Hi guys, if you've finished watch this video, I just want to emphasize that I’m not saying that YOU should not go live in China. Actually, I think that as a foreigner, China is probably one of the best places to live. Consider how safe and convenient it is, especially if your Chinese level is above HSK4 and you can communicate with the local people. Living a real local life there could be a wonderful experience. All the societal pressures I’m talking about apply more to Chinese people than to foreigners. So, this video serves more as a language listening practice rather than as a general introduction to China. As I mentioned in the video, all the points I’ve brought up vary from person to person (因人而异 yīn rén ér yì). I highly recommend you go to China to experience it for yourself.
Learning Chinese from the video is great but the theme can have mixed reactions. I have studied in China and I strongly believe that such an experience has answered for me some very basic questions like why China is more developed than Thailand. Realizing human development is a great sacrifice. By the way, even learning Chinese to sufficient proficiency demands many hours of study. I can attest. Right now I can read and understand anything written in simplified Chinese. But from the time I learned the first word 你好 to the time I read 红楼梦 in Chinese is another necessary 内卷.
I think the experience also differs depending on where you decide to live in China. In Shenzhen I very rarely feel stared at, and the smoking problem isn't too serious. Coincidentally, I was in Thailand during 国庆节 and thought the smell of car exhaust and cigarettes was much more prominent in Thailand than in Shenzhen. There are also many lovely outdoor locations to explore in Shenzhen too. I agree that China is a very 内卷 place, but its a fact that this has paid off. People are much wealthier than a decade ago.
I love the characters being separated from the pinyin & English. This is a great format! I can keep my eyes on the characters so much easier without being “tempted” to look at the pinyin. Way better reading practice this way!
Such a great topic with rich vocabulary! Thank you for highlighting important words! I really like the smaller translation and pinyin - it’s always difficult not to read them and focus on listening and Hanzi. I‘m pretty surprised that I could understand sooo much 🙏🏻 ! Btw… After watching the video, I can understand your decision!
I like the food in Thailand ... alot! And taking the river taxi in Bangkok is probably my second favourite thing about Thailand. And the people are very friendly too.
This is amazing way of teaching and also deep thinking and comparison of different countries and cultures. As a foreigner who has been living in China for 6 years I can say that I agree with you 💯
These subtitles are so easy to read and listen at the same time. Excellent comprehensible input! Also thank you for the perspective, very interesting! Awesome you are living so well in Thailand
I am a Vietnamese who has been working in China for almost one year. I agree with you. The most important thing for me and for every one is "freedom of choice".
I made a "count to 10" video in Vietnamese. How was my pronunciation? I loved Hanoi the most from my trips to Vietnam. I was caught in a landslide once near Danang a couple of years ago. HCMC was very busy!
Thank you for creating this channel. For some reason, the speed of delivery and the content of this episode struck a cord with me. First time seeing your sharing but love it. Hope to see more of you here.
都写。 And congratulations on the marriage! 天缘巧合。🎉 I had to take a long break from studying, so i only understood many words and not many sentences. Used the English subtitles, but was also checking the pinyin and 汉字 ones for vocab as I went along.
I like this format, I find pinyin/english subtitles extremely distracting, so putting them at the top makes it easy to scroll down a bit to not see them, but scroll up if I'm not sure of the meaning of something. 我很喜欢你的视频，感谢你的努力
You are very smart, you got your point across very well. I am happy to hear you find happiness in Thailand. It is a wonderful place to live if you have opportunity to learn good living. Bangkok Metropolis is getting better in very rapid pace. I spent the first 30 years of my life in Thailand and now I am living in the US and find myself visiting Thailand yearly and enjoying very moment while I am there.
thanks a lot for the video... For me as a Chinese learner (HSK5 level) it's always very satisfying to watch your videos and because I can understand it so well. Thanks!
I went to China few months ago and love it! There are certain downsides as you pointed out (especially smoking culture), but the overall experience is really impressive, modern, clean, people are warm, welcoming and helpful especially if you can communicate to them (my husband does). I'm watching your videos as I really want to improve my Chinese to go back to China again. Thank. you so much for your hard work, it's really helpful & inspiring!
Such a perfect video. The level is perfect for me, all the subtitles, the explanation of specific words and concepts as well as the topic itself, you describe Chinese society so well. Cheers!
Fantastic. One additional thing which I feel would help me personally is to also have subtitles with the literal/actual word order given in English . But this video is fantastic as is!
I really understand about the smoking. It was one of few things in China I didn’t like. However it used to be like that in most western countries up to about only thirty years ago. The Thai case is interesting. I first went there in 1989 and everyone smoked everywhere. Cigs were cheap and all made by a Thai govt monopoly. Good old US decided this wasn’t good and pressured Thai govt to allow sales of US cigs under rubric of the sanctity of free trade. However it worked out pretty well. A case of the law of unintended consequences in action. A few years later I returned and smoking was banned on public transport and many other places. There was a major govt anti smoking campaign. Cigarettes were all also quite a bit dearer. I was last in Thailand about ten years ago and smoking rates and restrictions were similar to western countries. I really hope China catches up in this very important public health matter.
I fully agree with you on your observation with regards to smoking in Thailand. I started my first job in mid-1988. Majority of men in those days smoked in the office. Cigarette trays were everywhere and were one of popular gift items! Fast forward to today, smoking is prohibited in EVERY public places ie restaurant, school, temple, cafe', office, gym, sports stadium, etc, etc and etc. Very very few Thais smoke nowadays. Unfortunately, alchohol consumption does not appear to drop despite vigorous campaign (it even increases among women). There are plenty of fatality&road accidents due to DUI. in addition, drinking also causes a lot of petty & serious crimes. Such problems will not be solved any time soon and continue causing harm to the society.
There was a big push by a group of doctors who campaigned hard to control smoking because the alarming rate of lung cancer. They solicited help from all influencers, even including monks. Eventually, the government agreed to put laws banning smoking in public places and this became a key turning point. The same group of doctors try the same thing with alcohol drinking, but that effort is far less successful, unfortunately.
amazed, as i didn’t really need the subs at all! 🎉 your channel was one of the first ones I discovered when looking for some more listening practice at around HSK2 years ago. I’m so grateful for the wonderful work you do ❤
This is an excellent listening compréhension, vocabulary enrichment exercice - just to name a few- well presented in a social, philosophical context that is thought provoking enough for a good debate. As a modern language teacher and learner, i love it. Thank you Shuoshuo for the outstanding job.
It is a very interesting way to teach chinese , keep on going , im thai but my parents from china , i did learn chinese when i was in primary school in thailand
This format is excellent with comprehensible listening and reading input available at the same time! I really appreciate your highlighting some of the more modern cultural idioms. Congratulations to your recent marriage in February.
Thank you for this video. This is VERY helpful for those learning mandarin. Most videos are too difficult. You speak very clearly and use basic vocabulary- which helps me to strengthen that foundational vocabulary . . . You also shows the range of ideas that can be expressed with a basic vocabulary. This gives encouragement to learners. Great job!!! Subscribed!
I am Thai, I will be living part time in China after retired, I still have relatives there but I am not used to many things like heavy smoking and loud discussion. You have excellent English and Thai.
As an American expat I worked with Chinese on a project for many years. Love the people and the culture but yes sadly most of the men smoke like chimneys and drink alcohol daily like fish in water. Hopefully someday that will change because it’s not sustainable health wise. Good luck in your retirement I will be staying 50 50 in Thailand and the USA.
@@ftu2021 the last data I read from the world bank had China ahead by 2 years. But that was in 2021. Things may different now. Americans eat too much fast food as compared to China. 😂
I really like the characters being separated from pinyin! helps the reading practice. also, the everydayness of the talk makes it easy to relax into the listening❤❤
This is the most candid description of China I've ever found on Utube. BTW I spent about a year in mainland China more than a decade ago. And I've started to brush up on my Chinese recently. I'm however not so determined to go back there again either for fun travel or serious business. First of all, I can hardly put up with so many smokers out there. Back then, I managed to stand second hand smoke. But now I really can't. Secondly, I hardly see genuine change or progress in terms of whole society. The rich are getting richer, while the poor remain poor. China has become way too capitalist in each and every way. Finally, Temu sells Chinese books at affordable prices. I mean, I can study Putonghua at home! Plus, CCTV1 is always available on my TV. I don't really miss my old friends there. I'd rather let bygone be bygone 😂
It’s a wonderful video. Lots of great vocabulary and a very interesting topic. From a cultural perspective it contains so many gold nuggets. I wish more of my fellow Americans would visit China and grow their understanding. ShuoShuo does such an excellent job of explaining that her decisions are personal and also that living in a country as a foreigner is very different than as a native. For most people drinking a latte in a cafe in a foreign country will always feel different than at home, even if it’s the identical Starbucks 香草拿铁。Makes life so much more interesting right? I love my country and I love visiting China too. Traveling there is like reading a thousand books 📕
Thanks for this video. The very clear pronunciation makes it a great material to improve my listening skills. I like to have a Hanzi separated from English and pinyin subtitles, so that I can focus on Hanzi subtitles only. I’ll try watch it a second time without looking to subtitles at all.
I agree! Separating pinyin and English from the Chinese subtitles helps a lot. I try to follow the Chinese, and when I start to get lost, a quick glance gets me back on track.
Thats a great video, it is a jewel. Because it is honest and sincere. It's like a literary essay. I love it. Thanks a lot. I understand your point, I love living in china as a foreigner in my context, some of my friends do not like as I do, some others even detest it. ❤
你真诚这一点就是你在这个领域最大的优势。 This is the first video I've watched from you, and I really liked it. Especially the part when you said you don't want to have to deal with the negative attention that you get, when you're accompanied by foreigners in China. I really understand that feeling. You can try to ignore the negative attention, but if you can just get rid of it, it's 1000x better. I'm actually not learning Chinese but I've watched quite a few vocabulary videos and grammar videos before. At the time, I felt like there weren't many good channels to learn Chinese from. I felt like most of them were too 🤖. You seem like an authentic and open person, which can be a little uncommon when it comes to China. (I don't mean to generalize, but you know what I mean). I'm still learning Japanese so I don't want to do too many things at the same time, but one day I would like to learn Chinese and Thai too, if I have the time.
What an awesome video and topic! I learned a lot of new words 謝謝喔！I do relate as I am from that type of people who don't really fit in their country, I do love France but I lived many years in Germany and now 1,5 years in Taïwan and I prefer to live abroad personally!
As so new to Chinese, I read Eng translation first, words that you emphasize the second, try to understand how to pronounce via each pinyin the third, and hopefully some points in the future I would gradually accumulate vocabularies enough to also understand mandarin version ❤ PS. And how was your experience learning Thai language in the past ?
I lived in China for 7 years and as a foreigner had a wonderful experience there. But I totally relate to what you mentioned in the video. Some of them, I observed happening around and some of them, I felt happening to myself.
now this is a wise person who takes care of herself! 👏 "the pressure of having no choice" is the worst! I can't quite put the finger on it - but I'm pretty sure this vid is gonna be somehow handy for what I call "mom's improvised general mental health & self care home course" that we do w my preteen every once in a while
我已经成为老爷爷了. However, more than 30 years ago my wife and I went to China to teach English for several years as American teachers. As laowai, we were treated so nicely and we have wonderful memories. But I remember that, even then, especially the high school students were under heavy pressure to succeed. 目前中国的发展已经很大了 and our Chinese friends all tell us how much greater the pressure is now. . 我的中文一直不太流利. And these days, I struggle with forgetting so much Chinese vocabulary, so I often watch your videos. I'm familiar with the unique skills that a truly good language teacher needs, and you are among the very best. Hope you and your husband can visit beautiful Oregon someday.
I agree with what you said in your pinned comment about China being great for foreigners. 我是加拿大人,我在想做和 live 中国. 对不起我的汉语不好因为我是 a beginner 🤣 Also, congratulations on getting married !🎉🥳💝
Your video is a gold mine for those who want to learn Chinese. You speak slowly and clearly and with Pin-in and English subtitle as well. Though I am Hainanese born in Thailand, I don't speak, read, write Chinese since my parents were poor immigrants coming to Thailand just before WWII. Only the middle class could afford to learn Chinese in Thailand 60-70 years ago. It's true that practically all Chinese born in Thailand cannot read/write/speak Chinese at all. We attend free govt schooling, learning Thai and English. Also it's true that more than 90% of native Thai or Chinese born in Thailand cannot master the English language even though it is a compulsory subject in school and a required subject in university as well. The new generation nowadays has many means to master the English language and others due to youtube.
After living more than 2 years in China, and as for what you said in the end, of course I can relate about feeling the privilege of living here as a foreigner. Also considering even around HSK5 (4th learning slowly as a 39 yr old) I can understand and read a lot but I still can’t really function by myself and independent. Way too many things I cannot do still fall on my wife that’s not fair. I love being here, I want to stay as long as I can, maybe grow old here with her if we can. But all those reasons still feel often too much like living on "easy mode". I can just keep spending more energy to learn more and try to become fluent faster, so I’m not too much of an extra mental load for her anymore. And funny note about smoking, in fact as a French guy I did leave my country a big smoker, like 10-15 cigs a day… surprisingly after living 3 years in the U.S, which is ultra anti-smoke, I still kept smoking a lot. 压力太大了……！ But I just slowly ended up quit smoking without noticing over the last 8 months in China. Is this all the nicotine in the air?… 😆
Thank you for sharing Shuo. Very interesting video and good practice. For subtitles, I would prefer the hanzi and pinyin to be close together, either at the top or bottom, and the English translation to be separate at opposite end of the screen. I feel that's better for practicing recognizing the words without always seeing the English translation.
I worked at Chinese company in Pattaya. After 5 pm, there's no one working at the office anymore even Chinese people. The boss which is Chinese always tell us that you should be with your family after 5 pm not at the office. Go go go get your things and go home.
I can confirm China is much better now than in 2013 as lived in Shenzhen between 2010 - 2014 and really didn’t like it at all. I returned back to the UK with my wife and after 10 years returned and I can honestly say it’s a completely different place. I’d imagine everywhere else has changed also and it’s a completely different country
I was surprised that I understood like 30-40% of the whole video without looking at anything For now, I am on the stage where I can understand separate words but can’t yet make sense of them by understanding the whole sentence all the time, well… I was still pleasantly surprised that I am getting better 这个给了我动力来继续学习中文 非常感谢老师 Спасибо !
明白你的意思，很喜欢你用的成语，因人而异。 我只住在北京一年了，是我一辈子最喜欢最高兴的之一。 住在北京变化我了，我真的比以前不一样的人。 但是我在北京有一些的朋友觉得不一样，有的不太喜欢，有的就想回国。 在墨西哥我们说 Cada quien habla de cómo le va en la feria 🎢🎡
I agree when u said not everyone fits to live in the country where they were born at. Unfortunately I can’t leave my parents and ancestors to go and live in another country. I lived in another country for a decade before bcos of my study and I miss it. Now I can only go on holiday and travel more if possible! 😄
Thank you for your beautiful honesty. Love your videos! I think China is a great country, but of course it's not perfect. Agree with the smoking! It's something I've never experienced before. Thanks for sharing your thoughts; there's something heartening to hear another woman of my age having similar concerns in life but still thriving. Oh and thanks for your lessons of course :) (Congrats on your marriage btw!)
I would like to live in China but I can just have a life that's only about work. As a student, I had a great time there. Even started living in the library at some point, but that was also to go watch movies in their library. But would like to visit for a month once every year
@ShuoshuoChinese no I left in 2021. But I'm still surrounded by Chinese people because I work for a Chinese company 😂 maybe I actually didn't leave China 🤣
Very interesting vlog. I had to read the English titles, but I did understand more words than I thought I would. Congratulations on your marriage! I would NEVER guess that you were in your mid 30s~
Since you asked in the beginning if we could understand without subtitles, I purposefully avoided looking at them. But with this format, it was actually a little uncomfortable to do that, since there are subtitles on the top and bottom and sometimes on the side, and you’re small in the middle. So I just listened without watching after a while to make it easier. I understood every word without looking at the subtitles, except for three: 通貨膨脹 (I know the word but didn’t immediately catch it), 雞娃 (never heard of it), and 因人而異 (but the meaning is obvious by looking at the characters).
1) Maybe 80% and more with the Chinese(汉字) subtitle. 2) Yes 3) It depends. Since I know Chinese(汉语) and my mother tongue is Japanese, 汉字 subtitles are more convenient when watching Chinese videos. Basically I use the original language as a subtitle, but sometimes I choose other options for fun. Like, English videos with a French subtitle🤣
I once saw a Chinese man smoking in a cafe at a gas station in Chonburi. I quickly told him to stop smoking and pointed out the no-smoking signs that were actually right in front of his face. He immediately put out his cigarette and disposed of it, then apologized but seemed bothered by my telling him that.
Hi guys, if you've finished watch this video, I just want to emphasize that I’m not saying that YOU should not go live in China. Actually, I think that as a foreigner, China is probably one of the best places to live. Consider how safe and convenient it is, especially if your Chinese level is above HSK4 and you can communicate with the local people. Living a real local life there could be a wonderful experience.
All the societal pressures I’m talking about apply more to Chinese people than to foreigners. So, this video serves more as a language listening practice rather than as a general introduction to China. As I mentioned in the video, all the points I’ve brought up vary from person to person (因人而异 yīn rén ér yì). I highly recommend you go to China to experience it for yourself.
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Thailand is very affordable and the people and food are amazing.
Learning Chinese from the video is great but the theme can have mixed reactions. I have studied in China and I strongly believe that such an experience has answered for me some very basic questions like why China is more developed than Thailand. Realizing human development is a great sacrifice. By the way, even learning Chinese to sufficient proficiency demands many hours of study. I can attest. Right now I can read and understand anything written in simplified Chinese. But from the time I learned the first word 你好 to the time I read 红楼梦 in Chinese is another necessary 内卷.
I think the experience also differs depending on where you decide to live in China.
In Shenzhen I very rarely feel stared at, and the smoking problem isn't too serious.
Coincidentally, I was in Thailand during 国庆节 and thought the smell of car exhaust and cigarettes was much more prominent in Thailand than in Shenzhen. There are also many lovely outdoor locations to explore in Shenzhen too.
I agree that China is a very 内卷 place, but its a fact that this has paid off. People are much wealthier than a decade ago.
I like this sub style! It's easier to practice reading and look up the meaning at the top of the screen.
I agree!
A lot effort making hanzi, pinyin, and Eng sub! Convenient to follow 😊
Really? I hate hardcoded subs. Softcoded subs are much easier to translate. Try it with Yomitan.
Perfect in every way for my lower intermediate level. Thank you so much!
i can't imagine the hard work to write down all the words for this video! thank you it is awesome!
I love the characters being separated from the pinyin & English. This is a great format! I can keep my eyes on the characters so much easier without being “tempted” to look at the pinyin. Way better reading practice this way!
Such a great topic with rich vocabulary! Thank you for highlighting important words!
I really like the smaller translation and pinyin - it’s always difficult not to read them and focus on listening and Hanzi.
I‘m pretty surprised that I could understand sooo much 🙏🏻 !
Btw… After watching the video, I can understand your decision!
Finally found what I REALLY NEED on youtube. Keep doing this kind of view, I'll watch, like and what it again!
I watch all her videos multiple times too!
謝謝老師的分享，我很喜歡這部影片👍 雖然我不是學習中文的，但是我也在這部內容裡學到了很多。尤其是「個人成就的通貨膨脹」這個說法我特別有感，因為台灣也差不多是這樣的情況😂
I've been to China, and it's great. However, Thailand has a much more relaxed vibe.
I like the food in Thailand ... alot! And taking the river taxi in Bangkok is probably my second favourite thing about Thailand. And the people are very friendly too.
This is amazing way of teaching and also deep thinking and comparison of different countries and cultures. As a foreigner who has been living in China for 6 years I can say that I agree with you 💯
You are the best teacher ever 😊
Congrats to the married couple 🎉
These subtitles are so easy to read and listen at the same time. Excellent comprehensible input! Also thank you for the perspective, very interesting! Awesome you are living so well in Thailand
I am a Vietnamese who has been working in China for almost one year. I agree with you. The most important thing for me and for every one is "freedom of choice".
I made a "count to 10" video in Vietnamese. How was my pronunciation? I loved Hanoi the most from my trips to Vietnam. I was caught in a landslide once near Danang a couple of years ago. HCMC was very busy!
Thank you for creating this channel. For some reason, the speed of delivery and the content of this episode struck a cord with me. First time seeing your sharing but love it. Hope to see more of you here.
都写。 And congratulations on the marriage! 天缘巧合。🎉
I had to take a long break from studying, so i only understood many words and not many sentences. Used the English subtitles, but was also checking the pinyin and 汉字 ones for vocab as I went along.
Thank you! 😃
我非常理解老師，希望您能在泰國開開心心地過日子❤
I like this format, I find pinyin/english subtitles extremely distracting, so putting them at the top makes it easy to scroll down a bit to not see them, but scroll up if I'm not sure of the meaning of something. 我很喜欢你的视频，感谢你的努力
You are very smart, you got your point across very well. I am happy to hear you find happiness in Thailand. It is a wonderful place to live if you have opportunity to learn good living. Bangkok Metropolis is getting better in very rapid pace. I spent the first 30 years of my life in Thailand and now I am living in the US and find myself visiting Thailand yearly and enjoying very moment while I am there.
thanks a lot for the video...
For me as a Chinese learner (HSK5 level) it's always very satisfying to watch your videos and because I can understand it so well. Thanks!
Your video is very good for us to learn the Mandarin. Keep doing it. Clear pi yin , clear english translate. I❤your channel
Thanks
I went to China few months ago and love it! There are certain downsides as you pointed out (especially smoking culture), but the overall experience is really impressive, modern, clean, people are warm, welcoming and helpful especially if you can communicate to them (my husband does). I'm watching your videos as I really want to improve my Chinese to go back to China again. Thank. you so much for your hard work, it's really helpful & inspiring!
Great video, i love videos where you speak like this, helps a lot. It'd be nice to bring other people to have a chat too!
Thanks and wish you 成功
Such a perfect video. The level is perfect for me, all the subtitles, the explanation of specific words and concepts as well as the topic itself, you describe Chinese society so well. Cheers!
Fantastic. One additional thing which I feel would help me personally is to also have subtitles with the literal/actual word order given in English .
But this video is fantastic as is!
super video, it helps me a lot to study and improve. many thanks, you are great!
I really understand about the smoking. It was one of few things in China I didn’t like. However it used to be like that in most western countries up to about only thirty years ago.
The Thai case is interesting. I first went there in 1989 and everyone smoked everywhere. Cigs were cheap and all made by a Thai govt monopoly. Good old US decided this wasn’t good and pressured Thai govt to allow sales of US cigs under rubric of the sanctity of free trade. However it worked out pretty well. A case of the law of unintended consequences in action. A few years later I returned and smoking was banned on public transport and many other places. There was a major govt anti smoking campaign. Cigarettes were all also quite a bit dearer. I was last in Thailand about ten years ago and smoking rates and restrictions were similar to western countries.
I really hope China catches up in this very important public health matter.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing
I fully agree with you on your observation with regards to smoking in Thailand. I started my first job in mid-1988. Majority of men in those days smoked in the office. Cigarette trays were everywhere and were one of popular gift items!
Fast forward to today, smoking is prohibited in EVERY public places ie restaurant, school, temple, cafe', office, gym, sports stadium, etc, etc and etc. Very very few Thais smoke nowadays.
Unfortunately, alchohol consumption does not appear to drop despite vigorous campaign (it even increases among women). There are plenty of fatality&road accidents due to DUI. in addition, drinking also causes a lot of petty & serious crimes. Such problems will not be solved any time soon and continue causing harm to the society.
There was a big push by a group of doctors who campaigned hard to control smoking because the alarming rate of lung cancer. They solicited help from all influencers, even including monks. Eventually, the government agreed to put laws banning smoking in public places and this became a key turning point.
The same group of doctors try the same thing with alcohol drinking, but that effort is far less successful, unfortunately.
It had nothing to do with US cigs.
This is very helpful!! Thanks for breaking down some grammar structures.
Great format. I just slow down the play back speed and read at my leisure.
The vocabulary in this one was great. Really useful stuff.
Thanks.
amazed, as i didn’t really need the subs at all! 🎉 your channel was one of the first ones I discovered when looking for some more listening practice at around HSK2 years ago. I’m so grateful for the wonderful work you do ❤
Just subscribed! Like your format of mandarin teaching with english subtitles. Kindly maintain this format and slow speaking.TQVM❤😊
This is an excellent listening compréhension, vocabulary enrichment exercice - just to name a few- well presented in a social, philosophical context that is thought provoking enough for a good debate. As a modern language teacher and learner, i love it. Thank you Shuoshuo for the outstanding job.
Love videos with no pinyin or at least separated so the pinyin can be covered. Thanks so much!
u r one of my best TH-cam chinease teachers. thank you.
Greetings from Romania :) Really like your videos! Hope to learn Chinese with your videos!
你对自己的生活非常开放。感谢您的分享和教导。You have a lovely demeanour.. I always enjoy your presence.
awesome video, really appreciate the subtitles! you got a new subscriber
Thank you for this video. You speak very clearly and at the right speed for me. Interesting content as well! Keep it up.
It is a very interesting way to teach chinese , keep on going , im thai but my parents from china , i did learn chinese when i was in primary school in thailand
This format is excellent with comprehensible listening and reading input available at the same time! I really appreciate your highlighting some of the more modern cultural idioms. Congratulations to your recent marriage in February.
Thank you for this video. This is VERY helpful for those learning mandarin. Most videos are too difficult. You speak very clearly and use basic vocabulary- which helps me to strengthen that foundational vocabulary . . . You also shows the range of ideas that can be expressed with a basic vocabulary. This gives encouragement to learners. Great job!!! Subscribed!
I am Thai, I will be living part time in China after retired, I still have relatives there but I am not used to many things like heavy smoking and loud discussion. You have excellent English and Thai.
As an American expat I worked with Chinese on a project for many years. Love the people and the culture but yes sadly most of the men smoke like chimneys and drink alcohol daily like fish in water. Hopefully someday that will change because it’s not sustainable health wise. Good luck in your retirement I will be staying 50 50 in Thailand and the USA.
@@robdavinroy1761 Thank you for sharing your opinion, have a nice retirement of both worlds! 🙂
@@robdavinroy1761 i mean you arent wrong but the average life expectancy in china is better than america. i guess everyone has their ways of living.
@@ftu2021 the last data I read from the world bank had China ahead by 2 years. But that was in 2021. Things may different now. Americans eat too much fast food as compared to China. 😂
I really like the characters being separated from pinyin! helps the reading practice.
also, the everydayness of the talk makes it easy to relax into the listening❤❤
I really like your lessons. Thank you
This is the most candid description of China I've ever found on Utube. BTW I spent about a year in mainland China more than a decade ago. And I've started to brush up on my Chinese recently. I'm however not so determined to go back there again either for fun travel or serious business. First of all, I can hardly put up with so many smokers out there. Back then, I managed to stand second hand smoke. But now I really can't. Secondly, I hardly see genuine change or progress in terms of whole society. The rich are getting richer, while the poor remain poor. China has become way too capitalist in each and every way. Finally, Temu sells Chinese books at affordable prices. I mean, I can study Putonghua at home! Plus, CCTV1 is always available on my TV. I don't really miss my old friends there. I'd rather let bygone be bygone 😂
Love this lesson video 😍😍😍 More videos like this please 😊
It’s a wonderful video. Lots of great vocabulary and a very interesting topic. From a cultural perspective it contains so many gold nuggets. I wish more of my fellow Americans would visit China and grow their understanding. ShuoShuo does such an excellent job of explaining that her decisions are personal and also that living in a country as a foreigner is very different than as a native. For most people drinking a latte in a cafe in a foreign country will always feel different than at home, even if it’s the identical Starbucks 香草拿铁。Makes life so much more interesting right? I love my country and I love visiting China too. Traveling there is like reading a thousand books 📕
Your vlog very helpful tonlearn Chinese..i hope suceess forever,
Grazie.
谢谢你
Thanks for this video. The very clear pronunciation makes it a great material to improve my listening skills. I like to have a Hanzi separated from English and pinyin subtitles, so that I can focus on Hanzi subtitles only. I’ll try watch it a second time without looking to subtitles at all.
I agree! Separating pinyin and English from the Chinese subtitles helps a lot. I try to follow the Chinese, and when I start to get lost, a quick glance gets me back on track.
Thats a great video, it is a jewel. Because it is honest and sincere. It's like a literary essay. I love it.
Thanks a lot.
I understand your point, I love living in china as a foreigner in my context, some of my friends do not like as I do, some others even detest it.
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Excellent. I listened to speech and read English subtitles
你真诚这一点就是你在这个领域最大的优势。
This is the first video I've watched from you, and I really liked it.
Especially the part when you said you don't want to have to deal with the negative attention that you get, when you're accompanied by foreigners in China.
I really understand that feeling.
You can try to ignore the negative attention, but if you can just get rid of it, it's 1000x better.
I'm actually not learning Chinese but I've watched quite a few vocabulary videos and grammar videos before.
At the time, I felt like there weren't many good channels to learn Chinese from.
I felt like most of them were too 🤖.
You seem like an authentic and open person, which can be a little uncommon when it comes to China. (I don't mean to generalize, but you know what I mean).
I'm still learning Japanese so I don't want to do too many things at the same time, but one day I would like to learn Chinese and Thai too, if I have the time.
我差不多都能聽的懂，而且並不需要看字幕！只有兩三我沒遇到過的詞，可是還感到很驕傲🥳謝謝你老師，你的看法很有意思。
I'm thinking about moving to Thailand from China and really appreciate the information.
I have to say the general quality of life is much lower here especially if you're from major cities in China.
What an awesome video and topic! I learned a lot of new words 謝謝喔！I do relate as I am from that type of people who don't really fit in their country, I do love France but I lived many years in Germany and now 1,5 years in Taïwan and I prefer to live abroad personally!
Really enjoyed this lesson. Thank you
Wow. Great point here… as Thai…. The pressure here is a lot better then China which i used to study high school there 😅
After I traveled to Beijing for one week, I also realized the stress of local people like you described.
Absolutely with you on a lot of this. Especially on the smoking! It's horrible.
As so new to Chinese, I read Eng translation first, words that you emphasize the second, try to understand how to pronounce via each pinyin the third, and hopefully some points in the future I would gradually accumulate vocabularies enough to also understand mandarin version ❤
PS. And how was your experience learning Thai language in the past ?
I lived in China for 7 years and as a foreigner had a wonderful experience there. But I totally relate to what you mentioned in the video. Some of them, I observed happening around and some of them, I felt happening to myself.
now this is a wise person who takes care of herself! 👏
"the pressure of having no choice" is the worst!
I can't quite put the finger on it - but I'm pretty sure this vid is gonna be somehow handy for what I call "mom's improvised general mental health & self care home course" that we do w my preteen every once in a while
Vocabularies very helpful for mandarin language learner
Great. I wish all Chinese people spoke like you!
我的天啊, 我感覺這個程度完全適合我中文的程度. 怎麼這麼開心哈哈哈
我已经成为老爷爷了. However, more than 30 years ago my wife and I went to China to teach English for several years as American teachers. As laowai, we were treated so nicely and we have wonderful memories. But I remember that, even then, especially the high school students were under heavy pressure to succeed. 目前中国的发展已经很大了 and our Chinese friends all tell us how much greater the pressure is now. . 我的中文一直不太流利. And these days, I struggle with forgetting so much Chinese vocabulary, so I often watch your videos. I'm familiar with the unique skills that a truly good language teacher needs, and you are among the very best. Hope you and your husband can visit beautiful Oregon someday.
I agree with what you said in your pinned comment about China being great for foreigners. 我是加拿大人,我在想做和 live 中国. 对不起我的汉语不好因为我是 a beginner 🤣
Also, congratulations on getting married !🎉🥳💝
Your video is a gold mine for those who want to learn Chinese. You speak slowly and clearly and with Pin-in and English subtitle as well. Though I am Hainanese born in Thailand, I don't speak, read, write Chinese since my parents were poor immigrants coming to Thailand just before WWII. Only the middle class could afford to learn Chinese in Thailand 60-70 years ago. It's true that practically all Chinese born in Thailand cannot read/write/speak Chinese at all. We attend free govt schooling, learning Thai and English. Also it's true that more than 90% of native Thai or Chinese born in Thailand cannot master the English language even though it is a compulsory subject in school and a required subject in university as well. The new generation nowadays has many means to master the English language and others due to youtube.
After living more than 2 years in China, and as for what you said in the end, of course I can relate about feeling the privilege of living here as a foreigner. Also considering even around HSK5 (4th learning slowly as a 39 yr old) I can understand and read a lot but I still can’t really function by myself and independent. Way too many things I cannot do still fall on my wife that’s not fair.
I love being here, I want to stay as long as I can, maybe grow old here with her if we can. But all those reasons still feel often too much like living on "easy mode". I can just keep spending more energy to learn more and try to become fluent faster, so I’m not too much of an extra mental load for her anymore.
And funny note about smoking, in fact as a French guy I did leave my country a big smoker, like 10-15 cigs a day… surprisingly after living 3 years in the U.S, which is ultra anti-smoke, I still kept smoking a lot. 压力太大了……！ But I just slowly ended up quit smoking without noticing over the last 8 months in China. Is this all the nicotine in the air?… 😆
A great job done ❤❤❤
I think this kind of videos are helpful, need more :)
Genial, Shuo, vales un imperio, sigue asi.
Thank you for sharing Shuo. Very interesting video and good practice.
For subtitles, I would prefer the hanzi and pinyin to be close together, either at the top or bottom, and the English translation to be separate at opposite end of the screen. I feel that's better for practicing recognizing the words without always seeing the English translation.
说说，你真棒了 。。。你极动力我提高我的中文 😊。。。
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I worked at Chinese company in Pattaya. After 5 pm, there's no one working at the office anymore even Chinese people. The boss which is Chinese always tell us that you should be with your family after 5 pm not at the office. Go go go get your things and go home.
I can confirm China is much better now than in 2013 as lived in Shenzhen between 2010 - 2014 and really didn’t like it at all. I returned back to the UK with my wife and after 10 years returned and I can honestly say it’s a completely different place. I’d imagine everywhere else has changed also and it’s a completely different country
hi ❤
just came back from Chengdu trip to live in Bangkok city
谢谢你的视频美女，它好有意思， 我是个苏格兰人我正在住在青岛，虽然我是外国人但我理解你的看法，中国人们就这样的有太多压力，我挺喜欢这句话，，”没有选择的压力“ 我也觉得 大部分的中国年轻人 没有办法表达自己，我对泰国文化也觉得它更放松的。 对我来说，喜欢住在中国，我的大学英语老师工作压力很低，工资真的不错， 而且虽然我的女朋友是个中国人但对她来说结婚不太重要，这情况有两个原因：第一个，她的父母都去世了， 第二个，因为她是个留学生之前，在莫斯科和伦敦，所以她有这种 更’大的世界观点‘。她对别的中国人的价值不一样。生活想法差异很大
我也觉得我对中国社会规范在外面。我永远一个外国人。而且中国可能给我很多新的旅游机会，这是亚洲，不是欧洲。
对于我的老家，生活成本越来越高，经济越来越低，新的好玩的机会越来越少，而且苏格兰天气也不好，青岛天气比较凉快， 在夏天不太日， 在冬天还有暖气，一切多什么好
祝你生活快乐
我在中国生活过。 我在中国孤儿院待了大约三年，然后被美国父母收养。现在，我已经学了一年零几个月的中文。断断续续的。我能看懂视频。我学会了一些新词，比如通货膨胀和成就。作为一名学习者，我被认为是中文理解能力很强的人。
I was surprised that I understood like 30-40% of the whole video without looking at anything
For now, I am on the stage where I can understand separate words but can’t yet make sense of them by understanding the whole sentence all the time, well… I was still pleasantly surprised that I am getting better
这个给了我动力来继续学习中文
非常感谢老师
Спасибо !
I have been to urumqi. It was a good experience
There are many ways to have a happy life. You must choose for yourself what is best, not let the society you live in choose for you.
我喜欢你的视频，因为我学习中文在台湾和中国大陆。我每天看中国来的新闻，所以我看得懂中文字，我不需要拼音😊
a discussion requires more than 1 person :)
These are so good!
Это конечно выше мое уровня понимания китайского, но почти все слова знакомы.Спасибо, буду слушать.Отличное обьяснение о непростой жизни в Китае
Как давно изучаете?
@mlsterlous , 3 й год пошел.
明白你的意思，很喜欢你用的成语，因人而异。
我只住在北京一年了，是我一辈子最喜欢最高兴的之一。
住在北京变化我了，我真的比以前不一样的人。
但是我在北京有一些的朋友觉得不一样，有的不太喜欢，有的就想回国。
在墨西哥我们说
Cada quien habla de cómo le va en la feria 🎢🎡
I agree when u said not everyone fits to live in the country where they were born at. Unfortunately I can’t leave my parents and ancestors to go and live in another country. I lived in another country for a decade before bcos of my study and I miss it. Now I can only go on holiday and travel more if possible! 😄
Thank you
♥♥♥♥♥
Come to France shuosho !!🥖 ❤️
Thank you for your beautiful honesty. Love your videos! I think China is a great country, but of course it's not perfect. Agree with the smoking! It's something I've never experienced before.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts; there's something heartening to hear another woman of my age having similar concerns in life but still thriving. Oh and thanks for your lessons of course :) (Congrats on your marriage btw!)
I would like to live in China but I can just have a life that's only about work. As a student, I had a great time there. Even started living in the library at some point, but that was also to go watch movies in their library. But would like to visit for a month once every year
我以为你现在还住在中国！
@ShuoshuoChinese no I left in 2021. But I'm still surrounded by Chinese people because I work for a Chinese company 😂 maybe I actually didn't leave China 🤣
Answer
1.10%
2. Yes
3. Chinese
4. Thank You! :)
Very interesting vlog. I had to read the English titles, but I did understand more words than I thought I would. Congratulations on your marriage! I would NEVER guess that you were in your mid 30s~
Since you asked in the beginning if we could understand without subtitles, I purposefully avoided looking at them. But with this format, it was actually a little uncomfortable to do that, since there are subtitles on the top and bottom and sometimes on the side, and you’re small in the middle. So I just listened without watching after a while to make it easier.
I understood every word without looking at the subtitles, except for three: 通貨膨脹 (I know the word but didn’t immediately catch it), 雞娃 (never heard of it), and 因人而異 (but the meaning is obvious by looking at the characters).
1) Maybe 80% and more with the Chinese(汉字) subtitle.
2) Yes
3) It depends. Since I know Chinese(汉语) and my mother tongue is Japanese, 汉字 subtitles are more convenient when watching Chinese videos. Basically I use the original language as a subtitle, but sometimes I choose other options for fun. Like, English videos with a French subtitle🤣
Agree with you opinion 👍😄
I once saw a Chinese man smoking in a cafe at a gas station in Chonburi. I quickly told him to stop smoking and pointed out the no-smoking signs that were actually right in front of his face. He immediately put out his cigarette and disposed of it, then apologized but seemed bothered by my telling him that.