Looking at Beijing Drain Holes!

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In what I call a "little immersion", that is an opportunity that pops up that you don't think is a learning moment but turns out you can take something from it, I'm taking a look at the drain hole covers around the compound here in Beijing. For the full list of title cards, head over to this Google Folder and have a look at the other files I have available:
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00:00 Introduction to Beijing Drain Covers (井盖 jǐng gài)
00:48 Rainwater and Wastewater Covers (雨 yǔ and 污 wū)
01:19 Electricity and Tap Water Covers (电力 diàn lì and 自来水 zì lái shuǐ)
02:23 Telecom and Engineering Covers (电信公司 diàn xìn gōng sī and 市政工程 shì zhèng gōng chéng)
04:35 Warm Water and Waste Covers (暖 nuǎn and 污 wū)
05:32 Review and Practice (复习与练习 fù xí yǔ liàn xí)
06:40 Conclusion (结论 jié lùn)

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@charlesyeeh 16 күн бұрын

Super interesting! You are probably the only KZfaqr talking about Chinese manhole covers and Chinese characters. 😂😂😂 👍👍👍

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@charlesyeeh 😂😂 And yet the original title was “Looking at Beijing Manholes”… which we had to change haha

@LibertyEater 16 күн бұрын

I got bachelor degree in mechanical engineering in China. The QT stands for “球墨铸铁（Qiu Mo Zhu Tie）” QT is the initial of “球” and “铁” while it the term means nodular cast iron, the chemical composition of QT600-3 is approximately as follows: Carbon (C): 3.6-3.8%, Silicon (Si): 2.4-2.8%, Manganese (Mn): 0.3-0.5%, Sulfur (S): 0.03-0.035%, Phosphorus (P):

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@LibertyEater thank you 😊 we were wondering if it was a Chinese abbreviation or an international standard abbreviation. Thanks for the input!

@GoddyGoodman 14 күн бұрын

非常专业和有用的释疑，赞

@kaiki8490 14 күн бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@jameslee2465 3 күн бұрын

professional explanation.

@johnli6782 16 күн бұрын

Love the fact that they are labeled. Now l am inspired to take a look at the NY manhole covers.

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@johnli6782 video or it didn’t happen!

@bellybutton6138 15 күн бұрын

I don't remember seeing fanciful drain covers where I live. In some countries, drain covers/grates keep disappearing because of people steal them for 'steel'. 😅

@johnli6782 14 күн бұрын

@stevenslanguagevlog Don't know how to upload pictures in the comment section. But NYC manholes are emblazened with the names of the company, such as ConEd, Water, ans Sewer, or NYTA ( transit authority). There are company acronyms that I don't know.

@stevenslanguagevlog 14 күн бұрын

@@johnli6782 don’t think you can, email them to me at stevenslanguagechannel@gmail.com and I can post them.

@thisisaname822 15 күн бұрын

So creative!! I’m from Beijing but never closely looked at our drain covers. Very interesting

@baichuanren885 15 күн бұрын

2:16 the full sentece is "请注意，倒车！", roughly means 'Caution, Reversing!'

@stevenslanguagevlog 13 күн бұрын

only in China!

@jameslee2465 3 күн бұрын

Attention, Reversing!

@WhyTeeisayouassstooge 15 күн бұрын

This is a very innovative and informative video. You are probably the only one who does video like this 👍👍👍

@baichuanren885 15 күн бұрын

0:54 重 is a Polyphonetic character. When pronunced zhòng, it means heavy (abj.) or weight (noun). When pronunced chóng, it means again (adv.) or duplicative (adj.). Here it means heavy, representing a heavy model of the lid, calssified under CJ/T3012-1993.

@andyho9670 15 күн бұрын

Interesting topic! Such topic can show more detail about the daily life of Chinese people. Good work!

@user-uy7eh3gt4g 17 күн бұрын

暖means地热，暖气，central heating， heating installation

@stevenslanguagevlog 17 күн бұрын

收到了🫡

@chisieuchan6434 16 күн бұрын

yu 雨 means rain storm sewer, wu 污 means sanitary sewer

@luofubo 16 күн бұрын

As I am originally from Henan, I could not resist to click into this video, if you know what I mean. lol

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@luofubo no, afraid not. This could go a couple different ways!

@rongwu-sj9ws 16 күн бұрын

你大爷的…… 😅😅😅

@rongwu-sj9ws 16 күн бұрын

@@stevenslanguagevlog This is a joke about regional discrimination in China, saying that people from Henan used to have bad behavior and often stole manhole covers to sell as scrap metal.

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@rongwu-sj9ws 😵

@rongwu-sj9ws 15 күн бұрын

@@stevenslanguagevlog He is from Henan and is being self-deprecating. At one point, China's industrial development was extremely rapid, producing 1.3 billion tons of steel annually. In the frenzy to find iron ore and scrap iron for steelmaking, the price of scrap iron skyrocketed, making manhole covers a target for many thieves. This led to a sudden increase in the number of broken bone cases in Europe at the same time (because European rogues would steal manhole covers to sell, causing pedestrians to break their legs，It's not just Europeans; Chinese people suffer from it as well. One of my classmates encountered such a "trap" while riding his bicycle at high speed. He had a severe fall, shattering his hip bone, and underwent multiple surgeries, but he will be troubled by it for the rest of his life. Sigh!). Similarly, when the Mongols invaded the West, the price of fish in Europe soared because so many fishermen were conscripted as soldiers to resist the Mongol army. In the same way, many people in China also stole manhole covers to sell. At that time, everyone blamed it on the people of Henan, and eventually, "Henan people stealing manhole covers" became a meme.

@Mad_fly48 5 күн бұрын

This is very interesting. First time see people learn sth. from holes😂

@stevenslanguagevlog 5 күн бұрын

lol, I think it's more common than we could imagine. 🤫🤭🤭

@ghsu5357 15 күн бұрын

Very creative approach to learn the language!👍👍👍

@Strangelove101 12 күн бұрын

Well done... now that's original content! as there is just too much content on foreigners covering food, Great Wall and HSR... honestly these man hole covers are quite interesting

@stevenslanguagevlog 12 күн бұрын

you saying I should scratch the "SIX phrases EVERY FOREIGNER should know before they come to China?" and other classics such as "How to use WeChat for beginners!" from my content rotation schedule? 😂😂

@yoongzy 3 күн бұрын

There's another Beijing underground of Beijing handling all Beijing's needs.

@terracecar1 15 күн бұрын

Thank you for covering this topic.

@baichuanren885 15 күн бұрын

4:46 Yes, it's for centralized heating water pipes

@jlee8041 12 күн бұрын

I like it. Interesting observations 👍

@86333able 16 күн бұрын

I think "重" on the manhole cover means "heavy duty"

@baichuanren885 15 күн бұрын

hahaha, that's some authentic Beijing dialect.🤣🤣👍👍

@keliangchan 13 күн бұрын

funny angle of view of China😆hope you enjoy. me same, when i saw these covers in UK, i would try to figure them out via numbers, letters, etc......

@stevenslanguagevlog 13 күн бұрын

@@keliangchan maybe it’s something expats see but locals would become oblivious to until it’s pointed out to them

@kaiyunchen6046 16 күн бұрын

interesting! Thank you!

@user-xw5fs3ye2w 15 күн бұрын

自来水有时候也会缩写成，污水井也会缩写成😅

@latiendaca1773 15 күн бұрын

I like your subject.

@rider2731 15 күн бұрын

You need to work on your pronunciation and tone. But your effort and originality got an A++ . Thank you for sharing. Next time I go to China again, I sure will check out those manholes.

@cadenzaskoung9198 13 күн бұрын

低頭仔細看,竟然也能看到這麼有趣的物件~~

@user-yb7vl9it5w 11 күн бұрын

JG = Jing gai = 井蓋 = Grain hole lid

@steevek 15 күн бұрын

I just realised that your chinese language is better than me!

@enzhus 16 күн бұрын

Interesting, never paid attention on that.

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@enzhus thanks for watching

@kaiki8490 14 күн бұрын

Very interesting vid

@yinhau 16 күн бұрын

闸，水闸，water gate。so 闸alone mean gate. pronounced as "zha2", not jia2。

@thomasanthony2970 12 күн бұрын

From water department so it is water gate, in short it use gate every Chinese understand except you lol.

@janusli8820 16 күн бұрын

04:29 maybe it should be 市政设施 and they made funny mistakes about the sequence when building this one

@handaxia1251 16 күн бұрын

They even made mistake with their own language, so you see..there's no hope for English

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@janusli8820 not sure what you mean, Looks more like abbreviations

@janusli8820 16 күн бұрын

@@stevenslanguagevlog The word on the drain hole was "市设政施", and it's not a meaningful abbreviation especially the latter "政施". But if you swap the second and third characters, it's "市政设施" which make alot more sense, just like others with "北京市政", and then added a word 设施/facilities.

@desongliu6463 16 күн бұрын

高！

@xingminwang5381 16 күн бұрын

QT is short for 球墨铸铁 (Qiu mo zhu Tie) Spheroidal graphite cast iron

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@xingminwang5381 谢谢🙏

@qqfill3381 14 күн бұрын

nice tutorial 😄

@alex100yi 15 күн бұрын

哈哈，太有趣了，专门对井盖进行研究，下次可以研究窗户或者大门，更有讲究！

@ChineseinAlabama 15 күн бұрын

最好不要对井盖有太多研究哦，外国人不需要太多研究井盖儿。我们都知道偷井盖的后果

@antonyip 10 күн бұрын

小红书上有个兄弟专门拍铁门

@ChineseinAlabama 10 күн бұрын

@@antonyip 是研究怎么撬铁门，偷井盖吧😂🤣

@feix5800 14 күн бұрын

1:05 There are four tones and 污 is first tone instead of second tone (such as 无). You can copy and paste the character to Google Translate to hear exactly what it should sound like. 👍

@junlifang2896 15 күн бұрын

支持你

@constanceso7399 15 күн бұрын

舉頭望明月，低頭學認字😮

@user-yw1he9ho2z 11 күн бұрын

身为中国人，我竟然不知道井盖还有这么多学问。哈哈。谢谢了😂

@kz0927 16 күн бұрын

"污 " means sewage here.

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@kz0927 yes, sewage/ waste

@mmorpg9564 13 күн бұрын

北京还有一种水叫中水，可用于冲马桶，浇花和草地，洗车和马路洒水。这种水的井盖上有一个“中”字。

@stevenslanguagevlog 13 күн бұрын

很有意思！谢谢你！

@bobbylow175 12 күн бұрын

This is like complex Sesame Street for Chinese Language 😮

@stevenslanguagevlog 12 күн бұрын

@@bobbylow175 🤣🤣🤣

@keyanggao3534 13 күн бұрын

有趣的灵魂

@kentsupermad7145 15 күн бұрын

2:09 闸，zha, translates as valve here.

@terryyeung7470 15 күн бұрын

The English subtitles on your video cannot be translated into the Chinese language😅

@stevenslanguagevlog 15 күн бұрын

@@terryyeung7470 I get that a lot 🤣🤣

@mw0062 13 күн бұрын

Damn! Is that the new way people travelling around china😂

@teatree6228 14 күн бұрын

You can read!

@user-lb3px3jq6z 13 күн бұрын

4:50 Heating ducts. Winter Heating

@stevenslanguagevlog 13 күн бұрын

@@user-lb3px3jq6z 谢谢🙏

@jont2576 3 күн бұрын

i think "zhong" could mean "heavy" as well like a warning.

@stevenslanguagevlog 3 күн бұрын

@@jont2576 could be

@setphenlee 14 күн бұрын

这个小区有点像双井的苹果社区啊。

@lukelee6680 11 күн бұрын

北京话辈儿地道!

@andrewmk8514 5 күн бұрын

This is brilliant! To other viewers, no hate, but his pronunciation is very "John Cena". Use Google Translate or other apps for proper pronunciation. I know it's hard for Americans to learn this and thank you for trying.

@fantasycelestial2908 16 күн бұрын

Hi Bro, your knowledge is a bit niche.😂

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@fantasycelestial2908 It’s always been something I’ve wondered about! Now I know 😂😂

@user-sl2mr5hd9t 14 күн бұрын

哥们你研究这个干嘛？😂

@BubbaGim 10 күн бұрын

it is a tourist trap

@user-hx1or8ls4h 14 күн бұрын

這下外國人都知道腳下的井蓋是哪家的，幹嘛的了……😅

@janelee3130 13 күн бұрын

哥，声调好多都错了。加油！

@simrcchannel 14 күн бұрын

hahaha please do propaganda lines next time you know what I mean, words on red banners 😂

@stevenslanguagevlog 14 күн бұрын

@@simrcchannel already did, look up the “Keep your dogs in line” video 😇

@alloha7374 14 күн бұрын

物勒工名😂

@genus.family 9 күн бұрын

The japanese one are way more beautiful!

@stevenslanguagevlog 6 күн бұрын

pics?

@user-zu4nl7bm9e 3 күн бұрын

Most of these are not manhole, don't drop or walk into it for fun.

@bigoldye 14 күн бұрын

This is an interesting video.

@rayclm 15 күн бұрын

The cover around 4:30 which does not make sense to you, is probably because the Chinese characters were switched in wrong sequence, Should be 北京市市政设施， Then I think it will make sense to you.

@emeliealegonero4043 2 күн бұрын

Leave their sewage alone, you knew it stink. Better get your self a girlfriend 😅

@laughingkor8643 16 күн бұрын

Sir! Not too long ago, this video alone could land you long hard labour prison term for collecting classified national security data of China for a hostile foreign power. Nowadays, your video is a threat to the national security of The Almighty US of A. Anyway, keep up the good work.

@stevenslanguagevlog 16 күн бұрын

@@laughingkor8643 thems the way the apples bounces me guesses? And despite any perceived threat, they’d still gladly tax it!

@jamescen6531 15 күн бұрын

我明白你的意思，但是你的表达容易引起误解。老外会真以为拍摄井盖会被老改。

@stevenslanguagevlog 13 күн бұрын

no idea what you mean