I think this video just shows how different Cantonese and Mandarin are even though they’re considered Chinese dialects, to a point where you can’t just translate terms word for word. Love how you guys raise awareness of the two dialects in fun and interesting ways. Keep up the good work guys!
Harold Zee I agree with you that there are terms that are very similar, but maybe because I spoke Cantonese growing up and learned Mandarin later on, I’ve always wished I could just translate certain terms directly without having to memorize those that are slightly, or sometimes completely, different (like chocolate is 朱古力 in Cantonese vs 巧克力 in Mandarin). If I had said 朱古力 in Mandarin it wouldn’t have made sense and vise versa. So while there are similarities, there‘s more than just pronunciation that’s different between the two dialects (for example, grammar and sentence structure, but that’s a whole another discussion). I guess that’s the beauty AND inconvenience in the complexity of languages and dialects. 😝
I had a linguistics class that discussion this. Dialect is not the right word to use. They are separate languages and they are mutually unintelligible. From a guess of mine, I think this became from the government who wanted one official language and declared standard Mandarin as the main language and so Mandarin became known as Chinese. Yes Cantonese and mandarin are similar, because they are similar but they are not dialects. It's just a loose term people throw around that's become a norm.
Linguistically Cantonese and Mandarin are in fact different languages, however the issue here had more to do with jyutping. If Mike had been given time to learn the jyutping pronunciation, this would have been much easier (but probably less funny)
they are not different dialects, they are different languages. thats like saying Hindi is a dialect of Punjabi because they are both spoken in India lol.
Haha I love it how Mike just ignored the tones and just did something random. Just like how gai syun hei all have 3rd tone but he gave them all different tones lmao Good challenge! Not knowing the correct tone makes it hard for tonal languages like Chinese and sometimes he didn't know the consonant (ng..) and vowels (..oe..) which makes this challenge even harder. I don't blame him tho, since they don't have these in Mandarin. Funny how Sheldon knew how to say Peking duck in Mandarin instead of Cantonese. I'd expect the other way around haha and yayyy I learnt some new Cantonese words! ^^
I'm cantonese and I don't even know how to read jyutping. When I want to learn a new cantoword, I need to find the mando word for it, and then put it in one of those canto text to audio things and hope I've heard it before or figure out how to say it.
I almost dead laughing... this is too much.... XD As a native canto speaker, Mike is making me double guessing myself.... maybe I don't really speak canto after all.... You guys have to do this again... It's hilarious!!
These questions are very hard for cantonese speakers. Not only because of the pronunciation, some of the words used are actually mandarin vocab, nobody is using them when speaking in cantonese. For example nobody would ever say "laang5 cong4 soeng1" or "ziu3 soeng2 gei1" in daily conversation.
This is hilarious! Thanks CantonMando for all the great stuff you guys churn out! For the record, I majored in Linguistics in Uni and I found Cantonese Jyutping to be soo cool! Cantonese Jyutping is actually pronounced: Yoot Ping. It was developed by Cantonese Linguists in Hong Kong, who based it off of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Hence when you see J: it's a Y sound and if you see a Z it's a J sound to our English ears and the Y is pronounced as a fronter u: like in 書 syu not su (like the name of your grandma Sue). You could have tried using Yale Cantonese which was developed by white colonials to make Cantonese sound more English… also, Google Cantonese can do both Jyutping and Cantonese Yale, so it's pretty fun to which between the two. I think your mando friend should have used either the Cantonese Yale or learnt a little about the Jyutping sounds before doing this. Also Pleco has a Cantonese Voice enabling feature if you wanna have a standard Cantonese audio that would make it even more hilarious when you play it back. But it's funnier seeing you guys struggle hard, so keep up the good work and keep making awesome videos! Also, you should take a look @ UBC's Cantonese Uni Classes, they are on the leading edge of a lot of Cantonese literature, making Cantonese #lit! 🔥🔥🔥
WE FINALLY GOT MIKE SPEAKING CANTONESE - YOU GUYS BEEN ASKING FOR IT :D LIKE AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANNA SEE MORE OF! ALSO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS TO BE FIRST NEXT TIME WHO WATCHED THIS WHILE TAKING A SHIT?
CantoMando CantoMando #IG squad I still can't guess along even I was watching second and third time. Great challenge! And Edward beats Sheldon as the last to make a closing! XD
Mike’s halfass cantonese sounds more like Vietnamese to me hahahah P.S. I live for Sheldon’s laughters. I like how he never wins (though I’ve not exactly reached the end of the video. I knew he’ll not win 😂😂)
UGH being a fluent canto speaker I could confirm that I cant figure the pyjamas and nightmare either LOOL the pronunciation is so funny hahahahahahahaaaa and also I think fridge in mando is laang cong seong (like leng cang xiang) but its suet guai in canto HAHAAA
i speak canto and i went to chinese school to learn mandarin for 8 years before quitting bc i started taking mandarin in highschool, but i literally couldnt figure out what he was saying lmao
Just randomly found this video and this challenge was legit hard. I'm awful when it comes to understanding Mandarin 🙃 You've got yourself a new subscriber tho ✌
LOL! i actually got a few but thanks to the words on the screen, imagine being sheldon and edward at the time... stress!! 😂 and how did you get Camera so quick! 💙
As a guy Born in Hong Kong Just wanna tell you guys some of the Cantonese word are so different compare with mandarine Like Peking duck mandarine 烤鴨 (grill duck) is mention how it cook But Cantonese said it as 填鴨 （stuffed duck) is mention how it raise Anyway this video is so so funny Cheer!!
You guys are funny. I don't even know what's going on or why it's funny but you make me laugh. Thanks. Don't worry, I'm sure 100% that my Mandarin is worse then all other yours.
hello,im actually studying chinese (mandarin) and i watched this video because i randomly saw it on my recommened list , im surprised but i actually learnt a lot from this video and you guys are so funny.
I'm not sure which pinyin you're using for Cantonese but I use CantoDict. You can Google it. It's just much easier to read even for those who haven't studied Jyutping (Cantonese).
LOL AT LEAST DO A VID WHERE U TEACH MIKE HOW TO SPEAK CANTO u rly threw him in the deep with the pronouncations LOL LMAO as we get deeper in the video we understand lesser and lesser what Mike could be saying
Lol for the fridge, the old saying must've been made up by kids who didn't know things. Cuz in cantonese it sounds like chilly bed cabinet. So kids thought like 'ooh it's cool inside, it's big like a bed, but it can also be opened like a cabinet. Let's call it a chilly bed cabinet' LOL
WE MADE A PART TWO: th-cam.com/video/lsmcgHxOdyI/w-d-xo.html
Sheldon's laugh is literally hilarious 😂😂😂
Lol guys, you have this mc Jin accent XD 好多懶音
I think this video just shows how different Cantonese and Mandarin are even though they’re considered Chinese dialects, to a point where you can’t just translate terms word for word. Love how you guys raise awareness of the two dialects in fun and interesting ways. Keep up the good work guys!
to me it actually shows how similar Mandarin and Cantonese are. I got a few correct just by looking at the Cantonese pinyin
Harold Zee I agree with you that there are terms that are very similar, but maybe because I spoke Cantonese growing up and learned Mandarin later on, I’ve always wished I could just translate certain terms directly without having to memorize those that are slightly, or sometimes completely, different (like chocolate is 朱古力 in Cantonese vs 巧克力 in Mandarin). If I had said 朱古力 in Mandarin it wouldn’t have made sense and vise versa. So while there are similarities, there‘s more than just pronunciation that’s different between the two dialects (for example, grammar and sentence structure, but that’s a whole another discussion). I guess that’s the beauty AND inconvenience in the complexity of languages and dialects. 😝
I had a linguistics class that discussion this. Dialect is not the right word to use. They are separate languages and they are mutually unintelligible. From a guess of mine, I think this became from the government who wanted one official language and declared standard Mandarin as the main language and so Mandarin became known as Chinese. Yes Cantonese and mandarin are similar, because they are similar but they are not dialects. It's just a loose term people throw around that's become a norm.
Linguistically Cantonese and Mandarin are in fact different languages, however the issue here had more to do with jyutping. If Mike had been given time to learn the jyutping pronunciation, this would have been much easier (but probably less funny)
they are not different dialects, they are different languages. thats like saying Hindi is a dialect of Punjabi because they are both spoken in India lol.
Mike telling his mum they're recording lmao that part is so cute 😂😂
Sisi Lui reminds me of that girl telling her mum she’s recording 😂 I forgot her name
Love fruitypoppin!!
Hhhhh so funny I though it would be funny too
OMFG THIS IS HONESTLY THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN
Lol your Cantonese has to be equally poverty to understand mike at all
Nikki Chao hahahaha poverty, we always use that term
*妈妈我们在RECORDING啊*
yueyue 等会儿上来。。。。。。妈妈我们在ReCOrDING 啊
等会儿上来。。。。。啊啊啊？！我们在recording啊
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈这段我能笑死哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈😂😂😂😂
yueyue 哈哈哈
yueyue 哈哈哈
ok sheldon’s hiccup-y laugh is the best thing ever
Haha I love it how Mike just ignored the tones and just did something random. Just like how gai syun hei all have 3rd tone but he gave them all different tones lmao Good challenge! Not knowing the correct tone makes it hard for tonal languages like Chinese and sometimes he didn't know the consonant (ng..) and vowels (..oe..) which makes this challenge even harder. I don't blame him tho, since they don't have these in Mandarin. Funny how Sheldon knew how to say Peking duck in Mandarin instead of Cantonese. I'd expect the other way around haha and yayyy I learnt some new Cantonese words! ^^
I'm cantonese and I don't even know how to read jyutping. When I want to learn a new cantoword, I need to find the mando word for it, and then put it in one of those canto text to audio things and hope I've heard it before or figure out how to say it.
Drag toss yup because it’s not even accurate (the spelling for it) for canto
I almost dead laughing... this is too much.... XD
As a native canto speaker, Mike is making me double guessing myself.... maybe I don't really speak canto after all....
You guys have to do this again... It's hilarious!!
why am I here, i'm not even chinese... or asian.
(y'all are fine tho I won't lie, especially the guy on the right)
Eden Douglas honestly 😂
Eden Douglas Same Also we have the same name.
Eden Douglas meeee
Me too I just love it 😂
😂😂😂
It really lightens my horrible final hahahahha. Mike’s “mando-ised” Cantonese is sooooo funny!
These questions are very hard for cantonese speakers. Not only because of the pronunciation, some of the words used are actually mandarin vocab, nobody is using them when speaking in cantonese.
For example nobody would ever say "laang5 cong4 soeng1" or "ziu3 soeng2 gei1" in daily conversation.
冰淇淋 also
This is hilarious! Thanks CantonMando for all the great stuff you guys churn out! For the record, I majored in Linguistics in Uni and I found Cantonese Jyutping to be soo cool! Cantonese Jyutping is actually pronounced: Yoot Ping. It was developed by Cantonese Linguists in Hong Kong, who based it off of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Hence when you see J: it's a Y sound and if you see a Z it's a J sound to our English ears and the Y is pronounced as a fronter u: like in 書 syu not su (like the name of your grandma Sue).
You could have tried using Yale Cantonese which was developed by white colonials to make Cantonese sound more English… also, Google Cantonese can do both Jyutping and Cantonese Yale, so it's pretty fun to which between the two. I think your mando friend should have used either the Cantonese Yale or learnt a little about the Jyutping sounds before doing this. Also Pleco has a Cantonese Voice enabling feature if you wanna have a standard Cantonese audio that would make it even more hilarious when you play it back. But it's funnier seeing you guys struggle hard, so keep up the good work and keep making awesome videos!
Also, you should take a look @ UBC's Cantonese Uni Classes, they are on the leading edge of a lot of Cantonese literature, making Cantonese #lit! 🔥🔥🔥
Bro, I’m for real losing my Cantonese speaking and understanding ability from this😂
Same here
Sheldon sounds like a penguin when he laughs 😂
Now I know how my parents feel when I try to speak Canto to them. Thanks guys. xD
WE FINALLY GOT MIKE SPEAKING CANTONESE - YOU GUYS BEEN ASKING FOR IT :D LIKE AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANNA SEE MORE OF! ALSO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS TO BE FIRST NEXT TIME
WHO WATCHED THIS WHILE TAKING A SHIT?
CantoMando CantoMando #IG squad I still can't guess along even I was watching second and third time. Great challenge! And Edward beats Sheldon as the last to make a closing! XD
Mike’s halfass cantonese sounds more like Vietnamese to me hahahah
P.S. I live for Sheldon’s laughters. I like how he never wins (though I’ve not exactly reached the end of the video. I knew he’ll not win 😂😂)
Ellie Ellie confirmed lol I’m Vietnamese and that’s what I thought lol
When you can understand Chinese and Cantonese but couldn’t understand the words in the video ✌🏻
爸爸妈妈我对不起你们 😭
感觉我白看了电视剧，抖音视频，综艺节目。嗯……先撤了 免得在这里出丑
Me too, I can speak both cantonese and chinese but this video i can't understand
Same
-Mini Lah- the guy with the phone is really bad at pronouncing them words
He's supposed to suck - he can't speak for his life. dw you're amazing 👍
@@nataliec2574 Is English your original language? If so how did you learn Chinese?
I’m dying... this has got my Asian American ass DECEASED
UGH being a fluent canto speaker I could confirm that I cant figure the pyjamas and nightmare either LOOL the pronunciation is so funny hahahahahahahaaaa
and also I think fridge in mando is laang cong seong (like leng cang xiang) but its suet guai in canto HAHAAA
SHELDON'S LAUGH IS SO CUTE OMFG
How the hell are you guys getting this...I literally couldn't figure out a single one...😂 maybe because idk cantonese pinyin
Alicia Cho Me too 😂 I just sat questionable in my bed like "Wtf is this"
Yeah, I’m a cantonese learner, and you need to learn how jyutping is pronounced to be able to understand it.
Same😂
Same.. I speak Cantonese and I had no idea what he was talking about loll
i speak canto and i went to chinese school to learn mandarin for 8 years before quitting bc i started taking mandarin in highschool, but i literally couldnt figure out what he was saying lmao
OMG, he speaks the words like speaking Vietnamese T.T
YOOO I'm actually from HK and I can't even get any of these!
Joanne C. I’m kinda surprised I got some of them lmao
Also from HK XD
they're using jyutping, not commonly used in hk
Joanne C. I only understand some of it but I can’t understand most of them and I’m also from HK xD
Perhaps more abc would understand his horrible canto 😂
THIS WAS SUCH A FUNNY VIDEO
You guys should make this a series kind of thing!!
i can’t handle these face zoom ins AHAHA
Sheldon's Jeopardy scene with Mike yelling back to his mom for it to end in Edward taking advantage of Sheldon's Shitty knowledge is classic😂
the fridge bit is sorta wrong lmao it's usually called 雪櫃 in canto
Sanniva Chang I’ve never heard anyone say it the way they had it in the video
The commercial one depends on the temp. Beverage: 凍柜 Meat: 冰柜
how are you guys even getting these? 😂😂
By far my most favorite vid 😂😂😩😩 so hard to understand Mike but also so funny!!! I love you guys 😂😂❤️ i couldnt even guess them 😢
I WAS WHEEZING WHEN SHELDON WAS TALKING AND MIKE WAS YELLING TO HIS MOM HAHAHA
Just randomly found this video and this challenge was legit hard. I'm awful when it comes to understanding Mandarin 🙃 You've got yourself a new subscriber tho ✌
I miss these old cantomando videos! so cute and funny :) please do chinese language challenges every now and then :D they are so good
There’s different type of Cantonese pinyin to be read in Yale. Try that next. It’ll be so much more easier
You guys should do more episodes like this😂 Love the Cantonese episodes so much
lol too funny! the way that mike pronounced some of those words in cantonese totally got me!
I JUST STARTED WATCHING YOU GUYS VIDEOS AND YOU GUYS ARE FUNNY, AND REALLY GREAT TOGETHER, LOVE YOU GUYS!!
What I found good is not just the funny video, but also you three guys can maintain your heritage language meanwhile speak fluent English, Great!
This video so relatable and funny. Mike is literally me, I looked at the pinyin and couldn’t pronounce shit..LOL
8:27 Me when the math teacher is explaining something XD
Can you make another video like this? This is hilarious!!!!!
I LITERALLY JUST FOUND THIS YT CHANNEL AND OMGGG WOW I’M IN LOVE
LOL! i actually got a few but thanks to the words on the screen, imagine being sheldon and edward at the time... stress!! 😂 and how did you get Camera so quick! 💙
Oh goodness, the one of the left is super cute!!!!
Lol!!!!!! Mike totally sounds like Vietnamese 🤣 I'm dying
冷藏箱？？？nobody says that now
Biopsy Slim 对吧！！！！
As a guy Born in Hong Kong
Just wanna tell you guys some of the Cantonese word are so different compare with mandarine
Like Peking duck mandarine 烤鴨 (grill duck) is mention how it cook
But Cantonese said it as 填鴨 （stuffed duck) is mention how it raise
Anyway this video is so so funny
Cheer!!
i'm watching this in the library and i'm smiling so much bc i can't laugh out loud bUT THIS IS SO FUNNY I'M DYING LMAO 😂
I was dying at Nuh-gan Zeet Mou for eyelashes hahahahh
THE PIRATE I CANT BREATHE
Bro I speak Cantonese and mandarin but I don’t understand a word in this 😂😭 I’m a disappointment grueuehyeneieie🤐🤮
Loved this!😂😂
Omg. This is seriously soooo funny. Lmao. Thank u for the great video
that Pirate edit is everything lmaoo
Can't help myself with your laughs! 😂😁
@12:12 IM ON THE FLOOR HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA
Sheldon’s giggle is so intoxicating!!!!:)
This is HILARIOUS!!!!哈哈哈哈哈哈，笑死了，能感受到中间那个小哥哥真的已经尽力了😂😂
Coming from a native Cantonese speaker based in guangdong and Hong Kong, you did better than most people
I was laughing throughout the whole video lol
You guys are funny. I don't even know what's going on or why it's funny but you make me laugh. Thanks. Don't worry, I'm sure 100% that my Mandarin is worse then all other yours.
ive actually tried to learn jyutping when i was bored so i know how to pronounce the words but im not good with the tones HAHA
hello,im actually studying chinese (mandarin) and i watched this video because i randomly saw it on my recommened list , im surprised but i actually learnt a lot from this video and you guys are so funny.
Lmao hilarious! Played along and tried to guess what he was saying
ma women zai recording ahhh, bu yao shang lai got me laughing so hard!
I'm not sure which pinyin you're using for Cantonese but I use CantoDict. You can Google it. It's just much easier to read even for those who haven't studied Jyutping (Cantonese).
...cantodict uses Jyutping
I’m crying, this is so funny
My guy...there is 0 reason for the music to be this high 💀
Who make that subs? doesn’t make scene 😂😂😂 the pronunciation is very different but its funny this video 👏🏻👏🏻 so, i gave you a like 👍🏻
It just sounded more like Vietnamese every time he says it 😂😅
First time watcher, the one in the right, i think sheldon is fine asfff
I finally got to participate since my parents spoke canto to me. I love all videos but especially these sort pd videos.
Sheldon looks like BoxBox (Albert) League streamer. Funny ass video btw LOL understand both, just found your channel subbed!
Gwapo talaga ni edward 😍 😂
I'm so glad I came across this channel haha
What app do you guys use for cantonese dictionary?
I want more of these Canto vids!
Love the edits XD
Sheldon’s Laugh is beautiful
They deserve so much more likes tho
They are all so hot, the left one looks like he literally walked out of a drama.
I don’t even speak Mandarin or Cantonese l, but you guys are so entertaining 😂
You Three are so funny...LOL
I love the fact the three of you are SO nerds that most of your videos are about funny way to learn languages: 👏👏👏👏
Mama 我们在record呢！
Lollllll why r you guys so funny
Is it just me or is the background music annoying/loud
Mackie Lu not just you. I couldn't hear them talking at all :(
Mackie Lu i thought it was a good background music!
No offence even cantonese is my first language i still need one sec to think abt wt mike had just said...LMAO
Sheldon’s laugh is so cute😂
What's the instrumental you guys used? This was really fun to watch and confusing to guess along with lol
3:32 OMG DAT LAUGH LMAO
This is so funny 😂 make my whole day
Gwapo talaga ni edward 😍
LOL AT LEAST DO A VID WHERE U TEACH MIKE HOW TO SPEAK CANTO u rly threw him in the deep with the pronouncations LOL
LMAO as we get deeper in the video we understand lesser and lesser what Mike could be saying
You guys are amazing for understanding him lmao. I only got eyelash right away.
You guys are awesome!
Lol for the fridge, the old saying must've been made up by kids who didn't know things. Cuz in cantonese it sounds like chilly bed cabinet. So kids thought like 'ooh it's cool inside, it's big like a bed, but it can also be opened like a cabinet. Let's call it a chilly bed cabinet' LOL
I love Sheldon.... 😍😍😍😘😘😘
Enjoy watching it, love you guys xx
my cantonese cells are dying from his accent🤣🥴💀
Sheldon.......is.........my.........spirit animal 💙🦄