In general no. And as someone working with a bunch of Chinese people in the Southern U.S., it’s sort of hilarious. They typically only use neige as a verbal pause when actually speaking Chinese. When speaking English they don’t have a verbal pause, they typically just sort of stand there with their mouth open trying to think of the English word, so you really only hear them saying, “neige, neige, neige” when you have several Chinese people all talking to each other, but the way it’s used it gets repeated rapid-fire while they think of the next thing to say, and it’s certainly something people’s ears pick out of the conversation.
In general no. And as someone working with a bunch of Chinese people in the Southern U.S., it’s sort of hilarious. They typically only use neige as a verbal pause when actually speaking Chinese. When speaking English they don’t have a verbal pause, they typically just sort of stand there with their mouth open trying to think of the English word, so you really only hear them saying, “neige, neige, neige” when you have several Chinese people all talking to each other, but the way it’s used it gets repeated rapid-fire while they think of the next thing to say, and it’s certainly something people’s ears pick out of the conversation.