Anyone here of Chinese origin but totally illiterate?

:O at first, i thought you were trying to tease me for not being able to read chinese.
i was straining my eyes to read what you typed up...
but then...they're jin's lyrics ><""

 

not TOTALLY illiterate at writing or reading but more so than i'd like to be =<

 

lol, i can prob only read the words that are really simple, lol like under 5 strokes or something, lol , but i cna speak it ,lol, speaking and hearing is prob the easiest

 

i´m only can speak and hear but i try to read and somethimes to write

 

Born in HK but grew up in Sydney since 5... so... im not considered honkie yet im also not ABC... dunno wat i am :s
speaking and understanding cantonese aint a problem... reading and writing tho....whole different story!! when i read u'll hear me read a few words.... and then hear me say alot of "mutt mutt" in between.. hahaha~

 

ABC here. only speak cantonese. i can only read the words on the mah jongs hahah.

 

Hello,

I'm Chinese from Malaysia. Can speak Cantonese but cannot read any Chinese except for my own name. My parents made sure that even though I cannot read chinese I must know how to write my name in chinese.

 

CBC! Went to Chinese school (saturday school) till grade 12 (passed with a 70) and can barely read a menu at restaurants... speak fluently though haha
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I'm from Australia. I can speak read chinese. My parents are from Singapore so we don't speak cantonese

 

Yep, same i am a Australian Born Chinese and can speak however when it comes to reading/writing i have difficulties. Simple words i can understand but harder words i cannot.

 

lol pretty much the only things u need chinese for in aussie (in every day Life) is to order chinese food and prob learn song names, lol

 

I am Malaysian chinese, unfortunately i can not read chinese as well. though i can speak fluently.

 

i can speak but i cant read it just soo sad
it makes it so bad when you cant order food in the restaurants

 

i can neither speak nor write chinese. but i do speak some hokkien

 

I'm ABC. My parents never put me through Chinese school, so most of the Chinese characters I can read are self-taught (or I learned it from taking one semester of Mandarin in college). I can only read very basic Chinese, but that's good progression considering that I didn't start until recently (2 years ago), and I learned almost everything on my own out of my own willpower.

 

lol, I read what you wrote and I noticed right away they're lyrics from MC Jin's song "Speak Can't Read." Yeah, his song basically sums it up for all of us non-native Chinese-born and our situation.

 

I'm a ABC I can only speak, I feel so dumb compare to people that can read it and write it, they make me feel like I'm not chinese at all =(

 

Yep, I'm the same way...I can speak Cantonese and understand it, but I can't read it at all. But I'm determined to start learning how to read it. It's difficult for Cantonese because what you say and what you write on a piece of paper is completely different.

 

same here.

 

me to lmao.....