why do ppl who are from Chinese speaking countries ?

Question

talking like they having a fight?

once i was at the airport I got so frightened with this group of ppl thought that they were fighting but accually they were just talking and laughing

Answer 1

Manderin sounds a lot rougher than English.
Tones are important for the meaning of the word, not just to show an inflection.

Answer 2

As a Chinese, I think it may be due to the fact that there's not much liaison between each syllable in the Chinese language, thus each character / syllable becomes very 'crispy' and 'distinct' in sound. It may give foreigner a "jabbering" impression in which every character / syllable sounds like an expletive.

But comparatively speaking, Putonghua / Mandarin (spoken in mainland) sounds better than Cantonese (widely spoken in Hong Kong) because the former carries more liaisons and has less glottal stops.

But I think it also has something to do with the way some Chinese speak, i.e. too loud and too excited.

Answer 3

As I understand it what we would think of as the same word, pronounced diferently has a diferent meaning in Chinese, they have 5 'e' sounds which all sound much the same to English ears. And the meaning is changed by inflection I think. Please correct me if I am wrong Chinese speakers. This might lead to the impression you describe. I have travelled widely and listened to many accents. Japanese put very little inflection into their speech except for 'Hai' (no) A German waxing lyrical sounds as if they are declaring war on Poland, (No offence just an impression) Kenyans sound so nice when they speak, well East Africans generally. Not keen on South Africans or Yanks but each to there own.

Answer 4

When I was in college I thought for a while it was a Chinese-speaking country. Then I realized I was still in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and still working on my degree in mathematics. Unfortunately, I don't speak Chinese, so I'm sure I missed some important points in my calculus and statistics courses.

I do have friends who were born and raised in China and I think that when they are together as a family they are a little bit louder, more boisterous, and talk faster. I think it's because they're happy to be together and have so much to talk about.

Answer 5

That is kind of like asking, " Why do people assume someone is uneducated because they can't type or spell check posted questions?" It is being based on a narrow exposure of that person or persons. If you spent more time listening to people that speak Asian dialects, you would be more familiar with the tonal quality of the spoken language and not make that assumption.

Answer 6

Go listen to some german, than you'll hear people fighting when asking someone's name.


Naw, really it's just that the english laugage is quiet compared to alot of others, and alot slower. You may notice some laugages are spoken at a faster pace as well. Specially lauages that are use to bartering alot.

Answer 7

well I am a Chinese. I think it applies for all races because for the language that we do not understand, it may sound peculiar to us the way it is being used. Just like if I hear someone speaking Japanese, I may think they are having an argument

Answer 8

Well, have you ever seen the public reaction in other countries where English is not the first language when they watch English movies with fast paced dialogues.

They laugh to bits.

I think for any foreigner it is the same to hear the foreign language

Answer 9

Not all Chinese, they might have accent in China as well. Coz I'm a Chinese, but if you hear me talk, I don't think you'll know I',m a Chinese anyway.

Answer 10

It seems that way to you because you don`t speak their language. People from different cultures have different ways of expressing themselves and what may be rude in one culture can be the opposite in an other.