Non-native Accents in Chinese Speaking Speech

[Yiwan]

All the foreigner characters spoke the same stereotyped accent in the Chinese dramas I grew up watching. I imagine there should be different accents out there just as there are a variety of accents in speaking English. I wonder if there are any non-native accent samples available on the web. Or any volunteer willing to contribute one? Thank you.

[haiying07]

Maybe you can watch this TV play called : 武林外传 my own swordsman.

You will hear many different dialects . and the tv play is very intersting.

[imron]

I think you misunderstand the OP. 武林外传 has many accents of native Chinese people. The OP is looking for different accents of non-native speakers, when they speak Chinese.

Different accents definitely exist, but I don't know if there are any samples on the web. I used to be able to pick out Korean, Japanese, Thai, French, German and well as English accents (thanks to being in classes with people from those nationalities).

[heifeng]

If anything, there are no shortage of foreigners speaking Chinese on TV. Even if you don't watch the dramas, there are always some type of xiangsheng, or cultural programs, travel programs, or chinese teaching programs that have some foreigner thrown in there somewhere...

Imron, what is that radio program with a french and irish guy...laowai kan zhongguo...something or rather...Yiwan can just tune into that. Sometimes they even have other 'waiguo pengyou' on the show as well....

[imron]

It was 老外看点. You can listen to it online at this page. They only have an RM stream. Here's a direct link to the most recent one.

[corpose]

actually i like 康熙来了，thats a Taiwan talk show, invite different stars to this program and i think it's funny and also could help u learn some Chines joke:)

[ZhouNuosi]

Corpose, how can you like those?

my gf watches 康熙来了 all the time (she's from Bj) and whenever I sit next to her and watch it too, I get this almost irresistable urge to smack something. those noises just drive me crazy

*pling* *ploing* *dong dong dong dong!!!!!* *piiiiiiiiiiiiiw* *tadadadadadaaaaaa*

but the urge disappears when I ty to imagine the guy responsible for those sounds, just pushing some buttons backstage with a serious face, sipping his coffee while creating some party atmosphere in the studio. something the creators of Family Guy would probably be able to make a good parody on.

[corpose]

lol,yeah, i admit that their r some weird sounds in that show,but sometimes its fun, such as when they talk abt some ghost stories, hahaha,anyway, maybe u could ask ur gf to explain the joks in that show, then u might find it is not 2 bad:)

[liuzhou]

Although I first learned Chinese in Xi'an, I spent most of my early days in Hunan and picked up the local accent. Even today, a decade later, although I now live in Guangxi, my wife's family call me Chairman Mao because they swear I speak Putonghua just l like he did. With a strong Hunan accent.

No, you can't have a tape.