I think Zuckerberg should first focus on speaking better English before "perfecting" his Chinese. He was notably clumsy in his ability to marshal ideas into spoken English. He attempted to go head-to-head in an intellectual dialogue with Professor Harari. The dialogue aspect was abandoned by Zuckerberg and the encounter morphed into an arcane monologue from Zuckerberg. Check it out on TH-cam.
this is purely my opinion here, but I think part of the problem with westerners in learning a language such as Mandarin is the inability or lack of willfulness to stretch themselves and act the part. one has to be willing to explore new positions and shapes with his mouth, his tongue, his cheeks, his lips, etc. the muscles we engage when we speak our native language fall into a very familiar pattern, and that pattern needs to be broken, consciously broken, without the fear of sounding "weird" or different. Conversely, for someone whose native language is Mandarin or Vietnamese, there must be the willingness to adopt what seemed like harsh positions and shapes of the tongue, the cheeks, the lips, in order to speak English or German or Russian, etc. When in Rome, one must do as the Romans do. if a person has no willingness to hear and feel the different nuances in the production of a completely different family of languages, then mastery of a new language will be well nigh impossible.
Your pronunciation is really standard (especially the tone) and sounds like native. Really like your voice when you speaking Chinese, which is more gentle than the way you speaking English..Hahaha
All depends on how many hours a day you are going to study/practice the language more than the number of years. You cannot compare a person who is studying the language 10 hours a day with some one that will be studying it only for 5 minutes a day. In both cases, their ability in the language will increase but not at the same rate. You also have to take into account the material and the method you are using to learn the language.
It's not impressive when an English speaker learns German, or of a Spanish Speaker learns Portuguese, but when a person learns a language that is an offset of their own, it's exponentially impressive.
I've been taking Mandarin for 2 years (I'm an American) and I have to say that your accent is really good and easy to understand. It's really inspiring to hear you able to get to such a high level of Chinese and be able to communicate so well :)
Nice, I'm learning for 3 days and I already recognized some words, like "meiguo" (America), "zhonguo" (China), "beizhe" (a cup), "piaolian" (pretty) etc. :)
There is something extremely soothing and beautiful about listening to Mandarin being spoken. My grandmother Phyllis was a college professor who was fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese. A few other languages as well Maybe it's picturing my grandmother speak it...but Chinese in general, such beauty to listen to it..
As a Chinese American I think your Mandarin speaking ability is exceptional but you have yet to master the art of communication with Chinese people. Mandarin is a high context language much like Arabic, Hindi, and other ancient languages, where communication happens through tone of voice, body language, and non-verbal cues. Western European languages like English and French are low context and people tend to listen to the words rather than try to read context in order to divulge the speaker's true meaning. To be able to truly communicate at the level of a native speaker, you'll have to understand the Chinese (East Asian) way of thinking better. During certain clips in this video you were very rude to the host of the show (within a Chinese context) and inconsiderate during the conversation. While competing to speak over someone else is fine in a discussion on a TV show in the West, it is considered very rude by Chinese people. With experience you can of course speak over someone, but you'll need to handle it with a big smile and a lot of charm--flattering your hosts is one method to assuage any feelings of resentment (eg, praising the host's good taste in clothing). If you continue to learn Chinese and try to understand Chinese culture, you'll see that in China human relationships are very complex and political. You do a lot of juggling and emotional manipulation to handle the people around you, so feelings are not hurt and everyone is happy. While your mastery of Mandarin is very impressive--the most difficult part of learning the language is to be able to communicate correctly according to the rules of the culture. And this is what people in the West have the hardest time with--understanding *how* to communicate correctly in an Asian language.
Frederik Rasmussen The "how" part of knowing how to communicate isn't well understood by many people who are learning a new language. I frequently see Chinese immigrants in the U.S. who speak English well yet manage to offend Americans. They think Americans need a lot of face and that Americans are constantly "reading between the lines". It's true to some extent, but not to the degree that the Chinese do it. I was recently in Italy and was trying to pick up Italian. You can immediately feel that Italian is a far more emotional and expressive language; people communicate in a much more emotional way.
+Moon Racer While I agree with the points you've made, you have to bear in mind that this show was not a natural speaking environment. Everybody was constantly speaking over each other, and fighting to speak the whole time. Some of the other guests were fighting so strongly, I thought it was rude even from a Western point of view (most of those sections were just cut out), but if you didn't, you wouldn't be able to say anything. It wasn't a natural discussion. Some more management of the discussion from the producers would have been helpful, instead of forcing everybody to constantly fight to be heard.
Kudos for being able to achieve that level of fluency, but this video actually disproves the whole point of this channel. Yes, it's possible to become fluent in Chinese, but it is so rare that they invite people who can do it on national TV.
It's not that rare, and there are a few foreigners on TV now. There are frequent guest appearances from foreigners in fact. More and more people are starting to learn and speak Chinese. The purpose of this video is to show people that you can do it, not to show how difficult or rare it is.
Fluent in Mandarin.com I definitely appreciate seeing this. I learned mandarin for 8 years but stopped speaking it for two years. I’m trying to get my tones better and my pronunciation. You’re an inspiration buddy
I’m Chinese. I have to say that Chinese is the most difficult language in the world, but these foreigners could speak Chinese like native. They are amazing and talented. It taught me that we can learn everything as long as we study hard.
Chinese language, both Mandarin and Cantonese, have an exotic quality, sound of an almost unearthly beauty to me. The written language is no problem, although I avoid the so called "simplified" characters in learning and regard them as simply a convenient shorthand, or abbreviation for the real (Traditional) characters. The language and culture became of interest to me in my Traditional Chinese medicine studies which eventually led to my graduation from a College of Oriental medicine, in Florida, in the 5 year Shanghai program, But the speaking and listening is the hard part. There are no courses I can find that help this problem. There are supposed to be tones, and, sure enough, for short words or individual words you can hear them. But the moment one goes over to natural conversational speed, which is quite fast in Chinese, I hear few or no "tones". Some of the words or elided so that the sound of the individual words becomes unintelligible, with the exception of, for example, Chris here whose speaking I would use as an example. Using the free "Audacity" sound processing program (available for many computer operating systems, I use Mac) I am able to slow down any .mp3 easily, preserving pitch but even then the words go by too fast. This is frustrating to someone like myself who can hear the beauty of the sounds, and see the history and depth of this remarkable culture.
When people speak faster it's more about picking up the vocabulary and the rhythm of the language. The tones are there, but if you want to process every single tone as a separate entity, rather than listening for vocabulary and meanings, you are not going to be able to keep up!
Ya, I found that out the hard way. So far, the best that I've found are the De Francis series, apparently written in the late 1940's, for which Seton Hall has released all the audio. And its in traditional characters which I prefer. The only other language I use other than English right now, is Russian which I learned in school years ago, for reading Russian herbal and medical books. Piece of cake compared to Chinese, but of course I speak with an accent. Would have to live there several years to be really fluent.
It's easier for you to understand him than a native Chinese speaker, probably because he still had a bit of a foreign accent at the time of the TV show. (He now speaks almost with 0% foreign accent, based on his recent videos.) Then again, most native speakers speak a lot faster, sometimes with regional accent & doing a lot of connecting or squeezing words (as any native speakers would do on their mother tongue)
holly, sh**. There is mix of diffirent accents is crazy. For me, choosing an accent will be your next step, because it's a little bit awkward. Your chinese is not prefect, but no body is perfect. I am most surprised that you have such much knowledge which even chinese ppl don't know. Bravo! Thumbs up!
I spent two weeks in China and I hated not knowing what anybody was saying to me so I've been learning Chinese. Really hope I can sound that fluent at some point...
EVANGELINE NOBALA of course there's a foreign language I hope u r not expecting a foreigner to speak like a Chinese ? when chinese learn English they have a heavy accent ! I guess he is doing very well as long as you can understand him.
I’ve made many videos teaching Chinese language vividly and in a funny way. I hope you can recommend my videos to those who want to learn Chinese. I hope more people can learn Chinese to get comprehensive firsthand information about China and most likely seek more job opportunities.
+stardustangel18 nice! I attended mandarin lessons too, but I forgot everything... :P I wish you success though! And maybe one day I'll retake lessons xD
Ahahah my friend did the same then forgot too! She knows how to write the characters for cabbage though so we'll be fine if we ever go China, just eat cabbage forever. Thank you and I hope even if you don't retake lessons that you will still love the language =D
stardustangel18 I can only write my name, numbers, I love you in Chinese... :P xD haha I would be a bit doomed if I go to China alone xD yup I'll still love the language! x) it's really difficult to learn though, my family and I went to Canada when I was 4 so I'm more Canadian than Chinese xD but I never forget my chinese roots x)
Hey, a little love can go a longggg way xD Maybe they'll give you some freebies for writing I love you. Learning languages is hard, I'd say simplified chinese is easier than the traditional though. What d'ya know I moved to England when I was 3, we're similar! Twins..kinda =P (Also I wouldn't survive china alone either because I speak cantonese mainly and my mandarin is an utter hilarious failed mess.) '¬_¬ hehe
Chris, Good day. I started learning Mandarin, I want to only speak and understand what people say. I have gotten one Chinese friend and I will be talking to him everyday. He is living with me. Are there any other tools should I use along with talking with my friend? and How much should I achieve in 7 months. Thank you Chris : )
Chris, wow! Great job! This video is awesome. Has this given you a degree of fame in China? Also, are there many westerners like you who have achieved such high fluency in Mandarin? I gave up studying Mandarin; though, I think I will return to it in a year. Even without understanding what was said, I could easily tell your speaking was superb. Hao ji le!
+Steven Fischer Has this given you a degree of fame in China? 在中国发展的外国人现在已经非常多了，不像以前 少数几个会中文的外国人明星 那样的轰动和引人注意了 （如加拿大的 大山）！在每年夏天的湖南卫视的 汉语桥 节目，你会看到更多外国人 掌握 汉语的“大牛”们。。。
+Chris Parker (Fluent in Mandarin) I wonder why you waited for the chance, instead why you did not go to the channels yourself so you could have gotten those opportunities much earlier! awesome
Could you tell me how you have learned so many colloquial expressions and managed to use them so fluently and flexibly? I'm a Chinese persuing a master degree in Australia with an IELTS 8. Although I have no problems studying and working and dealing with most complicated cases in my daily life here, I do feel that what I say is too formal. It feels that the expressions I usually use are from old-fashioned textbooks. Could you give me any recommendations on how to fix this problem?
Mainly I learned them by living in the country, spending a lot of time talking to local people and watching movies and TV series. The best thing by far is talking to local people. You need to find people who you can have more in-depth conversations with and spend more time talking and listening.
Thank you so much for your advice! After I came to Australia, I really feel that Chinese people are one of the most supportive peoples in the world in terms of interacting and helping with foreigners learning their native language. Most Chinese people are very friendly and willing to chitchat with learners even if their Chinese skills are highly limited, making it easy for them to find plenty of opportunities to practice the language. The case in Australia is significantly different, most people don't care about what's going on outside the English-speaking world, and they are not interested in talking with foreigners despite most foreigners being curious to know more about them and being able to converse with them normally in English. That might be the reason learners with solid determination to master the Chinese language have a very good chance to achieve what they aim for whereas most Chinese learners striving to learn English end up engaging with the local Chinese communities whichever country they are in. By the way, your Chinese is really amazing and I wish I could reach the same or even just similar level in my English studying one day.
+Almir Arante Just talking about different aspects of Chinese culture and sharing experiences from our own countries. I cut this video together from 3 or 4 different shows
***** what did you think of tianjin Chris? I ask because Austin Guidry is leaving tianjin and he didn't really enjoy living in the city. By the way how is the cantonese coming on? :)
***** heh i knew it had to be mainland, they dont have a taiwan accent. also knew it was tian-something because i have a friend named tian so i know that hanzi and recognised it on the local TV marker :P
Chinese shows have subtitles so everyone in China can understand. Though the official language of China is Mandarin, many Chinese folks in China speak different local dialects (actually they're different languages), but most can read Chinese characters.
You said a word that sounded very much like the "n-word" a lot in this. What does it mean exactly in Chinese? EDIT- Saw that you've replied to this question already. When you say filler word do you mean something like er or um?
Mark Zuckerberg needs to take some notes on this video.
woah day zoongwan hen how da
Zuckerberg is the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company. I'm sure he'd pick up any language without a sweat had he not been.
He’s too busy stealing your personal information.
I think Zuckerberg should first focus on speaking better English before "perfecting" his Chinese. He was notably clumsy in his ability to marshal ideas into spoken English. He attempted to go head-to-head in an intellectual dialogue with Professor Harari. The dialogue aspect was abandoned by Zuckerberg and the encounter morphed into an arcane monologue from Zuckerberg. Check it out on TH-cam.
this is purely my opinion here, but I think part of the problem with westerners in learning a language such as Mandarin is the inability or lack of willfulness to stretch themselves and act the part. one has to be willing to explore new positions and shapes with his mouth, his tongue, his cheeks, his lips, etc. the muscles we engage when we speak our native language fall into a very familiar pattern, and that pattern needs to be broken, consciously broken, without the fear of sounding "weird" or different. Conversely, for someone whose native language is Mandarin or Vietnamese, there must be the willingness to adopt what seemed like harsh positions and shapes of the tongue, the cheeks, the lips, in order to speak English or German or Russian, etc. When in Rome, one must do as the Romans do. if a person has no willingness to hear and feel the different nuances in the production of a completely different family of languages, then mastery of a new language will be well nigh impossible.
I think you're right, but you still have to be true to yourself. But in terms of the pronunciation, yes definitely
Nice take! Plus also dare to change the way of thinking and very different social situations
Great. I'll be able to understand this whole thing in about 20 years.
It won't take that long :-)
Fluent in Mandarin.com yh your right it will take longer lol only joking
xD
Don't worry brah! You can do it I've managed it in around 10 months to understand this.
Your pronunciation is really standard (especially the tone) and sounds like native. Really like your voice when you speaking Chinese, which is more gentle than the way you speaking English..Hahaha
Thanks!
+Fluent in Mandarin.com as a Chinese person I think you speak Chinese so well.
Hey Chris, just out of curiosity, how many years did it take you to master Mandarin?
All depends on how many hours a day you are going to study/practice the language more than the number of years. You cannot compare a person who is studying the language 10 hours a day with some one that will be studying it only for 5 minutes a day. In both cases, their ability in the language will increase but not at the same rate. You also have to take into account the material and the method you are using to learn the language.
Franck Franck Truth!
Chris, you have the best tones I have EVER SEEN OF ANY FOREIGNER... it is AMAZING. I am FLOORED every time I see this.
Yeah he is great, but not as good as da san in my opinion.
I understood roughly a third of what was going on. I got a ways to go, but I'm glad I'm progressing.
Michael Harris Keep going!
listen to Chinese music，or reality show
Damn, this guy is legit.
It's not impressive when an English speaker learns German, or of a Spanish Speaker learns Portuguese, but when a person learns a language that is an offset of their own, it's exponentially impressive.
He is half chinese half white
@@datblackguyinyourstreet4993 bingo I knew it.There is sth very Asian about him
@@datblackguyinyourstreet4993 Really? He didn't start learning Mandarin until as an adult in any case
I think it's impressive when anyone learns more than 2 languages regardless of what it is
I've been taking Mandarin for 2 years (I'm an American) and I have to say that your accent is really good and easy to understand. It's really inspiring to hear you able to get to such a high level of Chinese and be able to communicate so well :)
+Grace Teebken you'll get there, it's mostly a matter of time and practice!
I hope to be like you and speak Chinese in fluent way
So how are you today after 4 years?
你好, 今年已经四年了，你的中文水平怎么提高了😅
DAMN HIS MANDARIN IS BETTER THAN MINE
Annie Lin Could you teach me please?
shot down!
Or...because国语不是我的母语，我的母语是广东话。
+Annie Lin same
Annie Lin
国语和广东话不是同一个语言吗
这两方言使用同一个文字的吗
Excellent Mandarin ! Spoken like an educated person with great humor ! I'm a native Beijing Ke, but can't speak as well as you do !
+Josephine Jwang thanks for your kind words! I'm sure you're still much better than me..
The guy is seriously gd in Putonghua (mandarin). His accent is native Beijing which is the chinese equivalent of received pronounciation in English!
Thanks for the compliment!
Nice, I'm learning for 3 days and I already recognized some words, like "meiguo" (America), "zhonguo" (China), "beizhe" (a cup), "piaolian" (pretty) etc. :)
Bon Bon Why you always lyin
very fluent....if you listen to just the audio without seeing you will think he is Chinese. Chris is speaking extremely well
Not only fluent in Chinese, he also demonstrates a high level of intelligence
I'm flattered. Thanks!
1:47 this guy looks like a cartoon character lmao
That's the magician..
Fluent in Mandarin.com
whoops
Andy Zhang he is
Chris, can you tell us who your blonde co-star is? At 3:33? Can she speak Mandarin?
He's Sonic The Hedgehog!
Man i can listen to him all day
Absolutely inspirational. What a joy to watch you soar man.
+Isaac Mendez Appreciate it Isaac!
This is very impressive! Your pronunciation is really good!
There is something extremely soothing and beautiful about listening to Mandarin being spoken. My grandmother Phyllis was a college professor who was fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese. A few other languages as well
Maybe it's picturing my grandmother speak it...but Chinese in general, such beauty to listen to it..
Glad you like it!
Mandarin is not pretty at all.. it´s rather the opposite
you are someone to look up to!!!
+oscar diaz Thanks !
i think he refers to the guy in the video lol
+Hundred thats him lol
As a Chinese American I think your Mandarin speaking ability is exceptional but you have yet to master the art of communication with Chinese people. Mandarin is a high context language much like Arabic, Hindi, and other ancient languages, where communication happens through tone of voice, body language, and non-verbal cues. Western European languages like English and French are low context and people tend to listen to the words rather than try to read context in order to divulge the speaker's true meaning. To be able to truly communicate at the level of a native speaker, you'll have to understand the Chinese (East Asian) way of thinking better. During certain clips in this video you were very rude to the host of the show (within a Chinese context) and inconsiderate during the conversation. While competing to speak over someone else is fine in a discussion on a TV show in the West, it is considered very rude by Chinese people. With experience you can of course speak over someone, but you'll need to handle it with a big smile and a lot of charm--flattering your hosts is one method to assuage any feelings of resentment (eg, praising the host's good taste in clothing). If you continue to learn Chinese and try to understand Chinese culture, you'll see that in China human relationships are very complex and political. You do a lot of juggling and emotional manipulation to handle the people around you, so feelings are not hurt and everyone is happy. While your mastery of Mandarin is very impressive--the most difficult part of learning the language is to be able to communicate correctly according to the rules of the culture. And this is what people in the West have the hardest time with--understanding *how* to communicate correctly in an Asian language.
it would be considered rude here in America as well to speak over someone .
+Moon Racer I just saved your comment to my local computer XD So much interesting information! Thank you!
+Moon Racer some of this is universal knowledge though, doesnt just apply for Asian culture. Great information though, thanks.
Frederik Rasmussen The "how" part of knowing how to communicate isn't well understood by many people who are learning a new language. I frequently see Chinese immigrants in the U.S. who speak English well yet manage to offend Americans. They think Americans need a lot of face and that Americans are constantly "reading between the lines". It's true to some extent, but not to the degree that the Chinese do it. I was recently in Italy and was trying to pick up Italian. You can immediately feel that Italian is a far more emotional and expressive language; people communicate in a much more emotional way.
+Moon Racer While I agree with the points you've made, you have to bear in mind that this show was not a natural speaking environment. Everybody was constantly speaking over each other, and fighting to speak the whole time. Some of the other guests were fighting so strongly, I thought it was rude even from a Western point of view (most of those sections were just cut out), but if you didn't, you wouldn't be able to say anything. It wasn't a natural discussion. Some more management of the discussion from the producers would have been helpful, instead of forcing everybody to constantly fight to be heard.
Damn you speak even better Mandarin than me, really look up to you!
Chris, you are so adorable and talented.
Kudos for being able to achieve that level of fluency, but this video actually disproves the whole point of this channel. Yes, it's possible to become fluent in Chinese, but it is so rare that they invite people who can do it on national TV.
It's not that rare, and there are a few foreigners on TV now. There are frequent guest appearances from foreigners in fact. More and more people are starting to learn and speak Chinese. The purpose of this video is to show people that you can do it, not to show how difficult or rare it is.
Fluent in Mandarin.com I definitely appreciate seeing this. I learned mandarin for 8 years but stopped speaking it for two years. I’m trying to get my tones better and my pronunciation. You’re an inspiration buddy
@@FluentinMandarinDotCom lllbl
I’m Chinese. I have to say that Chinese is the most difficult language in the world, but these foreigners could speak Chinese like native. They are amazing and talented. It taught me that we can learn everything as long as we study hard.
I think it's got to be Vietnamese mate
@@josephhill2868 and Arabic too mate
So impressive, it’s just comes out smoothly without even a second thought.
Thanks!
It’s not just pronunciation, it’s also grammar , conversation fluency
Chinese language, both Mandarin and Cantonese, have an exotic quality, sound of an almost unearthly beauty to me. The written language is no problem, although I avoid the so called "simplified" characters in learning and regard them as simply a convenient shorthand, or abbreviation for the real (Traditional) characters. The language and culture became of interest to me in my Traditional Chinese medicine studies which eventually led to my graduation from a College of Oriental medicine, in Florida, in the 5 year Shanghai program,
But the speaking and listening is the hard part. There are no courses I can find that help this problem. There are supposed to be tones, and, sure enough, for short words or individual words you can hear them. But the moment one goes over to natural conversational speed, which is quite fast in Chinese, I hear few or no "tones". Some of the words or elided so that the sound of the individual words becomes unintelligible, with the exception of, for example, Chris here whose speaking I would use as an example.
Using the free "Audacity" sound processing program (available for many computer operating systems, I use Mac) I am able to slow down any .mp3 easily, preserving pitch but even then the words go by too fast. This is frustrating to someone like myself who can hear the beauty of the sounds, and see the history and depth of this remarkable culture.
When people speak faster it's more about picking up the vocabulary and the rhythm of the language. The tones are there, but if you want to process every single tone as a separate entity, rather than listening for vocabulary and meanings, you are not going to be able to keep up!
Ya, I found that out the hard way.
So far, the best that I've found are the De Francis series, apparently written in the late 1940's, for which Seton Hall has released all the audio. And its in traditional characters which I prefer.
The only other language I use other than English right now, is Russian which I learned in school years ago, for reading Russian herbal and medical books. Piece of cake compared to Chinese, but of course I speak with an accent. Would have to live there several years to be really fluent.
Great. For me as a european he is way better to understand than most native Chinese speakers
That may be because I am not using a lot of complicated vocabulary/slang etc
Can you also handwrite characters like a native chinese person?
he has an accent though
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It's easier for you to understand him than a native Chinese speaker, probably because he still had a bit of a foreign accent at the time of the TV show. (He now speaks almost with 0% foreign accent, based on his recent videos.) Then again, most native speakers speak a lot faster, sometimes with regional accent & doing a lot of connecting or squeezing words (as any native speakers would do on their mother tongue)
Duuuude, that was some impressive skills man. Keep rocking that shit. Blew my mind a bit. hahaha
+LockitUp VL thanks man
+LockitUp VL thanks man
I'm interested in learning Mandarin in two years when I'm done learning Spanish, is it worth it?
+Nacho Libre yes
+Nacho Libre yes
+Nacho Libre yes
just be careful, Chinese is by no means an easy language
And did you start your mandarin ? y como va con tu espanol ahora ? :D hace 2 anjos has escrito ese comentario hahah
Great Mandarin Chinese! Can you please tell the title of this TV show? Thanks!
It's called 群英会, but the format of the show is very different now.
WHY CAN HE SPEAK BETTER CHINESE THAN ME I'M CHINESE
Really?
yesh
Because he studied hard
What about his accent speaking chinese, is it really good ?? best wishes from brazil
cassiopol oh yes he sounds like native
Not only are they gifted with language they can also levitate
Levitate?
What is this show about??
I LOVE IT, I really hope I can speak like this some day, but I don't even know where to start :(
same
Maybe reading the description....
Mandarin is a wonderful language - like most Asian languages. I hope to find the time to learn it soon!
Did you start learning Mandarin yet?
Great job :-) I've started to learn chinese - very,very interesting thing to do ! I hope I will understand soon what you speak ;-) Thanks :-)
holly, sh**. There is mix of diffirent accents is crazy. For me, choosing an accent will be your next step, because it's a little bit awkward. Your chinese is not prefect, but no body is perfect. I am most surprised that you have such much knowledge which even chinese ppl don't know. Bravo! Thumbs up!
I spent two weeks in China and I hated not knowing what anybody was saying to me so I've been learning Chinese. Really hope I can sound that fluent at some point...
Holy shit. The your tones are spot on!
+Shen Kai :-)
Is the other guy Martin Cityzen Papp you are singing with "99 botles of beer" ? this guy is just so cool and sings in Mandarin.
+Belgian Chinese yes it is Martin
?? are you talking about the golden rectangle ratio for the face?
You are awesome!
你的中文说的很流畅 就是有点外国人口音而已 非常棒! 说真的 我也希望能像你说中文这样通畅地说英文 我要加油了
EVANGELINE NOBALA of course there's a foreign language I hope u r not expecting a foreigner to speak like a Chinese ? when chinese learn English they have a heavy accent ! I guess he is doing very well as long as you can understand him.
High school or junior high proficiency with a basic vocabulary. His intonations are good for that level.
I’ve made many videos teaching Chinese language vividly and in a funny way. I hope you can recommend my videos to those who want to learn Chinese.
I hope more people can learn Chinese to get comprehensive firsthand information about China and most likely seek more job opportunities.
Your pronounciation is very precise
I'm Arabian and I can speak Arabic, English, Hebrew and a little bit of Persian language or Farsi language ☺️😊
What show is this
Can anyone add English subtitles so we can understand what they are talking about? Thanks. Also, I can't imagine to speak like that in my dreams.
说的太好了，几乎没有瑕疵！简直是牛叉级人物啊，Chris！
What are they saying
Damn I'm chinese but I grew up un Canada so I'm not very good with mandarin XP these no chinese people could teach me mandarin xD
+sasaazn Same situation but I live in the UK. I attend chinese lessons on weekends and hopefully I'll study it at university.
+stardustangel18 nice! I attended mandarin lessons too, but I forgot everything... :P I wish you success though! And maybe one day I'll retake lessons xD
Ahahah my friend did the same then forgot too! She knows how to write the characters for cabbage though so we'll be fine if we ever go China, just eat cabbage forever. Thank you and I hope even if you don't retake lessons that you will still love the language =D
stardustangel18 I can only write my name, numbers, I love you in Chinese... :P xD haha I would be a bit doomed if I go to China alone xD yup I'll still love the language! x) it's really difficult to learn though, my family and I went to Canada when I was 4 so I'm more Canadian than Chinese xD but I never forget my chinese roots x)
Hey, a little love can go a longggg way xD Maybe they'll give you some freebies for writing I love you. Learning languages is hard, I'd say simplified chinese is easier than the traditional though. What d'ya know I moved to England when I was 3, we're similar! Twins..kinda =P (Also I wouldn't survive china alone either because I speak cantonese mainly and my mandarin is an utter hilarious failed mess.) '¬_¬ hehe
Chris, Good day. I started learning Mandarin, I want to only speak and understand what people say. I have gotten one Chinese friend and I will be talking to him everyday. He is living with me. Are there any other tools should I use along with talking with my friend?
and How much should I achieve in 7 months. Thank you Chris : )
Well, it's 7 months later and how is your chinese?
I totally dropped since that time. I have ADHD so I start and drop Haha. Now I am learning another language, Malay! Lol. Good luck my friend!
So what? what other languages can you speak besides mandarin?
Wow his Chinese is very good! His accent isn't bad either
Steve is my inspiration
i kinda wanna watch this show now
anyone got the name of this?
Can you put subtitles in English please?
God loves everyone
Chris, wow! Great job! This video is awesome. Has this given you a degree of fame in China? Also, are there many westerners like you who have achieved such high fluency in Mandarin?
I gave up studying Mandarin; though, I think I will return to it in a year. Even without understanding what was said, I could easily tell your speaking was superb. Hao ji le!
+Steven Fischer Has this given you a degree of fame in China? 在中国发展的外国人现在已经非常多了，不像以前 少数几个会中文的外国人明星 那样的轰动和引人注意了 （如加拿大的 大山）！在每年夏天的湖南卫视的 汉语桥 节目，你会看到更多外国人 掌握 汉语的“大牛”们。。。
+Chris Parker (Fluent in Mandarin) I wonder why you waited for the chance, instead why you did not go to the channels yourself so you could have gotten those opportunities much earlier! awesome
There's actually a few that's famous. Check our da shan, He's a really famous Canadian with an amazing grasp of Chinese.
I am new here. Who is Chris ?
@D if it was the 1950s then you or me could've been on TV.
我也是华人
I was raised in a Chinese Hmong family...Your mandarin is more standard than me and people in my hometown lol.
Wonderful mandarin. What's the name of the show?
This show was called 群英会
Could you tell me how you have learned so many colloquial expressions and managed to use them so fluently and flexibly? I'm a Chinese persuing a master degree in Australia with an IELTS 8. Although I have no problems studying and working and dealing with most complicated cases in my daily life here, I do feel that what I say is too formal. It feels that the expressions I usually use are from old-fashioned textbooks. Could you give me any recommendations on how to fix this problem?
Mainly I learned them by living in the country, spending a lot of time talking to local people and watching movies and TV series. The best thing by far is talking to local people. You need to find people who you can have more in-depth conversations with and spend more time talking and listening.
Thank you so much for your advice! After I came to Australia, I really feel that Chinese people are one of the most supportive peoples in the world in terms of interacting and helping with foreigners learning their native language. Most Chinese people are very friendly and willing to chitchat with learners even if their Chinese skills are highly limited, making it easy for them to find plenty of opportunities to practice the language. The case in Australia is significantly different, most people don't care about what's going on outside the English-speaking world, and they are not interested in talking with foreigners despite most foreigners being curious to know more about them and being able to converse with them normally in English. That might be the reason learners with solid determination to master the Chinese language have a very good chance to achieve what they aim for whereas most Chinese learners striving to learn English end up engaging with the local Chinese communities whichever country they are in. By the way, your Chinese is really amazing and I wish I could reach the same or even just similar level in my English studying one day.
What the? So impressive
I have to say,as a Chinese, I still don't know a lot of charactes and gramars. so it is certainly the most difficult language.
Speechless...WOW!
你的汉语着实很不错啊亲，棒棒哒
He's so good in Mandarin 👌👏👏👍
Thanks Peter!
他们中文说的非常好
so what were you guys talking about? your skill is amazing btw
+Almir Arante Just talking about different aspects of Chinese culture and sharing experiences from our own countries. I cut this video together from 3 or 4 different shows
4:33 "Beer punk" 4:46 "You've found the n*gga"
Lmfao
3:48 This one's even better lmfao
I'm Taiwanese and I'm teaching Mandarin in English.
Thanks for checking out my channel :-)
Your Mandarin is excellent!
awwww you give such an impression of being a good boy :)
You sound like you know something otherwise. Do tell!!!!
what a talented young man. It is rare for Europeans to speak Chinese fluently, especially Mandarin.
中文非常好，Good job
Was this show filmed in Taiwan or China?
***** what did you think of tianjin Chris? I ask because Austin Guidry is leaving tianjin and he didn't really enjoy living in the city. By the way how is the cantonese coming on? :)
***** heh i knew it had to be mainland, they dont have a taiwan accent. also knew it was tian-something because i have a friend named tian so i know that hanzi and recognised it on the local TV marker :P
Impressive!
They say "nigga" a lot
they say "na ge", that means "that one"
Amir M that means hmmmmm
LMAO
Very fluent 很流利
I've been learning chinese for 3 days and i know nothing in this whole conversation, why does this happen to me?
I think it's because you've only been learning for 3 days...
I’m chinese and can speak fluent german, english, chinese and france.
March 4 2022👍
祝贺你！😍
Polka mówiąca po chińsku ? 😜
And ... Why every Chinese show has a subtitle?? I'm curious
Chinese shows have subtitles so everyone in China can understand. Though the official language of China is Mandarin, many Chinese folks in China speak different local dialects (actually they're different languages), but most can read Chinese characters.
impressive
He is half Chinese so I guess it's only fair that he masters it after how much he has studied.
That's cool.
His Mandarin Chinese is so good... I believe its better than 70% of people in China.
was this guy born or raised up in China?
No, I've just been learning the language and I've lived in China for quite a few years
Great...thats impressive. I hope your channel gets more popular and bring more people to learn Chinese.
n-word at 1:14?
3:05 I'm in love. Beautiful women.
我是突尼斯姑娘，我要说流利的汉语
You said a word that sounded very much like the "n-word" a lot in this. What does it mean exactly in Chinese?
EDIT- Saw that you've replied to this question already. When you say filler word do you mean something like er or um?
+MagikGimp yeah, its used as "it" , "that" , and similar filler words.
who's this guy...
汉语说的很棒啊，加油。。