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Chinese in the workplace

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SexxxyTech

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I work for a computer disty which is 96 % Chinese. 9 times of 10 they are speaking Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese, and i dont have a problem with it at all. (my CO-Worker hates it, we are the only 2 non-asian americans in the company) They are always talking loud, but i want to know , what does Nee-Ga mean. I dont think they are trying to disrespect blacks, but I hear it everyday. What does it mean. Shay-Shay, did i spell that right?
 
means hello

ne-ha-ma or something

kinda a hello, how are you type thing

shay shay means thank you

and i have no idea about the spelling either.
 
i don't think so. nee-how or nee-how-ma are the hello/how are you greetings. but those only happen at the beginning of conversations.

i really think what they're saying is derogatory. think about what the word sounds like in english.
 
Originally posted by: SexxxyTech
I work for a computer disty which is 96 % Chinese. 9 times of 10 they are speaking Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese, and i dont have a problem with it at all. (my CO-Worker hates it, we are the only 2 non-asian americans in the company) They are always talking loud, but i want to know , what does Nee-Ga mean. I dont think they are trying to disrespect blacks, but I hear it everyday. What does it mean. Shay-Shay, did i spell that right?
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my mother tongue is cantonese

nee ga / sounds like "it's yours" to me in Cantonese


Shay - Shay / "Thank You" in Mandarin

i work in a computer disty too : ) (98% chinese here i say)
 
Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
i don't think so. nee-how or nee-how-ma are the hello/how are you greetings. but those only happen at the beginning of conversations.

i really think what they're saying is derogatory. think about what the word sounds like in english.
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Yes, Nee how , thats hello, hi, i hear that every day, 100 times a day. Nee-Ga, i dont think they aer being derogatory, no asians respond to this thread yet?
 
My work is about 50% chinese, but as soon as 2 chinese people are in proximity, they switch to Chinese. It's a little irritating, but I guess for them it's easier to talk in the language they grew up with.
 
In mandarin, "nee-ga" is kinda like "this". "na-ga" is like "that". In cantonese, the closest I can make it out to be would be "yours"? Someone will surely correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Originally posted by: SexxxyTech
I work for a computer disty which is 96 % Chinese. 9 times of 10 they are speaking Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese, and i dont have a problem with it at all. (my CO-Worker hates it, we are the only 2 non-asian americans in the company) They are always talking loud, but i want to know , what does Nee-Ga mean. I dont think they are trying to disrespect blacks, but I hear it everyday. What does it mean. Shay-Shay, did i spell that right?
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i forget what it means, but its something in mandarin...when my g/f is speaking chinese with her friends or family they always say it...its a very common word though
 
Originally posted by: Ernieb
Originally posted by: SexxxyTech
I work for a computer disty which is 96 % Chinese. 9 times of 10 they are speaking Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese, and i dont have a problem with it at all. (my CO-Worker hates it, we are the only 2 non-asian americans in the company) They are always talking loud, but i want to know , what does Nee-Ga mean. I dont think they are trying to disrespect blacks, but I hear it everyday. What does it mean. Shay-Shay, did i spell that right?
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my mother tongue is cantonese

nee ga / sounds like "it's yours" to me in Cantonese


Shay - Shay / "Thank You" in Mandarin

i work in a computer disty too : ) (98% chinese here i say)
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Which computer Disty?

 
Nee-ga is just the N word with a chinese accent. Sorry to inform you of that. *sigh*


just kidding... no idea.
 
Though in cantonese, it sounds like NEE-goy instead of nee-ga in madarin.

No they aren't dissin blacks.

I work with a bunch of chinese people too, this language got so many variants that I can't keep up.
 
Originally posted by: brtspears2
Though in cantonese, it sounds like NEE-goy instead of nee-ga in madarin.

No they aren't dissin blacks.

I work with a bunch of chinese people too, this language got so many variants that I can't keep up.
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Didnt think they were, thanks
 
Originally posted by: SexxxyTech
Originally posted by: Ernieb
Originally posted by: SexxxyTech
I work for a computer disty which is 96 % Chinese. 9 times of 10 they are speaking Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese, and i dont have a problem with it at all. (my CO-Worker hates it, we are the only 2 non-asian americans in the company) They are always talking loud, but i want to know , what does Nee-Ga mean. I dont think they are trying to disrespect blacks, but I hear it everyday. What does it mean. Shay-Shay, did i spell that right?
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my mother tongue is cantonese

nee ga / sounds like "it's yours" to me in Cantonese


Shay - Shay / "Thank You" in Mandarin

i work in a computer disty too : ) (98% chinese here i say)
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Which computer Disty?
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Toronto, Ontario Canada 🙂
 
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