Some of its exceptions: Chinatowns have always been places where Chinese can go to relieve homesickness and hear the sound of their mother tongue. In Yokohama's, however, precious little Chinese is spoken; what strikes the ear all day ishai and sayonara.
歷來，中國城都是異鄉華人聽鄉音、解鄉愁之處；橫濱中華街則漢音少聞，入耳盡是「啊諾」、「嗨」。