American Speaks Fluent Mandarin Shocks Chinese Immigrants in TOKYO: Making Japanese and Chinese Food
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 เม.ย. 2020
- Mixing China and Japan is a part of daily life for the 770,000 Chinese immigrants in Japan. From food, to language, to friends, we are constantly mixing the two countries and seeing more and more how much they have in common. Today I went to a local Chinese supermarket in Tokyo Japan and spoke Mandarin. It shocked the store owners. I also reviewed some Japanese snacks and cooked dumplings with my roommates... with some difficulty.
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The odds of meeting someone in a foreign city who's from the other side of the world, speaks your native language fluently and has also been to your hometown.
Those two gents should buy a lottery ticket!
That's right. Although... I lived in several cities n China and they all had big populations, so the chances of running into someone from a place I lived is pretty high. lol
All locals have one thing in common - "you're Chinese/Japanese is so good". Indeed, that's really good!
Ha ha, they always say that no matter what.
Whenever I've spoken just the slightest bit of Mandarin to people they say it - and mine is terribad. In this video it's warranted though 😅
Yes! Hahahahaha I thought exactly the same
My failure at cooking shows that if you don’t put effort into something, you won’t get much out. Hard work is essential to language learning. How bad do you want it? How much time are you willing to put into it? Can you take criticism? Can you make mistakes and not get discouraged and give up? These factors will determine your success with learning a foreign language. -Anming
Honestly probably needed this pep talk. Thank you! ❤❤😊😊
Please marry to me.
If I can't push a button to cook something, it doesn't get cooked.
I really enjoy your videos. I'm bad at cooking and you're right I don't put any effort to learn and my mom is so good at it, I think that, for today, my Japanese lessons can wait and I should go downstairs and help my mom and grandma with the cooking. D:! The last time I overcooked the rice xD
You can try making omelette rice. I think it is easier to make than dumplings. Crack 3 eggs, whisk then cook omelette in butter and some milk. For the fried rice, use chicken strips, scallions, green onions, soy sauce. It's was tough to learn cooking at first but I got interested in doing it after watching Masterchef. A passive recipe (like you just throw everything chopped up in a pot) you can try is chicken soup: whole chicken, ginger, vegetables of your choice, salt and soy sauce. Bring up to boil and turn down to low heat to let it simmer for 50 min.
Your Mandarin is quite good. I tried to learn but let’s just say I’m not a very good learner lol I like the dumpling making moment. Seems very therapeutic and relaxing to me. 🙌💯🥟😋
It was fun! Though I'm really bad at making them. lol
Oriental Pearl but I’m sure they were delicious 👍
I too thought I wasn't good at learning but after a while I learnt two things that help. 1. Repetition-no joke. Do it until you go insane. I've listened to the same individual podcast episodes 30x minimum for example. 2. (The most important) It's not about the time it takes to learn, its about just learning. Focus on the 'doing' not the 'have done by'.
I love how even though you're American, you've been in East Asia for so long, submerged in their languages, that you've developed a bit of an accent :)
I thought that was just the Michigan accent.
@@OrientalPearl Well, some of it could be. I'm not all too familiar with Michigan accents, since I'm in the rockies
@@OrientalPearl Definitely a Michigan accent. Sounds like Chicago to me.
You definitely can be identified as Midwestern with your accent.
i enjoy your conversations with people, but i noticed the most American thing about you, or rather the most American trait about any of us is small talk. Its surprises alot of people who aren't from the states. We "Muricans" can be friendly .
Exactly! We love small talk, especially people from Michigan.
@@OrientalPearl I was stationed in the U.P. at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base near Marquette . I am from Pennsylvania so the cold and snow was not a shock to me . I Like your videos ...
aah man I sooo envy that about you americans. striking up a conversation with anyone seems almost second nature to you guys, wish I had that ability.
@@hrafnhildur3063 if it makes you feel any better, I'm a defective American in that regard. Not all of us were blessed with that gift. Haha
Haha yes, that was something I realized too. In my country we don´t talk to a stranger without a reason and for example wouldn´t suddenly start talking about how hard it is to find the store or that´s it´s the first time for me visiting it XD
I like to travel around, so I know it´s a culture thing but I am still always so surprised if people in other countries would suddenly talk to me without any reason at all. Asking a stranger for directions etc. is no problem at all, but making a conversation just for the sake of it is something no one in my country does, at least I never witnessed it.
Watching her just going for it so easily is a strange mix of mesmerizing, motivating and strange for me, haha.
And I have to laugh at the TV-show (drama???) that was playing next to them in the shop XD
Next Anming is going to learn Italian, go to Italy, find a place with a lot of Korean people and speak Korean there instead of Italian lol.
Just kidding, I love your videos and think you are awesome, especially because you approach people and speak their native language when they least expect it. I would be way too anxious to do that!
I would love to do that. That would make for a funny video. Thanks for watching. I'm thinking of taking Korean classes with my Japanese boyfriend in China and making a video about it: "American and Japanese learn Korean in China“ LMAO no joke. That's my idea.
@@OrientalPearl Damn, you're the definition of multicultural! :3 Good luck, I'm planning to learn Korean soon too.
Love that.
other than main languages what a waste of time learning
Im a russian guy living in Germany and I swear, those kind of videos make my English skills better and better 😘
Btw, you are really cute, smart an I like you!
Good! I am glad that you can learn English from these videos. I try to speak really clearly in the videos and keep the content simple.
Love you so much, you have a such big heart and charming personality, always down to earth.
Watching you speak Mandarin is so inspiring to watch. I am Chinese-American but I can't speak mandarin and I always feel it is too late for me to learn. I am studying French and Korean, and when I watch your videos I see you have learned so many languages I get motivated to start learning Mandarin again!
It's never too late to learn. I used to teach 80 year old Japanese people English in Japan.
Your flat mates are so accepting and encouraging!!
Love your videos :) They bring me joy :)
That’s it... you’ve officially inspired me to learn Chinese. Wish me luck y’all 😣✨
Same I feel the urge 😂
Good! Le'ts get started!
Saturn sxc Good Luck and be encouraged to work hard 😓. It’s a beautiful language. 🙇🏻♀️🔎💎👌🏽☝🏽🔥❤️👏🏽
Your so fortunate to have exceptional room mates! They’ve Always nice and so FUN! No wonder you’re drawn to Chinese North Easterner’s. I pray you find a mate who is both kind and respectful! God Bless and I’m still praying 🙏🏽 everyday for you. Stay Positive and Blessed! ❤️💎❤️💎🥰. Your inside shines brighter than your outside! 🤗🌹🤗🌹🙇🏻♀️❤️🙋🏻♀️
Thank you so much! They are really nice people.
Loved your interaction with people and their friendly responses. However, my favorite part was the first minute. You enjoying one of the simple pleasures of life. And, you looking for an invisible treat in the box and then on the ground.
I'm so glad! That's why I put it at the very beginning. That was the hook for the video. lol
@@OrientalPearl Nice. Good thinking, Anming. lol Really good video.
What a wholesome housemate bonding moment 😭🙏
日本語も中国語もすごく自然で上手ですね😊
ありがとうございます。今度日本語のビデオを作るつもりです。
你的中文不错! 加油 Good job Michigander! 😉
谢谢哦！你也来自密歇根州吗？
@@OrientalPearl 是的 from Ann Arbor 😎 it's cool to see you speak Chinese! Haha, you're definitely at a higher level than me!
woah she’s from Michigan too?🤯🤯
I discovered your channel last night and binge-watched your videos till 3 at night. And now I continue watching your videos today! I love your channel, I wish I would get to experience life in Japan and China, subscribed! Love from small European country Croatia, keep up with your vlogs!
I'm so glad that you joined the adventure. That's so cool that you watched so many videos! I'm flattered. You can come here too! Live your dream.
@@OrientalPearl I only learned to count to count till 100 in Japanese and few basic words, but going living in Japan sounds way expensive and far away. Maybe one day when I will be in my 30s, I will visit. Now I am focused on finishing college here and earn money from job to save it for the trip one day! I look forward to many more of your videos! Thank you so much for your kind reply! I am sharing your videos to my friends, your channel is so insightful and fun! 💞
Something about this video was so cozy. Kind of makes me feel the same way as when I watch a quiet let's play with a good presenter. Just like sitting with a friend!
I find it impressive when you master such a difficult language so perfectly. I stay tuned 😘
Just lovely again ! Thank you for just keeping it real
You bet!
太好了 You make awsome and postive content! I have been learning mandarin chinese by myself for about three months now and will be attending language classes at a local school in the the end of june...Watching your chinese content is a big part of my studies, not only for listening practice but seeing other foreigners mastering the language is great motivation :)
I'm so glad that you liked the videos! I hope you feel motivated to study hard. Learning is no easy task.
Loved this episode!
Love it when you speak Chinese 😍
You are too cute honestly. I love watching your videos so much. I long to visit China and Japan and really wish i could learn another language. I hope i can at least pick up some words from your awesome videos. I am addicted to watching them! Much love x
Thank you so much!! I hope you learn a few words from the videos too.
New language channel. New inspiration. Cheers!
I'm excited to break into TH-cam! This is all new to me.
Exactly, never give up on learning new things in life. Keep going 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you for the upload I really enjoy your positive attitude👍
Everybody needs a little optimism right now.
@@OrientalPearl yes they do I'm in huntsville alabama I've always wanted to go to Japan and watching you is so much fun thank you😁
Thank you for the upload
You bet
Dumpling QUEEN! Frozen ready-made meals are my type of cooking! One-pot recipes or throwing it in the oven flipping once and done! Easy-Peasy. I do enjoy baking myself though... unfortunately now everybody is buying up all the flour in Canada so I have to make do with what I have left!
The high-speed voices near the end had me thinking of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Ha ha, that's my favorite type of cooking too!
7:49 he sounds like yoshi when he stretches his tongue out 😂 oh my i wanna eat gyozas too >w
Your videos have the ability to make me feel awesome! ❤️
Wow, thank you!
I really loved this video and also love your content, thanks for sharing your time.
I'm so happy to hear that. I hope this video can be shared with many and brighten up their day.
Love the videos 🤗
I’m one week into studying Mandarin (TPRS/comprehensible input strategy). Your videos are super entertaining and useful to people like me, thanks! Hoping to visit Japan in August if the cases continue to drop
I hope that you are able to come! It's going to be super hot in August except in the northern part of Japan. I recommend that you go there.
For me the saddest part about eating sweets is working out after eating a lot😄😄😄 I love making dumplings, but usually it takes sooooooo much time😋
Yes! My roommates made these for 4 hours one day. I just came in at the every end.
I love every single videos!!! You are amazing girl
Thank you for watching all of them!
Hola 🖐. Estoy viendo por segunda vez todos tus videos, y siguen siendo entretenidos 😁
Wow! Omg! Every time I watch your videos I was amazed! Solute!
Thank you! Cheers!
Smile~ everyone is watching
What you have accomplished in your life is utterly amazing! You have run laps around the majority of the people on this Earth! Truly inspiring to say the least.
Thanks so much! I'm glad to finally share my adventures with the world!
Thank you OP, very Good!😷😁😀😎😊
I'm glad you like it
I love your roommates. Such fun and good company 💓💓
Thanks for watching so many of my videos. You are a very loyal supporter. I appreciate it.
@@OrientalPearl 😊💓
🦊🦊 Nice Video Anming, those Dumplings looked yummy 😀😀
They were really good! I'll save you some next time lol
There’s an huge Asian market not too far from where I live, I’m thinking it’s time to go check it out and try new foods!!
Oh, do you mean that long street with the roof? Yeah, it's not far away.
Tbh i am really getting a bit fluent at Chinese by watching these conversations. I kinda started three to four months ago and i can speak quite a lot.
But except learning Chinese i do enjoy your videos a lot
I'm so glad that you started learning Chinese!
i love watching your videos
Oh wow , another fabulous video by the oriental pearl :))
Glad you enjoyed it
I love your video can’t wait to go back to Japan
I hope you can come back soon! The boarder is open, but there is a mandatory 2 week quarantine if you come.
Thank you for telling me that plus when this virus end I love to collaborate with you plus meet my favorite TH-cam all time
I never have cooked Japan before maybe one day you can show me Iike to cook on my channel some time before my channel was deleted this is my last one
Dear Anming, what pleasureful entertainment your videos are. Thank you very much. They are such a good demonstration that communication brings people together.
In war, soldiers send out a communication too, with their bullets. Would they instead communicate with words, they would not kill each other. Communication is the universal solvent. Peace on earth is created by bright beings like you who show that communication is important, and thus affinity and reality are enhanced and as a result there is understanding.
That's right because at the end of the day we are all people.
Not sure why, but I find your videos mesmerizing 🐱
It must be the gopro camera footage lol. It's a unique angle.
So funny the speedy speaking... 😂😂😂
Wow I’m impressed.
Would like to have a partner with this talent for languages. my former partner spoke perfect Italian. Unfortunately I have no talent for languages. You are real Pearl. 🙏🏻
I love your laughs!!
I giggle like a little girl every time I hear your laugh
you have such a lucky life! i envy you! Stay happy.
Love that powder pill Yoguretto candy! Think its the same brand as the drink.
Oh yeah! That's really popular too.
love the dumpling
Viewing your video is entertaining to me as you are very cheerful even in the midst of shutdown.
Thank you.
Both your Mandarin and Japanese are good and you could understand both of their culture well. Being a Hong Kong Chinese, I must admit my Mandarin is not as good as you are. On the other hand, I see that you do not live in Southern part of China and Hong Kong before, you are welcome to come here to have first hand experience of our culture which I should say a bit different from the Northern China especially for Hong Kong having very different history and living from the rest of Mainland China.
Thanks so much! I saw from TH-cam stats that people in HK watching my videos didn't seem very interested lol (short watch time). I guess it would help if I learned Cantonese. I would like to go to HK and make a video, but I don't know Cantonese. I wonder if local people would be a little disappointed if I spoke to them in Mandarin. My instinct tells me that they might not be too happy.
Oriental Pearl
You are most welcome to come to my hometown and I would be more than happy to share my experience about Chinese, Japanese and American culture with you LOL.
I was in States for half a year before when I was under professional training. I also went to stay in different places in Japan for half a month as exchange student before when I studied in University. That may be the reason I enjoy watching your video so much.
No worries about speaking Cantonese. Most of the young in HK could talk with you in Mandarin.
Thanks again for your good work.
You live amongst two of the world’s greatest foodie cultures. It’s a great opportunity to learn the craft. Keep at it and you’ll be happy you did.
You are very correct about that!
Michigan is all over the news here .. As well as my home state of California .. When you think of Michigan,, you instantly think of Detroit .. It seems your home state is much more than just Detroit . ..Stay safe Anming and family ..
Yeah it's a big mess. I stay up watching the new until 3am every single night.
Me continúa fascinando las diferencias culturales, entre mi cultura (latina) y la de tus amigos. Me encantan tus amigos
Una gran diferencia es que los chinos y los japoneses no abrazan. No besan a los miembros de la familia. -Traductor de google
Oof, I think I would go crazy in a room without at least one, no matter how small, window, sounds super depressing 😨
That's why I go out for a walk everyday. It's really not possible to stay in a little cube room with no windows and not come out.
Not me.
Good morning from San Francisco! Great way to start out my day. 😄
Hey San Francisco! I'm glad you stopped by again.
Oriental Pearl thank you anming always a delight watching your content. 😄
I've been trying to learn German, Russian and have dabbled in Japanese and some Chinese before. Needles to say I'm very jealous. Keep up the amazing video's.
You can do it too! I hope more people will see these videos and study foreign languages.
I love u and ur videos so much!🙉😏😄
Eres la mejor!!
Muchas gracias. Por favor disfruta mis videos. -Traductor de google
i just found you on my youtube recommended page and i've been binging a lot of your videos and have subscribed! even though I don't speak chinese or japanese, i live in singapore and listen to a lot of chinese and dialect (i understand a lot of bad words LOLOL) and this content feels very familiar to me. the whole multiculturalism of your videos draws me in and is familiar to my home country. :')
Welcome! I'm glad that you joined the adventure. I am a new TH-camr. Singapore is a really cool place. I had the opportunity to visit last year.
You know why I've become a fan of your channel? Unlike other vloggers, you don't spend every episode in a restaurant talking about food. It's far more slice of life. This is how to discuss food, making it with locals. What's going to happen when the quarantine is lifted? I prefer your Japanese content, will that come to an end?
There was a gap in Japanese content because of the coronavirus, but now that restrictions are being lifted worldwide, I feel more freedom to interact with my neighbors and post Japanese videos. I made a new Japanese video and it will be posted very soon.
That why I so so proud for you so smart
1:45 In the China have a red can tea and it is so good. 6:27 this is like a white bread but has a many types.
I thought the title was clickbait, but your Mandarin is legit on point, from pronunciation to vocabulary. Pronunciation is usually the hardest to get right and you've really nailed it. You sound more native than a lot of Chinese-Americans, lol.
Thanks! In a world of clickbait, there are still a few legitimate videos out there. :)
10:02 - rabbit chews 'cucumber' not 'pumpkin' lolz. Fantastic Beijing-accent though! You sound sooooo local!
Yeah, there was a lot of background noise. I didn't hear that clearly while editing.
Hello pretty Pearl, we have the same dumplings here. we call it: pirohy [:peerouhee] or perky [really :)] I really enjoying your recent videos of shocking chinese guys
no the saddiest part is getting to the last one and remembering you just bought them 10 mins ago
You are amazing. Have you made videos about how you learned both Chinese and Japanese? I would love to follow your methods and recommendations!! X
I made two so far "Speaking Chinese in America" and "Multilingual channel introduction. Please check them out. I also have software recommendations in the video description.
So interesting
Now i must learn to cook dumplings, i LOVE dumplings
Amazing th9e way you speak chinese! waw :)
We like your channel!
Thanks so much. I love family channels. I'm glad that you can enjoy this together.
Hahah! You said exactly what I was thinking at the beginning! 😂 If there was something in there it would have been on the ground! 😂😂😂
I read your mind... before you thought it.
What I liked: When you said, I suck at cooking', I was there too, but now I really dig into my own cooking...lol, what interested me, the bottled pickle(unknown)with the chopsticks inside it, what made me laugh: the tortoise still on the dragon-fruit, while you are almost done!
I really like that tortoise. He makes me feel happy lol
OMG !! my first sight of the last dumpling is a poop !! 😂
Oh you drink Calpis/カルピス! I also really like it, i bought it every day when i visited Japan. Sadly it is not available in my country and i really miss it so much...
Can you get it online or in an Asian supermarket?
@@OrientalPearl i believe it is available online. In regular supermarket usually only original milk flavor or other flavors but without soda. Anyway thanks for the video. . .
The silent subtitles in your video comedy are like hidden gems for the viewer 5:58 😂 was just perfect
I always add a little something in there. That was my silent commentary about all of the rules in Japan. lol
Oriental Pearl TEACH hahaha
I have been learning korean... but man it gets tougher and tougher as I go on...
I've heard that from many people. Japanese starts off easy and gets harder and harder too.
Go to the 100 yen shop and get a gyoza mold. That thing cracks them out super fast and really nice. Unless you are super speedy, the crimper is faster. Get one with a wider crimping rim.
Now I wanna buy it.
Calpis FTW. I'm from Okinawa and it's one of my fondest memories of home. Luckily our stores carry it here.
The stuff is pretty tasty. Most Japanese drink it with alcohol though. :)
Nice dumpling ...after saw your video I feel hungry.
What the Karupisu?type of drink?what flavour?hope next time have chance to test it.See your next video soon
It's a type of drink normally used as a chaser for alcohol in Japan. Thanks for watching!
So it smooths the harshness of some alcoholic drinks?
看你的视频对我感觉很难过我已经5年学中文，你的汉语水平真的很高了！ 你太厉害！ 🙌🏼☺️
不要难过哦。我是在中国学的，环境很适合学中文。
Amsterdam here.
i like your videos .
im born in indonesia and live In The Netherland.
im dutch Holland with love se you.
Wow, you are very international! Thanks for watching.
Since watching these videos, I also really want Chinese roommates
you just sounded like character from kill bill movie i think it was part 2 where the guy at end said it just so happens hehe
I am from Harbin too, actually I graduated from HIT, see the connections from this video? this triggered me to leave some words here, may be a bit of home sick. I am now living in PA for many years. I am not going to say your Chinese is perfect but it is super good :), I don't know Japanese, your Japanese sounds pretty good too, obviously you are very talent in learning languages, good luck.
I don't claim my Chinese is perfect either. I'd like to put some advanced Chinese on here when I get back to Fudan University. It's cool to talk to someone else from Harbin!
At the end
I love Calpis.Buy it at an International Market here in U.S..
The real question is what does カルピス taste of lol. My mum is always fussy about trying new things and was asking what it is when I was going to get her a drink. I couldn't even describe the taste except for "it's refreshing". I guess it's like a flat cream soda but that doesn't even describe it perfectly.
It's very sweet. I like it. Most people just drink it as a chaser with alcohol.
Smart and beautifull i hope i was your friend, i live in japan too but not for now can’t enter right now!!! Bravoooooo
You are a cool American Chinese girl. I am always enthusiastic about your language skills. Great girl. Greetings from distant Germany. 🙏🏻👍🏻
Hello Germany! I just made a new video today.
I look forward to it! 😃