eyes, and shorter height lol. I wouldn't even be surprised if Canto peeps had roots in SE Asia like the people in Yunnan province.
Cantonese people descent from the inhabitants of the Nan Yue kingdom, that included current Northern Vietnam, Guanxi, Guangdong and a part of Fujian.
So yes, they are mixed with Southeast Asians.
That’s true of Southern Chinese people in general.
Cantonese people ARE South East Asians.....
Yep
Because they ARE South East Asians.....
SE Asians are mainly Cantonese descendants.
Cantonese people genrally like to taste he genuine flavours of the ingredients used in the dishes
My bestie is Canto and she’s badasss
Love this! 🤣 Definitely get things done!
N: Our willingness to be successful.
His dad: 差唔多喇.
The ATV analogy spot on 😂
Yes, it's a Transition Region.
Culturally, Ethnically and even climate transition towards the Tropics.
3:57 -=LOL!!!!!! That joke got me good!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
David with the "hum ga chaun" 😂
What the?😂
God tier level cussing combos
Wow. you guys are so hard working in making different new videos. 😊😊😊
Their life depends on it.
@@AbdulAlhazred-l2l lol. So does many others.
Yesterday my uncle gave me some Drunken Chicken soup. 🤤
They brought up all of these different Cantonese foods but no mention of dishes like Hom Yee Jeng Yook Baeng (salted fish)? ^_^
My mom is half Cantonese and half Hakka, she used to terrorize me with pig brain soup, it literally looked like tofu.
Those 2 groups used to kill each others.
@@AbdulAlhazred-l2l Not when you are forced to leave and live in foreign land.
@@bc8Sooners They were like Israeli and Palestinian .
OMG. Herbal pigs brain soup is heavenly!
Hakka is also Cantonese and they just have their Hakka dialect, no?!? Ppl in Hongkong speak Cantonese, but like this group, some are from canton, some from teochiu, toashan…🤷♀️
Another stereotype- Do you know that the Hong Kong are seen as Worldly People/“righteous cunning scoundrel” (direct translation - sai Kai chai) . If you know the Jin Yong Novel - Duke Of Mount Deer ( Luk Tin Kei in Cantonese) which has been made into , Tv series (Tony Leung) and movies(staring Stephen Chow) the main character- Wai Siu Bo is based on the Hong Kong people.. he played both sides of the coin- the Manchu Emperor and the Han Rebels. A cunning degenerate gambler and womanizer who is a Loyal friend/subject to the Manchu emperor (the crown in the case of Hong Kong) but at the same time being a Han , he showed the brotherhood spirit and loyalty to the Underground😊 Han rebels. Played both sides and make money from both sides😀. Typifies Hong Kong and Guangdong people
A very distinct Cantonese, Hakka look is the famed martial artist movie actor
Ying Chieh-Han. He has the classic Cantonese looks.
Wiki say he was born in Shanghai
@psychedamike
There are Hakka everywhere who are not even born in China.
What I love about the Cantonese trait is that when we speak it especially the curse words, it makes us sound more gangsters!
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Teeth pointy and lips razor sharp. Chauvinistic . Sarcastic and Caustic. Taken to a bit extreme in HK.
From northern chinese perspective cantonese ppl are:
1. Entrepreneurial
2. Money driven
3. Short, skinny
4. Eat everything from sky to ocean to ground
5.cannot hold their alcohol
Money driven (greed), short/skinny and eating everything are Chinese stereotypes in general in the west.
Accurate
A former coworker from Eastern China complained about Cantonese people eating chicken feet.
I'm Vietnamese and my wife is cantonese and her family drink liquor like south korean dudes and the grandpa (ex sailor) always need the cognac shot before a meal...Only with her family I have seen people drink so much so they black out...🤣
@@GL-iv4rw yes and like the video said chinese people who went abroad until recently are all from Canto, Fujian, Taoshan.
My father always told me Cantonese will always look/get a good deal but we're not cheap we only buy quality
I thought being cheap is all that matters 😂
@@GL-iv4rw What good is eating cheap, but it doesn't tastes good. It has to be cheap & tastes good or pay a little more for better tasting foods!
@@robertlowe5697 Cantonese is very financial minded and finance oriented, saving money and always worrying about making ends meet. If they can survive spending $0.00 they would, it's like a life or death situation.
nice! Thank you my Cantonese bros and sis
Shout out to Lung Fung Restaurant in Panama City, Panama. Best Dim Sum in the Americas.
My wife is Cantonese but born in the US. She agrees that Cantonese are noticeably money oriented. She said she couldn't believe she was asked about her salaries so bluntly. So Cantonese guys in general don't want to date women with higher achievements than them.
Most guys in general don't. It's pretty universal.
I feel like a lot of fobs even outside Guangdong and China care about money and ask bluntly how much people make. You can see on blind all the time of indians and older fob people bringing this up
I also wouldn't compare fobs to ABCs. Values can be very different
More like women in general are hypergamous, so their selection in guys drastically drops.
Isnt that the Chinese in general always wanting to know how much you make despite not even knowing you well. I never tell them. Not even my family knows how much I make.
4:01 Exactly what my mom told me, if the back is to the sky it can be eaten.
背脊向天皆可食 it’s a popular canto quote meaning anything with the back facing the sky is edible
yes we sold the nation lol and I agree with that canto region is like the transition between china and Vietnam...the language the culture the food and even by DNA tests.... Cantonese is like a mix
We have pancit canton and lumpiang Shanghai our favorite chinese origin pinoy food hehehe
you messed up kiki's insta link in the description....
"Calling everyone outside of Guangdong a "northerner", even though many are decidedly from other parts of southern China. Thats my mom. My dad wears sandals or flip flops everyday. Soup everyday. I love sea food but its expensive. Calling every youngster pretty and handsome is so canto. Superstitous my parents believe it! So whenever we move into a new house my dad would spread candy in the house!
Cantonese cooking brings out the original flavour of the ingredient e.g. steamed fish!!
Cantonese, Hakka parents:
1. Don't rely on others. Rely on Yourself.
2. Work hard.
3. Be your own person.
4. Don't beg, borrow or steal.
5. Don't be a grifter.
6. Don't lie, cheat and be a burden to society.
7. Don't be an asshole.
8. Do your share of the work and never be a quitter.
9. Take pride in yourself, there's only one You and there's never going to be another You.
10. Every second counts.
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diarrhea when eating Sichuan Food ‘immediately’ is wild😂😂😂😂😂
The truth, rather than a stereotype: when meeting relatives, you just never know if you got skinnier or fatter.
I don't know if this is still correct now, but according to the aunties in my family, the HK people had a nickname "Malaysian chicken" (馬來雞) for Malaysian-Chinese ladies (which, my aunties didn't find offensive but for sure others could). Maybe they aren't using it anymore ? I'll occasionally get the "馬來妹" though 🤣 But, it's very true that most of my Canto friends never consider me to "full" Canto, no matter how much Canto I speak with them, due to my mixed-Chinese background.
The seat is too high for Nelson 😂
The conversation topics are also too deep for him
@@dimedropper how deep from 1 to 10?
@@DonTitoNYC Depends how high from 1 to 10
@@dimedropper higher than David and Kiki
@@DonTitoNYC then not as deep as them
My Dad used to joke with me that cantonese people will eat anything except humans
My viet buddy told me "we eat anything that moves."
😂
背脊向天皆可食 it’s a popular canto quote meaning anything with the back facing the sky is edible
You should visit Hong Kong "wet market" in the 70's and 80's. Its looks like a zoo selling exotic animals. I am glad they ban it now because I love wild animals.
Probably not strictly Canto but Asian in general, not throwing away things. Especially containers and reusing them as storage. I remember back when I was a kid and thinking the blue tin of cookies was cookies and turned out to be full of dried orange peels. Also having the funkiest looking cupboard not full of plates but of jars or who know what in them and some labeled with Chinese characters and some not.
What do those Chinese labels usually say on them?
Well, it's free vs people, who pay for plastic jars or containers.
I like the HK Canto, they have baw law baos with butter in them.
0:45 Fung bros Cantonese rep. Southern China right?
1. Swearing all the time 2. Screaming at the top of their lungs when they don't get their way at Chinese Restaurants 3. Extremely frugal shopping only at discount department stores and warehouses and only eating fast food with coupons 4. Uses a lot of free resources like napkins and plastic utensils and stuff them into their pockets and finally 5. Extreme materialism and consumerism and high standards for achievements in work and college and school and only will let you date a Chinese woman after getting an arranged marriage from a matchmaker or your aunt on your mother's side of your family from your grandma's village on your mother's side of your family. Or if your parents are very conservative they will force you into an arranged marriage with your Maternal opposite sex cousin from your Maternal grandma's village and move into your house if you're the first born son and ask you to provide for their retirement and dislike your mother will hate and be envious of your new Maternal first female first cousin bride.
don't say umbrella at 4:28 and cook winter melon soup hahjahahahahah what u think BOU DUNG GWAA hahahah oh lord hahahah
Acupuncture really worked for me, but I was vacationing in China.
Food and Martial Arts = Cantonese
Canto parentage:
Yu bettah honor yo ancestors or ahmma knock Yu out!
😁😳😁😂
Most of the time when describing food, everything is either "salty" or "heaty" in these very limited vocabulary.
There is 甘甘地 taste it’s unique to Cantonese description eg like tea that brings out a subtle taste of sweetness
@GL-iv4rw: There are 144 words to describe food textures in Cantonese, which demonstrates how important it is to the culture and cuisine.
My ex-wife is originally from Hong Kong so I learned a lot of bad words in the 10 years that we were together. As pronunciation and tone is VERY important when you speak Cantonese, I can have a lot of fun with my Cantonese speaking co-workers. For example, the word hi (depending on pronunciation) can mean shoe, crab, yes, and woman’s private area. So depending on the pronunciation/tone chow hi can mean stinky shoe, stinky crab, or stinky woman’s private parts. 😂
Cantonese know their soups and they think they have the best chinese cuisine. Lol
Because Cantonese DO have one of the best cuisines in the world.