In English, we do actually say "evening" to mean "good evening". Don't know about others but "(good) evening" sounds more formal to me than "(good) morning"... Also, "(good) afternoon" sounds the most formal to me. Again, don't know why, but just my own feeling 🤣
There was at one point a school of thought that said "good afternoon" was _actually rude_ as a greeting because supposedly it sounded like you were saying goodbye. This could have been nothing but people being picky about style, but come to think of it "good night" does actually sound like this, and you wouldn't greet someone with it -- you'd say "good evening," however late it was, and save "good night" for the end of the conversation. (To be clear, "good afternoon" is a perfectly good greeting these days, as is "afternoon.")
@@ericssmith2014 indeed. English is grammar is full of rich white people trying to separate themselves from poor folk. Take "ain't" for example. This was originally used by high class citizen, but when commoners began using it, the rich folk decided it was an unpleasant, and inappropriate word. Thus, it's taught today that people should not use the word "ain't". Im sure the same is true for "Good Afternoon/Evening." those terms do sound very formal. I wonder how much of this also has to do with the "Mid Atlantic Accent" that was popular in early American cinema. A completely fabricated accent/speaking style designed to make people sound intelligent.
I really enjoy your videos, Jessie. In addition to knowledge, you always give me a good laugh. That makes learning fun! My English name has a direct translation to Chinese (罗伯特). I like to joke with my friends that I might begin calling myself 英俊, however. That way, they would have to greet me every day with phrases like 英俊特早上好 (Good morning Handsome) or 英俊吃饭了吗 (Hello Handsome). 😅 😂 🤣
Just discovered your channel and subscribed! This is so great! I love how you give real life vocab/grammar along with making it fun. I'm (casually) learning Mandarin and I had no idea about a lot of these. Thank you!
哈哈 借你吉言（jiè nǐ jí yán, which literally means "borrow your lucky words", just like "Thank you for your kind words" or "I'm counting on that" in English）I‘ll try to make more videos!
I've been enjoying your videos so much lately! I took three years of Mandarin when I was in high school, but only retained a small fraction of what I learned. I also adore your outfit!
Literally the FIRST phrase Duolingo teaches you after it teaches you 'ni' and 'hao.' Jesse, would you consider doing a video on the best apps or programs to learn (specifically) Chinese?
In USA people actually do say "evening". It's casual, just like "morning". Similarly, some people say, "afternoon." I personally always attach 'good' before these 3.
I've actually seen several recent Hong Kong films use the phrase 你好嗎 / 妳好嗎 (Lei ho ma), perhaps this is something that people say in films but not in real life.
lmao @ 2:25 it probably heard 还行 as "hey siri" not the first of your videos i've seen i've actually been binging them they are great!! you got a new sub, keep up the great work!!
6:01 to 6:04. Caribbean parents like to do this too: ask you a a question where the answer is obvious. I've actually responded to my mom like this on several occasions.I usually wake up a few hours later with an aching left cheek.
Actually "Evening" is or was a VERY common greeting in England a few years ago (Don't know about today), but even now I can imagine a police officer saying "evening all" as a greeting.
Having stress flash backs to my study abroad experience of how to just start talking to people. I would typically do small talk in English and switch to Chinese for the meat of the conversation. Everyone knows, "I'm fine thank you, and you?"
大家好 is used only for greeting multiple people right? Also, what about situations like Chinese restaurants/shops where I don't want to sound casual, but not trying to sound business-level-formal. Would 你好 be best? Also, I like that 怎么样. It reminds me of sup.
I'm a Chinese from the north. Basically, in a daily casual senario, we don't greet. We just start the chat straight away or maybe say a ''hey'' before the chat. All that ''how are you'' ''you eat or not'' thing feel like too cliche and meaningless, makes you look like a nerd. Just "greet" people with something really has a meaning or catching attention. say something that can let the conversation keeps going, you know, you need to be creative and smart. There's no universal answer like the western ''how are you'' language. But in a formal senario, then you definitely need to say the hello word, ''ni hao'' or ''nin hao'', to show your courtsey and respect, and then start the conversation. Also, it's kinda weird in Chinese culture to shake hand. we just say hello or a little bow with your head, definitely not as exagerated as a japanese bow.
Hello Every Chinese friend told me about your channel, today I'm going to start learning Chinese through your channel, but I found that all your clips do not have English subtitles, I feel sad, can you help put English subtitles from your channel settings , we want to translate all the clips we are from the Netherlands , our official language is French , when you put the English automatic translation option, we will find all the languages , I really hope to help with this , there are a lot of Dutch who want to learn Chinese, I will send your channel to them, please help us, thank you ،we need English subtitles please🤙🤙🤙🤙
then the textbooks should be designed in colloquial language. but in any textbook for Chinese will be determined. many expressions stand . the Chinese don't use it that way. but they stand in it. i think your video is not for beginners.. because it is confusing. just as I had to write this here with Google.
doesn't Chinese have two words for ghost, one where the person is still alive and the other where they are not? I never really learned that one and don't want to start using linghun even though i guess that's the one where YOU BETTER BE ALIVE DAMNIT!!!
I have to disagree with you on this episode, most of the examples you give are only applicable for greeting people you already know. For meeting strangers, saying 你好 is still probably the most common.
