“Chinese English level” how good are the Chinese at English? Street interview in Shanghai🇨🇳 

It’s so funny how most of them say no no i can’t speak English and then proceed to answer all questions in English 😂. I’m a foreigner in China, i try so much to encourage most of my Chinese friends to speak English because they can actually.

what it's funny is that even though they say they can't speak English you somehow manage to make them speak in English, also I find quite interesting that Shanghai people can also speak Japanese.

The girl in red coat said her accent isn't very good. But i think her English is very good, very clear and easy to understand

Many young Chinese people can understand simple English for daily communication. The reason why we are reluctant to speak it is because we pay more attention to grammar and are afraid of making mistakes and misunderstandings. So you will find that when we are asked whether we can speak English, we generally say no, but when you really communicate with us , you will find that we can understand and communicate a litle (some are good at English)~

Thank you for being a bridge between Japan and China. Your videos are great!

"no I can't speak English" *proceeds to answer questions in English*

It’s interesting. Some of these ppl are actually capable of conversational English, but they are so terrified/stressed being interviewed in front of a camera.

10:59 Her friend saw the camera and heard English and said “Ohhhh noo, not today!!” 😂😂😂 LOVED THIS VIDEO!! I wish people knew that your English doesn’t have to be perfect to be able to speak it, many of them sounded so good!

Nice video ! Chinese people are very modest about their language skills !

6:25 you can tell Kaho is very caring towards Chinese people by the way she talks to this young boy.

i have strong respect towards the boy wearing a black jacket, despite his influency in English, he tried to speak, that's just admirable

In China, we start learning English in middle school or elementary school, but we only learn how to take exams and don't know how to have everyday conversations. Most Chinese don't learn Japanese at school, but we grew up watching a lot of anime, so we know some basic words.

Hi all Kaho fans, I think I know why she has not been updating. She has a newborn child~ congrats to her of cos.

You are great Kaho. Your Chinese is so good too. Glad to see someone from Japan living in China and taking the time to share your talent and interaction with the local Chinese. There is lots of animosity between Japan and China and Korea and China because of politics and Americans. I hope we dont let America direct the way we treat and view each other. Keep up the great work.

I have perceived a lot of xenophobia recently against Chinese on the internet, it's really sad to see. I hope we can make progress in this aspect. As a Mexican 🇲🇽 I admire the chinese people I belive in them and think they are the future. Saludos hermanos 🇨🇳

Actually nowadays most Chinese people speak good English! Esp youngsters about 20s or something in China can speak perfect English to be honest. Reason why most of them say they do not speak English is bcuz there is a major difference in the understanding of “speak a language or not” between Chinese people and foreigners lol. Most Chinese think that if you speak English, that means you’re fluent speakers that can speak confidently, barely with mistakes or accent. Moreover, there is a core Chinese value, to be humble and modest, so instead of bragging about our personal capabilities we are more likely to say that “just so so” just to be nice and thankful to other people’s compliments.

11:02 that girl is too funny 😂 do you speak English? She just ran!!!!! What a legend 😂

Such a heart-warming look at Chinese culture. They are all doing well. Thanks for this video!

Kaho, it's always interesting to see unrehearsed reactions, very good. In Florida we have many Chinese owned businesses so I learned hello and thankyou in Chinese to show respect.

I think many people say they can't speak english just to avoid the interview.

I suggest the interviewer should not begin by asking the interviewees if they speak English because that approach would put them on the defensive consciousness as if their proficiency is being tested in public. Instead she could start by asking "may i have a small chat with you" or something like that.

So humble...

Love 😘 China Beijing ❤️ Shanghai ❤️ Shenzhen 😘❤️💚

It's like foreigners that can only speak a little to no Mandarin and Japanese at all. I learned Japanese from watching anime since I was a child, and studying Mandarin for eight months now 🥳🥳🥳

If you go to America and ask people if they speak a second language and most of them would say confidently, Yes I can, Uno, dos, tres.

Interesting video. You should keep doing more videos like this, specially about languages skills of Chinese people. I found it interesting because let us see and learn a bit more about real Chinese people in the streets and not what biased Western media usually shows about China. Saludos desde Colombia.

Omghh your channel has grown so much I remember when you had only 50 subs I,I’m glad I was one of them cause your channel is one of the way to learn more about china and the people so it’s really interesting thank you , I hope you keep growing !

young chinese speaks English very well. They might not think so but they are very good. The better the education, the better the english

Makes more sense for the Chinese to learn Japanese than English. Their countries are next to each other and would be more useful than English in that region. But, I suppose it is also good to be able to learn English as well since it is used so often around the world.

I love this!❤ English good. 😅. My friend is from China, she not speak or understand English well. She is in California now, from Kansas. Now I want to learn Mandarin. 😊

Where are you Kaho, we miss you and look forward to your new vids!😎

Kaho chan, can you do the topic "What do Japanese girls think of Chinese guys?"

Still waiting for Kaho's new video 😔

Kaho the world needs you, 夏帆！！！

Really enjoying this channel! Just subscribed! Keep up the great work, Kaho!

Wow, I'm actually impressed by the English level, it's comparable to Hong Kong where most of the youngsters speak it.

Very impressed. Still going strong with my Italian and Chinese. One day I'll add Cantonese and German to that list.

This is really funny Kaho, what is the point you were trying to make tho? Neither Japanese nor Chinese can speak english? Because you are actually showing the opposite, I LOVE THIS!!

This is very interesting video. I like it so much. Pls continue to produce other video that funny like that

Great Video Kaho, keep it up!

it's nice to see your channel grow bigger and bigger

Exactly, a group of my friends I met in Uni are from shanghai and most of the speak N2 level some are N1.

I think people would be more confident if you started speaking in mandarin and then suddenly switch to English 😅

A Chinese doesn’t say yes unless he masters it. The same thing in a job interview. If a Chinese says yes to a field, that means he has done everything by himself. If a white says yes, that means he participated in it. If an Indian says yes, that means he heard of it. Indians never hesitate to grab the visibility.

To be honest, as a Chinese I do not know how representative those samples are, considering Shanghai is the almost most open and foreign related city in China. The result of this interview could be quite the opposite if you pick any other inland city.

How cute this was, thank you pretty gal. Aloha from an old guy on Maui

It's also so cool to have seen with the Nintendo Switch game, Eastward, that the Shanghai Chinese developers incorporated many Japanese ideas which makes me think that Japanese culture is very popular in Shanghai

面白い！日本語話せる方がいらっしゃるとは！ 日本から陰ながら応援してます。

Wtf?? Everyone says they can't speak English and then start talking in English only.. It means Urban Chinese might be poor in English but they can

Everyone's English is really good!!

Most of them (that good in English) speak with good English accent (actually).

中国人の方は謙虚でありながら、しっかり英語のコミュニケーションができている❤日本人の場合は日常会話さえ話せないでしょう。話せる人を探すのは大変。

Thanks, I’m gonna visit Shanghai this August alone and I’m really worried because I don’t speak Chinese

kaho is so brave and pretty, love you, fan from SG

If you go street interview nearby university it will be a different story 🎉

お疲れ様でした。日本と上海で反応の仕方がやっぱり違いますね。話せないと言いながらも、ちゃんと質問を理解していましたし。 I suppose that the Chinese take advantage of their grammatical structure similar to English.

Great video!! The guy at 11:05 seems very well traveled

What happened to you Kaho? It has been a long time. I hope you are well!

Nice interviews, i like your videos. I am from Perú.

Something I notice from this interview is a lot of them are so fashionable. Their clothes are so nice

Allô Kaho congratulations I love your video's, I am French Canadian from Montréal and have a very good friend from China Zhongying she speaks very well French now and we are very happy for her, she told me when she was living in China they learned some Russian. Bonne journée mon amie (((H))) Hugs :)

I hope you upload more videos like this

Wow. Shanghai peoples are so fashionable. I like their fashion.

Subscribed because of this good social content. When will you upload very soon?

Shanghai is different. You can try to do same interview in other cities.

I watched a street interview in Japan ，even Japanese studied abroad and speak English so well ，they are also very shy to speak English in public in Japan，especially have a strong American or British accent ，they transform it to Japanese accent，not to stand out，very Japanese style

WOW WHAT A ANGEL

Kaho so cute 😊

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some of them i was shocked because they could talk english and they sounded so good

When I lived in China for 2 years, about 10 years ago, for my multinational company, when I was out alone shopping and needed to find someone who could help me, I would find a teenager or college student. They could usually speak English well enough to help me translate. Except for at work, anyone over 40 spoke near zero English. With time, I learned numbers, food names, and places. With that limited Chinese vocabulary, and occasionally phoning a friend from work, I could pretty much go anywhere and do anything I wanted. I was actually often approached by very young children, like 10 or 12, who would greet me in English and wanted to talk, likely to practice. Their parents would often pull them away or even scold them, likely telling them not to speak with an adult foreigner. Unfortunately I often could not communicate with them that it was okay…I did not mind.

The woman from Shenzhen "where r u from? She said i m from Japan . The woman said u look like Chinese 😂

Happy New Year Kaho. I just wanna say you're so damn gorgeous .

素晴らしいインタビューですね❤

Great video overall!

可愛くて美しい、あなた

Love this channel ❤ Kaho kawaii

i love this vlog!

Now is turn to ask people in the USA If they can speak mandarin

Wow Chinese so cute.

how did your English get so good? can't wait for your Beijing video!!!

We do use the word „play“ a lot 😅

Ahahahaah, I consider that maybe most of them who can speak Japanese have the same purpose as me, traveling to japan 🇯🇵,and talk with people here just like a Japanese (look same you know,Chinese and Japanese)that will be great interesting 🎉

Love your videos Kaho 💞😺

The first guy said he doesn't speak English yet he's answering in English 😄

ALL languages are important and FUN. There's definitely no harm in learning a foreign language or two.

Some lovely friendly people in this video.

Chinese would think they can't speak unless their English speaking is as fluent as their mother language.

1:38 Interesting street interview. I think you should buy a wireless microphone. In your case, the wireless microphone usually have a pair, so it is quite suitable for interview. They can both record your voice and the interviewer’s. 😊

Hi Kaho, when is the next video coming out? Love the videos.😊

so weird, "no no no english"... but goes onto a full conversation in english. lol.

Her body language when talking to these people looks like "don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you". haha

They dont speak english, but understand well and still speak well :D

Wonderful Heritage Wonder❤

Since one out of ten people in the world is Chinese, be interested in how good is english language people speaking in Chinese.

I am your 8000th subscriberrr

Kaho is beautiful 😍

2:08 bro said play with my friend😂

To be honest, I think Chinese people especially younger generation they are more into Japanese culture and everything, not so much to American or European. Because we don’t look alike and western culture look just so alien. If not for practical or economic reason, for example, going to west for study or work or immigrant, I think most people won’t even bother learning English. 😂. But it’s required to do so in school so most young people know English to some degree. Well, English is the international language that’s why. Young people would take the initiatives to learn Japanese by themselves because they are more into the culture and everything. East Asian culture share more similarities. That’s why.

Thank you 😊😊😊😊