Are These Chinese Stereotypes True? (CANTONESE) 

I compare Cantonese vs Korean restaurant service experience. Canton servers are cold, abrupt and straightforward, but they bring food quickly and take away your dirty plates quickly. Korean servers are sweet and nice but they never come back to follow up on your meal. So Canton people may not know how to speak nice but they are super efficient and action speaks louder than words. :)

When you speak Cantonese you have the most fun joking around. Cantonese has the better curse words and Toisan/Hoisan takes it to the next level. I can speak Mandarin but every time I go to a canto restaurant I bust out to Cantonese, and I can't tell you the joy I have getting into a cab in Hong Kong and trying to talk Cantonese to taxi drivers It just is on a different level all together in terms of feeling like I'm in the hood. I butcher tones dahn Hai if you didn't like, diu! Mm GAN iu LAA!! I'm trying to figure out exactly where in NYC you guys are filming. The view looks so familiar..

Thank you for having me on the show! I love talking in canto. Hong Kong number 1!😂🇭🇰

I am from Trinidad, a small island in the Caribbean and my ancestors (over 100 years ago) are Cantonese and Cantonese food is the best 💯🇹🇹

Cantos can be brutal. They can roast someone in the most creative ways. 😂 Even their own kids.

In San Francisco - back in the day. The mostly Cantonese Chinatown right next to the Italian North Beach was very similar after dark. Taking a walk at night you saw Cantonese or Italians gambling in their respective basements. Ma Jong, cards, or dice. It was fun to stroll around and see the similarities.

Asian parents and grandparents love their steamed fish at least 2-3 a week without fail for dinner growing up in a cantonese household.

My grandparents emigrated from guangdong to malaysia a hundred years ago. Cantonese is not my first language but I grew up communicating with my grandparents in Cantonese and improved my spoken cantonese by watching Hong Kong dramas and movies in the 1980s. Yes, I agree Cantonese food is da best - flavourful without having to add MSG. However, my pet peeve with the Cantonese is that we can be sarcastically rude. Eg, when someone is blocking your view, instead of telling that person nicely to move aside, we would say ‘ Are you transparent?’ .. or if someone talks too much, instead of telling that person to tone it down we say ‘ if you don’t utter a word, no one would accuse you of being mute ‘🤦🏻‍♀️😂😂😂 . Having said this, I am proud of being a Cantonese. My surname is quintessentially Cantonese. 😂

I've enjoyed your other videos, but this one is near and dear to my heart. I'm an old Canto(lo wah queh) born in a rice farming village near Guangzhou(now part of it). I left China in 1960 when I was 4 yrs old(smuggled out in a fishing boat) and lived in HK for 2 years with the 3 women in my life(mom, grandmother and great grandmother). Then we went to Guyana(in south America) to join the men of the family who moved there earlier. Family moved to Canada in 1972 and still here. I agree with most of the stereotypes of Canto people. Personally, I'm not superstitious and don't see how the way a word sounds have any real life effect. In fact, we consider 4 to be a "lucky" number because at least 5 family members have 4 in their birth dates. I think there's credibility to TCM and herbal soups. Also I've read that Southern Chinese have more in common with SE Asians than with northern Chinese(more similar to Koreans and Mongolians). Look forward to more videos from you guys.

That part about Cantonese people think anyone outside of Guangdong is a northerner applies to my mom. One day, I asked her who is considered Northern Chinese? She said anyone who lives north of the Yangtze river. One day, we went to the bank and a female Chinese banker served us. My mom had a bit of small talk with her in Mando and asked where she was from. The banker said she was from Shanghai and my mom said something about her being a Northerner? I didn't get the whole sentence cuz my Mando sucks. After, I asked my mom, "Isn't Shanghai south of the Yangtze river?" lol my mom just brushed me off with a "hehe my son's Mando isn't so great" or something like that.

For some reason, I have always associated Dim Sum to Cantonese cuisine. I grew up in Costa Rica where my parents' generation were almost exclusively Southern Chinese. Nowadays, there are more of a mix of Chinese people from all corners.

Sun Yat-Sen is cantonese. The first emperor of the Ming dynasty emperor is from southern China. When Sun Yat-Sen need money for his revolution, he came to Chinatown in the US for donation. Much of his funding for his revolution was from the cantonese american. We cantonese never sold our nation. We are the nation builder.

Cantonese has the best profanity. Not even English can match it. 😂

Cantonese are famous for loving soups, we have hundreds of variations.

When I was little, I followed my grandpa to buy some weird stuff in a Chinese oriental medicine shop. I asked him if there's anything we didn't eat. He casually replied, "We don't eat relatives." 😅😢😮😂😊

Cantonese food lets the ingredients naturally flavor shine, the light seasoning only adds and enhances it natural flavors instead of covering it up like other regions of Chinese food.

I always like the sound of the Cantonese language.

Need a part two on this topic

As a Southeast Asian Chinese with few generations of ancestry, although I might have Taishanese blood, Cantonese had bad rep when in the mid 19th century huge migration came about. I was told that one of my Hokkien greatgreatgrandmother forbid their children to mix or marry with Cantonese. My grandfather was adopted by Taishanese, and I feel that it is due to him marrying into my grandma’s Hokkien family and lived with them that he was somehow accepted. My father, therefore, has relentless obligation to constantly pay back their kindness. It might also be the impact of the clan wars, between the Peranakans, Hokkiens, Hakkas and Cantonese. Cantonese were known to settle in new mining towns, while Peranakans and Hokkiens tend to became trade middlemen with Europeans and locals in old coastal cities. As you know, traditional profession monopolised by Cantonese were medicine, furniture and gold. The stigma still persists until today. My observance of my true blue Cantonese Malaysian friends was that they are generally less eager to be multicultural compared to the Hakkas, Hokkiens and Teochew. They tend to be unwilling to get out of the comfort zone unless it involves making profit. Let's not get confused with the early migration of Chinese in America, which were pioneered by exclusively Taishanese. It was when Chinese quarter was established when the Kwongfu Cantonese came in droves, and eventually instead of integrating to Taishanese, the Cantonese and Hongkongers impose on their language instead. It can't be helped with the popularity of Hongkong media, that Cantonese has a general sense of cultural superiority compared to other Southerners. Such also is evident when Kwongfu speakers casually bunch Hakka, Teochew and Taishan as Cantonese, but many of the diaspora generations prefer not to be labelled Cantonese. Wealth is a huge part of their identity. They are quite similar with Hakka mindset, but Hakka people are more willing to fully assimilate and thrive in bureaucracies and politics. Oh, and Cantonese adhere more to Confucianism. They revere Guan Yu big time, and Guan Yu was a Confucian import into folk Taoism and Buddhism.

the cold chicken feet, aka "white cloud phoenix claws" in cantonese when prepared in upscale places have all the chicken bones extracted manually. the chicken feet get marinated in white vinegar for sometime and usually served cold. Yes, that's very delicious.

omg... yeah cantonese LOVE their hot water... they just drink that shit straight up... not even just for making tea

Love Cantonese food.

Calling everyone lang jai and lang lui is 100% true for Canto ppl

My mother told me that when she was very little [90 years ago in China] her family would have fresh raw monkey brains. We were grossed out because it’s so cruel. We Chinese love to eat and talk about food! Cantonese people prefer fresh food for the best clean taste. Their vocabulary play with similar sounding words, hence very creative with their ‘phrases’.

Regarding 18:13, in Chinese culture, the number 8 is considered to be good luck and is auspicious. That is why the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China commenced on August 8, 2008 at 8 pm. On the other hand, the number 4 is considered to be bad luck and should be avoided. That is why buildings in China, there are no 4th floor, 14th floor, 24th floor, or floors with the number four in their names. Instead they are named using alternate identification.

lots of Cantonese businessmen even went to Shanghai when Shanghai was "colonized" and they have been several generations there before 1949. There were living districts, theaters, churches, schools for Cantonese before 1949. according to some books and newspapers in around 1906 there were at least 200,000 Cantonese and descendants living in Shanghai. of course many of them moved to HK around 1949.

Try saying this. (Note: Might require an advanced Canto speaker) 虧龜愧跪貴葵. It means “Inferior turtle kneels in shame before precious sunflower”

Writing Canto is almost a language itself. When I was in Macau learning how to write Chinese composition, I can think in Canto but according to my teacher, it's not proper written Chinese because Canto is 'bak hua'.

David with the "hum ga chaun" 😂

Cantonese are like Texans. Anyone who’s not from Texas is a yankee…😂

Sea Bass is my favorite fish dish the way my mother does it. First she boil the water and emerge the fish for 5 minutes take it out and plate it Next she added ginger and scallion and then scalded the fish with hot peanut oil on one side only. Delicious!

My dad is from Hong Kong but he grew up speaking Khmer and doesn't know a lick of any Chinese southern dialect.

I like your Podcast, I watched it for the first time today, about Cantonese stereotypes. Very interesting for me being Cantonese descend via South America;, now I know why. Can we hear more from your guests bc you David spoke the most.

About the boiling water is true, if I want room temperature water (Cold Boiling Water), u will have to wait util the water turn into room temperature, u will never drink any water out from a faucet like all Americans do. About the Dim Sum, no one ever in HK use chili oil, soy sauce & rock candy for the tea, only American Chinese do that. Kiki sings the Sam Hui money song, pretty much "No Money No Talk" in Cantonese culture. About the sandals, if u go for a short distance in HK, like getting stuff from corner store to home, u would wear sandals. You didn't even mention the very famous term "Hong Kong Foot". About pretty boy/pretty girl, this is when you order white rice/plain congee in restaurant. If u on the street try to get someone attention, u would call them big brother or big sister. (also make sense call them pretty boy/pretty girl, because u just want to get them attention.) nothing else. The term refer to outsider inside China but not in Canton is 外省佬,外省婆 or 北妹/北姑. If they are outside of China caucasian looking, u would call them Gwai Lo or Gwai Po. About the numbers, Cantonese loves 8, 18, 28, 38. It means Rich, Sure Rich, Ez Rich & Living Rich, because they love to get rich, they also love to gamble.

canto people got the best combos and versatility in swearing lmao it's goated

I grew up in romania in the 70s and ate brains fried in egg all the time. Also, absolutely all parts of the animal were used in food, nothing got wasted

My favorite dish bar non growing up was Hong Kong Style beef chow mein. Best thing ever and had it every time I went to Manhattan Chinatown. Use to be like $10 in the 80's, now it's like $15+

God tier level cussing combos

😂I don’t have a Chinese name. This guy is shy of his heritage. Then bust out Chinese name after pressure.

You mentioned about the shipping and ports from Guangzhou. Canton, ohio is named after canton china because of the shipping business

After I came to US (NYC and around) so much of the survival mentality I learned was from Cantonese ppl. And realized it makes sense for why I've been feeling comfortable to them. My hometown, Osaka Japan, they are much more practical than being authentic in general, love searching good food, fun-loving, money driven than ppl from other regions of Japan.

I've always wondered why TCM doctors tell you not to eat spicy food, but yet so many provinces in China eat some of the spiciest food, while HK and Canto ppl don't really eat that spicy.

The ATV analogy spot on 😂

Ginger and garlic are spices, and spices are natural stuff!

My bestie is Canto and she’s badasss

A very distinct Cantonese, Hakka look is the famed martial artist movie actor Ying Chieh-Han. He has the classic Cantonese looks.

i really this episode based on being Cantonese and Shanghainese. I am most of these stereotypes except the sandals and flip flops unless I’m on a beach.

Canto ppl are super hard working

i love this episode ❤. Everything you talked about its so true.

White chicken feet is the best! Love that spicy vinegar taste~

Cantonese are known in America as “old money “ they’ve Been established longer in America

Yesterday my uncle gave me some Drunken Chicken soup. 🤤

We get our Pancit Canton and lumpiang Shanghai from y'all 🇵🇭🙂👍

Cantonese just sounds comical even to Chinese. Especially to those that don’t speak it.

3:57 -=LOL!!!!!! That joke got me good!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I firmly believe that attaining success does not necessarily equate to finding happiness. In my opinion, genuine happiness cannot be achieved solely through financial wealth. Additionally, running a business that demands substantial time away from family can negatively impact familial bonds. Therefore, prioritizing quality time with loved ones is crucial for nurturing strong and meaningful relationships.

My Dad used to joke with me that cantonese people will eat anything except humans

I am Cantonese, but if you stay in Malaysia, you will appreciate other dialects that have great screw words, great food etc. Most of them can switch between dialects. But the key to all Chinese dialects is a common written language. And the strength of a language….whether it can be used in science, technology.

Back in the day when I use to live with my parents as a kid they would make me drink the WORST tasting herbal soups as medicine when ever I got sick, so bitter and one had the consistency of snot ! That one in particular was the worst. Oh how I dreaded to get sick when I was a kid ! But IT WORKS. I get got better like over night in most times. As if my mouth was like hell no. No more of that. You getting better NOW! LOL

Might not be a stereotype but I find that people who speak Cantonese usually speak it very loudly. And around non-Cantonese speaking people it sounds abrasive and rude. Sometimes I almost want to tell them to please lower their voices because they’re making Chinese people look bad. Sorry, just my take.

I always say.. a lot of Cantos look SE Asian with their darker skin, bigger eyes, and shorter height lol. I wouldn't even be surprised if Canto peeps had roots in SE Asia like the people in Yunnan province.

They brought up all of these different Cantonese foods but no mention of dishes like Hom Yee Jeng Yook Baeng (salted fish)? ^_^

I grew up in Australia Chinatown in the 90 and Cantonese was the lingo. Im Vietnamese but picked up alot of the lingo eating yum cha and watching young & dangerous. I love the culture 😎🔥🙏

Cantonese people genrally like to taste he genuine flavours of the ingredients used in the dishes

My mom is half Cantonese and half Hakka, she used to terrorize me with pig brain soup, it literally looked like tofu.

The seat is too high for Nelson 😂

LOL my dad use to double boil soup for like 6-8 hours and get shit from my mom for using so much power just to make soup.

Cantonese know their soups and they think they have the best chinese cuisine. Lol

diarrhea when eating Sichuan Food ‘immediately’ is wild😂😂😂😂😂

0:45 Fung bros Cantonese rep. Southern China right?

Love this! 🤣 Definitely get things done!

you messed up kiki's insta link in the description....

nice! Thank you my Cantonese bros and sis

What I love about the Cantonese trait is that when we speak it especially the curse words, it makes us sound more gangsters! 😎😎😎❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

Another stereotype- Do you know that the Hong Kong are seen as Worldly People/“righteous cunning scoundrel” (direct translation - sai Kai chai) . If you know the Jin Yong Novel - Duke Of Mount Deer ( Luk Tin Kei in Cantonese) which has been made into , Tv series (Tony Leung) and movies(staring Stephen Chow) the main character- Wai Siu Bo is based on the Hong Kong people.. he played both sides of the coin- the Manchu Emperor and the Han Rebels. A cunning degenerate gambler and womanizer who is a Loyal friend/subject to the Manchu emperor (the crown in the case of Hong Kong) but at the same time being a Han , he showed the brotherhood spirit and loyalty to the Underground😊 Han rebels. Played both sides and make money from both sides😀. Typifies Hong Kong and Guangdong people

Shout out to Lung Fung Restaurant in Panama City, Panama. Best Dim Sum in the Americas.

4:01 Exactly what my mom told me, if the back is to the sky it can be eaten.

Yes, it's a Transition Region. Culturally, Ethnically and even climate transition towards the Tropics.

Aiiiiee yahhh...yeet hay ahh

The truth, rather than a stereotype: when meeting relatives, you just never know if you got skinnier or fatter.

Cantonese cooking brings out the original flavour of the ingredient e.g. steamed fish!!

We have pancit canton and lumpiang Shanghai our favorite chinese origin pinoy food hehehe

My father always told me Cantonese will always look/get a good deal but we're not cheap we only buy quality

Teeth pointy and lips razor sharp. Chauvinistic . Sarcastic and Caustic. Taken to a bit extreme in HK.

yes we sold the nation lol and I agree with that canto region is like the transition between china and Vietnam...the language the culture the food and even by DNA tests.... Cantonese is like a mix

Canto parentage: Yu bettah honor yo ancestors or ahmma knock Yu out! 😁😳😁😂

From northern chinese perspective cantonese ppl are: 1. Entrepreneurial 2. Money driven 3. Short, skinny 4. Eat everything from sky to ocean to ground 5.cannot hold their alcohol

Most of the time when describing food, everything is either "salty" or "heaty" in these very limited vocabulary.

I don't know if this is still correct now, but according to the aunties in my family, the HK people had a nickname "Malaysian chicken" (馬來雞) for Malaysian-Chinese ladies (which, my aunties didn't find offensive but for sure others could). Maybe they aren't using it anymore ? I'll occasionally get the "馬來妹" though 🤣 But, it's very true that most of my Canto friends never consider me to "full" Canto, no matter how much Canto I speak with them, due to my mixed-Chinese background.

Cantonese from cambodia 🤚

"Calling everyone outside of Guangdong a "northerner", even though many are decidedly from other parts of southern China. Thats my mom. My dad wears sandals or flip flops everyday. Soup everyday. I love sea food but its expensive. Calling every youngster pretty and handsome is so canto. Superstitous my parents believe it! So whenever we move into a new house my dad would spread candy in the house!

Population pressure drove Cantonese to go overseas.

All you together look like the unbeaten 28 😂😂

1. Swearing all the time 2. Screaming at the top of their lungs when they don't get their way at Chinese Restaurants 3. Extremely frugal shopping only at discount department stores and warehouses and only eating fast food with coupons 4. Uses a lot of free resources like napkins and plastic utensils and stuff them into their pockets and finally 5. Extreme materialism and consumerism and high standards for achievements in work and college and school and only will let you date a Chinese woman after getting an arranged marriage from a matchmaker or your aunt on your mother's side of your family from your grandma's village on your mother's side of your family. Or if your parents are very conservative they will force you into an arranged marriage with your Maternal opposite sex cousin from your Maternal grandma's village and move into your house if you're the first born son and ask you to provide for their retirement and dislike your mother will hate and be envious of your new Maternal first female first cousin bride.

don't say umbrella at 4:28 and cook winter melon soup hahjahahahahah what u think BOU DUNG GWAA hahahah oh lord hahahah

Is she the actress in Warriors? Never knew she was a comedian.

The reason Canto food is bland because of the climate in the region. When you live in a hot and humid place, eating things that are too flavorful will dry you out more. The superstitious nature origin is an interesting one, could it be from the the Southern Yue days that these superstition are passed down? I think that's where the North/South divide is really talking about. Do you guys also notice Cantos refer to themselves as Tang Yen(唐人) while mainlanders/Northerners use Han Yan (漢人)?

Cantonese people are often seen as superstitious due to deep-rooted historical influences from Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism; the practice of Feng Shui; strong traditions of ancestral worship; linguistic superstitions related to numbers and homophones; culturally significant festivals with traditional rituals; and beliefs and practices passed down through generations within tight-knit communities. These elements are integral to their cultural identity and heritage. Additionally, I believe that we may be from a whole different planet, traveling to Earth and leaving our marks just like we do here. TVB's depiction of ancient characters with supernatural powers suggests they were from a different world altogether.

My wife is Cantonese but born in the US. She agrees that Cantonese are noticeably money oriented. She said she couldn't believe she was asked about her salaries so bluntly. So Cantonese guys in general don't want to date women with higher achievements than them.

Cantonese are from Canton?