Discuss Chinese language and culture. Feel free to talk about Cantonese or dialects in addition to Mandarin.
Resources for Learning Mandarin
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/6427
http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/pronunciation/
http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/
https://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php
>>61047638
Was in China a few months ago. I miss women throwing themselves at me.
Cantonese>everything else
>>61050197
I thought Mandarin was the one that sounded nice
why is canto better?
>>61054148
Because I'm a totally unbiased native Cantonese speaker, and Mandarin is for commie fucks.
>>61054148
For comparison, here's a famous Cantonese song: https://youtu.be/NV3W0cn7cv4?t=33
and here's the Mandarin version: https://youtu.be/boE2SMIUOTo?t=11
The lyrics are different but you should be able to hear the difference.
Of course, songs sound better than normal speech. Here's a new year's greeting in Mandarin: http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/mandarin/newyear_mandarin.mp3 and the same one in Cantonese: http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/cantonese/newyear_ca.mp3
>>61047638
Is this because /eastasia/ has been slow recently?
>>61055192
Chinese thread yesterday did well. Maybe I'll alternate between Chinese and /EA/ threads.
>>61054355
>implying cantonese is not for commie fucks as well
>>61054355
台灣普通話是最好的
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m7C40M9GM3k
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1L6aTHtZF00
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rHfXzG46faA
The best documentary on China in the 20th century.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qSFcAK5s4nU
Another great documentary on modern China.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy-fDXNKLyQ
客家話
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz5nsbYRsWw
>>61055487
Japanese rape babies pls go
>>61059282
>implying Japanese raped anyone
t. Abe
speak hainanese or get the fuck out
cantonese sounds like a pile of shit
>>61059973
daily reminder cold water bad for the healthy..
>>61048218
would this happen to me even though im a CHI?
it sort of worked that way in mexico
>>61060051
what is a CHI
>>61060066
a chicano or a mexican american. im a shitskin
>>61060090
youre fucked.
shitskins are shat on more in china than they are here.
Today,can main land Chinese communicate with Hong Kongners and Taiwanese?
>>61060125
but im a lightskinned chicanito
asian girls here tend to like me they think i am a flip ;_;
>>61060149
probably not since hong kongers and taiwanese people use websites and apps that are blocked in china, e.g. facebook, LINE, whatsapp (i dont actually think its blocked, i dont remember), etc
>>61060149
oh, i forgot to add: 釣魚島は中国のあります. 钓鱼岛是中国的。
>>61060224
thx
>>61060254
Ya,钓鱼岛 is your island but 尖閣諸島 is ours ^^)
by the way I just want to say we don't intend to go to war at all
>>61060125
Yum
>>61060587
hainan mango rolls are good for the soul
>>61060149
Yes
>>61060149
it depends, since chinese don't share an oral language -- all they share is a written language
>>61060455
Only the idiots and maoists want to fight Japan (and America).
Most younger Chinese dislike Abe and your government, but like Japan as a country. Many hope China can be more like Japan.
>>61060805
Basic Mandarin is mandatory in all Chinese countries.
And there are enough similarities between most Chinese oral languages to make it bearable.
>>61055487
這位anon說的對
>>61060025
I remember when I would order bubble tea they would sometimes ask me 冰的嗎? but all the Chinese would get asked 熱的嗎?
>>61061671
theyd ask him "cold/iced?" and theyd ask the chinese "hot?"
>>61061689
Haha
So they knew what would be asked for.
So say you're moving to Taiwan or some shit. Would it be better to learn Mandarin or Hokkien?
>>61061858
overall mandarin (as pretty much everybody speaks it) but the further south you go the more hokkien you'll hear
>>61061895
Followed by another question: Traditional or Simplified?
>>61062100
Traditional is used in Taiwan officially. Simplified is also to an extent.
Simplified if you want to live in the Mainland and not be attached to a nation of 30 million.
>>61062100
Traditional if you want to be in Taiwan. In the end it won't really matter since you'll probably end up learning both, but start with traditional if Taiwan is where you want to be.
>>61062100
Traditional, nobody uses simplified chinese there
I had been doing business with china for 8 years
and I had never meet a single honest chinese
nation of cheaters
>>61047638
中.... medium, middle
國.... country
支那 (Sino, Chino, China)
>>61060254
>>61062473
>支那 (Sino, Chino, China)
except that's wrong, ya ding dong
that's a colonial term and a good way to get punched in the mouth if you use it on qt china grills
屌你老母
japan
Let's talk about Chinese minorities: the Hui (回族) people. They are largely indistinguishable genetically from Han Chinese, with only a 6.7% mixture of the indoeuropean haplogroup. They also practice Chinese customs. The biggest difference is that they practice Islam, in contrast to the Han people.
http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/496528153174185684.html?qbpn=1_2&fr=newsearchlist&word=为什么回族是华人的后裔&tx=autoask&from=qb&uid=bd_1426954961_747&step=2
Here you can read about Chinese elliots asking why Arabic men like Hui girls. Try practicing your Mandarin.
