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I really appreciate you writing which dialect the interviewees are speaking in the video. It's very helpful. Thank you ☺️

@user-cs1ft8fp5q

Жыл бұрын

Idk if you already know this and just spoke (or I guess typed) wrong but the interviewees aren’t speaking a different dialect but speaking Mandarin with different accents influencing how they pronounce certain words. Those 2 things are fundamentally different. If they were speaking a dialect, people who are learning Mandarin would understand basically nothing if not literally nothing (by hearing anyway)

@zookaroo2132

Жыл бұрын

@@user-cs1ft8fp5q for sure OP meant accent, since almost dialect means the same as accent in other languages unlike zhong wen.

@christinetheravenclaw27

Жыл бұрын

@@user-cs1ft8fp5q Thank you so much for clarifying that! I did indeed misspeak, but hadn't noticed it upon reading it back :)

@slc4226

8 ай бұрын

@@user-cs1ft8fp5q Agreed. I must say, however, even with some familiarity with mandarin, I could not distinguish the different accents very well. The fact that I could understand some of what each person said made me think the accents were not that strong or different from each other.

“I am a wife slave. I like it very much!” 😂😂

I learned German using the same method, watching interviews on streets by Easy German, and it by far is one of the most effective ways to absorb a language naturally, keep it up!

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Very nice as always, Eileen! Love it. I am still completely satisfied with donating to your site! Great audio, easy to shadow, love the pinyin, and an interesting topic! Thank you so much!

i am kinda surprised how many seem to be fine with more controlling behaviour (to a certain extent) - really interesting to hear. Other than that I think the complaint about "women don't say what they mean" etc pp. always leaves me wondering...because in my experience, if you do not act like that, and if you are a 'straight shooter' as a woman, you are on the flipside immediately seen as rude, not 'womanly' enough, and too aggressive. So i think there is a huge societal component as to why a lot of (straight) women therefore act or speak in a more indirect way. In any way, super helpful and interesting video, 谢谢您！

@r6guy

11 ай бұрын

I don't think that's what they are saying. Like with western women, they may not be straight shooters but they will not try to hide how they are feeling just so they can get more angry at you. You will know right away if she is angry at you, at least from the perspective of an Eastern man who is used to dealing with Eastern women.

@citoyenneteavanttout7273

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for stating facts. Men will demand that a woman be direct, and some even go all the way to speculating that women being agreeable is the reason why they get payed less/don't advance in their careers. But the minute a woman speaks up/is disagreeable, they'd say she's rude, loud, unhinged, emasculating 😅. And WORSE, if they are victims of assault because of that (the way the four women who were beaten incident) they are blamed for being too blunt and reckless. The pattern upon which men lean their reasoning will never cease to amaze me with how paradoxal it is. Take gor example : they say women get payed less because they work less. then another day they'd be saying feminism is pushed upon women to stop them from being mothers so the corporate has cheap labor, because apparently women work more for less (too agreaable) 😅😅😅 I don't know which one to trust

@citoyenneteavanttout7273

11 ай бұрын

​@@r6guyAs an eastern man, you should know already that, in contrast with the west, women face severe consequences when they are blunt and disagreeable or when they don't stir the the pot. If you are too uncensitive to these women's trouble when you know pretty damn well that the eastern word is too harsh to women, you should tone it down about it. Because in the east most women have either nagging or their tears to express their frustration and you also are bothered by that.

@r6guy

11 ай бұрын

@@citoyenneteavanttout7273 are you from the 1980s? Or are you a western man? Because as someone who has lived in both places, the only people I see living in fear are western women. Fear of going out at night by themselves, fear of strangers walking down the street whenever, fear of sexual assault or random violence. The type of violence against women by men in the west that happen to people I've known would have made national headlines in the east. But in the west it's just another weekend, another woman among countless others who suffer the same violence that is so common it doesn't even make the news. They don't even feel the need to report to police because the police wouldn't care. Please, the eastern world is not harsh on women, it is harsh on the young.

@citoyenneteavanttout7273

11 ай бұрын

@r6guy If you didn't witness the fear women in the east face, you were not paying attention my dear. And I speak for facts. Stop spreaking in the behalf of people you're not representative of. Not because women in the east usually are too afraid to speak, and guess what, are not taken seriously unless they're literally killed, that it never happened. I have yet to know a woman that had never been beaten to blue at least once by an intimate partner (father/husband/brother). Yet they're not running the streets talking about it, because when they do people ask them what they did to deserve that, enabeling passive agressive behavior. So please STFU about things you know shit about. I am an eastern woman fucking ass goof.

This is the first of your videos I've seen. As an American Chinese, the most interesting thing for me was to learn more about mainland Chinese culture. That was a true friend who cautioned the speaker to think before he answered the question about "how is his mother controlling?". I also loved your explanations of Chinese colloquialisms.

Amazing!! I learned a lot again and improved my Chinese because of your amazing videos, keep going!!

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All of these guys seem far more reasonable and respectful (both of themselves and of women) than men in the United States 😂 I think most of these things they were concerned about are completely reasonable and if I put myself in a man's shoes I would agree with nearly everything. I think they would all probably have great girlfriends with this attitude haha, and the older couple who you spoke to was very cute. Excellent video! I am a new subscriber and new to learning Chinese, and am excited to find such a great channel to help me in my journey.

@RonLarhz

Жыл бұрын

This is a one of the more developed city.

@ForEducationalPurposesOnly

11 ай бұрын

the uys here say the same but you are far worse than the girls there. we cant even ask you to not have your ass on instagram or we are controlling

@latt.qcd9221

11 ай бұрын

No idea what you're referring to. They're voicing the same concerns, and saying it in the same way, that men in the West do.

@mridulanair6036

11 ай бұрын

@@latt.qcd9221 I'm not from the west, but from my western friends I've heard completely different concerns regarding what men say there. I could be wrong, this is only what I have heard of course.

@AngryMarine-il6ej

11 ай бұрын

@@latt.qcd9221 Understatement bro. Looking at her post, I'm willing to wager she's never been out of the U.S. and has a picture in her mind, it's all sunshine and bunnies in China.

*List of Questions Asked:* Q1: What do you want to complain about girls? Q2: What complaints do your male friends have about girls? Q3: Have you seen online discussions where men complain about certain types of girls? Common Complaints on The Internet: 1.Girls Always Accuse Guys of Being a “Straight Man” 2.Saying One Thing, But Meaning Another 3.Being Controlling 4.Demanding Guys to Reply to Their Messages Within Seconds 5.Having Double Standards 6.Asking Boring Questions 7.Demanding Guys to Carry Their Handbags 8.Girls That Smoke and Drink 9.Having Princess Syndrome 10.Taking Too Long to Dress 11.Having No Sense of Direction 12.Whatever Guys Say Is Wrong 13.Asking Guys to Prove Their Love

Your interviews are excellent, Mandarin Corner. Slices of life in China that I wouldn't otherwise notice or take account of. Thank you.

Thank for building this channel. Im learning chinese. It helps a lots keep learning with interesting 💕

Very relatable content. Thanks!

I'm glad to know that such concerns are indeed universal.

Thank you so much for creating this.

Ohhhh i clicked on this video for tea but this is actually really helpful 😭 I grew up listening to mandarin so I can listen ok but I don’t know some vocab I’m near illiterate also so this also helps w some reading

Thank you so much for uploading video.

These guys are so tolerant! Wow!

I like that you can even make people's accents their identity. This is the first video I've seen doing this. I just know this channel, so I subscribed

@teohyuanhui

10 ай бұрын

People from China can recognize where someone is from from their mandarin accent, but it's harder to do for Chinese who grow up in other countries

@kcontentcreator

10 ай бұрын

@@teohyuanhui i grew up in china and had both english and mandarin as my native language but i can never distinguish ppl from their accents in china or the US. English accents are much easier to differentiate.

谢谢!!! 我非常喜欢你们的视频。

Interesting topic, real people talking, subs in Mandarin and Pinyin, accents/dialects indicated, natural flow of conversation... I love this channel ! Thanks for your work! It Motivates me to start again with my learning of your beautiful language. I'll pay for your learning content and donate to your channel as soon as I get a bit more money, you're too precious! 谢谢，谢谢 ！

Thank you for this video😊❤❤谢谢您

I use your video to practice my Chinese listening but this was fun to watch😂😂😂

@amyrajara7261

Ай бұрын

Me too 😂

ignore the hateful comments.... Anyone who finds it interesting to learn abt other cultures,for them yr vids r a treasure. I mean I wish ppl expressed their disagreements without using harsh,derogatory language,and instead use logic in their argument.

I just bumped into your channel your voice is excellent

This is universal, not just Chinese girls

These men are so honest. Amazing!

谢谢。。老师❤

When a woman often tells you she is angry and why, she is accused of being difficult or combative, demanding, or headstrong.

@asves4536

9 ай бұрын

I dont think so. Most guys would like the woman more if she did. Because it shows that the woman is very mature and reasonable. If I make a mistake and she does not tell me what i did wrong, and she just ignores me all day and leave me to try to guess what i did wrong i would hate that. If she comes up to me and tell me why she is angry at me, what I did that was wrong, then I would be very happy and do my best to not make such a mistake again.

@watchulla

9 ай бұрын

That is how it SHOULD BE but for SOME that is not the case. In my case that was MOST of the ones I've met.@@asves4536

@MrWendrew

9 ай бұрын

Nobody reasonable would accuse a woman of these things unless she was angry all the time. Communicating your feelings clearly doesn't mean there's nothing else wrong with you.

@Swanson-hs5df

9 ай бұрын

No this is you being disingenuous. You can communicate your feelings in a clear manner without being combative, demanding or headstrong. If a group of people think you're being combative when talking about your feelings, you might just be combative! What's the alternative? Not telling your partner why you're angry and just letting it broil? Come on man, don't just shift the bearing of responsibility on to your male partner. Take responsibility for your own communication for once, jfc.

🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣This was the most needed video! Love this guy at 2:15.

Good job - as always - Eileen! Many useful expressions and phrases; thank you. (And, just a suggestion: don't get a tattoo. There is more in our lives than one moment, one sentiment, one person, one design,..., and going through life needs a lot of forgetting.)

@eleethtahgra7802

8 ай бұрын

Very entertaining and amusing.

Very helpful content, (Re: for the second language learner) Thanks .

gurl I love this beef, thank you! - very yours, a mandarin learner

太喜欢了这个视频。❤

Thank u🎉❤❤

The guy at 9:38 doing all he could to convey he's not straight in any way is very funny

@zaraal-laleh6937

11 ай бұрын

right i was waiting for this comment

@jovitali9536

11 ай бұрын

"straight men" in chinese doesn't exactly mean 'straight' in terms of sexuality lol. It just means a man who's very direct or misses the hint.

@suzystar3

11 ай бұрын

"straight men are cute" lol

@class6aa

11 ай бұрын

@@jovitali9536it does also means sexually straight. It is being used to also describe insensitive guy because it’s commonly gays are perceived as being more sensitive

@dun7308

11 ай бұрын

​@@class6aa The word straight have a very different connotation when spoken in Chinese and translated to English, a better translation would be Upright man, or even Stiff man, which as you can guess what it means.

I believe you can apply this to anywhere in the world.

11:55 hahaha, I love this guy

@superitgel1

Жыл бұрын

huh... interesting specimen 😂😂

@TL-fe9si

Жыл бұрын

That wife slave translation, I've never seen that phrase before, but It's so funny!

@skyvioletstrawberry

Жыл бұрын

Bahahahahas

@asleepzz

Жыл бұрын

He strikes gold again at 19:19

@elithluxe7568

11 ай бұрын

Common phrase in Chinese culture. It’s someone who loves their wife very much and will do anything she asks or wants even without her asking

The white hoodie guy and the two black jacket guys are pretty gd guyss, solid gentlemen

Most of what they’re describing sounds like manipulative narcissistic behaviors.

@yellow_flash813

10 ай бұрын

🙄

@silvervixen007

10 ай бұрын

So true! Really concerning!

@johnsondeng

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes. Extremely unattractive traits in any person.

@isaacchao6550

9 ай бұрын

Its a western issue too

@peterwang5272

9 ай бұрын

You should come to China and lecture my girl friend here

controlling shows she loves you? that surprised me , what???😅😅

@TL-fe9si

Жыл бұрын

From a "wife slave"'s perspective, I guess LOL

@LisaTao

11 ай бұрын

I like men that think that way. I’m very controlling 😌

@sakurachannel9624

11 ай бұрын

Well, that’s how you know she cares about you

I don't know if you've done something like this already, but can you do a video talking about what guys/girls like BEST about each other? 在网上很多人都在骂别人，男女相互尊重吧

@cart172

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, positive topics are good.

What city or province was this filmed in?

I loved this video, I learnt a lot about chinese culture and I found so similarities with my country. Suscribed!!

Awesome vid! (Grammar note - phrase is “to that extent” with a T @ 6:26)

我超喜欢看您的视频。谢谢哦老师！

I’m not studying Chinese but this was very interesting anyway!

These boys/men are so tolerant and sweet❤it was so nice hearing all this stuff! I need a chinese man i guess🤣

These men very respectful towards women but I as a woman I could see some frustration in them if and when the circumstances occurred. We are humans we are all the same. Thank you awesome show.❤

So many nice guys! The girlfriend of the young man in the creme colored bear sweater is a most lucky girl. He is very easy going and kind-hearted. Wishing all to find the right spouse for life and be and stay happy together!

Women sometimes cant express what they want, or confused with what they want because “directness” was less entrenched into our social upbringing across many cultures. Subtlety, reading emotions, femininity, grace, meekness, submission and social interaction are our imposed training for most of our formative years, because for the longest time these skills were a matter of survival-and then by the time we were older, modern day life told us all of a sudden to be independent, decisive, assertive, strong which is good but habits and culture instinctively lives. Its confusing for all genders how social roles were deconstructed for short period of time. Moreover, lets not delude ourselves that men dont do it. They do it for mostly another reason- pride- a virtue that was ingrained in them also by culture. I guy may deep down want to cling to a girl, express his caring love or vulnerability but he fears he would look less manly. Or he may not pursue a girl because he thinks he is not “man enough” to provide, usually financially, but in reality he can depending on the girls personality.

@elithluxe7568

11 ай бұрын

Exactly this this this. It is something almost all girls do naturally

@poopbutt6241

10 ай бұрын

Girls don’t like when men cling to them

@rzt430

10 ай бұрын

"Subtlety, reading emotions, femininity, grace, meekness, submission" except girls do not display any of these virtues in the first place. you are speaking like you are doing some introspection but what i really see is a lack of grasp in reality and self awareness. this all sounds like a bs excuse to me. girls are very much direct when it comes to things that they believe is for their own benefit. indirect is when they feel wronged, when they feel that their partner is lacking but they are aware that it was not done on purpose. it is a form of emotional manipulation, guilt tripping, gaslighting. for the satisfaction that comes when the guy "realizes" his mistake and prostrates himself to her for it.

@asves4536

9 ай бұрын

@@poopbutt6241 depends on the girl

I love the couple :)

你们是在哪个城市拍这个视频的呢？

I see the double standard part got me haha. I would put her in the same exact situation to see the absurdity. So far so good, and we enjoy trolling each other.

@piplupempoleon4225

9 ай бұрын

True gender equality😂

11:58 Screenshot for my degenerate friends who can relate to a spiritual level

@peterwang5272

9 ай бұрын

🤣🤣

What wd be interesting next is a video about what complaints Chinese girls have about Chinese girls... Since women are usually more perspicacious in these matters!

@MandarinCorner2

11 ай бұрын

We already did it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGyE3KODqrSan7A.html

9:39 I can’t stop laughing

@Goldenbirdchirp

10 ай бұрын

Yes...a straight guy.... Straight forward !

First time hearing about "Straight man" in China

Hola Señorita, Gracias por este información de este vídeo informativo. Muchos aplausos y felicidades por este buen trabajo. Muy muy interesante plataforma de información y también las preguntas concentradas. Gracias por su esfuerzo en dando temas sociales en la tierra de China en su canal de aquí. Gracias y Bendiciones.

@colombianaenchina

Жыл бұрын

Totalmente sorprendida con la calidad del video 💞

1:31 He means a "bride price", not a dowry.

Subtitles switch fast but v interesting

My Chinese gf did some of this. It may be a worldwide phenomena that some women just expect men to be mind readers or notice every little detail and act on it. I bought the wrong combination of flowers once and she didn't speak to me all week. Finally I got an all day lecture/berating. Apparently I embarrassed her and mortified her in public w/ my ignorance. I could understand how this could upset her And- I'm not Chinese. or a girl. How TF am I supposed to know wtf the flowers mean or even know their culture's unspoken rules?? Many other times I was expected to somehow know sh*t I didn't know. If I helped clean, I was doing something wrong. I can see why girls ask a ton of questions and have all kinds of tests now. I guess I need to do the same? It's such a hassle I'm not sure I want to do all this again.

Haven’t watched yet, but was expecting this video to be more like 2hr long...

ive never rly seen a woman demanding that a guy hold her bag :0 is that rly that common over there

The guy with the Jiangxi accent was the easiest to understand, not only in his pronunciation but the cadence of his speech and expression. The guy before that was slurring his words a bit 😅

Its funny to me that straight men here in the USA means he's not gay, its funny that they think that others feeling should be controlled by others when its your feeling controlled by yourself not others, and the whole when asked what is wrong and you suppose to be a mind reader I find mind-blowing. My way to let them know how it feels is to reverse it, get mad/upset, and when they ask say nothing make them read your mind and when they can't, you tell them when the shoe on the other foot makes it hard to walk right.

interesting

我很喜欢这种视频。当我看的是，我一边学习中文一边理解中国文化❤。

For so many times, I just feel human don’t consider its own biodiversity, and for god’s sake, man you chose such a girl to be your girlfriend. They say they hate it, but if the girl is not clingy, not vexatious, not showing dependence, they probably dare not to contact the girl at all, its the part you like within them comes with those annoyances.

@user-ti7me6yv7w

Жыл бұрын

And no, not all girls desire others read their mind all the time. And often I find clingy ones desire such non sense more.

@assassinscreeds-xu9oo

11 ай бұрын

​@@user-ti7me6yv7wcry more clown. Where are you when Chinese girls complain about Chinese guys? Hypocrite

@assassinscreeds-xu9oo

11 ай бұрын

​@@user-ti7me6yv7wstop crying. Chinese girls are very toxic and materialistic.

Where is the other video??

@MandarinCorner2

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGyE3KODqrSan7A.html

how about everyone treat each other better? Look at yourself first before blaming someone else.

在網路上最棒的學中文資源

@joleneong8173

11 ай бұрын

Its wang LUO :)

As a girl myself I agree with the first man

How could you find those both drunk and stoned fellows 😳他们都是演员吗？

I think boys are still shy and conservative. That’s s good thing. But nowadays Chinese girls are almost Sophisticated and materialist. I like the way boys described the girls 😊

My wife is Chinese, but I feel as though my friends back home (UK) have similar complaints, this is just the way of life lol

@s._3560

11 ай бұрын

Just like different species of animals and birds; some pair for life, others have multiple partners. Most women desire loyalty and faithfulness. In modern times, Chinese men are more willing than Western men to allow this sort of control. They probably were less accepting of such control before the revolution when female status was much lower and people were allowed polygamy.

I really can’t distinguish the accent.

The guy at 11:02 is so cute 😍

11:04 应该说口非心是

people everywhere are same

Guys are clueless, they will never understand your underlying meaning or hidden messages. You must be explicit, there is no forethought with them, only afterthought.

Nobody speaks MANDARIN in the town of Chillingbourne.

대박 😊

wooow this video made me realize my standards were so low and yet still the men over here can't even reach them just wow

The guys taking the stairs instead of elevators because girls get really uncomfortable being in the elevator with them is crazy!!

My Chinese wife loves shouting. I once suggested that she started a newspaper called the Daily Criticism or weekly shout and became a critic of Chinese driving - her nickname is angry bird. Sjhe has an infallible sense to hunt and find every little mistake and make a crisis out of it

Хорошая девочка и передача хорошая 👍🏻💯⭐️

这是我为什么喜欢中国男生，就是在欧洲我们对女人有很多刻板印象， 我非常不喜欢这些，但是中国男生平时对女人不会有这种的态度，他们会觉得女生不是这样或者是觉得有些行为是很正常的。👍👍👍

@yuwu-ip4vo

Жыл бұрын

不不不，中国男人也是这样，姐妹不要对中国男人有过于美好的幻想！

@isuzu8497

Жыл бұрын

@@yuwu-ip4vo 哈哈哈 我知道，我也是遇到了很多大男子主义者。这种的男生哪里都有。

@riptide-gb4cs

Жыл бұрын

Chinese men lol 🤢🤮

@bbbb4k

10 ай бұрын

​@@yuwu-ip4vo 家人们，谁懂啊😅

@user-uk8wh5pi6d

8 ай бұрын

@@yuwu-ip4vo xnn跑这儿来破防🤣

Truth saying woman is amazing science fiction book good read you should try it.

2:03, how the hell does one get to be a bad photographer with an iPhone 14 pro max, it literally does everything but press the button for you.

These young bro's observations are 🎯, apply to girls of all stripes. Simps learn too late to stand up for themselves, better to walk away from deluded 🏵️, they're not that rare.

haha brutal interviewer XD love it 挺好了

Sub titles change way too fast -

Smoking is a turn off for me too

who is this guy at 12:37