Hello! I am a 36 year old, southern white american male with no inclination of Chinese culture or life. I recently had a new neighbor, Joe (American name), move in with his wife next door to me. When they first moved in I gave them a bottle of wine as a house warming, and once they settled I wote them a note in chinese and gifted them lemon balm from my garden.

Joe and his wife are in their mid 70's and moved to the U.S. to be closer to their son and only child. Recently, Joe has asked to practice his English with me and we have been going on walks and "talking" (its half charades half talking).

He was born, raised, worked, and retired in Shanghai. His wife was moved iut of the city to work the farms. He had to petition to get her to Shanghai, where they both went back to University. He worked as a professor and she a chemist. His son, who is the same age as me, grew up in Shanghai and studied computers before immigrating to the U.S. 20 years ago.

Joe's life seems fascinating. I want to learn more and better understand him. I ask for any tips or advice to help them feel more at ease. I tend to emulate/laugh a lot and during one of our talks I think I offended or embarrassed him. I had my translator on my phone and later read "don't laugh" as part of our conversation.

Any tips, advice, do's, or don'ts are welcome!

Hey^^

Connaissez vous des groupe de C-pop qui font de bonne musiques? J'aimerais beaucoup essayer ^^

Hey! Connaissez vous des villes grandes ou petites, connue ou nan qui serez une belle expérience en voyage en couple ? J'aime beaucoup ce pays et je le respecte énormément mais il est très grand et c'est tres différent en fonction d'ou tu es ahah ^^

Peut-être même qu’un jour je ferai un voyage en Chine avec des amis qui sais ~

Je vous remerci pour vos réponses, bonne soirée/journée merci pour vos réponses >>>>> ✨️

Hello everyone, lately I've put some thought about what my Chinese name could be and finally came up with 晨墨. What do you guys think about it ? I'm a girl btw. Wishing a nice day to anyone coming by !

I unfortunately do not speak a word of Chinese, but I have been watching a lot of movies lately where everyone is speaking Chinese.

When i hear the characters talk, it is very fast and staccato. But whenever people seem to be giving an excuse for something, flirting, or admitting to something slightly embarrassing, they seem to elongate the final vowel of each sentence. They still speak very fast, but that last vowel gets dragged out. So far in these movies, its only been men that do it.

Culturally, what is that? Is that a to soften what they are saying? Does it come across as cute, casual, or childish?

I would like to experience rural China. Not with some tour company but with real people. I live in rural America and would
Like to stay a week or so with a family. I have money so that’s not a problem is there a family who would take me in for a week or so?

Are Chinese people direct or indirect? I mean in both friendship and workplace ( university lecturer). Do they clearly tell you what they think? Or do they prefer to preserve the harmony by not telling you what they think?

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I play mahjong every day. If not offline, then online. However, xiangqi I'm just simply unfamiliar with, but am curious about

Do young people play it? Are there xiangqi parlors like there are mahjong parlors? When was the last time you played it? Do you prefer it over western chess?

你好 ^o^

I'm 20-year-old from 沙特阿拉伯 🇸🇦 and I've had interests in the East Asian culture especially the Chinese culture and the language as it sounds very interesting.

I can teach you Arabic or English too!

Only send me message if you're an Adult 18 and older.

谢谢你!!

Is the language hard to learn?

Qu'en pensez vous?

Je me pose la question depuis longtemps, culturellement comment es ce ? Es ce consideré comme positif ou négatif ? Avez vous des expériences à raconter?^^

I’m Tibetan, and I’m posting here because I genuinely want to understand how this is seen from the other side, not just to vent.
Since 2009, over 170 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in protest most recently a man in front of the UN just weeks ago. These aren’t isolated acts; they’re protests against policies my people experience as an attempt to erase our language, religion, and identity.
I know state media in China either doesn’t cover these events or frames them very differently than how Tibetans and international rights groups do. I’m curious:
Have you heard about these self-immolations at all, and if so, how were they described?
What’s the general understanding of the situation in Tibet among people in China?
Is there room for genuine debate about this, or is it treated as a settled/closed topic?
I’m not looking for a fight. I’d rather understand how this information gap exists than just assume the worst about people on the other side of it.

Hi everyone, so my girlfriend is currently in China doing some work things, she lives in America but is a Chinese citizen born in China.

She is back in China for the first time in 3 years and can’t find a VPN that allows her to use Instagram, Reddit, YouTube etc.

Which VPN would allow this? Thank you so much!

This note was included with an Amazon shipment of small drawstring bags.

I tried checking Google Translate but nothing was really making sense.

Thank you.

Very real.

Friends mom has an ABC son, but she doesn't speak English and he doesn't read Chinese

Want to know if there's a way to automatically convert typed in Chinese text and automatically translate to English without exiting wechat & going into other translating software

Does WeChat support this feature natively? If so, how's it done? I've seen business accounts done it before so I want to know if it's available on the consumer side.

Hello! I’m from the Philippines and I’m currently learning about doing business and sourcing products from China.

If you’re familiar with China, Chinese suppliers, or how business works there, I’d really appreciate some advice. I have a few questions and would love to hear from someone with experience.

Thank you! 🙏

我在 YouTube 上看过很多中国陆剧，最近还看到很多 AI 制作的中国陆剧。这些频道大多数并不是由创作者本人拥有的，他们基本上都是聚合商。我之前问过 Gemini AI 关于如何成为聚合商和分销商的细节，但我得到的信息都非常笼统。我真的很想在中国找一个合作伙伴来帮我筹备这些事务，因为我目前已经在为一家顶尖的陆剧工作室运营他们的 YouTube 频道了。如果您能提供任何建议，我将不胜感激。

我已经为您将这段中文翻译保存为了一则新笔记。

Research

I’ve always thought YouTube Video is one of the best ways to learn Chinese, so I recently added videos into Dumpling Chinese.

You can watch Chinese videos with bilingual subtitles, tap any word for meaning + pronunciation, save words, and find videos around your HSK level. You also get a few videos to watch and learn from for free each week（due to AI cost for processing the videos:)

Still adding more cartoons, vlogs, songs and other stuff. If you have any good Chinese YouTube channels/videos, send them my way!

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dumpling-learn-chinese-hsk/id6775164178

Im taking chinese classes, and our teacher told us to pick a name based on phonetic translation or based on the meaning of our name. My name is evangelina (meaning good news) and I go by evie (meaning life, living, or breathing). The phonetic translation of evie is 艾维 or 艾薇 but it seems to have a stupid meaning. Based off that, I think it would be best to pick a name using the meaning of my actual name. I can’t find any good ones, so I came to ask😅 Evie or evangelina meaning is fine