I don't REALLY know what this you-tube clip is about ( didn't watch the whole thing), but what I have noticed is your english-american accent (for being born and raised in HK....). Of course people are different (nobody is the same-otherwise according to some people they are boring). I honestly think as human being we should tolerate/cherrish the mankind and make no differences in what color people are: white, yellow, red, black etc. ...- who cares ??!!!! It doesn't matter (not sure to use this term). AT THE END WE ALL HUMAN BEING!!!!!
David, if she was born in Hong Kong,speaks fluent Canto and has lived in the Orient her whole life, she's only a foreigner in the West. The racial bias people have in Hong Kong is unnerving sometimes;I say this as an expat who has lived in HK for 7 years. We wouldn't call a person who lived in America their whole life a 'foreigner' even if their parents were from Hong Kong. Of course it happens,but always in a negative discriminatory context. I know you are not trying to be discriminatory however,but it gets under my skin.
Wow Rachel, listening to you converting from American English, to Mandarine to Cantonese, my brain can't process that, you are amazing. You probably know, how hong kong people speak english, or even mandarin, they always have an accent, you on the other hand, 👏👏👏👏
Her boyfriend speaks all 3 languages with native ability. But yes, it's more impressive for a non-Cantonese person to speak Cantonese. However, you can tell right away the Rachel's Cantonese is not of native ability, but it's still very impressive.
This was amazing! Your Cantonese is perfect & English is also perfect! Idk Mandarin, but my mom says your Mandarin is spectacular. I was also born in HK, but brought up in the US. Wish I knew Mandarin, tried to take a class but it didn’t stick. Hope to see more videos like this from you!
This video is particularly popular because you spoke Cantonese. So I thank you for supporting our culture. If you’re gonna film HK again I hope to hear more compliments and less complaints. I know it’s a very different vibe/ lifestyle from Guangzhou or Dongguan as I have lived in all 3 places myself. But hey, isn’t the purpose of traveling is to experience differences? Best of luck.
@@strongbrain3128 I don’t remember she complained about cost. It was her overall negative tone. She sounded much more energetic in those Guangzhou shows. Don’t get me wrong. I love Guangzhou too. I think the 2 places are very different and have their own charms.
@@strongbrain3128 i agree it’s expensive but i don’t think she was upset over that. Her tone was bad in the beginning when she talked about wearing mask. Her overall tone gave me a feeling she didn’t enjoy her trip at all. Of course she has the freedom to express whether she wants. But we audiences search for videos that bring us good memories of our home. She definitely failed that.
I am American born Chinese with parents from Hong Kong , but my wife is from Hong Kong, so glad to watch videos like these especially from a fellow American, from NYC here……
"With every five Cantonese word you say, you gotta add one English..." 🤣 I never noticed that as I speak Canto at home but possibly add two English words instead of one, since I've grown up in Australia.
Well done Rachel. I can speak Cantonese so I understand most of the Cantonese you speak. I can't speak Mandarin so can learn from your speech and the subtitles. 😀
Cool, I'm a HKer based in the US and like you, was kept away from HK during the pandemic. We finally went back this year (shortly after your video, in fact) and although the trip was too short, I missed it so much and it felt so wholesome catching up with family and friends. Your Chinese is great. Hope to see more videos from your channel, cheers!
Omgosh Holly molly,love the way you speaks fluent Cantonese and mandarin,love you accent and voice,such a lovely fun fact vlog,I can't wait to watching more,I'm grateful for your wonderful vlog 😊 you are amazing..
Oh my gosh! You speak Cantonese better than me, I’m am ABC who only speaks Cantonese at home with mum. We’re so used to westerners not understanding us that we are sometimes cheeky - we’d be floored if someone spoke back to us 😂
Great video! I’m a white British guy who lived in Hong Kong during the 90’s, my wife is Hong Kong Chinese and my kids are mixed and I have been speaking Cantonese since the mid 90’s so I have been speaking it for around 30 years now (badly lol) I speak Cantonese with my wife 100% of the time and with my kids 50/50. Even to this day, it’s rare I see a westerner that speaks Cantonese, mandarin yeah pretty common, I have seen loads over the past 30 years but Cantonese just a handful, and that’s on UA-cam. In real life prob 3 times. So you must have that same ‘wow factor’ from a lot of people when they see you’re western? Then the explaining why you speak it etc, I don’t mind at all, in fact I find it pretty flattering! I am actually back in HK as I speak on holiday, and I bloody love this place and it’s culture/people!
That’s very encouraging to hear. My mother’s tongue is Canto, and being born and raised in America, I’m only around 30% fluent. What is your advice to improve fluency?
@@chasedownblocks1736 just gotta speak a lot, don’t be shy and don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Ask what things are and make notes phonetically (unless you can write Chinese which I cannot ☺️) like I used to point to things and ask in Cantonese ‘what is this in Cantonese please?’ Then I would write it down what I think it sounds like in english. Watch movies with subtitles is also good but main thing is keep at it!! Practise, practise, practise and then some!!
@@ukmonk Your advice was very helpful. It describes the personality traits which are my insecurities: 1) Shyness and 2) Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. These two alone are critical to success. The third pointer you brought up is to write down the words and phrases to what it sounds like in English. I’ve done that in the past and few times. I guess I didn’t say it as serious before. I would lose the notes and never see them again. And also, I never bothered repetition by saying the words over and over again. Through your advice, I was able to see the path to success is by overcoming personality intimidation.
Wow Rachel speaks great Cantonese 👍🙂 excellent job, Cantonese is such a great language sounds soothing not aggressive like mandarin.. keep up the great work Rachel 👍🙂
Your Mandarin and Cantonese are superbly fluent. You sound just like a native speaker. (That's a compliment). Most times I can tell if they are not, but I could not hear any tinge of non-Chinese accent. Cantonese is also very difficult to get right even for a native Chinese who does not know the dialect, because it has more intonations compared to Mandarin.
I almost couldn't tell that you are Caucasian from the way you speak....almost like a native Hongkonger. Excellent Mandarin too. Love your channel and the videos. Haven't been to Hongkong for a long long time, ever since Covid. Love to go visit there some time.
Man your Cantonese is better than mine and I've been speaking cantonese since the day I was born lol so 30 years of my life. AND YOU CAN SPEAK MANDARIN??? MY Gma would love you 😂😂😂
Hong Kong Cantonese is the same as Guangzhou Cantonese and Guangzhou is part of the mainland. There's other Cantonese like the Cantonese spoken in Zhongshan (there's Shiqi Cantonese and Xiao Nam Cantonese and probably other Cantonese just within Zhongshan alone). Then, there's also Zhuhai Cantonese and many many other accents of Cantonese. Of course, each might have their own special words that mean something only known to the locals.
you are so lucky to be born and raised in china....you can actually achieve the languages.... I have to be self taught and you can only imagine how it is for me to learn Cantonese with limited resources :/
First time watching your videos and super entertained by you and your boyfriends trilingual chemistry! He also sounds fluent in english, is he born in China or abroad? And how did you two meet? Subscibed to your channel ✌️✌️
Hi from Oamaru Sth island New Zealand Im N.Z born Cantonese. How safe is Hong Kong, China and cost of vacation there compared to U.S?. Here in New Zealand its massively expensive for vacations locally.
Really enjoyed your podcast. BTW, your Cantonese and Mandarin are excellent. Very rare to have someone fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. I also totally agree with you, HK is very noisy - all the time. There really is no place to get away from the noise.
Cool, fluidic mandarin and Cantonese. If you can mix with Sichuan that would be more awesome 555. Anyway do you struggle when someone ask “what is this in Chinese”? I am kinda temporary stunted sometimes because I speak hokkien and when being requested to answer in Chinese I am spoiled with choices although my mandarin and Cantonese are very limited. 555 (hahaha)
Wow. It’s not rare to hear a Caucasian speak mandarin. Not even rare to hear a Caucasian speak Cantonese. However, your Cantonese is so precise! Even better than ABCs or first generation Chinese that grew up in the States. Wow! 👍
This is dumb. You make it like speaking Cantonese is a genetic ability. It's like saying to those Africans born in Japan that they don't speak Nigerian and their Japanese is native.... Wow you are black and speak Japanese. But wow.... You are black and it's impressive that you speak a language since birth. But wow.. You are smart anyway because the blacks in Africa can't and you can. Language is learn from environment, not genetics. There are tons of white people who speak perfect accent free Cantonese, because they are born in hk. . Can find them on UA-cam. Sharon balcome. Carina chamberlain etc.... Comparing someone who was born in hong kong with an overseas born Asian blooded person and saying wow... The guy born in China who is white and who went to local Chinese school is so good, while the Chinese blooded American born kid who went to English school is dumb. Doesn't make sense. Shows ignorance. This is not talent. This is normal she speaks this as she went to school
Super weird saying this to a white person, but your English is fabulous for someone who was born in Hong Kong and raised in China. Where is your family from (within America)? I can't place your accent and cadence.
Excellent Cantonese! I am from Hong Kong and it's very rare to have foreigners speaking Cantonese that fluent!
I don't REALLY know what this you-tube clip is about ( didn't watch the whole thing), but what I have noticed is your english-american accent (for being born and raised in HK....).
Of course people are different (nobody is the same-otherwise according to some people they are boring). I honestly think as human being we should tolerate/cherrish the mankind and make no differences in what color people are: white, yellow, red, black etc. ...- who cares ??!!!!
It doesn't matter (not sure to use this term).
AT THE END WE ALL HUMAN BEING!!!!!
She’s not a foreigner - she’s born in china?
She was born in HK.
David, if she was born in Hong Kong,speaks fluent Canto and has lived in the Orient her whole life, she's only a foreigner in the West. The racial bias people have in Hong Kong is unnerving sometimes;I say this as an expat who has lived in HK for 7 years. We wouldn't call a person who lived in America their whole life a 'foreigner' even if their parents were from Hong Kong. Of course it happens,but always in a negative discriminatory context. I know you are not trying to be discriminatory however,but it gets under my skin.
But she's not a foreigner. She was born in HK.
Cantonese is one of the most beautiful language on earth; like singing😘🎉👍
More videos in Cantonese please!
That's very good. I lived in Hong Kong for 5 years working & went to Cantonese school there. Extremely difficult language with the tones.
Wow Rachel, listening to you converting from American English, to Mandarine to Cantonese, my brain can't process that, you are amazing. You probably know, how hong kong people speak english, or even mandarin, they always have an accent, you on the other hand, 👏👏👏👏
just practice more
You have not met Malaysians 😂
Her boyfriend speaks all 3 languages with native ability. But yes, it's more impressive for a non-Cantonese person to speak Cantonese. However, you can tell right away the Rachel's Cantonese is not of native ability, but it's still very impressive.
This was amazing! Your Cantonese is perfect & English is also perfect! Idk Mandarin, but my mom says your Mandarin is spectacular.
I was also born in HK, but brought up in the US. Wish I knew Mandarin, tried to take a class but it didn’t stick.
Hope to see more videos like this from you!
Her brothers and sisters are very good at English, Cantonese and Mandarin, and they can also speak German.
This video is particularly popular because you spoke Cantonese. So I thank you for supporting our culture. If you’re gonna film HK again I hope to hear more compliments and less complaints. I know it’s a very different vibe/ lifestyle from Guangzhou or Dongguan as I have lived in all 3 places myself. But hey, isn’t the purpose of traveling is to experience differences? Best of luck.
Totally agree
香港系贵d嘅，乜野都贵d, 尤其住房， rachel讲得啱, 就事论事，行的国家越多就越觉得香港贵得离谱。
@@strongbrain3128 I don’t remember she complained about cost. It was her overall negative tone. She sounded much more energetic in those Guangzhou shows. Don’t get me wrong. I love Guangzhou too. I think the 2 places are very different and have their own charms.
@@nikegot2b 系香港，3万3千港纸租一间细窄的单元，纵话唔贵？佢地两个都吓咗一大跳。
@@strongbrain3128 i agree it’s expensive but i don’t think she was upset over that. Her tone was bad in the beginning when she talked about wearing mask. Her overall tone gave me a feeling she didn’t enjoy her trip at all. Of course she has the freedom to express whether she wants. But we audiences search for videos that bring us good memories of our home. She definitely failed that.
I am American born Chinese with parents from Hong Kong , but my wife is from Hong Kong, so glad to watch videos like these especially from a fellow American, from NYC here……
Welcome to UA-cam! :D Looking forward to tons of amazing content from you.
"With every five Cantonese word you say, you gotta add one English..." 🤣 I never noticed that as I speak Canto at home but possibly add two English words instead of one, since I've grown up in Australia.
Love your command of Cantonese and Mandarin! Very impressive!
Well done Rachel. I can speak Cantonese so I understand most of the Cantonese you speak. I can't speak Mandarin so can learn from your speech and the subtitles. 😀
This is so cool! I hope to see more videos from you here.
Cool, I'm a HKer based in the US and like you, was kept away from HK during the pandemic. We finally went back this year (shortly after your video, in fact) and although the trip was too short, I missed it so much and it felt so wholesome catching up with family and friends.
Your Chinese is great. Hope to see more videos from your channel, cheers!
Omgosh Holly molly,love the way you speaks fluent Cantonese and mandarin,love you accent and voice,such a lovely fun fact vlog,I can't wait to watching more,I'm grateful for your wonderful vlog 😊 you are amazing..
Oh my gosh! You speak Cantonese better than me, I’m am ABC who only speaks Cantonese at home with mum. We’re so used to westerners not understanding us that we are sometimes cheeky - we’d be floored if someone spoke back to us 😂
grew up as a 🍁 with a Cantonese grandma and Honger friends, so funny the way you worked in some English to be authentic, really brought me back.
the best Cantonese speaking foreigner I ever seen (by a HKer)
How can she be a foreigner if she's born in HK and raised in mainland China?
@@aiyuyan I know nth about her, just read the word "American girl" in the video title tbh
@@BelLa-tp6qh she says in the video at the very beginning
@@aiyuyan well apparently the title was more eye-catching to me 7 months ago
@@BelLa-tp6qhdid you even watch the video though? She literally said in the beginning that she was born in hk and raised in gz
Great video! I’m a white British guy who lived in Hong Kong during the 90’s, my wife is Hong Kong Chinese and my kids are mixed and I have been speaking Cantonese since the mid 90’s so I have been speaking it for around 30 years now (badly lol)
I speak Cantonese with my wife 100% of the time and with my kids 50/50. Even to this day, it’s rare I see a westerner that speaks Cantonese, mandarin yeah pretty common, I have seen loads over the past 30 years but Cantonese just a handful, and that’s on UA-cam. In real life prob 3 times.
So you must have that same ‘wow factor’ from a lot of people when they see you’re western? Then the explaining why you speak it etc, I don’t mind at all, in fact I find it pretty flattering! I am actually back in HK as I speak on holiday, and I bloody love this place and it’s culture/people!
That’s very encouraging to hear. My mother’s tongue is Canto, and being born and raised in America, I’m only around 30% fluent. What is your advice to improve fluency?
@@chasedownblocks1736 just gotta speak a lot, don’t be shy and don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Ask what things are and make notes phonetically (unless you can write Chinese which I cannot ☺️) like I used to point to things and ask in Cantonese ‘what is this in Cantonese please?’ Then I would write it down what I think it sounds like in english. Watch movies with subtitles is also good but main thing is keep at it!! Practise, practise, practise and then some!!
@@ukmonk that’s solid advice right there. thank you sir 🙏
@@chasedownblocks1736 you’re welcome! I wasn’t much help but hope you take a little something from what I said. Good luck! Juk Lay Ho Wan!
@@ukmonk Your advice was very helpful. It describes the personality traits which are my insecurities: 1) Shyness and 2) Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. These two alone are critical to success. The third pointer you brought up is to write down the words and phrases to what it sounds like in English. I’ve done that in the past and few times. I guess I didn’t say it as serious before. I would lose the notes and never see them again. And also, I never bothered repetition by saying the words over and over again. Through your advice, I was able to see the path to success is by overcoming personality intimidation.
This is the first video i've watched, it's been super fun! 🎉😊 I'd love to hear more Cantonese!
OMG, Rachel! You speak Cantonese and Mandarin better than me. So damn awesome!!!
This is a comment for the YT algorithm. All the best with growing your channel!
Hi again no wonder your Cantonese is so good just like a local hongkonger but your mandarin just as good add oils my whole family loves you so much
Your Cantonese is amazing My family is from guangzhou
I literally impress with your Cantonese. You can read also. 👏
Wow Rachel speaks great Cantonese 👍🙂 excellent job, Cantonese is such a great language sounds soothing not aggressive like mandarin.. keep up the great work Rachel 👍🙂
Cantonese is one of the most beautiful language on earth; like singing😊🎉👍
So cool watching an American girl speaking Canto...❤
Rachel,Kelvin 你地好，終於系呢度睇到你既視頻，多謝你哋嘅分享。
多謝你啊！❤️
Dollar Tree sells item for $1.25 now!
wow, i am impressed, i am malaysian, speak cantonese, mandrin, hokkien and hakka. you are fluent and nailed it
natural gift for languages. Not a hint of accent in either of the three. Awesome!
Ur common mandarin is very good, ur Cantonese is even better, great job girl!
First time watching your video. First time, I saw a beautiful "Kwai Mui" speaking perfect Cantonese.
Wow, really appreciated
Impressive Rachel! You are so talented with languages!
Nice commentary and video about Hong Kong these days. Still a very expensive city!
Singapore has lots of high rise buildings too so when we just came to Australia we’re like wow! Amazing! Now we can see soooo much sky!!! 😂
Your Mandarin and Cantonese are superbly fluent. You sound just like a native speaker. (That's a compliment). Most times I can tell if they are not, but I could not hear any tinge of non-Chinese accent. Cantonese is also very difficult to get right even for a native Chinese who does not know the dialect, because it has more intonations compared to Mandarin.
She is a native speaker. She was born in HK.
great cantonese! and also love that you have a southern accent in your mandarin :)
I almost couldn't tell that you are Caucasian from the way you speak....almost like a native Hongkonger. Excellent Mandarin too. Love your channel and the videos. Haven't been to Hongkong for a long long time, ever since Covid. Love to go visit there some time.
You speak very good Cantonese, I am impressed.
Man your Cantonese is better than mine and I've been speaking cantonese since the day I was born lol so 30 years of my life. AND YOU CAN SPEAK MANDARIN??? MY Gma would love you 😂😂😂
OMG !!! Your cantonese is perfect.
Hong Kong Cantonese is the same as Guangzhou Cantonese and Guangzhou is part of the mainland. There's other Cantonese like the Cantonese spoken in Zhongshan (there's Shiqi Cantonese and Xiao Nam Cantonese and probably other Cantonese just within Zhongshan alone). Then, there's also Zhuhai Cantonese and many many other accents of Cantonese. Of course, each might have their own special words that mean something only known to the locals.
WOW your cantonese is so good!
I love your Cantonese!
Amazing language skills !!
I haven't speak Cantonese since middle school so I forgot so much!!!
i was hit by that old lady before too. i shoot the street on weekends lol. loved the vid btw
Title is misleading. She was born in HK, raised in mainland. That makes her a native speaker. What's actually impressive is her English.
you are so lucky to be born and raised in china....you can actually achieve the languages....
I have to be self taught and you can only imagine how it is for me to learn Cantonese with limited resources :/
i dont think u know how crappy it is to live in china
First time watching your videos and super entertained by you and your boyfriends trilingual chemistry! He also sounds fluent in english, is he born in China or abroad? And how did you two meet? Subscibed to your channel ✌️✌️
我好开心妳能够弘扬广东话， 而且妳讲得嘅好。我係海外广东人， 我支持妳。
Did you know you spoke mandarin equally as well as Cantonese congrats add oils loves your channel loveit
圓潤的奶黃包(white skin yellow heart) 講純正廣東話, so cute 🤣
Keep up with your good work👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻❤️❤️❤️
Genius at Language。
Welcome back, Rachel 😊🎉🎉🎉
incredible Cantonese!!!
Hi from Oamaru Sth island New Zealand
Im N.Z born Cantonese.
How safe is Hong Kong, China and cost of vacation there compared to U.S?. Here in New Zealand its massively expensive for vacations locally.
you speak really good in cantonese! wow!
Why would she not? She was born in HK and raised in mainland. Not exactly "American".
Wow you are good.
谢谢分享！很羡慕你多种语言任意切换自如
I’m a new subscriber! Your cantonese is way better than mine..😀
Very impressive!
Cool video, 😊 You deserve more subs, you'll definitely get much more if you post more often.
i love your videos
I sold my flat at causeway bay 2 yr ago lucky I did HK apartment price is dropping alot of people move aboard and to mainland so much cheaper.
What a trip! I am very bilingual myself. If you can read and write Chinese, you are the cat's meow.
As someone speaks Cantonese as mother tongue, your Cantonese is indeed fluent. 👍🏻
Holy crap you have the exact same mainland cantonese accent as me! I'm ABC.
It would nice to know where you went…. Not that I’d be returning home any time soon….too expensive to fly back from Canada these days…..
Your Cantonese n Putonghua are so good👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️😡
Very excellent Cantonese. I would say its a little bit off, but still very good.
I think I have seen you from somewhere. Did you feature in a video that is not from your channel before?
Still awaiting for your new video mate !
Yep, hong kobg looking straight up is where you see skylight.
Damn im so impressed.
So what language do you think in?
linguistic genius ❤
Please do more Cantonese videos!
Really enjoyed your podcast. BTW, your Cantonese and Mandarin are excellent. Very rare to have someone fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. I also totally agree with you, HK is very noisy - all the time. There really is no place to get away from the noise.
Yeah! Cantonese is the best❤ English no more🎉
Cool, fluidic mandarin and Cantonese. If you can mix with Sichuan that would be more awesome 555. Anyway do you struggle when someone ask “what is this in Chinese”? I am kinda temporary stunted sometimes because I speak hokkien and when being requested to answer in Chinese I am spoiled with choices although my mandarin and Cantonese are very limited. 555 (hahaha)
Good job
The fluency in Cantonese and mandarin, watching it come from a white face. The mind is having difficulty comprehending lol.
Wow. It’s not rare to hear a Caucasian speak mandarin. Not even rare to hear a Caucasian speak Cantonese. However, your Cantonese is so precise! Even better than ABCs or first generation Chinese that grew up in the States. Wow! 👍
This is dumb. You make it like speaking Cantonese is a genetic ability. It's like saying to those Africans born in Japan that they don't speak Nigerian and their Japanese is native.... Wow you are black and speak Japanese. But wow.... You are black and it's impressive that you speak a language since birth. But wow.. You are smart anyway because the blacks in Africa can't and you can. Language is learn from environment, not genetics. There are tons of white people who speak perfect accent free Cantonese, because they are born in hk. . Can find them on UA-cam. Sharon balcome. Carina chamberlain etc.... Comparing someone who was born in hong kong with an overseas born Asian blooded person and saying wow... The guy born in China who is white and who went to local Chinese school is so good, while the Chinese blooded American born kid who went to English school is dumb. Doesn't make sense. Shows ignorance. This is not talent. This is normal she speaks this as she went to school
Your cantonese is better than mine, even tho I am cantonese (but got raised in Sweden)!
At least that brolly wasn't a gun 😂😂
Funny granny
White girl speaks Chinese very well. And her boyfriend is Chinese. Excellent 👍👍👍👍👍🇨🇳🇭🇰💪
An an ABC, I'm a little envious.
Super weird saying this to a white person, but your English is fabulous for someone who was born in Hong Kong and raised in China. Where is your family from (within America)? I can't place your accent and cadence.
Please do more cantonese vlogs😊
Do you know Mandarin original is Pekingese, and from Peking? If you know the history. Guangzhou is original call “Canton” in English.👌
Not bad at all! Cantonese is a hard language to master.
Wah, put me to shame 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Kudos!
Hi again I've noticed your boyfriend is hongkonger way ago add oil I'm from hong kong also but moved to Calgary years ago
Do u think in English or mandarin or Cantonese? So interesting 😂
Your Cantonese and Mandarin would put so many to shame. 😂 Great content though!
$700 USD for that meal, the chinese boyfriend was like sucker punch her