I have been studying mandarin for 6 months. I asked my Chinese room mates their Chinese names, as now I can pronounce them. My one room mate Bo told me to take the Chinese name Li Bai after the Tang dynasty poet. (I wrote a short story about the Moon and the Northern Lights.)
Embrace your own name even if you spell it in English phonetically. And so what if most people still don't pronounce it correctly. Just point out how it should be pronounced. If you or they stick around, they'll get the hang of it eventually.
I'm from Western Canada, and I know more people by their " nickname " than by their real name. In Canada, we also have a lot of foreigners from India. I feel sorry for some of the names I see on their name tags in the stores. ( example " Love Deep " Pin Jeep " ) I would hate to be in school with names similar to those. So I totally understand why you in Asia would have an English name
I like being called using either a nickname i have created or one that has been given to me which people can't seem to forget, most of the time my nickname is ZERO i chose it because it's so simple and short and easy to customize
No Indian will change his real name for what children in Canada would think - thats crazy! Indian names have meaning and using a fake name is a great disrespect to not only yourself but to your parents as well.
just came across your channel and binged all your videos. i’m shocked you don’t have more followers?!? i’d be surprised if you aren’t at 50k by end of year if you keep posting. love your content!
I'm a Chinese and I always introduce myself to non-Chinese people with my real Chinese name '海天', which would be 'Haitian' if you latinize it, and unfortunately, almost every English speaker I met, if never tried to pronounce my name before, would pronounce it exactly as the word referring to the people of a Caribbean country 'Haiti', where 't' would be pronounced as 'sh' in a way, which is incorrect! but I can only understand because it IS tricky for English speakers, and then patiently explain how to pronounce it properly as 'Hai' and 'Tian' separately. I'm not gonna ask them add the tone upon that, I'm all good with whatever tones they want to call me as long as it's not something like 'Heyshen'. But sometimes miracles could happen you know. Some of those guys really want to pronounce my name properly and they did! like the first time try! Which I always find amazing and always appreciate! I feel sometimes you just gotta have a little bit of faith in the person in front of you and let them surprise you! It feels good when someone do that because then you know they have at least some a little knowledge about the basic rules of pronouncing latinized Chinese! But also sometimes I can get a little tired of this whole explaining thing. It's really not fun all the time, may be at the beginning, but as I live here in the US longer and longer, and meet more and more Americans, sometimes I feel it almost get discouraging for me to socialize with new people, so recently I started to use some random English name to introduce myself to others if the one I'm introduced with doesn't feel like gonna last long or just unlikely to meet again soon, I'd be like 'Just call me Harry/Thomas/Theo please!' and some of them would make a rather funny looking on their face especially when I want them to call me by Harry, it's like 'How old are u?' or 'Why is so many Harrys?' lol I just found that pretty funny no offense XD
My ex-wife's name is Hongping. But she used to go by Lisa. I told her Hongping, while it won't be pronounced properly, will be relatively easy to pronounce, and she should use it. She did, and except for her new beau and his family/friends... everyone else calls her Hongping and knows her as that.
The last part was... lol. Now that I'm learning Chinese I understand why they use names in other languages when they are abroad. You can't compare it to Korean or Japanese names. Even though Korean and Japanese are also difficult to pronounce in their own way, if you don't pronounce it exactly the same, that's ok, just like if you don't pronounce 100% correctly a name in English or Spanish. However, if you don't pronounce a Chinese name 100% correctly, you may end up saying something bizarre lol. I had a teacher whose last name was 彭 if I remember correctly. They usually tell us both their Chinese and English names. Then, there was one of the students that misspronounced it as 胖 lol. Since she was a teacher, we were her students, and we were learning Chinese, she was patient enough and told him the correct way to pronounce it until he could say it correctly, but in a different situation, probably the other part would have felt offended, more because she was a girl lol
If someone finds out the Chinese person's real name what are the chances the Chinese person will lie to the person who I found out their real name? For example. I'm 100% sure 李小璐 lied to me about her real name. She Insisted that her name was Maria Fer and not Li Xiao Lu. We spent a month and a half chatting and got to know each other really well. This was very heartbreaking! I'm sure she will never talk to me again. Anyway I love your videos!
@@katerinamango6433 lol, nice reaction. Yes I'm totally serious. There's been three Chinese women who have outright lied to me about their names. I'm met them on a dating app and when we finally got into private chat. One proceeded to tell me what her real name was after she lied in her profile. And... One lied to me for 3 weeks and had actually given me a couple different names during that time. Then... Li Xiaolu... Well I've already explained that one. So I've had three experiences of being lied to a lot about the individuals true name. From my experience this seems like a common thing. Do you think it's common for Chinese women to lie about their names? Or if I just been very unlucky by meeting dishonest women?
@@isaiahalleman8055 Base on my reaction you could tell I have barely heard things like that😂😂 I was shocked too. I mean, once may be for protecting privacy, but with multiple different names? Idk man😅
Unless their name is brutally mispronounced and they don't like that, I don't think they should change names. I've met a Lingling and it was a mouthful to say, but I learned to pronounce it the best I could according to our language (Spanish). But I do the same with all people that come to my country and who have a different name. I also met a Luxia and that was pretty easy to pronounce.
Western names are more for continuation and honouring a person, like naming a baby after his of her grand father or grand mother. So they do have meaning. For example, im named after my mothers father who died 10 years before i was born and its her way to honour her father. My oldest brother is named after my father, which is also a tradition. Its a reminder that life goes on through your descendents and keeping a memory alive.
I was so waiting for some content like yours about china and Chinese people.I fell in love with mandarin last year… and got really interested about the Chinese culture as a result. Anyway, thank you, you got a new subscriber here, love from France
Out of all the chinese people I have met in France, Switzerland, Japan, Russia or elsewhere, be it friends, acquaintances or else, I have encountered a non chinese name only once (A girl called Cherry). Chinese names are so hard (cough cough impossible) to pronounce correctly yet it's always fun to try. I guess keeping their chinese name might be a good ice breaker for Chinese once they travel / work abroad to facilitate communication with the locals. I didn't even know that it was common to 1) Have an English name and 2) Use it with foreigners. I guess that it might only applies to Chinese people with a certain proximity with foreign languages / foreigners. Anyway, if that were to be the case, that may also be truly specific to mainland China as, even though I lived quite a few years in neighbouring Japan, I have never ever heard of ''english nicknames'' there. (You allow your subscribers to be doubtful so here you are ^^). Ps: I have actually been asked to come up with a chinese name last week. What could be a good chinese name for Cyriaque? Any suggestions?
That makes sense too🤔 Most of young people I know do have English names and and more commonly to tell English names instead of their Chinese names to foreigners. But you're right it's like a ice breaker. It's nice you actually enjoy trying. If straightly translate your English name to Chinese base on pronunciation, "西里亚克" can be an option👌
Only one video was enough to follow you, the problem is that now I can’t stop to play the next one this is my third , do I need help ?😳 posdata, your video editing is very cool !! And I’m sorry if my bad English hurt the somebody’s eyes
The girl essentially gave the same reasons I use in my life and I have been in the US since I was 4 years old. 😅 Yea, I am a US citizen and I still haven’t decided on an English name. And yeah, my given name kept changing. 😂😂😂
can u explain why chinese people post their wechat moments but there no likes on it unlike instagram where people show some support by tapping Like. Just make me wonder where are their friends, Why they didn't like others post update. is it culture difference.
I am chinese, i know most of my wechat friends will see my moments once i post. even without any likes. personal, i only tapping Like for the really “big” or interesting things but not for all kinds of posts. we think it’s no means to tap all posts.
Ugh everyone is embracing westernization and colonialism. Just be proud of who you are? It's not just chinese names that are hard to pronounce for some ppl, but you don't see russian/irish/indonesian etc ppl make up an english name so americans can accept them💁♀️
Because Chinese names are too difficult to pronounce and remember by an English speaking person. Chinese comes from a different language family(non in do-European language)
Most westerns are pissed off because they made a beautiful paradise for themselves. That was the point , now nothing but mix everything together. If you move to a different culture and race, there will be huge problems.
Aloha Katerina, I just found your channel and have been binging. You are a lovely lady with an attractive personality. Your videos are helping me understand your culture, Chinese women and given me a sense of affirmation. I'm currently in an online relationship with a women living in Beijing. She is a gorgeous, intelligent, romantic, business woman. Educated in Hong Kong she has traveled much of the world. She is 38 years old, never married. I'm 20 years older. We are madly in love and planning on spending the rest of our lives together. I live in Hawaii and we are planning on meeting in person for the first time here. Do you have any thoughts to share regarding this cross culture romance?
I'm not Chinese but Ivorian American and I have an American name and my legal government name that only my family calls me. It's interesting to see how other cultures do the same!
If there is money involved, get the Chinese name. If there is no transfer of resources, they aren't talking to you anyways so don't worry about it. As for pinyin, hate it. Wish the system used in the Republic of China was the dominate one, can't use it like English as Chinese do with pinyin.
I kinda understand why it's important to have english names, i have a Chinese Girlfriend, her name is Wu Yanhong but i prefer to call her babe instead of her name mainly because I don't want to mispronounce her name or make people laugh at it.. I don't live in China so obviously the rest of the world wouldn't understand
I'm a foreign Chinese and I would usually choose to converse in English not that I hate Mandarin but the truth is there isn't any Chinese speaking environment here
I'm American and studying Mandarin, so I'm picking a Chinese name. Why? It's simple. Most Chinese (or Japanese, or Spanish) people can't pronounce "Ted". Which sounds better as a male name, 高理 or 高天棋? "Mango" sounds like a stage name (for your youtube channel) not an actual surname (English surnames are rarely words). Chinese people often use their real surname with an English given name.
Everyone has an accent. Native speakers have accents too. More importantly, nobody cares. What matters is people understanding you, especially in videos (where listeners can't ask you to repeat something). Katerina is occasionally hard to understand, because she speaks very quickly and sometimes mumbles. It's obvious that she is very comfortable thinking in English, but she may not be experienced at slowing her speech down and speaking clearly for a (recorded) audience. Tip: assume that your audience isn't fluent in English.
All Humans have motive behind what we do sweetheart. You have motive behind this comment too. I said that to remind people to subscribe or just simply because I'm an a＿shole. Nothing specifically to do with ChiNEsE
When Chinese give English names, they always start with V...like Vivi Vivien Vicky Victoria...why??
I have been studying mandarin for 6 months. I asked my Chinese room mates their Chinese names, as now I can pronounce them.
My one room mate Bo told me to take the Chinese name Li Bai after the Tang dynasty poet. (I wrote a short story about the Moon and the Northern Lights.)
Embrace your own name even if you spell it in English phonetically.
And so what if most people still don't pronounce it correctly.
Just point out how it should be pronounced.
If you or they stick around, they'll get the hang of it eventually.
I'm from Western Canada, and I know more people by their " nickname " than by their real name.
In Canada, we also have a lot of foreigners from India. I feel sorry for some of the names I see on their name tags in the stores. ( example " Love Deep " Pin Jeep " )
I would hate to be in school with names similar to those. So I totally understand why you in Asia would have an English name
🤔That's very new to me. How do you get to know their real names eventually then?
I like being called using either a nickname i have created or one that has been given to me which people can't seem to forget, most of the time my nickname is ZERO i chose it because it's so simple and short and easy to customize
@@katerinamango6433 where do you live in china ,i better learn from you,jiage vxing 😊plz
No Indian will change his real name for what children in Canada would think - thats crazy! Indian names have meaning and using a fake name is a great disrespect to not only yourself but to your parents as well.
just came across your channel and binged all your videos. i’m shocked you don’t have more followers?!? i’d be surprised if you aren’t at 50k by end of year if you keep posting.
love your content!
I just found out about your channel and I love it !! Your videos are very entertaining and knowledgeable ❤️
Thank you so much for support!
Nice video Katerina, thanks.
Hey! Keep uploading some videos, even if it's twice a month (or once a month)
It takes tiem, but I'm sure you'll eventually build a follower base
Love your channel !
We wait!
Don't give up!!!
alex is both boy name and girl name in england
what are your favorite places / things to do in Sichuan and/or elsewhere in China?
So interesting channel, why no any new videos anymore?
I'm a Chinese and I always introduce myself to non-Chinese people with my real Chinese name '海天', which would be 'Haitian' if you latinize it, and unfortunately, almost every English speaker I met, if never tried to pronounce my name before, would pronounce it exactly as the word referring to the people of a Caribbean country 'Haiti', where 't' would be pronounced as 'sh' in a way, which is incorrect! but I can only understand because it IS tricky for English speakers, and then patiently explain how to pronounce it properly as 'Hai' and 'Tian' separately. I'm not gonna ask them add the tone upon that, I'm all good with whatever tones they want to call me as long as it's not something like 'Heyshen'.
But sometimes miracles could happen you know. Some of those guys really want to pronounce my name properly and they did! like the first time try! Which I always find amazing and always appreciate! I feel sometimes you just gotta have a little bit of faith in the person in front of you and let them surprise you! It feels good when someone do that because then you know they have at least some a little knowledge about the basic rules of pronouncing latinized Chinese!
But also sometimes I can get a little tired of this whole explaining thing. It's really not fun all the time, may be at the beginning, but as I live here in the US longer and longer, and meet more and more Americans, sometimes I feel it almost get discouraging for me to socialize with new people, so recently I started to use some random English name to introduce myself to others if the one I'm introduced with doesn't feel like gonna last long or just unlikely to meet again soon, I'd be like 'Just call me Harry/Thomas/Theo please!' and some of them would make a rather funny looking on their face especially when I want them to call me by Harry, it's like 'How old are u?' or 'Why is so many Harrys?' lol I just found that pretty funny no offense XD
Me, a guy who made up a Chinese name because Chinese names are cool and I love China: 👀
That's cooooool❤️
@@katerinamango6433 your culture is cool lol
wow this girl is spicy lol liked and subscribed
Great video
My ex-wife's name is Hongping. But she used to go by Lisa. I told her Hongping, while it won't be pronounced properly, will be relatively easy to pronounce, and she should use it. She did, and except for her new beau and his family/friends... everyone else calls her Hongping and knows her as that.
The last part was... lol. Now that I'm learning Chinese I understand why they use names in other languages when they are abroad. You can't compare it to Korean or Japanese names. Even though Korean and Japanese are also difficult to pronounce in their own way, if you don't pronounce it exactly the same, that's ok, just like if you don't pronounce 100% correctly a name in English or Spanish. However, if you don't pronounce a Chinese name 100% correctly, you may end up saying something bizarre lol. I had a teacher whose last name was 彭 if I remember correctly. They usually tell us both their Chinese and English names. Then, there was one of the students that misspronounced it as 胖 lol. Since she was a teacher, we were her students, and we were learning Chinese, she was patient enough and told him the correct way to pronounce it until he could say it correctly, but in a different situation, probably the other part would have felt offended, more because she was a girl lol
If someone finds out the Chinese person's real name what are the chances the Chinese person will lie to the person who I found out their real name?
For example.
I'm 100% sure 李小璐 lied to me about her real name. She Insisted that her name was Maria Fer and not Li Xiao Lu.
We spent a month and a half chatting and got to know each other really well.
This was very heartbreaking!
I'm sure she will never talk to me again.
Anyway I love your videos!
What the hella feck? Seriously?
@@katerinamango6433 lol, nice reaction.
Yes I'm totally serious. There's been three Chinese women who have outright lied to me about their names.
I'm met them on a dating app and when we finally got into private chat.
One proceeded to tell me what her real name was after she lied in her profile.
And...
One lied to me for 3 weeks and had actually given me a couple different names during that time.
Then...
Li Xiaolu... Well I've already explained that one.
So I've had three experiences of being lied to a lot about the individuals true name.
From my experience this seems like a common thing.
Do you think it's common for Chinese women to lie about their names? Or if I just been very unlucky by meeting dishonest women?
@@isaiahalleman8055 Base on my reaction you could tell I have barely heard things like that😂😂 I was shocked too. I mean, once may be for protecting privacy, but with multiple different names? Idk man😅
@@katerinamango6433 Ok, thanks 👍
I think it's awesome that you get to pick a name. And thank you for the explanation, you used great examples.
Unless their name is brutally mispronounced and they don't like that, I don't think they should change names. I've met a Lingling and it was a mouthful to say, but I learned to pronounce it the best I could according to our language (Spanish). But I do the same with all people that come to my country and who have a different name. I also met a Luxia and that was pretty easy to pronounce.
Western names are more for continuation and honouring a person, like naming a baby after his of her grand father or grand mother. So they do have meaning. For example, im named after my mothers father who died 10 years before i was born and its her way to honour her father.
My oldest brother is named after my father, which is also a tradition.
Its a reminder that life goes on through your descendents and keeping a memory alive.
What do you think about the name 德里克 is it cool name or not ? 🤔😆 btw your English is beautiful 🌹 just like your personality 🐱👤
I like this name too. And thank youuu
It is absolutely a cool name!!
from Chinese mainland
If you can tell me, what is it when Romanized?
Nice explanation u can do on Chinese culture
Come backkk :(
Wow nice content
I was so waiting for some content like yours about china and Chinese people.I fell in love with mandarin last year… and got really interested about the Chinese culture as a result. Anyway, thank you, you got a new subscriber here,
love from France
greetings from Indonesia, thank you
Out of all the chinese people I have met in France, Switzerland, Japan, Russia or elsewhere, be it friends, acquaintances or else, I have encountered a non chinese name only once (A girl called Cherry). Chinese names are so hard (cough cough impossible) to pronounce correctly yet it's always fun to try. I guess keeping their chinese name might be a good ice breaker for Chinese once they travel / work abroad to facilitate communication with the locals. I didn't even know that it was common to 1) Have an English name and 2) Use it with foreigners. I guess that it might only applies to Chinese people with a certain proximity with foreign languages / foreigners. Anyway, if that were to be the case, that may also be truly specific to mainland China as, even though I lived quite a few years in neighbouring Japan, I have never ever heard of ''english nicknames'' there. (You allow your subscribers to be doubtful so here you are ^^). Ps: I have actually been asked to come up with a chinese name last week. What could be a good chinese name for Cyriaque? Any suggestions?
That makes sense too🤔 Most of young people I know do have English names and and more commonly to tell English names instead of their Chinese names to foreigners. But you're right it's like a ice breaker. It's nice you actually enjoy trying.
If straightly translate your English name to Chinese base on pronunciation, "西里亚克" can be an option👌
@@katerinamango6433 Now I am feeling old. Thanks for the name.
Very -very nice friend...succes full
Only one video was enough to follow you, the problem is that now I can’t stop to play the next one this is my third , do I need help ?😳 posdata, your video editing is very cool !! And I’m sorry if my bad English hurt the somebody’s eyes
Thank you so much for your support!
The girl essentially gave the same reasons I use in my life and I have been in the US since I was 4 years old. 😅 Yea, I am a US citizen and I still haven’t decided on an English name. And yeah, my given name kept changing. 😂😂😂
can u explain why chinese people post their wechat moments but there no likes on it unlike instagram where people show some support by tapping Like. Just make me wonder where are their friends, Why they didn't like others post update. is it culture difference.
I am chinese, i know most of my wechat friends will see my moments once i post. even without any likes. personal, i only tapping Like for the really “big” or interesting things but not for all kinds of posts. we think it’s no means to tap all posts.
@@ioleap thanks for the info. yeah i found it's weird. different culture. now i understand.
Interesting that hear people from an noun English country has English names. We use our Arabic names inside & in abroad;We proud of it😎
Ugh everyone is embracing westernization and colonialism. Just be proud of who you are? It's not just chinese names that are hard to pronounce for some ppl, but you don't see russian/irish/indonesian etc ppl make up an english name so americans can accept them💁♀️
Because Chinese names are too difficult to pronounce and remember by an English speaking person. Chinese comes from a different language family(non in do-European language)
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Most westerns are pissed off because they made a beautiful paradise for themselves. That was the point , now nothing but mix everything together. If you move to a different culture and race, there will be huge problems.
Yo how is friend doing
Aloha Katerina, I just found your channel and have been binging. You are a lovely lady with an attractive personality. Your videos are helping me understand your culture, Chinese women and given me a sense of affirmation. I'm currently in an online relationship with a women living in Beijing. She is a gorgeous, intelligent, romantic, business woman. Educated in Hong Kong she has traveled much of the world. She is 38 years old, never married. I'm 20 years older. We are madly in love and planning on spending the rest of our lives together. I live in Hawaii and we are planning on meeting in person for the first time here. Do you have any thoughts to share regarding this cross culture romance?
Lol Ling is my girlfriends real name right?
Nice to watch you again 👍🇸🇽
Xièxiè nī for the heart 😍 katerina👍🏼🇵🇭
I'm not Chinese but Ivorian American and I have an American name and my legal government name that only my family calls me. It's interesting to see how other cultures do the same!
If there is money involved, get the Chinese name. If there is no transfer of resources, they aren't talking to you anyways so don't worry about it. As for pinyin, hate it. Wish the system used in the Republic of China was the dominate one, can't use it like English as Chinese do with pinyin.
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I kinda understand why it's important to have english names, i have a Chinese Girlfriend, her name is Wu Yanhong but i prefer to call her babe instead of her name mainly because I don't want to mispronounce her name or make people laugh at it.. I don't live in China so obviously the rest of the world wouldn't understand
Hello
I'm a foreign Chinese and I would usually choose to converse in English not that I hate Mandarin but the truth is there isn't any Chinese speaking environment here
That's very understandable too
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I'm American and studying Mandarin, so I'm picking a Chinese name. Why? It's simple. Most Chinese (or Japanese, or Spanish) people can't pronounce "Ted". Which sounds better as a male name, 高理 or 高天棋? "Mango" sounds like a stage name (for your youtube channel) not an actual surname (English surnames are rarely words). Chinese people often use their real surname with an English given name.
我觉得“高理”更好，“高天棋”中的“天”字会显得很张扬，中国是比较讲究谦虚的，而且“理”字也很不错，会让人觉得你很冷静、聪明之类。
Funny how every decision you’ve made in life has led you to read this comment, Stay connected 😷😷
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you are so beautiful :)
Your English is Good but you have a little bit of Accent,
Need to work on that🌌
Everyone has an accent. Native speakers have accents too. More importantly, nobody cares. What matters is people understanding you, especially in videos (where listeners can't ask you to repeat something). Katerina is occasionally hard to understand, because she speaks very quickly and sometimes mumbles. It's obvious that she is very comfortable thinking in English, but she may not be experienced at slowing her speech down and speaking clearly for a (recorded) audience. Tip: assume that your audience isn't fluent in English.
@@tedcrowley6080 can you tell these thing to Katerina herself?
I feal all Chinnese have motive behind what they do. Like you only care if im subscriber. Lamo
All Humans have motive behind what we do sweetheart. You have motive behind this comment too. I said that to remind people to subscribe or just simply because I'm an a＿shole. Nothing specifically to do with ChiNEsE
suppose your right Miss Mango.
@@katerinamango6433 There is a motive behind the motive behind the...oh, never mind!
you have a strange accent.
Beautiful sweet dear good work stay blessed keep in touch sweet friend join u wd bl stay blessed and enjoy your day