Speak English in Chinese Accent

Easy way to speak English like a typical Chinese speaker! 咋們一起用華語快速學中国人說英語 Transliteration is the main culprit that affect how Chinese people speaking English. When they wanted to learn how to say any English words, they use Chinese characters to help them pronounce. 很多大陆或者台湾的朋友说英文,都是被音译影响,都会用华语字来代替每个英文字来发音,不信就看看视频吧。 Watch Part 2 and 3! 還有第二和第三集!: Part 2: Part 3: *** Don’t believe me, try and speak the Chinese Words below, you’re gonna sounds like Chinese speaker. 哈咯,欸窩立巴低 hā lō, āi wō lì bā dī [Halo, everybody] 麥內目一絲吉米 mài nèi mù yīsī jímǐ [My name is Jimmie] 愛嘿扶冰離(w)英恩香港佛(s)踢葉(s) ài hēi fú bīng lí (w)yīng ēn xiāng gǎng fó (s)tī yè(s) [I have been living in Hong Kong for 3 years] 麥飛窩特木w以一絲占士邦 mài fēi wō tè mù (w)yǐ yīsī zhàn shì bāng [My favourite movie is James Bond] 比卡斯,占士邦一絲微利夯勝 bǐ kǎ sī, zhàn shì bāng yīsī wéilì hāng shèng [Because James Bond is very handsome] *** Because of the dominance of transliteration. 1. Chinese people tend to pronounce every single consonant. There are several Chinese words that have loanwords that are affected by transliteration, such as: Shopping - 血拼 Hacker - 黑客 Shock - 休克 - 愛目微利休克 Hamburger - 漢堡 Sofa - 沙發 Golf - 高爾夫 and transliteration of celebrity names: James bond -占士邦 Justin Bieber - 贾斯汀 比伯 Brad Pitt - 布萊德利 彼特 David Beckham - 大衛 貝克漢母\ 2. Chinese people never say the N word, normally with AN or ON Want - 望 wàng One - 望 wàng I want you - 愛望幼 ài wàng yòu You the only one - 幼抵翁里望 yòu dǐ wēng lǐ wàng Handsome - 夯深 hāng shēn Demand - 抵忙 dǐ máng Phone - 風 fēng Country - 康得裡 kāng dé lǐ 3. Chinese people can’t pronounce the TH or T with the words: This - 的士 dí shì That - 灑得 sǎ dé Train - 特練 tè liàn I train very hard - 捱S特練威利害的 āi (s)tè liàn wēi lì hài de That man is handsome - 灑得面一絲夯深 sǎ dé miàn yī sī hāng shēn Hopefully this video will give full insights on how Chinese Accent has been abused by transliteration in Chinese Language. Hopefully you as Chinese won’t make these mistakes! For better reading experience, please go to my article: #ChineseAccent #ChineseEnglish #JBAccentsChallenge
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