First of all, congratulations to Wang Jiaer for successfully ending the PANTHEPACK (Panda Group) tour, and the well-received variety show "Hi FangPai" has also come to an end for the time being. Although the work is over, more people know and like Wang Jiaer.
The last stop of the panda group was in Guangzhou, and Wang Jiaer even spoke Cantonese to the audience on the stage, which made many fans scream with excitement.
As we all know, Wang Jiaer is an entertainer who grew up in Hong Kong, and the dialects of Hong Kong and Guangzhou are Cantonese, so Wang Jiaer not only speaks Cantonese well, but even some of Wang Jiaer's nicknames are also considered to be related to Cantonese.
For example, Wang Jia'er's nickname "Gaga" is actually a harmonic pronunciation of Wang Jia'er's nickname "Jia Jia".
(Wang Jiaer and panda group photo)
In addition to "Gaga", when Wang Jiaer wears women's clothes, the name he gives himself "Wang Jiayi" also has the same magic.
People who don't know Cantonese may not know what the name has in particular. But cantonese speakers know that "Jiayi" is not only a very Cantonese girl's name, but also the Cantonese pronunciation is the same as the Cantonese pronunciation of "Jia'er".
Haha, I really don't know how many dialect homophones are hidden in Wang Jia'er's nickname.
(Right is Wang Jiaer women's clothing style)
If you think about it, Wang Jia'er is really talented in language. In foreign languages, English, Korean and even some French are spoken; in terms of dialects, in addition to Cantonese and increasingly standard Mandarin, they also speak Shanghainese.
Wang Jiaer is very fluent in Shanghainese, and he has made a stunning appearance in Shanghainese more than once in variety shows and interviews.
In fact, Wang Jiaer's mother is a Shanghainese. The language of ordinary children is taught by their mothers, and it is not surprising that Mother Wang teaches Xiao Jiaer to speak Shanghainese.
(Wang Jiaer with mom and dad)
But children learn language, in addition to adults to teach, but also need a language atmosphere, Wang Jiaer himself said, when he was a child, he went to live in Shanghai's grandparents' house for a month or two every year.
When Wang Jiaer recalled the interesting things about the kindergarten, he also mentioned his grandparents many times, which shows that he spent a lot of time with his grandparents. Probably when sharing the joy of the world with her grandparents, Xiao Jia'er did not hear much about Shanghainese.
The reason why Yue Xiaoya suddenly mentioned that Wang Jiaer could speak Shanghainese was because in Shanghai, the pronunciation of "JiaJia" was also similar to "Gaga" in Mandarin.
(Wang Jiaer and grandfather Mr. Zhou Yongchang, Mr. Zhou is a medical titan in China)
In Shanghainese, the pronunciation of "Jiayi" is actually very similar to the pronunciation of "Jiayi" in Cantonese.
Reading this, will anyone think it is too wonderful, how the pronunciation of the two dialects is so close.
It's a bit of a fantasy, but it's not a coincidence. Because our dialects seem to be very different, but in fact, the dialects from south to north are the stages of development of ancient Chinese from ancient times to the present.
(Wang Jia'er and grandmother)
Some Chinese language textbooks divide our dialects into seven dialects, in addition to the Cantonese dialect and the Wu dialect to which Shanghai dialect belongs, there are also Min dialect, Xiang dialect, Hakka dialect, Gan dialect and northern dialect.
This is only a rough division, not very accurate, many dialects have detailed branches underneath, like Mandarin and Northeast Chinese, although they are both northern dialects, they can also communicate with each other, but there are still differences between them.
Although the Wu dialect and the Cantonese dialect are Chinese in different periods, they all have the same origin. It's not surprising that individual words pronounce the same.
But is it a coincidence that Wang Jiaer's nickname is pronounced the same in Shanghainese and Cantonese dialects? Yue Xiaoya did not think so, but felt that Wang Jia'er's name had become very romantic.
Imagine if Wang Jia'er's name was too different in the two dialects, when Xiao Jia'er came from Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong to his Shanghainese-speaking grandparents' house, would his grandparents use Shanghainese to address his grandson in Shanghainese, or in Cantonese?
Shouting the grandson's nickname in Shanghainese may not be understood by a new child.
(Wang Jiaer and his little niece together)
But use the dialect commonly used by children to call him, not to mention whether the old man reads smoothly, maybe when outsiders call Xiao Jiaer, such as when Grandpa's neighbors and friends call Xiao Jiaer, the children will not know that the other party is shouting themselves because they can't understand.
In a word, if Wang Jia'er's nickname is pronounced the same in two dialects, it is a wonderful coincidence, and if it is intentional, it can only be said that this name is really too good to achieve.
Yue Xiaoya couldn't help but be a little curious when she wrote this, what is the name of Wang Jia'er's brother Chinese? Will Wang Jiaer's brother's Chinese name be pronounced the same as Jia'er in Cantonese and Shanghainese?
(Group photo of Xiao Wang Jia'er and his brother)
I am a yuanqi female Wen Qingyue Xiaoya, doing mudslides in entertainment reviews. Originality is not easy, infringement must be investigated. What do you think of the dialect stem in Wang Jia'er's nickname?