The Toisan Joy Luck Club

June 22, 2007 - A Family Reunion

Filmed by Jeffrey Gee Chin

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Joy Luck Club
• Toisan
• Chinese American
• Po Po
• Grandparents
• village songs
• family
• culture
• history

[Chinesehero]

Hoisan People Rock! YEAAAAAAAH!!!

[leapmanproductions]

@Chinesehero W00t w00t! MO Heck A FEE FAI LA!

[Kr4zi4ur0mg]

lol I laughed so hard! hahahahaha I don't understand toisan but I have a lot of friends who speak it , I find it funny lol.

[leapmanproductions]

@Kr4zi4ur0mg hehe, I'm glad you liked it. What dialects do you speak?

[VJtheDJ]

Oh my gosh, what a pleasure it is to hear my native tongue. It's too bad there aren't more videos that spotlight our language. Thank you so much for sharing!! How about this rhyme in Hoi San.

Fee Doot Doot, Hek Pai Goot, Hek Gai Bee, Oo Chew Pee.

[LeoFireKingdom]

@VJtheDJ

Translation : Fat person. Eat spare ribs. Eat drumstick. Fart.

[MsChristinaFong]

I like this song my uncle came up with to get out of eating dinner, "Ngoy mm heack, ngoy oo teack." I can't eat, my stomach hurts xD

[theblueshuttle]

jeffrey man. Nice video. Also, Toishan is a region, not a province. Its in Guangdong Provicen, just to tell you.

[BMET4A2]

I love this, i understand the 2 older ladies more!! but i love the hoisan language it is the lang of my gnin gnin

[VJtheDJ]

Oh my gosh, what a pleasure it is to hear my native tongue. It's too bad there aren't more videos that spotlight our language. Thank you so much for sharing!!