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I'm sorry man..but toisan is a pretty bad dialect..and im toisan.
Is the Cantonese language dying?
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I'm sorry man..but toisan is a pretty bad dialect..and im toisan.
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Shanghainese sounds sick too
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toishan is like the chinese hick language
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Cantonese = not a legit language
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Chinese appreciation thread
I'm black tho, learning Mandarin.
I'm black tho, learning Mandarin.
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word....
my kids if i have my way will learn how to speak chinese.
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All these damn "Big 6" people SMH
jk
Fukienese DRAGONSSSSSSS
jk
Fukienese DRAGONSSSSSSS
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Mandarin is by far easier to learn compared to Cantonese.
size twelve - I always thought you were Filipino.
Cantonese songs>Mandarin songs. Beyond FTW!
size twelve - I always thought you were Filipino.
Cantonese songs>Mandarin songs. Beyond FTW!
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Don't hate 90% of the chinatowns in the world is built by Toisans, and not to mention we built the railroadsOriginally Posted by jumpmantwenty3
truth. My former roommate spoke Toisan and he even admitted it sounded like crap. Although Mandarin ain't my first dialect (Wuhanese is) I still think it sounds the best out of all the Chinese dialects. I mean, there's a reason that 95% of Chinese music is sung in Mandarin.
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brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
R.I.P.
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I think Mandarin songs sound way better than Cantonese songs
But conversationally, Cantonese >>> Mandarin, easily.
But conversationally, Cantonese >>> Mandarin, easily.
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MANDARIN YOU SAY?
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http://www.youtube.com/v/VgCKYn1l_9M&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/VgCKYn1l_9M&hl=en&fs=1& http://www.youtube.com/v/VgCKYn1l_9M&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/VgCKYn1l_9M&hl=en&fs=1&
Eason Chan's cover of the song was pretty good at the recent R&R concert in Hong Kong.
http://www.youtube.com/v/lMkF2pp_EnM&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/lMkF2pp_EnM&hl=en&fs=1&
Eason Chan's cover of the song was pretty good at the recent R&R concert in Hong Kong.
http://www.youtube.com/v/lMkF2pp_EnM&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/lMkF2pp_EnM&hl=en&fs=1&
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I am probably the only person on here that speaks Teochew
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Yeah for the most part. Not sure about the rude part, but I have to say most Canto people talk really loud.Originally Posted by BgL2687
have you noticed people that strictly speak mandarin hate and look down on people that speak cantonese? Maybe its just the people I've met around south bay san jose area(mainly mandarin speakers). They always say cantonese is rude. Just like how thai people say lao language is rude, buts its similar has hell.
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When I was in HK everyone mostly spoke Cantonese.
I plan on taking a few Mandarin classes.
I plan on taking a few Mandarin classes.
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I grew up speaking Cantonese but my family is Toishan. Toishan is horrible, they give Chinese people a bad rep. The way they speak bugs the hell out of me. Asfor Mandarin, you won't be able to survive in China if you don't know it. I'm just glad I picked it up the last few years. Outside of Canton, noone speaks Cantonese. So yeah, it is a dying language.
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Lets not forget the 7+mn people in HK... while the movement is more towards learning Mandarin, I don't think Canto will ever 'die'.
If I remember correctly, the reason why Mandarin is relatively easier to learn than Canto was because Mandarin has 4 main tones while Canto has 9.
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Originally Posted by BgL2687
you serious? toisan is worse than mandarin. My moms side is toisan all I hear is yelling when they speak. I can understand and speak some toisan too, but I don't get why the people need to yell when they talk.
i think thats the way every chinese person talks, not just toisan.
but
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your gramps or fam part teochew? i kno the majority of chinese in SEAsia are Teochew who migrated down to Lao, Vietnam or Thailand and mix with the natives. Ithink BKK got a district thats has a huge Teochew community.
