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Yeah but that’s literally every cashier at a boba shop in nyc. My friend who worked in a boba shop in Chinatown said she was getting 4$ an hour. Most of the time they are impressed if you can speak Chinese (with tones) and they open up a bit but a lot of chinese are living i. Chinatown and aren’t really immersed in American culture or speak English that well. I knew a guy who worked at kungfu tea and I was his only American friend ( because I speak mandarin)
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Ronin 90 attention seekers . They must think they are genius or something ... round of applause you can speak a second language ,,.,, well done .... but this is just stupid
@@jammy-44 he’s said it in many different ways, there is just no direct translation of the multitude of thank yous, and “you’re too kind” is the simplest way of putting it in english. he actually has an incredibly extensive vocabulary and if you listen to the words he is speaking in mandarin, you’d be able to pick up on the fact that there is a lot of variety with simplistic translation:)
Suggestion: Make a video of you two arguing (like a married couple) over something in Chinese in a public place while recording other's reactions. Start off in English and then switch to Mandarin once you argue more. 2 Funny!
@@bneale Says the neckbeard sitting in his moms basement Ok but jokes aside what makes her "not pretty enough" and what else makes you Russian except being from Russia?
Idea: Talk to the vendors in English only, but talk to your friend in Chinese. Then, turn back to the vendor and translate what your friend said in Chinese back into English. Don't talk to the vendor in Chinese until they speak to you in it, or ask you about it.
You joke, but once in an Apple store in Shanghai, an associate started speaking to me in English, but I was with my S. Korean friend who only knew Korean and Chinese. She kept asking me in Chinese what he was saying, so it got to a point where I was translating his broken English to my broken Chinese. And the dude let this go one for a full minute seeing me translate to her before I was like fuck it and told the dude to speak Chinese to us. Crazy part is, when we walked in, he started off in Chinese, then walked away to grab something and came back and only spoke English after that. It was so weird.
It's all the "rage" now but personally, I'm over it. I've seen about a dozen videos over the past couple of months and I'm good now. same shit different day. only thing that's keeping the views up is that Chinese people are tuning in now but they already know what the T is (no pun intended) and they'll eat up anything (pun intended) so he's become C E R E B R E T Y in Chinatown. frankly he'll hit a ceiling soon, everyone will get bored and then everyone will move on to the next stupid channel on here. blah blah blah
@@CarlosGarcia-kt2du *I agree with you on some things and disagree on others. I don't think Xiaoman will hit a ceiling anytime soon. He has his niche on youtube and there are few competitors at his level. Also, the people in Chinatown will probably treat him even better as time goes on and not get bored with him. They will be aware of how many OTHER Chinese people are watching which in turn means if they appear on his video they will be seen by many other Chinese around the world. This loop of self-awareness of being viewed by your fellow Chinese means they will be on their best behavior. Xiaoman's main challenge after that will be getting AUTHENTIC responses, this will be his main challenge and could lead to a decline in the future.*
I noticed that learning different languages myself. My mothertounge is German in which i always speak quite low and can also Sound a little mad haha.. when i speak English my voice gets higher and i speak more energetic.. but spanish is like my favourite language to speak... i always get such a good energy from it..makes me happy.
Freiwille how awesome is it that you are multilingual? I am just now attempting to learn conversational mandarin from a coworker. My relatives speak Spanish but I do not.
@@gr33n1e536 Must say it really is pretty neat! In Germany you learn English as soon as you start school and it really helped me quite a lot. If you want go further in German school, it is mandatory to learn a second foreign language, which was French in my case.. but to be honest after the third year it just got to hard for me and it wasn't as much fun anymore. Now that I am out of school, learning a new language has a whole new appeal to me. I am going to Panama for a Year soon and i can't wait to get more spanish skills!
It's fascinating how their whole cultural expression changes as soon as they switch to Mandarin. They appear to be more humble, almost shy (at least from my perspective). It's amazing how much a language carries with itself :)
Now *THIS* is how you suddenly switch into Mandarin. Xiaoma usually only says 4 or 5 words before running out of things to say and having to stop to think what to say next (which reduces the impact). But Jillian came full-on with that heat, busting out one long full-flowing sentence after another. Girlfriend ain't playing .... when she goes, she goes hard!
For people who say this is like a Chinese person speaking English at McDonald's it's not. It's like a Chinese person speaking italian at an Italian restaurant in China. Say that's not impressive and you're lying.😂
Much better context. Although there are so many people who are multilingual and us English speakers suck at it, it’s all about the context of the language you know.
What I love about this, is how people respond when you speak their language. Their faces light up because your acknowledging their humanity. It's decency and respect. I'm bilingual, and it has brought me much joy. And, yes, sometimes it is fun to freak people out.
Im asian and i freak people out when i speak my language when calling my mom. They say wow you can speak your language? I say of course. Just because i was born in usa speak english doesnt mean i csnt speak inbmy language . They get suprised like im a alien and say wooooooooow. Peopel get amazed by little things.
Did anyone notice that when they speak English the look on people’s faces is very serious but the second they start to speak Chinese they get a big smile on their faces?!❤️
Of course, when they struggle to construct a sentence in a foreign language to them, I would imagine it's a little frustrating, but when somebody like this speaks perfectly in thier language, they light up and it's beautiful.
Its a unexpected thing for a native speaker o guess. Even when I say 早上好 to my colleagues they still smile and the Thai teachers I work with in kindergarten live when I explain in Thai when the student is confused or unsure, but I use English 90% of the lesson
Switch Lanes- it makes sense now that you pointed it out. I didn’t see that before. Probably because this is something he has put a lot of time and effort into. Excelling. Like if he’s was a athlete that stood out; you’d be confident in your craft. Just my take. Or thoughts ig.
I’m pretty sure it’s a proven fact that those that are bilingual/know more than 1 language have been known to have shifts in personality when they speak another language that’s not their mother tongue. And I can kinda confirm this because I’m currently learning Japanese and when speaking idk I just feel different haha, more confident and happy lol
It would be funny if the guy turns around and says.. "I'm sorry, I don't know Chinese, only English." Cause that's a reality in some places. I know it man, it sounds crazy to some, but that's life!! P. S I'm like that!
We have a lot of third, fourth, and fifth generation Chinese where I grew up, who can't speak a word of Chinese. Same thing with the Vietnamese kids here. By about the third generation, not many of them can speak it. I worked with a guy name Mike Hernandez in Miami, and he got so tired of people hearing his name and trying to speak to him in Spanish, which he did not speak at all, being fifth generation Mexican, from Colorado. He used to say, "Uh, excuse me, there hasn't been a Hernandez in my family who could speak Spanish for fifty years."
I grew up in a Spanish speaking area, and I’d screw this up all the time. Once spoke Spanish to an Armenian lady for a good 3 minutes before she told me she had no idea what I was saying... 😬🤦🏻♀️😆
@@ralphholiman7401 I'm fourth generation, and despite learning Chinese in Elementary school i still can't speak Chinese at all cause my family don't really speak Chinese
I am so in love with the two of you. You creep out of nowhere, "pretending" to be the typical American, and then BAM! Speak their language perfectly and surprise the hell out of them. What a compliment when we Americans learn and speak their first language flawlessly. The world, especially America, can learn so much from you both. I enrolled in a Spanish class in your honor and I appreciate the reminder of how powerful language can be. When I master Spanish, I will attempt three other languages and then maybe think about tackling Chinese. That is a long shot but would be totally amazing. Our world needs more people like you. Cheers and thank you! Tim from Oregon
Hahaha u get the thumbs up man, anyone who says Creep and Bam in the first sentence is a kindred brother🤘😂 a warm Hell yeah from the shores of New Zealand. Shane🇳🇿🤛🏝🍺
I tried Mandarin on and off, but couldn’t get going with it. I took Spanish for 3 years in High School and can’t carry a conversation. I recommend you learn Chinese rather than Spanish but one, Spanish is too similar to English and there’s more opportunities with Chinese.
when i was younger, there was no one except for my family that spoke cantonese. there weren’t many asian people in my hometown, since i grew up in louisiana, and most of them spoke mandarin, so my cantonese just began to decline since i started learning and getting better at speaking english, and my parents just slowly stopped speaking cantonese to me. my grandma only knows how to speak cantonese, but she moved away back to hong kong, and all my other relatives lived in california or moved back to hong kong. now, i can’t read or write any cantonese, but i can understand when other people say it to me, and my tones and pronunciation are absolute trash, but needless to say, ya’ll speaking mandarin and fuzhounese and cantonese just makes my heart so happy. lots of love!!
I love how they always make everything they do unnecessarily difficult to show they know the language. Locals are just like “can you please just order”
Seriously huhhhh 😃😄 .....you speak Chinese extremely well!! ....quit acting like you don't ....that's why you bring a camera with you and shut up with modest crap already !!! 😂
Y'all should talk Chinese between eachother infront of the locals, then when the locals call others over resume speaking English like nothing ever happened 😂 Edit: Thanks for all the likes guys! :D
It’s so beautiful to see how the interaction changes when they realise you can speak their language and you just chat rather than ordering things and leaving.
He might look annoyed at first, but most of the immigrants/non-native English speakers I've met get really excited when they meet a white person who's fluent in their native language.
@@robh8245 Oh, I have no doubts of that! And Master Tan might even be too, but I was just commenting on what his face seemed to 'say' IMO. Also, I'm pretty sure he and Xiaomanyc are familiar with each other / have met in the past..
Underrated reply. I remember the vid where he and a friend were buying a winter coat carrying a bag of oranges asking the shopkeeper if she wanted some oranges because he overbought. BTW, he never seems to get the eggs because he can never find organic/cage free. ;)
I work in a restaurant and it's one of my dreams to be a polyglot and speak to my customers in their native language.. especially because I see a lot of tourists and immigrants in my area, it's amazing to see how comfortable people get when they hear their comfortable language
Man, I tried to learn Mandarin and I just had so much difficulty hearing the slightest differences in pronunciation that I wasn't able to get the voicing right. You and your friends that speak Cantonese and Mandarin amaze me. I learned Nihongo, Spanish, and now Tagalog, and a few words and phrases in Mandarin, Korean, Russian, and German. SO IMPRESSIVE. Not easy languages to learn at all. Cheers!
Oh man. That's amazing to be interested not just in many languages but to have spanish and tagalog as a foundation. I'm german though i grew up bilingual also speaking english. then i learned latin until i had my degree learned spanish good bits of arabic and now I'm learning zhulu some maya and mandarin
I’m not really fascinated by them speaking Chinese. They studied and learned it. The thing is, English is considered much more universal - particularly in business and among people from all over the world who are educated. I think what’s entertaining about these is when you see the reaction of the Chinese people getting a kick out of hearing Americans speaking such polished Chinese - and even being able to be flexible with various dialects. I get a kick out of watching them get a kick out of what they’re seeing and hearing. But... They need to start branching out into other stuff. After seeing a few of these the schtick gets old. They needs to stage arguments amongst each other and think of funny scenarios where it would become a more entertaining candid camera type of thing. Besides, half the residents of Chinatown must know who this guy is by now. It’s getting old quick.
honestly, his talent is unmatched, but it's the pure joy these people show after hearing someone converse with them in their own language, respectively, that makes his videos so popular.. one can only imagine the amount of disrespectful people they deal with on a daily basis
My hat's off to Gillian. Clearly, she's naturally shy, so this takes a lot of guts to be out of a comfort zone. She's also jaw-dropping gorgeous, which I'm sure she's heard many times.
Ryan M No, I’m a singaporean and I speak both mandarin chinese and english to a somewhat fluent extent. Why, do i have to be poor in chinese to say what i said?
@@russellhan3534 Fair enough. If they showed genuine interest, I would probably be okay with it. However, it it were all about them, then I might resent it.
"There is no such thing as getting worse, only getting better".... -Master Tan The synchronicity of this moment arising in my life is amazing...and the joy of seeing people recognize the shared human appreciation is a treasure. Great video, Xiaoma
Marcos Jimenez my dad never spoke it around me so i never learned. i hate people telling me i am not a valid mexican just because i can’t speak spanish
At first it was just impressive. Now it’s getting adorable. There’s an emotional reaction to seeing all the people he knows and all the ways they can communicate.
It's really wonderful. It's not just the speaking of the different languages… it's the way they connect with people from a completely different culture and background. If only we could all do this! Maybe the world will be a warmer place.
yea wtf it bothers me when ppl say they will link it and they dont. happens more often than it should and i just find it inconsiderate although im sure hes just really busy or something...
@@fashnek what's preventing him from going to the people that appeared in the video afterward? To explain he was filming and if he can use the part they appear, I mean.
It's normal for Asian people to underestimate themselves, and it looks like they've (Jillian and Dave) gotten that habit of Asians underplaying their skills.
Way to go you two! As a fellow polyglot I know the amazing effort required to be not only linguistically, but also culturally strong. Your answers, "no, I am not," are just like we do in Japanese, where we are always deferential. Your humanity comes out when you make the personal sacrifice to share culture, language, food, and experiences with people from other cultural backgrounds. As a speaker of Japanese, French, Italian and two indigenous languages, I've seen the surprised faces, but also the kind recognition of how you share a tiny bit of their lives by spending the time to learn their languages, and particularly their regional dialects. My hat is off to the both of you.
@Pyramid Head Definition of Polyglot... If you can speak two languages, you're bilingual; three and you're trilingual. If you speak even more than three, you might be known as a polyglot. And if you're any of the above, you can also describe yourself as multilingual.Nov 15, 2019
cannot agree more! I'm Cantonese and watching these videos I can't help being teary-eyed with a smile on my face, just like those that you have interacted with. Especially in these times of heightened instances/awareness of Asian hate, I feel that the emotion is rooted in that this video exemplifies that we can all embrace and appreciate one another's cultures and backgrounds.
I absolutely agree with you. Learning languages is not that easy. As a fluent speaker of English, Hindi, Bengali, Russian, Spanish, and Belarusian it took me a lot of practice and time to master these languages. Cheers to all multilingual.
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I’m quite impressed by your singing voice.
Japanese... I need to learn Japanese but I am lucky I have some what mastered English.🥴
I'll teach you Scottish bro if you teach me Chinese lol deal?
It would be cool if I could teach u korean since I’m from Korea lol and I might lean chinese
do you have any desire to teach Japanese? id love to learn that language. i am part Japanese but dont know the language
that cashier was more like "why are u talking so much it's just bubble tea"
Lolol I know
Lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Right stfu
Yeah but that’s literally every cashier at a boba shop in nyc. My friend who worked in a boba shop in Chinatown said she was getting 4$ an hour. Most of the time they are impressed if you can speak Chinese (with tones) and they open up a bit but a lot of chinese are living i. Chinatown and aren’t really immersed in American culture or speak English that well. I knew a guy who worked at kungfu tea and I was his only American friend ( because I speak mandarin)
My dude's gotten to the point where he's made friends with the old folks in Chinatown. That's based af
@kevin osorio cool lol
Nobody says based wtf
Based? 😂
kevin osorio ikr😂
Irvine860 the one with the bad voice acting?
cashier: damn normally people just order their bubble tea and leave
chloe rose hahaha
@@Ronin-kk4bt THEY SHOULD SMASH AND MAKE CUTE BABIES
Steve Thea wat-
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Ronin 90 attention seekers . They must think they are genius or something ... round of applause you can speak a second language ,,.,, well done .... but this is just stupid
Apparently “you’re too kind” is the only way to respond to someone giving u a compliment in Chinese
It's actually not the exact translation.
Yeah I’ve noticed this. He uses that specific phrase every time. Maybe his vocabulary isn’t all that amazing 🧐
@@jammy-44 he’s said it in many different ways, there is just no direct translation of the multitude of thank yous, and “you’re too kind” is the simplest way of putting it in english. he actually has an incredibly extensive vocabulary and if you listen to the words he is speaking in mandarin, you’d be able to pick up on the fact that there is a lot of variety with simplistic translation:)
@@heyitsolivia86 ah ok fair enough. I will say though being a video about language the subtitles should be accurate to what he is saying.
@@jammy-44 who cares? stop being so ignorant and move on with your day
Suggestion: Make a video of you two arguing (like a married couple) over something in Chinese in a public place while recording other's reactions. Start off in English and then switch to Mandarin once you argue more. 2 Funny!
YES
that is gonna be fun !
Yes!!!! Great idea!!! Would love to see that
YES!
Joseph Yanni ... and it goes from bad, to worse, to epic, and then he grabs her and spanks her, and then she calms down and they start making out.
Dr.Tan: “Where do you find these people?” 😂😂
That's not even what he said though. He said "Always making new friends?"
Nicholas lol
Also Dr Tan:
*SINGS LIKE A GODDAMM ANGEL*
@@BasketofLotion I like the other translation better.
Lol
“There’s no such thing as getting worse, only getting better” -Master Tan
Master Tan, wise like Yoda, he is.
He's like master shifu
More like Master Ugwa
Tone wise and pronunciation it was... vocabulary wise I’m not sure....
tell that to the college degree that i cant even remember how i got
Pale, tall, skinny, blonde: "Why does everyone think I'm Russian?" 😂😂
She's not good-looking enough to be Russian.
@@bneale Says the neckbeard sitting in his moms basement
Ok but jokes aside what makes her "not pretty enough" and what else makes you Russian except being from Russia?
@@bneale She's attractive and definitely looks Russian
@Zac Atkinson That is incredibly subjective but what makes you say that?
Lolol
Idea: Talk to the vendors in English only, but talk to your friend in Chinese. Then, turn back to the vendor and translate what your friend said in Chinese back into English. Don't talk to the vendor in Chinese until they speak to you in it, or ask you about it.
@laoshu505000 does exactly this in one of his videos.
You joke, but once in an Apple store in Shanghai, an associate started speaking to me in English, but I was with my S. Korean friend who only knew Korean and Chinese. She kept asking me in Chinese what he was saying, so it got to a point where I was translating his broken English to my broken Chinese. And the dude let this go one for a full minute seeing me translate to her before I was like fuck it and told the dude to speak Chinese to us. Crazy part is, when we walked in, he started off in Chinese, then walked away to grab something and came back and only spoke English after that. It was so weird.
@Omar Iskandarani WHAT SONG 8:58?
Genius.
This would be friggin' funny.
*The year is 2043, and Xiaoman is still telling Chinese people that he can't speak their language well............*
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MODESTY, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
It's all the "rage" now but personally, I'm over it. I've seen about a dozen videos over the past couple of months and I'm good now. same shit different day. only thing that's keeping the views up is that Chinese people are tuning in now but they already know what the T is (no pun intended) and they'll eat up anything (pun intended) so he's become C E R E B R E T Y in Chinatown. frankly he'll hit a ceiling soon, everyone will get bored and then everyone will move on to the next stupid channel on here. blah blah blah
@@CarlosGarcia-kt2du *I agree with you on some things and disagree on others. I don't think Xiaoman will hit a ceiling anytime soon. He has his niche on youtube and there are few competitors at his level. Also, the people in Chinatown will probably treat him even better as time goes on and not get bored with him. They will be aware of how many OTHER Chinese people are watching which in turn means if they appear on his video they will be seen by many other Chinese around the world. This loop of self-awareness of being viewed by your fellow Chinese means they will be on their best behavior. Xiaoman's main challenge after that will be getting AUTHENTIC responses, this will be his main challenge and could lead to a decline in the future.*
He could move his vlog to other North American cities with large Chinese populations such as San Francisco and Vancouver
She actually sounded like an entirely different person when she started speaking Chinese. Awesome video
Kim Denizard Haha it’s true what they say about personalities and languages.
Lexus Fox I’m pestering my coworker to reach me mandarin. Hopefully my mind is still open and receptive to learning new things. Fingers crossed.
I noticed that learning different languages myself. My mothertounge is German in which i always speak quite low and can also Sound a little mad haha.. when i speak English my voice gets higher and i speak more energetic.. but spanish is like my favourite language to speak... i always get such a good energy from it..makes me happy.
Freiwille how awesome is it that you are multilingual? I am just now attempting to learn conversational mandarin from a coworker. My relatives speak Spanish but I do not.
@@gr33n1e536 Must say it really is pretty neat! In Germany you learn English as soon as you start school and it really helped me quite a lot. If you want go further in German school, it is mandatory to learn a second foreign language, which was French in my case.. but to be honest after the third year it just got to hard for me and it wasn't as much fun anymore. Now that I am out of school, learning a new language has a whole new appeal to me. I am going to Panama for a Year soon and i can't wait to get more spanish skills!
She’s so good at Chinese she’s also giving the perfect response, “oh no you are too kind my Chinese has gotten so bad” 🤣🥰
LMAO That dude is just like "Why y'all talking so much just get the damn tea"
Jillian 8:23 GOT SOME *F R O O T S*
Oh but no one is ever impressed when anyone speaks English. I'm French and I'm always impressed to hear Chinese people speak French !
nobody else is talking about the fact that the doctor singing "Drunken Butterfly" was the most adorable thing in the world lol
Dr Tan is so cute, I love his personality
Highlight of the video.
Maybe not the most but it was cute.
@@bagecka27 agreed
你们说的啥 😂
It's fascinating how their whole cultural expression changes as soon as they switch to Mandarin. They appear to be more humble, almost shy (at least from my perspective). It's amazing how much a language carries with itself :)
Isn’t it beautiful?
Seems much for comforting for them for sure
Matija Hanževački they also laugh differently ... makes me want to learn mandarin...
Matija Hanževački excellent observation. That’s exactly what happened in this video.
Actually it's interesting how you notice that, being humble is a very large part of chinese culture!
Since I started learning Russian I developed an alcohol addiction, depression and I can’t recall the last time I smiled to a stranger. Спасибо Россия!
Tan Shifu' s entrance and
'Where do you find these people'
cracked me up
Tan Shifu ain't playing.
😂😂 lolll so true
😂
He has such a funny sense of humour, he reminds me a bit of my own father’s sense of humour! Dry wit. It’s good stuff.
He was like Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon...i'm getting too old for this shit, lol
Now *THIS* is how you suddenly switch into Mandarin. Xiaoma usually only says 4 or 5 words before running out of things to say and having to stop to think what to say next (which reduces the impact). But Jillian came full-on with that heat, busting out one long full-flowing sentence after another. Girlfriend ain't playing .... when she goes, she goes hard!
Zyndr 😂 😂
I am pretty sure just a friend
@@darth9306 I'm pretty sure you are right. Xiaoma strikes me as someone who plays for the other team. ;)
@@darth9306 He's just referring her as such not meaning she's his girlfriend.
You broke the internet today
Clueless Chinese girl ordered a Whopper in perfect German at Mc Donald in Ohio
And she was secretly Jamaican all along.
@@RmnGnzlz Hahhahhhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhaha
@@RmnGnzlz how Can a coment Be that Funny XD
The hell is a whooper;)
Fixed it for you Lil Mike. I be happy now
“Where do you find these people?”
That was priceless 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao 😂
Dr Tian is like “this white boy is so crazy. But his chinese is amazing so he gets a pass” 😂 he’s like the crazy uncle. I wanna meet this dude
I came to the comments looking for this lol.
At the Chin-a-gogue
"There is no such thing as getting worse. Only getting better"
- Master Tan 2020
Well that’s a lie
There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad dressers
may sound good but it's not real
@@jammy-44 Sorry to hear that.
@@FT-jh2pu With a defeatist attitude like that, Id agree.
More Jillian pls. She's the most charming person on here next to Xiaoma.
Might have to mic her up next time.
Daved is da bestttt >:(
they both got corona now
That's a dude
Yes please more jillian
"Where are u from?"
"Fujian"
"MY TIME TO SHINE"
"Time to pull a Laoshu"
im from corona
i dont understand a word in these videos..but somehow im hooked!!
"where you from?"
"wuhan"
"oh, so you got thin eyes and also thin lung?"
haha
8:23 Big Fruit Fan! lol.
*Master Tan really said "where do you find these people!!" I'm dead 💀😂*
Facts
He's always a funny dude!
The way he just stood in the doorway with the hoodie on and his hands in his pockets. Absolute legend. More Master Tan!
He peeked into the shop before entering. "Dayum, they're filming. Better get my hood looks on, and make a badass entry....."
I never knew there was a community of white people speaking Chinese either ahhahaha untill I've found his videos few days ago 😂😂
For people who say this is like a Chinese person speaking English at McDonald's it's not. It's like a Chinese person speaking italian at an Italian restaurant in China. Say that's not impressive and you're lying.😂
This comment wins
@@marksaidso agree
Much better context. Although there are so many people who are multilingual and us English speakers suck at it, it’s all about the context of the language you know.
As an Italian i agree😅
*you’re
4:17
“Where do you find these people?”
🤣🤣🤣
The delivery was so good too. lol
Daniel Handschin His look made that delivery even more funnier.
that was funny
That bit was great, I like Master Tan!
I got an ad at 4:17
4:14 “I want to introduce you to my friend”
“Where do you find these people”
Hahaha
LMAO
@Badger BadgerBadger Not people like that.
@Badger BadgerBadger Talking about pissing on their parade!
She is so caffeinated this whole video it’s making me jittery lolol
Sir Uppercrust III COME😳
Momolove1111 once?
What I love about this, is how people respond when you speak their language. Their faces light up because your acknowledging their humanity. It's decency and respect. I'm bilingual, and it has brought me much joy. And, yes, sometimes it is fun to freak people out.
Does it do anything if you speak English though...?
Worst part abt being Asian: they expect me to be bilingual but I'm byelinguall
Im asian and i freak people out when i speak my language when calling my mom. They say wow you can speak your language? I say of course. Just because i was born in usa speak english doesnt mean i csnt speak inbmy language . They get suprised like im a alien and say wooooooooow. Peopel get amazed by little things.
You arnt denying people their humanity by not knowing their language 😐
You should humbly learn someone's language.
Did anyone notice that when they speak English the look on people’s faces is very serious but the second they start to speak Chinese they get a big smile on their faces?!❤️
Hahahaha yes lol
Of course, when they struggle to construct a sentence in a foreign language to them, I would imagine it's a little frustrating, but when somebody like this speaks perfectly in thier language, they light up and it's beautiful.
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Omg yeah😂😂💗
Its a unexpected thing for a native speaker o guess. Even when I say 早上好 to my colleagues they still smile and the Thai teachers I work with in kindergarten live when I explain in Thai when the student is confused or unsure, but I use English 90% of the lesson
I’m starting to think they’re not the clueless white people
hmm what makes you think that ?
I think their clueless Asian people
Clickbait hahahahaha
Now i see why they called him Master Tan.
"THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GETTING WORSE, ONLY GETTING BETTER"
Damm, thats deep
Well... deep? 🤣 More like common sense?
Not true, but sure, deep. lol
Languages are one of the things that it's quite easy to get worse in. It's a skill that decays with lack of use.
@@SeraphsWitness Like literally any other skill, lol.
What video does Xaioma first meet The Doc??
Loved the master tan interaction, he was such a chill dude 😎
The cashier looks so uncomfortable
He’s like: “stop talking to me, I just want to work”
"Please, I have a job to attend to 😅"
Anyone else notice how he seems more energetic and confident when speaking Chinese
Switch Lanes- it makes sense now that you pointed it out. I didn’t see that before. Probably because this is something he has put a lot of time and effort into. Excelling. Like if he’s was a athlete that stood out; you’d be confident in your craft. Just my take. Or thoughts ig.
alexisjnea fact
I’m pretty sure it’s a proven fact that those that are bilingual/know more than 1 language have been known to have shifts in personality when they speak another language that’s not their mother tongue. And I can kinda confirm this because I’m currently learning Japanese and when speaking idk I just feel different haha, more confident and happy lol
Maybe it’s the flex of knowing another language lmao
Lol I have no confidence in anything I do bc I suck at everyrhing
It would be funny if the guy turns around and says.. "I'm sorry, I don't know Chinese, only English."
Cause that's a reality in some places. I know it man, it sounds crazy to some, but that's life!!
P. S I'm like that!
We have a lot of third, fourth, and fifth generation Chinese where I grew up, who can't speak a word of Chinese. Same thing with the Vietnamese kids here. By about the third generation, not many of them can speak it. I worked with a guy name Mike Hernandez in Miami, and he got so tired of people hearing his name and trying to speak to him in Spanish, which he did not speak at all, being fifth generation Mexican, from Colorado. He used to say, "Uh, excuse me, there hasn't been a Hernandez in my family who could speak Spanish for fifty years."
ralph holiman
Yeah I wish my grandma taught me Vietnamese.
I grew up in a Spanish speaking area, and I’d screw this up all the time. Once spoke Spanish to an Armenian lady for a good 3 minutes before she told me she had no idea what I was saying... 😬🤦🏻♀️😆
@@ralphholiman7401 I'm fourth generation, and despite learning Chinese in Elementary school i still can't speak Chinese at all cause my family don't really speak Chinese
Jin p Went to China with a Chinese Mexican kid, who was exactly that - hardly any English, no Chinese at all, only Spanish. Tripped everyone out 🤣
Starts randomly singing while buying oranges, like he's some kind of Disney princess lol
I dont think he was buying oranges... but instead... *mandarin* 😏 nah im kidding 😂😂😂
@@andreacrumlish9976 Badum TSS!! 😆
Somebody knows the name of the song they were singing??
@@InkaHacker "Drunken Butterfly"
@@InkaHacker tong hua (fairy tale)
I grew up speaking Fuzhounese 😭 i didnt know anyone else could speak it from the US besides my family ❤
哈哈，美国很多福州人了，包括下辖县
4:12 LOL "Where do you find these people?" Best reply from him after she speaks xD
wolfhunter98 yes 😂
wolfhunter98 my favorite part
Funny part! 😂😂😂
Yeah, that guy is dope
I know it was funny haha. But FYI, his original sentence is “Always so many new friends?” But I love how they translated it with passion lol.
Dr Tan came in looking like an assassin lol
Lmfao!!!
The got the coronavirus.
@@onionmaster7673 suuuuuper original
Lmaooo. He came in so unimpressed 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fr tho
What makes this guy amazing is not only his language skills but he’s so personable and really enjoys the human interaction.
I know, I found this channel by mistake and now I can't stop watching it. They way he interacts with others is truly a gift.
@Emmanuella Amodu ikr
@Emmanuella Amodu ikr
@@jimboonie9885 ikr
@@jimboonie9885 ikr
I am so in love with the two of you. You creep out of nowhere, "pretending" to be the typical American, and then BAM! Speak their language perfectly and surprise the hell out of them. What a compliment when we Americans learn and speak their first language flawlessly. The world, especially America, can learn so much from you both. I enrolled in a Spanish class in your honor and I appreciate the reminder of how powerful language can be. When I master Spanish, I will attempt three other languages and then maybe think about tackling Chinese. That is a long shot but would be totally amazing. Our world needs more people like you. Cheers and thank you! Tim from Oregon
Hahaha u get the thumbs up man, anyone who says Creep and Bam in the first sentence is a kindred brother🤘😂 a warm Hell yeah from the shores of New Zealand. Shane🇳🇿🤛🏝🍺
I tried Mandarin on and off, but couldn’t get going with it. I took Spanish for 3 years in High School and can’t carry a conversation. I recommend you learn Chinese rather than Spanish but one, Spanish is too similar to English and there’s more opportunities with Chinese.
Cómo está tu español ahora?
“No no we’re not that good”
Proceeds to title video as “white girl speaks PERFECT Chinese” 😂 where did all that modesty go? Huh?
Lol that's just typical chinese culture for you.
He's flattering her, not himself. Still culturally acceptable
SO TRUE HAHA
Ur not even asian lol
The word CLUELESS bothers me more. What is so clueless about this girl speaking fluent Chinese?
“Where do you find these people” hahaha that dude is the best
Plot twist: All Chinese know Xiaoma by now, but they keep acting in awe to fool him.
Yea I was thinking that earlier..he has to go outside of NYC if he wants to suprise someone
and they post their own videos on chinese tik tok "how they pranked westerners"
@@Kira-no666 Hahaha
when i was younger, there was no one except for my family that spoke cantonese. there weren’t many asian people in my hometown, since i grew up in louisiana, and most of them spoke mandarin, so my cantonese just began to decline since i started learning and getting better at speaking english, and my parents just slowly stopped speaking cantonese to me. my grandma only knows how to speak cantonese, but she moved away back to hong kong, and all my other relatives lived in california or moved back to hong kong. now, i can’t read or write any cantonese, but i can understand when other people say it to me, and my tones and pronunciation are absolute trash, but needless to say, ya’ll speaking mandarin and fuzhounese and cantonese just makes my heart so happy. lots of love!!
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RIP LAOSHU
🤣🤣
Yep. Agreed...
My favorite part was “Where do you find these people?!?”
@@sugablossom976 SAME! Caught me of guard
he was like a jedi monk
"She wants to sing to you in Chinese"
"Huh?!!!!"
So funny
Be careful of corona
@@JimboJones99 😂
@@JimboJones99 ..
I love how they always make everything they do unnecessarily difficult to show they know the language. Locals are just like “can you please just order”
yikes
wackazz peepoh 😂😂😂😂😂
Quinton McKee phew looks like im not the only one that thinks that
It's UA-cam entertainment. Chill
Patricia Feli I’m embarrassed for them.
I like her energy. She seems really happy and gives off good vibes.
Make a compilation of Xiaoman just saying “no my Chinese is just ok,”
Was thinking the same thing!! Lol
B L meiyoumeiyoumeiyoumeiyoumeiyoumeiyoumeiyou
They say there is a party somwhere in china town where they play xiamo's videos and they drink a shot when he says that
Seriously huhhhh 😃😄 .....you speak Chinese extremely well!! ....quit acting like you don't ....that's why you bring a camera with you and shut up with modest crap already !!! 😂
he gota start ordering dumb stuff in crowded places.. like boba with half orange juice . or noodles with strawberries and chocolate
Y'all should talk Chinese between eachother infront of the locals, then when the locals call others over resume speaking English like nothing ever happened 😂
Edit: Thanks for all the likes guys! :D
Tako they would think they’re spies if they did that haha
I've said this in one of his past videos, unfortunately, no acknowledgement. I shall Like your comment to get this to happen!
😂😂😂
and in really american accents with the english part 😂 and when asked how they speak Chinese so well, they answer in English 😂
I agree 😂😂
When you bust out that Fuzhounese like a +4 UNO card 😃
Damn straight
😂
This is one damn good analogy! I'm cracking up right now
It’s so beautiful to see how the interaction changes when they realise you can speak their language and you just chat rather than ordering things and leaving.
Dude speaks fouzhounese
Pretty impressive
When 'Master Tan' walked in, his face seemed to say "Oh, this weeb again, sigh, time to be polite." lol
He might look annoyed at first, but most of the immigrants/non-native English speakers I've met get really excited when they meet a white person who's fluent in their native language.
@@robh8245 Oh, I have no doubts of that! And Master Tan might even be too, but I was just commenting on what his face seemed to 'say' IMO. Also, I'm pretty sure he and Xiaomanyc are familiar with each other / have met in the past..
"Where do you find these people!?" 😂
Rob H i think it was a joke 😂
"Where do you find these people"? LMAO!
he asked coronachan, she bring the most sick person. party!
@@onionmaster7673 teach me the way of the onion.
@@jasonbrewer6714 search the snowplow cactus my son
well, Chinese have 1.4B ppl, so 1 in 6 ppl in this world is Chinese...
@@johnnyblazem5326 ok i will
I imagine your kitchen is just packed to the brim with apples oranges and eggs
Chris Attruia wait why?
Christian B because he always goes to the Chinese markets and buys them from the people he’s recording
1000th like :')
Underrated reply. I remember the vid where he and a friend were buying a winter coat carrying a bag of oranges asking the shopkeeper if she wanted some oranges because he overbought. BTW, he never seems to get the eggs because he can never find organic/cage free. ;)
I work in a restaurant and it's one of my dreams to be a polyglot and speak to my customers in their native language.. especially because I see a lot of tourists and immigrants in my area, it's amazing to see how comfortable people get when they hear their comfortable language
You should then make a channel and film their reaction. Not sure if it's legal but would be cool
"Theres no such thing as getting worse, only getting better"
Edit: Yall are acting like I said this. I didn't. It came from the video.
@@jpdseara oh 😂😂😂
Sage words
ʚɨɵɾ ɰɑʅʞɛɾ As somebody who is learning multiple languages, I can confirm that quote is a LIE
-Old chinese proverb
Nah that’s false I’m the example
Master Tan: "Where do you find these people?"
Lol!
Welcome to another 'fun' episode of: "Where quarantine has taken me today"
@nathan D XD
@nathan D if you steal it, it means u have to sub to me lol
XD
No shhe lol
900th like achievemnt unlocked
the girl is incredibly good i love hearing her talk
Man, I tried to learn Mandarin and I just had so much difficulty hearing the slightest differences in pronunciation that I wasn't able to get the voicing right. You and your friends that speak Cantonese and Mandarin amaze me. I learned Nihongo, Spanish, and now Tagalog, and a few words and phrases in Mandarin, Korean, Russian, and German. SO IMPRESSIVE. Not easy languages to learn at all. Cheers!
german is my main language
Matt Rossey salamat sa oras para aralin ang wika namin 😁😁
Oh man. That's amazing to be interested not just in many languages but to have spanish and tagalog as a foundation. I'm german though i grew up bilingual also speaking english. then i learned latin until i had my degree learned spanish good bits of arabic and now I'm learning zhulu some maya and mandarin
@@harveyhernaez4603 PUTEK HAHAHAHAHA. Apaka lalim non boss para magets nya
Kristine Mae HAHAHAHA sinusubukan ko nga kung magegets nya eh 🤣
Isn't it funny how we're all soo fascinated by them speaking chinese yet every person they talk to in this video is bilingual 😂
Mostly everyone in this comment section is
Cuz it’s weird and loooks weird for a white girl to be speaking Chinese? It’s the same when we Asians speak English and they look at us as surprised
Myraj B yeah but it's more weird because it's more common to see asians in america than white people in china
I’m not really fascinated by them speaking Chinese. They studied and learned it. The thing is, English is considered much more universal - particularly in business and among people from all over the world who are educated. I think what’s entertaining about these is when you see the reaction of the Chinese people getting a kick out of hearing Americans speaking such polished Chinese - and even being able to be flexible with various dialects. I get a kick out of watching them get a kick out of what they’re seeing and hearing. But... They need to start branching out into other stuff. After seeing a few of these the schtick gets old. They needs to stage arguments amongst each other and think of funny scenarios where it would become a more entertaining candid camera type of thing. Besides, half the residents of Chinatown must know who this guy is by now. It’s getting old quick.
@@alexanderdewey yeah I agree...They should mix it up a little
I would love for Dr. Tan to keep singing "Drunken Butterfly." Sounded so nice.
honestly, his talent is unmatched, but it's the pure joy these people show after hearing someone converse with them in their own language, respectively, that makes his videos so popular.. one can only imagine the amount of disrespectful people they deal with on a daily basis
omg they started singing the ONE Chinese song that I know and I started freaking out hahaha so good!
What song is that...?
Tong Hua
Thanks...sad song btw
Dr.Tan looking Iike a straight up Sith Lord.
LMAOOO!
LOL. Where do you find these people??? :)
A Sith lord with golden pipes xd
Him singing drunken butterfly was perfect
All I can see is Kermit hhaha
PLEASE keep these collabs with Jillian coming! She's the best!
After all that Chinese the owner just managed to say, "Yeah" 😂😂😂
Jesus Christ, I’m chinese and they speak better chinese than me
But at least your English is ok.
John Obmar his English big gooder than me talk
John Obmar h big good english
@@aharrypotterfan5951
Me Johnny English.
You should be ashame
4:18 Best Quote of the Video. "Where do you find these people?" Master Tan dropping comedy
In reality he just wants to be praised for his Chinese 😂
That's why you're here. NOW PRAISE HIM SOME MORE.
😂😂😂
Obviously
Hey Zeus perfect 😂
100%. Every time someone complimented her, this clown would make a comment after like “oh only SHE speaks good Chinese”. He’s an arrogant douchebag.
My hat's off to Gillian. Clearly, she's naturally shy, so this takes a lot of guts to be out of a comfort zone. She's also jaw-dropping gorgeous, which I'm sure she's heard many times.
HE'S the one who looks shy, she looks and act's like a total extrovert.
She speaks really really well imo, her accent is prob better than xiao ma imo! So impressive to me.
Sometimes I feel like they are just flaunting their Chinese to these Chinese people 😂😂
That's the point.
JB Johnson It’s kinda like if someone flaunted their english to you, would you care?
Exactly! Being able to speak another language is impressive and one video is already enough to show that.. but like this is too much.
Ryan M No, I’m a singaporean and I speak both mandarin chinese and english to a somewhat fluent extent. Why, do i have to be poor in chinese to say what i said?
@@russellhan3534 Fair enough. If they showed genuine interest, I would probably be okay with it. However, it it were all about them, then I might resent it.
4:19 Xiaoma: She wants to sing in chinese for you.
Both with their heads tilt: What?
And say the same next thing it was great🤣😂
何ですか 👁👄👁
Jillian actually said, “really?”. She was just as surprised as Mr. Tan. 😂
Username 日本人ですか？
It's 3am and I'm watching a non-chinese couple having their first argument over rose-flavored bubble tea. What has happened to my life?
"There is no such thing as getting worse, only getting better".... -Master Tan
The synchronicity of this moment arising in my life is amazing...and the joy of seeing people recognize the shared human appreciation is a treasure. Great video, Xiaoma
Why do I see Kimmy from Full house when I look at this woman
Kizzy Prevatt Yes I was trying to think of the actress lol
YESS OMF
Lolll
YES hahaha I ran to the comments to see if anyone else felt this way
I see more of Bob Saget from full house...
You gotta take a trip to another city where they don’t know you
Gotta Be careful of corona
Kailem Jones yikes found the racist
@@JackieSmetTheOnly how is that racist? It's true they have a outbreak there, he has to be careful where he goes.
ANK an outbreak on another continent. why bring up corona when they’re walking around on the other side of the world?
@@JackieSmetTheOnly Chinese people from Wuhan travel all over the world. There have been cases here in Australia. All I said was be careful.
He didn’t link her channel below 😭😭😭
i know thats so sad
*here it is* 😊 ua-cam.com/video/pZZTJZ1VD3g/v-deo.html
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@@tafiiweightlossjourney1326 you are a real hero my friend
Y’all know Master Tan a real one by his stance 😂
Another good one. Aside: The haircut is holding up nicely 🤙🏻
FaganQuin it’s called the Macchio lol
I think so too :)
it's being held up by the coronavirus
Onion Master not funny :/
After only 5 days I sure do hope it holds up lol
"I'll teach you cantonese"
My man xioma is tryna making moves 🤔🤔🤔
tims_always_fishing Actually, she is female, and even if she was a man, why would it make a difference?
@@doublecircus your comment literally makes no sense
Danny Phantom he was replying to someone who deleted their comment.
@@burgerli193DS oohhh okay
Danny Phantom lol, what I was thinking.
them: speaking perfect chinese and being white
me: being mexican and can’t seem to catch on to spanish
SAME! When I meet an elder Mexican here in Arizona they tell me, "How is your name Marcos and you can't speak Spanish?".
Marcos Jimenez me every time when someone hears my last name😂
Era Morales チャンネル2 yeah it sucks my last name means “feilds” in spanish so people somehow assume that equals ability to speak the language
Marcos Jimenez my dad never spoke it around me so i never learned. i hate people telling me i am not a valid mexican just because i can’t speak spanish
Claire Campos A lo siento, posible no hablas mucha en la casa con su familia???
The cashier is like, “ Uh oh, I’m in one of those videos.”
At first it was just impressive. Now it’s getting adorable. There’s an emotional reaction to seeing all the people he knows and all the ways they can communicate.
"where do you find these people"
"about that..."
LMAO.
I LAUGH AT THIS MOMENT
I bellowed at this moment
@@radinkashabila7979 priceless
That was hella funny
He got jealous of Master Tan's singing abilities & had to quickly move to a different location.
rofl
Lol 😂
Hahahahaahahahaha
@@kellyh5508 hi babe
It's really wonderful. It's not just the speaking of the different languages… it's the way they connect with people from a completely different culture and background. If only we could all do this! Maybe the world will be a warmer place.
"must be her hair"
"NO SHES JUST REALLY WHITE"
Im dead LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
LAUGHING OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT LOUD
Joe I thought she Russian too from the start lmao
Oop
"He'll link my channel down below"
.........
Sara Vaghela ua-cam.com/video/7XYp4U8LsYs/v-deo.html
K D Thank you!!!! 🙏🏽
yea wtf it bothers me when ppl say they will link it and they dont. happens more often than it should and i just find it inconsiderate although im sure hes just really busy or something...
who are u
Haha same. Totally looked for that link
When appears Dr. Tan and say: "where Did you find these People?"😆😁 is amazing that moment
I love the sound effect when they first hear you speaking their language 🤣
you guys gotta film more discretely because once they see the camera their reactions become more tame.
^^^^^^^This
This^^^^^^
No. People deserve to know they are being filmed and exposed online.
@@fashnek what's preventing him from going to the people that appeared in the video afterward? To explain he was filming and if he can use the part they appear, I mean.
People deserve to know they are being filmed while they are being filmed.
“no no we’re not that good” KNOWING they speak perfect chinese
cultural custom to understate own skills
It's normal for Asian people to underestimate themselves, and it looks like they've (Jillian and Dave) gotten that habit of Asians underplaying their skills.
Is no perfect. I find many fault
Their pronunciation is a bit off but it is really good.
@Craig Hardy not just Chinese. It's prevalent in other Asian countries like India, Pakistan as well.
bruh, you said you’d link her channel in the description..
m0riie, I went back & found it. It flashed real fast on the screen at 0:19 JJsays-
he snaked her fr 😂😂😂😂
To be fair it was probably his editor that forgot to put it in.
B Gill oh, that’s probably true
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I am so jealous of their linguistic skills. Love to hear them speak Mandarin.
Way to go you two! As a fellow polyglot I know the amazing effort required to be not only linguistically, but also culturally strong. Your answers, "no, I am not," are just like we do in Japanese, where we are always deferential. Your humanity comes out when you make the personal sacrifice to share culture, language, food, and experiences with people from other cultural backgrounds. As a speaker of Japanese, French, Italian and two indigenous languages, I've seen the surprised faces, but also the kind recognition of how you share a tiny bit of their lives by spending the time to learn their languages, and particularly their regional dialects. My hat is off to the both of you.
@Pyramid Head Definition of Polyglot...
If you can speak two languages, you're bilingual; three and you're trilingual. If you speak even more than three, you might be known as a polyglot. And if you're any of the above, you can also describe yourself as multilingual.Nov 15, 2019
cannot agree more! I'm Cantonese and watching these videos I can't help being teary-eyed with a smile on my face, just like those that you have interacted with. Especially in these times of heightened instances/awareness of Asian hate, I feel that the emotion is rooted in that this video exemplifies that we can all embrace and appreciate one another's cultures and backgrounds.
I absolutely agree with you. Learning languages is not that easy. As a fluent speaker of English, Hindi, Bengali, Russian, Spanish, and Belarusian it took me a lot of practice and time to master these languages. Cheers to all multilingual.
I'm beginning to suspect that they never actually intend to buy any eggs.
"Where do you find these people?" Hilarious! 😁💯