Any Chinese user? 华人用户聊天楼2.0

[Dr Iron Arc]

I have always wanted to be Chinese. I like the people, but what I really envy is how smart they are.

I wish I was Chinese

Chinese being smart is a myth. I consistently get Bs and Cs in everything.

 

[Lordsudbury]

哇没人嘛，记得几个月前还看到有几个讲中文的用户

我是加拿大人但是我学习中文的 5 年了。

 

[XYZ]

You need to be rich, have a nice car, be an alpha male and be over 6"2

Literally none of the guys I ever dates fit that profile (except for the height, but that's just coz people here are generally tall).

I have always wanted to be Chinese. I like the people, but what I really envy is how smart they are.

I wish I was Chinese

I think it's a cutural matter not a question of them being more intelligent. The few Chinese friends I have have had private lessons since early childhood and their parents pushed them very hard to get good results and even punished them when they failed.

Where I live is more like: everyone is a winner for just participating, let kids play, take it easy, mistakes are part of the learning process, yaaay!

 

[Deleted member 19654]

Literally none of the guys I ever dates fit that profile (except for the height, but that's just coz people here are generally tall).


I think it's a cutural matter not a question of them being more intelligent. The few Chinese friends I have have had private lessons since early childhood and their parents pushed them very hard to get good results and even punished them when they failed.

Don't worry, that was more of a joke lol. It's not what I'm looking for in a guy.

I don't feel like I'm more intelligent than the average person. I was seen to be more clever because of the stereotype and also because I was under pressure to do well thanks to my Asian parents.

 

[Mm80]

Literally none of the guys I ever dates fit that profile (except for the height, but that's just coz people here are generally tall).


I think it's a cutural matter not a question of them being more intelligent. The few Chinese friends I have have had private lessons since early childhood and their parents pushed them very hard to get good results and even punished them when they failed.

Where I live is more like: everyone is a winner for just participating, let kids play, take it easy, mistakes are part of the learning process, yaaay!

Where do you live xyz? Tallville?

 

[Incorrigible77777]

Woow so many replies I got. Sorry for confusing you guys with Chinese only in the main thread.

Here come the translations :-)
我上次看到过一个类似的贴，但好像很久以前了，第一页也没看到那个贴。所以想和大家再集结一下，主要我也想（在我"走"之前）认识一下SS上其他华人 （有几位我之前认识过，但大多数还不认识。。）

I saw a similar thread last time but it seems to be long ago. I didn't see that thread in the first page, either. Therefore, I wanna gather together you guys. I wish to know other Chinese users on SS (before I really CTB) (I've known a couple of them before, but I haven't yet known most of other Chinese users)

我介绍一下我自己，ID: Incorrigible77777，坐标魔都黄浦，蠢萌小哥哥一枚，今年24岁，现在在微软做程序员，抑郁病史有至少五六年，由于一些原因，今年开始加重恶化。头像是我男神：）

Let me introduce myself. ID: Incorrigible77777, located in Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. I'm a lovely and honest 24-year-old boy. Currently I work as a programmer at Microsoft. I've had depression for about 5 or 6 years. Due to some reason, my depression becomes worse. The avatar is my favourite male celebrity :-)

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In most threads on SS I speak English. This one is just exception ;-)

I had to google translate what you wrote. I'm Chinese but I never learned how to read/write. I'm pretty sure I've seen a few other Chinese users

Curiously are you ABC?

 

[Deleted member 19654]

Curiously are you ABC?

I'm British

 

[Incorrigible77777]

I can speak and write chinese but i dont want to make these guys look rubbish. Ill let them have their moment of fame.
I can even eat with chopsticks

As I mentioned in most SS threads I speak English (just except this one) and I have no difficulty communicating with you guys :-)
Curiously are you also ABC?

Same. Learning Chinese just reminds me of my parents yelling at each other so I only know how to understand a few phrases and not how to read any of it.

Also technically I'm not Chinese, but T*iw*nese. My parents are from there at least. I was born and raised in America.

Oh I understand. I had Taiwanese friends as well when I studied at college in Boston.

You need to be rich, have a nice car, be an alpha male and be over 6"2

@Incorrigible77777 I'm so sorry we've completely derailed your thread. It's @Mm80 's fault. Please blame him

No worries! Happy to see so many replies in my thread. It's been a couple of months since I joined SS and I'm happy to know you guys all.

lol only 1 user chinese in this long ass thread

hhhhhhhh

I have always wanted to be Chinese. I like the people, but what I really envy is how smart they are.

I wish I was Chinese

I can teach you Mandarin 我可以教你：）

I have always wanted to be Chinese. I like the people, but what I really envy is how smart they are.

I wish I was Chinese

I can teach you Mandarin 我可以教你：）

 

[Mm80]

As I mentioned in most SS threads I speak English (just except this one) and I have no difficulty communicating with you guys :-)
Curiously are you also ABC?

Oh I understand. I had Taiwanese friends as well when I studied at college in Boston.

No worries! Happy to see so many replies in my thread. It's been a couple of months since I joined SS and I'm happy to know you guys all.

hhhhhhhh

I can teach you Mandarin 我可以教你：）

I can teach you Mandarin 我可以教你：）

Yep. I'm abc through and through.
Great to meet someone else who is abc tbh

 

[Incorrigible77777]

我是加拿大人但是我学习中文的 5 年了。

Wow your written Chinese is so good The only small piece of suggestion is 我是加拿大人但是我学习中文有 5 年了。 This would be better expression. Here 有 means for (5 years) based on the context.

 

[Deleted member 19654]

Yep. I'm abc through and through.
Great to meet someone else who is abc tbh

Lol you're an idiot

 

[Incorrigible77777]

Literally none of the guys I ever dates fit that profile (except for the height, but that's just coz people here are generally tall).


I think it's a cutural matter not a question of them being more intelligent. The few Chinese friends I have have had private lessons since early childhood and their parents pushed them very hard to get good results and even punished them when they failed.

Where I live is more like: everyone is a winner for just participating, let kids play, take it easy, mistakes are part of the learning process, yaaay!

Couldn't agree more... That was exactly how I was brought up, and even, why I'm here today. Bereavement and failure at work drove me to major depression and desire to CTB, even though I was born in a bourgeois class family in one of the richest cities (Shanghai) in China, and even though I have at least 4 houses for renting and can simply live on with rentals I gain. I wish life could've been wishy-washy just like what you said, be happy and proud of just participating.

I'm British

I visited UK ~15 years ago. During the trip I've been to London and Glasgow.

 

[Deleted member 19654]

@Mm80 is a gweilo/laowai

 

[Mm80]

@Mm80 is a gweilo/laowai

Excuse my Chinese but what the fuck does that mean?

 

[Incorrigible77777]

@Mm80 is a gweilo/laowai

哈哈我看懂了

 

[Deleted member 19654]

Excuse my Chinese but what the fuck does that mean?

They're the terms used in Cantonese/Mandarin for a white person/foreigner.

 

[Mm80]

They're the terms used in Cantonese/Mandarin for a white person/foreigner.

What's the term for chinese/one of us?

 

[Incorrigible77777]

They're the terms used in Cantonese/Mandarin for a white person/foreigner.

I can speak a little Cantonese. Cantonese is similar to Goetsu, so it's easier for Shanghainese to learn Cantonese than people in other areas in mainland China (e.g. Northeastern China). I've sung lots of Cantonese songs as well.

 

[Deleted member 19654]

They're the terms used in Cantonese/Mandarin for a white person/foreigner.

The direct translation of gweilo is ghost man lol

哈哈我看懂了

I needed to use google translate for that lol

 

[Mm80]

The direct translation of gweilo is ghost man lol

I needed to use google translate for that lol

Wow!

 

[Deleted member 19654]

I can speak a little Cantonese. Cantonese is similar to Goetsu, so it's easier for Shanghainese to learn Cantonese than people in other areas in mainland China (e.g. Northeastern China). I've sung lots of Cantonese songs as well.

I only speak a little Cantonese. I don't understand any mandarin

What's the term for chinese/one of us?

I have no idea lol

 

[Incorrigible77777]

What's the term for chinese/one of us?

There's a term but I strongly don't recommend use as it's in negative tone. "Banana people" (香蕉人).

 

[Mm80]

There's a term but I strongly don't recommend use as it's in negative tone. "Banana people" (香蕉人).

Haha love it. I've learned something today.
Would that get me into trouble then?

 

[Incorrigible77777]

Haha love it. I've learned something today.
Would that get me into trouble then?

Unfortunately yes... Personally I think it's similar to the n word to black people. The meaning of "banana people" is that, those *BC's are born yellow but their inner minds are influenced by white people.

 

[Mm80]

Unfortunately yes... Personally I think it's similar to the n word to black people. The meaning of "banana people" is that, those *BC's are born yellow but their inner minds are influenced by white people.

Would Chinese people ever address each other as banana people in an affectionate way? A bit like when black people calling each other the n word out of respect?

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Would Chinese people ever address each other as banana people in an affectionate way? A bit like when black people calling each other the n word out of respect?

I'm a terrible example. I've used banana and other slurs to refer to myself and other Westernized Asians.

it's not THAT offensive to me, but then again I only really use it around other Asians.

 

[Busdriver]

Chinese being smart is a myth. I consistently get Bs and Cs in everything.

I didn't mean it is a form of pressure. I mean their intrinsical motivation is admirable. Because you can 'force' your children to get good grades, but then you have to be able to to get high grades. Where I live almost all Chinese people I know have been to university.

I like how they were able to give up social life for good grades, perhaps because I did the same..
I have more in common with Chinese men than with other races.

There was a time I suddenly got more B's and C's too, but that was because I was more and more being drawn into CTB.

I can teach you Mandarin 我可以教你：）

Hhahaha, thanks.
I know the Cantonese words 'haam sap chai'. It is how you pronounce it in Dutch. I have been called that a few times

 

[Deleted member 19654]

Hhahaha, thanks.
I know the Cantonese words 'haam sap chai'. It is how you pronounce it in Dutch. I have been called that a few times

Goodness, how did you end up getting called that? Lol

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I didn't mean it is a form of pressure. I mean their intrinsical motivation is admirable. Because you can 'force' your children to get good grades, but then you have to be able to to get high grades. Where I live almost all Chinese people I know have been to university.

My dad may be a slightly more extreme example but the pressure he put on me to succeed academically while I was growing up ended up being very physically abusive and I can say for sure that I am a worse person as a result of all the trauma I suffered at his hands. That said, a lot of other Asians were also beaten as children some of them even by their moms. Maybe I'm just weird as someone with Chinese blood and I was too stubborn and selfish to even allow the threat of corporal punishment to force me into working hard...

 

[Deleted member 19654]

I'm a terrible example. I've used banana and other slurs to refer to myself and other Westernized Asians.

it's not THAT offensive to me, but then again I only really use it around other Asians.

I've never heard of the term banana being used before lol. I guess I'm a BBC and a banana...