what kind of chinese do you speak?

[Andrew Bohan]

i wanna know

[AllenRPS13]

what kind of chinese??? i speak cantonese!!! it's so weird u ask this question...

[Andrew Bohan]

why is it weird? i'm curious.

[DRIFTgasm]

yo andrew its kenny, and i speeka cantoneseeeee

[sw20>>s14]

cantonese with a lil side of crappy man-DER-in.

[z_boi]

Cantonese sucka! cuzz my name is CANTON! but thats not really y. eh.

[linkwpc]

My girl speaks Mandarin Cantonese and some other chinese one... heheh. But I don't speak none :hsdance: :p

[autobahNESSA]

I speak AMERICAN cause im in America haha jk
actually its english.
My girl speaks cantonese. if that counts?
:gives:

[Apossiblehybrid]

cantonese and some toisan

[S14DB]

I read off the Menu.

[nismo2491]

I read off the Menu.
me too, terriyaki, etc I speak but thats about it.

[AllenRPS13]

so anybody speak cantonese who came from hong kong?

[Phlip]

Other: None

[ghostuss]

I speak AMERICAN cause im in America haha jk
actually its english.
My girl speaks cantonese. if that counts?
:gives:
It's call english you dumb fuck. j/k :p

[019]

mandarin, represent! can't speak canto too much but will understand it. it's funny how all the ppl that speak canto are in cali

[DrSiD202]

---------> othAr!

[Yoshi]

pokkai.

1234567890! take that min. char. length!

[ZK]

me too, terriyaki, etc I speak but thats about it.

Teriyaki is not Chinese - It's considered Japanese. But if you asked my ex, (she's Japanese) she'd say its some American creation because teriyaki as it exists in the US is not what it is overseas...

[Andrew Bohan]

regardless of who invented it, the word itself is japanese. it means "shine fry." because the sauce is shiny and you fry food with it.

in mandarin, the same characters would be "zhao shao"

[dball33]

Cantonese, mandarin, and "chao2 zhou1 hua4" (<---In mandarin. Anyone happen to know what it is in English?)

[019]

dunno what it is in english, but my parents speak it, haha

[aznpoopy]

me = mandarin

so anybody speak cantonese who came from hong kong?

my girlfriend speaks cantonese and is from hk.

we can only understand each other when speaking in english.

[rps13sh]

none - but id like to share that one of my customers had this chinese name: ching chong chang

that was his real name. i thought that was kinda cool.

[Andrew Bohan]

chao zhou hua literally translates as tide state speech.


CHAOZHOU CITY
GUANGDONG, CHINA
Located in the north of the Delta of the Hanjiang River, Chaozhou city is one of the famous historic cities. It had been the location of Lu Administration, prefecture and capital of dynasties of past ages. It was named Chaozhou originally in the Sui Dynasty (591 AD). Chaozhou City now governs 1 district, 20 towns and 3 small towns and has 1,411 square kilometers in area, and 1.24 million in population.

[carnal_c30]

mandarin... and TAIWANESE ahaha a tiny bit only but i wana learn more

my ex was cantonese from HK but she was ABC... none of that HKS (Hong Kong Styoz)

me girl now is 100% Taiwanese! good to get back to my people :D

[chineseb0i]

gnaw sik gong gong dong wa =) wo ye ke yi shuo yi dianr guo yue.

[holisticbeatz]

mandarin... and TAIWANESE ahaha a tiny bit only but i wana learn more

my ex was cantonese from HK but she was ABC... none of that HKS (Hong Kong Styoz)

me girl now is 100% Taiwanese! good to get back to my people :D


100% Taiwanese... R.O.C.

:bow:

[dct223]

i usually speak english, but can understand mostly and speak mandarin

[2JZGTE]

I speak mandarin fluently. Not too good at cantonese or taiwanese.

Billy

[s13irdie2]

cantonese. lfsldkf

[Andrew Bohan]

glad to see lots of mandarin here. aside from a few random taiwanese, everyone i meet speaks cantontese. damn gold rush and railroads only brought people from southern china over here. haha

[r-b-x]

toisan
is that what you call it? it's not like it's a widely recognized language, even though i've encountered many people who speak it. now i got something to say when people ask me what's that funny language i speak to my mom with... hoi san wah.

[dball33]

chao zhou hua literally translates as tide state speech.


CHAOZHOU CITY
GUANGDONG, CHINA
Located in the north of the Delta of the Hanjiang River, Chaozhou city is one of the famous historic cities. It had been the location of Lu Administration, prefecture and capital of dynasties of past ages. It was named Chaozhou originally in the Sui Dynasty (591 AD). Chaozhou City now governs 1 district, 20 towns and 3 small towns and has 1,411 square kilometers in area, and 1.24 million in population.

Interesting. Thanks. So I'm guessing there's no English name for that language then huh? One of my friends thinks it's Fukienese but isn't Fukienese spoken more so in Taiwan? I know that some of the words are similar to Taiwanese.

[Andrew Bohan]

interesting article about it

http://www.answers.com/topic/teochew

[dball33]

interesting article about it

http://www.answers.com/topic/teochew

Haha, funny how the English name is just as you would call the language using the language, Teochew. Very interesting article especially with the phonology at the bottom. I wish there are more young people who can speak Teochew. I can only use it with my mom and her friends/relatives.

[RiversideS13]

Mandarin and taiwanese

100% made in Taiwan

[holisticbeatz]

100% made in Taiwan


100% made in Taiwan R.O.C.

:bow:

[91CRXsiR]

everyone i meet speaks friggin tightwanese or mandirin hardly any can-toes

[motoki88]

I wish there are more young people who can speak Teochew. I can only use it with my mom and her friends/relatives.

When I was a lot younger, I thought I was one of the very few who knew how to speak this language. But as I grew up in Canada, I met so many people who were able to speak with me, although their accent sounded very western. Even on my trip to California, I heard so many people speaking it.

[Andrew Bohan]

okay here's a fun one: how many people here are/speak mien?

[Apossiblehybrid]

well i just said toi san which is saying it cantonese, instead of hoi san because my hoi san wah is not that great.

[007jpang]

well i speak gong dun wai

for all the people that understand this goes to all of your mothers for mothers day.
dew lay loh moh gah chow hai

;P

john

[sw20>>s14]

lut may :rawk:s

[AllenRPS13]

well i speak gong dun wai

for all the people that understand this goes to all of your mothers for mothers day.
dew lay loh moh gah chow hai

;P

john

wahahaha! why you don't just simply type cantonese! where are you from? hong kong?

[007jpang]

wahahaha! why you don't just simply type cantonese! where are you from? hong kong?


im an ABC, born in the bay area WOO WOO


john

[JuJuBee]

Mandarin Baby

[dball33]

Just curious, is there anyone who can speak Chinese but isn't Chinese? I know there are quite a few white people in my Chinese classes at school. There's even a white teacher who teaches classical Chinese....in Chinese! So yeah, props out to them. I know it's hard enough learning Chinese when you are Chinese.

[x_13]

ngoh sik gong siusiu gwongdungwa

[Andrew Bohan]

i'm white and i'm took half a year of mandarin. so i can say some basic stuff.
i know hundreds of characters from all my japanese studies though, so i can fumble through reading, even if i don't know how to say it.

[Silverbullet]

i speak Shanghainees. No one else does?

[MayanWarrior]

Mexicanese right here

Como esta you putang ani mo (SP? WTF BBQ)

[darren240]

chew-chow here. :fawk:
i only speak english and alittle chew-chow (i guess thats what happens when u grow up with mexicans)
Can any chew-chow ppl in here verify this story that i heard growing up. (( chew-chow ppl were a clan in china. they made up their own language (chew-chow-nese) and went to hiding from the chinese goverment to avoid execution. thats why when they see one another, they would greet eachother by brother or sister. )) ???
** lou ka ma ka lung-pa :keke: **

[sideways121]

guo yu!!! and TAI WAN HUA!!! a lil canton, alil toisan,
mandarin taiwanese
me= made in taiwan

[Sil Beer S13]

Mexicanese right here

Como esta you putang ani mo (SP? WTF BBQ)


hahah you too !!!!!!!!

[ranisron]

madarin and catonese fluently.
and of couse english...

I can undertand most Shanghai (nese).

No problem speaking northern China dialogues (similar to madarin).

[Paseo564]

Dude, white FC guy...

is your girl Chinese?

[Sanchi]

Cantonese here !!!

[huh???]

Canto, Lil Mando, Hoi San, and bad English.

[WongFeiHung]

Just curious, is there anyone who can speak Chinese but isn't Chinese? I know there are quite a few white people in my Chinese classes at school. There's even a white teacher who teaches classical Chinese....in Chinese! So yeah, props out to them. I know it's hard enough learning Chinese when you are Chinese.

Easier than korean or japanese!

[24Zero]

Ich sprache English und Deushce

[sw20>>s14]

apparently english is a very good foundation for mandarin cuz i see/hear more and more white people speaking perfect mandarin...

[Andrew Bohan]

Dude, white FC guy...

is your girl Chinese?

nope, she's not

[supportTHEezln]

i'm white and i'm took half a year of mandarin. so i can say some basic stuff.
i know hundreds of characters from all my japanese studies though, so i can fumble through reading, even if i don't know how to say it.

Same I took chinese first year of college a couple years ago. I only remember how to write a few sentences worth of chinese though. (I'm white if you're wondering)

[richardxfeng]

I can speak all the languages you listed,well, a little be of taiwanese and hakka(but i understand them).

[alexchanman]

i work at a comunity center w/ aesl classes, the white people here speak better chinese than i do although i was born here. and wth is hakka???

[91rusty240sx]

CANTONESE REPRESENT!!!



but trying to get those mandarin speaking ladies, hahaha

[Frixco_240]

^^^ Cantonese yup
Mandarin speaking girls.... I'd prefer korean speaking =) But there would be a language barrier tho.

[shuffle-g]

Cantonese right here too

[enen11]

cantonese, learned read/speak mandarin but forgot most.

[Yuri]

I'm going to start learning Mandarin in a couple weeks. I'm really excited about it.

[P4rD0nM3]

Mandarin. Hehe.

[Boost Monkey]

cantonese speaking here. took 2 semester of mandarin and still cant get through a conversation without going "ummmm......"

[TougeRacing]

cantoneseee, but not much.

[SoSideways]

Born in HK, so I speak Cantonese fluently, but I took 1 semester of Mandarin, so I'm Ok at Mandarin as well.

[HKsilvia]

-Del-
Made In HK 1983
Cantonese FTW, btw, what is FTW??:ghey:
can speak crapy Mandarine that entertain ppl



hey 91rusty240sx ur sig is crackin me up lol
that movie is old anyway, very old.

[ichi-bum]

Cantonese right here. More like chinglish actually.

[StrngenessDSS]

i speack cantonese and chinglish!