'You think you better than us?' S'pore Chinatown diner yells at teen for not speaking Mandarin

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Video of man berating teen at Chinatown restaurant for not speaking Mandarin goes viral: ‘You think you’re better than us?’​

The angry man gesticulates as he berates the teen. PHOTO: SGVIRALITY/FACEBOOK



Ivan Lim

PublishedMar 14, 2026, 10:03am
UpdatedMar 14, 2026, 10:14am

A video of a man, allegedly intoxicated, berating a teenager for not speaking Mandarin at the al fresco area of what appears to be a restaurant in Chinatown has gone viral.

The 25-second clip, shared on Facebook page SGVirality with no source attribution, shows a man yelling at someone, purportedly a teenager. The youth appears only briefly as the man shoves him, while anything he might have said in his defence was either not recorded or drowned out by older man's shouting.

“You think you’re better than us, right? Why? You speak English, you good, ah?

“You don’t speak Chinese, right? Then you f*** off.

“Don’t eat here. Don’t eat here. I will buy your bill, don’t eat here. You don’t speak Chinese, f*** you.

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“Don’t stand there. Do not stand there,” says the man in the video. In fact, he doesn’t just say it — he shouts every word of his rebuke and has to be restrained by his friends.

Aside from the caption of the video, which reads: ”Chinese teen got scolded by drunkard for ‘Don’t speak Chinese’,” there is little context and no explanation for why the man is so angry.

Based on the surroundings seen in the video, the incident likely took place at a popular Chinese restaurant in Chinatown.

Netizens point out irony of man not speaking Mandarin​

The video, posted on March 11, has garnered over 111,000 views, 300 reactions and 190 comments.

 

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[syed putra]

How if gf father like this ?

 

[Worm]

Chinese Chauvinism in Singapore
https://brill.com/view/journals/tcea/15/1/article-p67_67.xml

 

[batman1]

How if gf father like this ?

U run away as fast as a deer. 555

 

[eatshitndie]

best to use hokkien vulgarities in chinatown.

 

[bobby]

SG national languish Bahasa Melayu…can only say such things if the teen cannot speak Melayu