Once I was pouring hot tea into my brother-in-law's wife's cup, she immediately started tapping her fingers beside the cup. At that moment, my hand shook a bit and spilled some hot water on her, immediately causing first-degree burns on her fingers! I learned a lesson after that: When someone is pouring tea into my cup, I either tap my fingers after or do it far, far away from the cup.
Hi there. Thanks for your videos. Wondering how to say the various names for the crispy fried shrimp ball...the one with the cool wonton ribbons all over it? I keep wanting to call it ja ha gaau, but I have seen that used for the deep fried shrimp PASTE balls. I’ve also seen through a dim sum app gam si Baahk fa ha gaau...but then this restaurant where I get it at the menu has “ja” and ha in it but the last character is NOT gaau, but I have no idea what it would be. It’s been a challenging item to figure out the name for. So if u can help that would rock. Im going to check out ur other videos and see if ur vids will help me with the tones as that has been a HUGE obstacle for me. It feels like the tones are relative to the tones before and after which throws me off. Anyway thanks again and your Cantonese amazing. I’m a linguist and Chinese has been one of those I’ve had very limited success in picking up...so focusing on where I’d use it the most which is at the Chinese restaurants lol ordering dim sum which is my fave Chinese group of food!
Hi! Yes, definitely ... but not just for the sake of speaking it, but for the friends and food and other things I will miss by not being in Hong Kong. I don't ever plan to move to the suburbs haha so I guess being in a city, I hopefully could find some places to speak it, but it sure wouldn't be the same. Fingers crossed I'll be able to forever continue to call both places home!
I have pictures of the variations in the name of the deep fried shrimp ball btw (in Chinese characters from the menus) so if there is a place I can send them to help show u better what I’m talking about if it’s not clear let me know. Do je
Hi there!! You’ve really piqued my interest with this shrimp ball with the cool wonton ribbons on it! I want to try one!! And how odd that I was just talking to my husband last night about the deep fried crab balls that are my absolute favourite and that I have been missing big time! But the ones I mean have the crab claw sticking out of them and are made of the shrimp/fish paste (I think) with a bit of crab clinging to the claw still, so don’t think it’s what you mean. If they are, I think that would be “háaih kìhm” (蟹鉗 I think). If you have pictures, yes, please! Send them to me at hello@cantolingo.com 😊
@@CantoneseCorner yay u replied! I’m so excited lol! I don’t have much luck getting responses on UA-cam usually so thanks so much for replying. Your cantonese is super impressive. I’m a polyglot but Chinese has eluded me mostly because of the tones and then of course the characters...almost feels like I’m too old to be learning a whole new set of pictographs for an entire language lol. Anyway I’ve emailed u the pictures of the shrimp balls along with a couple of variations in the name (based on the characters used). I’m curious how to say the last character for the 2 menu name versions.... Looking forward to further communications. Maybe being in contact with someone of your skills might be the key to help me make the leap into the realm of comfort with the tones etc that I’ve been unable to make this far
Thanks, Alicia! I can read, but am still learning and discovering new characters and meanings every day! The best way I found to learn characters from scratch is from the three volumes of "Character Readers" and the 1000 character flashcards produced by Chinese University's "Yale in China" centre. It's a systematic, straightforward system that gets you learning them quickly. I don't think you have to be a student to buy them, but they may only be available from their campus bookstore. After I finished those three, I read lots of subtitles on TV and asked friends and colleagues lots of questions. :) I also used the dictionaries I recommend on another one of my videos "books you have to have" to look up words and learn different combinations of characters I already knew. Hope that helps! :)
Although I am a local Hongkonger, I rarely do the tap-tap gesture. I found it looks rude and weird to me. I just say thanks instead（in Cantonese 唔該）. It seems to me that the tap-tap not so popular now especially for younger generation.
Hi! Thanks for commenting! It reminds me of a Taiwanese friend I had years ago who felt the same way ... she said she felt rushed because of the rather insistent tap-tap and yes, she felt it was really rude. But I guess the history (at least the one I have heard) tells a different story .... about it stemming from when the Emperor was in hiding and his subjects couldn't kneel before him, so they knelt with their fingers on the table when pouring tea (or maybe just in front of him?). Keeping that tradition alive is kinda cool, I think ... but only if people know about it, because yeah, most people are quite forceful in their "tap" and no one would know they were "kneeling" in respect. :)
Hi there! I’m actually at yum cha right now 😂 and have it on good authority that “moot lay” 茉莉 is the jasmine flower and 香片 hēung pín is the name for jasmine tea 😊 I wish I could upload a picture here of the paper ring around our tea kettle with the name on it. I learned something new, so thanks for commenting and hope you liked the video!
香片is a kind of dried jasmine flowers.Hong Kong people will call 香片as jasmine tea directly.However ,there is a kind of fresh jasmine tea which have a similar flavour.
Oops! Sponge cake, Mah Laai Gou, the first character, Mah, is a mid high tone! Not a low tone. Makes a world of difference. Mid high tone means “horse” which is what you want to say. Not low tone, please.
Thanks! Yes, this was before I learned a little bit more about how I can boost the volume post-recording and equalise the different levels ... and how my computer isn’t the best way to record lol 😅 I’d like to think I’m getting better with the video production side of things but it sure is a challenge for me. Thanks for commenting, so glad you like the videos! :)
Haha! Thanks for the laugh on this otherwise really busy and stressful day! Yah, my personal opinion is that it would take me more effort to eat the 鳳爪 (chicken's feet) than the calories I would get eating them, so I respectfully pass on those. (At least that's what I say to people who ask me why I don' t eat them (or like them) lol :)
@@ccuuttww I think it is mostly because we are taught that certain parts, including feet, are dirty and will cause disease, which I know is silly since they are washed and cooked the same as any other food( and Chinese people aren't dying en masse from food poisoning, usually). I suspect I would actually like them since I enjoy chewing the cartilage at the end of the very same chicken bones that connect on to those feet, but I can't quite overcome that subconscious squeamishness that I was raised with.
I think chicken's feet are something you have to grow up eating because I just can't bring myself to do it. I'm also not a fan of things that take more effort to eat than calories gained from eating them 😅 The laai liuh hā also fall into this category (and shrimp in general, I guess! :) I'm not a big meat-eater anyway .... except when it comes to Shake Shack (and other) hamburgers! LOL
*Wow you speak English and Cantonese fluently and sound so friendly too!!* ⭐️
Thank you! I try my best :)
Aside from wonderful language lessons, the historical anecdotes are a great touch. Carry on, you are great!
Thank you so much!! I'm so glad you like them as much as I like making them! :)
Checking in for my Cantonese lesson. As a dim sum and tea lover, this was super engaging and helpful! Thank you.
You're welcome!! I'm so glad. 🎉 :)
This is just soooo great! Keep them coming!
Thanks a million, Aimee K! I'll do my best to keep 'em coming ... let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like me to teach you! :)
Can you go over all of other dim sum dishes? Love these videos, I want to order other dishes in Cantonese next time I go yum Cha !
My goodness, your Cantonese is flawless! :-)
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate your taking the time to comment!
你的廣東話説得真好！ 假如閉上眼睛，會以為廣東話是你的mother tongue!
Thanks so much, Sam!! 多謝 saai 你 ! 🤗
Thank you for being so articulate. Really helpful for easy understanding.
You're welcome! I'm so glad it's easy for you to understand. Happy learning! :)
Btw I just tried 马来糕 or however it's spelled and it was delicious, thanks for the recommendation
Once I was pouring hot tea into my brother-in-law's wife's cup, she immediately started tapping her fingers beside the cup. At that moment, my hand shook a bit and spilled some hot water on her, immediately causing first-degree burns on her fingers! I learned a lesson after that: When someone is pouring tea into my cup, I either tap my fingers after or do it far, far away from the cup.
Very nice explanation. so clear and so smooth... thank you so much :)
You're welcome! I'm so glad you found it useful. :)
yes would like some BOU LEI right now
I’m so curious how you ended up in Hong Kong. What’s your background? Forgive me if you already shared this in another video.
Hi there. Thanks for your videos. Wondering how to say the various names for the crispy fried shrimp ball...the one with the cool wonton ribbons all over it? I keep wanting to call it ja ha gaau, but I have seen that used for the deep fried shrimp PASTE balls. I’ve also seen through a dim sum app gam si Baahk fa ha gaau...but then this restaurant where I get it at the menu has “ja” and ha in it but the last character is NOT gaau, but I have no idea what it would be.
It’s been a challenging item to figure out the name for. So if u can help that would rock.
Im going to check out ur other videos and see if ur vids will help me with the tones as that has been a HUGE obstacle for me. It feels like the tones are relative to the tones before and after which throws me off.
Anyway thanks again and your Cantonese amazing. I’m a linguist and Chinese has been one of those I’ve had very limited success in picking up...so focusing on where I’d use it the most which is at the Chinese restaurants lol ordering dim sum which is my fave Chinese group of food!
I think you meant 錦滷雲呑 gam lou wan tan
Speaking that much Cantonese. How will you feel moving back to the suburbs in the USA.Will you miss speaking the language?
Hi! Yes, definitely ... but not just for the sake of speaking it, but for the friends and food and other things I will miss by not being in Hong Kong. I don't ever plan to move to the suburbs haha so I guess being in a city, I hopefully could find some places to speak it, but it sure wouldn't be the same. Fingers crossed I'll be able to forever continue to call both places home!
I have pictures of the variations in the name of the deep fried shrimp ball btw (in Chinese characters from the menus) so if there is a place I can send them to help show u better what I’m talking about if it’s not clear let me know.
Do je
Hi there!! You’ve really piqued my interest with this shrimp ball with the cool wonton ribbons on it! I want to try one!! And how odd that I was just talking to my husband last night about the deep fried crab balls that are my absolute favourite and that I have been missing big time! But the ones I mean have the crab claw sticking out of them and are made of the shrimp/fish paste (I think) with a bit of crab clinging to the claw still, so don’t think it’s what you mean. If they are, I think that would be “háaih kìhm” (蟹鉗 I think). If you have pictures, yes, please! Send them to me at hello@cantolingo.com 😊
@@CantoneseCorner yay u replied! I’m so excited lol! I don’t have much luck getting responses on UA-cam usually so thanks so much for replying. Your cantonese is super impressive. I’m a polyglot but Chinese has eluded me mostly because of the tones and then of course the characters...almost feels like I’m too old to be learning a whole new set of pictographs for an entire language lol. Anyway I’ve emailed u the pictures of the shrimp balls along with a couple of variations in the name (based on the characters used). I’m curious how to say the last character for the 2 menu name versions....
Looking forward to further communications. Maybe being in contact with someone of your skills might be the key to help me make the leap into the realm of comfort with the tones etc that I’ve been unable to make this far
dim sum = touch your heart 💖
Super cute.
Your Cantonese is very good! Do you read it? I can speak Cantonese and Mandarin but don’t know how to read it well. Any suggestions how to learn it ?
Thanks, Alicia! I can read, but am still learning and discovering new characters and meanings every day! The best way I found to learn characters from scratch is from the three volumes of "Character Readers" and the 1000 character flashcards produced by Chinese University's "Yale in China" centre. It's a systematic, straightforward system that gets you learning them quickly. I don't think you have to be a student to buy them, but they may only be available from their campus bookstore. After I finished those three, I read lots of subtitles on TV and asked friends and colleagues lots of questions. :) I also used the dictionaries I recommend on another one of my videos "books you have to have" to look up words and learn different combinations of characters I already knew. Hope that helps! :)
*Karaoke Bars in China Town or every where in Hong Kong girl!*
I better double check with my chinese friends!!
Although I am a local Hongkonger, I rarely do the tap-tap gesture. I found it looks rude and weird to me. I just say thanks instead（in Cantonese 唔該）. It seems to me that the tap-tap not so popular now especially for younger generation.
Hi! Thanks for commenting! It reminds me of a Taiwanese friend I had years ago who felt the same way ... she said she felt rushed because of the rather insistent tap-tap and yes, she felt it was really rude. But I guess the history (at least the one I have heard) tells a different story .... about it stemming from when the Emperor was in hiding and his subjects couldn't kneel before him, so they knelt with their fingers on the table when pouring tea (or maybe just in front of him?). Keeping that tradition alive is kinda cool, I think ... but only if people know about it, because yeah, most people are quite forceful in their "tap" and no one would know they were "kneeling" in respect. :)
I think Jasmine tea is slightly different than herng peen. Jasmine is moot lay.
Hi there! I’m actually at yum cha right now 😂 and have it on good authority that “moot lay” 茉莉 is the jasmine flower and 香片 hēung pín is the name for jasmine tea 😊 I wish I could upload a picture here of the paper ring around our tea kettle with the name on it. I learned something new, so thanks for commenting and hope you liked the video!
@@CantoneseCorner ohh! Nice to know! I actually had no idea the difference was based on that. Thanks!
@@wongfeihung1847 You're welcome! :)
@@CantoneseCorner You should come visit Vancouver one day! :D
香片is a kind of dried jasmine flowers.Hong Kong people will call 香片as jasmine tea directly.However ,there is a kind of fresh jasmine tea which have a similar flavour.
Oops! Sponge cake, Mah Laai Gou, the first character, Mah, is a mid high tone! Not a low tone. Makes a world of difference. Mid high tone means “horse” which is what you want to say. Not low tone, please.
Hi Chris! Interesting! The book I referenced writes it as the low rising "máh"! Now i'm going to have to go back and check others!
*It also means Maylasia Jelly Cake girl!!*
Pu erh is "pooh are" in Mandarin. Puer tea. 普洱茶
*I ONLY know Winnie the Pooh*
Win some dim sum
Nice videos...The volume is very low...
Thanks! Yes, this was before I learned a little bit more about how I can boost the volume post-recording and equalise the different levels ... and how my computer isn’t the best way to record lol 😅 I’d like to think I’m getting better with the video production side of things but it sure is a challenge for me. Thanks for commenting, so glad you like the videos! :)
點解冇鳳爪？lol.
Haha! Thanks for the laugh on this otherwise really busy and stressful day! Yah, my personal opinion is that it would take me more effort to eat the 鳳爪 (chicken's feet) than the calories I would get eating them, so I respectfully pass on those. (At least that's what I say to people who ask me why I don' t eat them (or like them) lol :)
@@CantoneseCorner what makes western people so frustrating about 鳳爪
and how about 燕窩 雪蛤膏 海參 阿膠 蛇膽 水母 do u feel those Chinese food disgusting?
@@ccuuttww I think it is mostly because we are taught that certain parts, including feet, are dirty and will cause disease, which I know is silly since they are washed and cooked the same as any other food( and Chinese people aren't dying en masse from food poisoning, usually). I suspect I would actually like them since I enjoy chewing the cartilage at the end of the very same chicken bones that connect on to those feet, but I can't quite overcome that subconscious squeamishness that I was raised with.
do u like chicken feet?
I do. But this dish might not be accepted by westerners.
I think chicken's feet are something you have to grow up eating because I just can't bring myself to do it. I'm also not a fan of things that take more effort to eat than calories gained from eating them 😅 The laai liuh hā also fall into this category (and shrimp in general, I guess! :) I'm not a big meat-eater anyway .... except when it comes to Shake Shack (and other) hamburgers! LOL
@@pokmanny True ... and I'm one of those westerners. I think it really has to be something you grow up with!
@@CantoneseCorner I used to be scared of goose feet but I m ok to eat now😅