Have you ever been mistaken as Japanese instead of Chinese?

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by joceyz, Jan 20, 2007.

  1. Sumzen

    Sumzen Active Member

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    Japanese and Korean :)
     
  2. Howdy

    Howdy Member

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    I got a question: if people mistake you for Japanese, would you get offended?

    I currently live in the UK, and I've many times been mistaken as Japanese because people think I genuinely look like Japanese, even my friends and classmates think so. But when I correct them, esp. to complete strangers, they sometimes get quite apologetic, as if they'd just insulted me, like a white guy calling a black guy nigger.
     
  3. ghostsxy

    ghostsxy Well-Known Member

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    japanese people always mistake my wife as japanese, even though she is 100% chinese
     
  4. orangeeoz

    orangeeoz Active Member

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    I wouldn't mind being called Japanese than Chinese.

    Japanese people are more polite in more ways than Chinese :D
     
  5. Jex

    Jex Member

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    never, i get mistaken for being black :(
     
  6. roarixer

    roarixer Well-Known Member

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    eh.. sometimes mistaken as korean/japanese
     
  7. ~happydance~

    ~happydance~ Member

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    chinese is never their first guess...people tend to think im everything else BUT chinese...especially japanese, korean, and filipina.
     
  8. JspecEfini

    JspecEfini Well-Known Member

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    im a chinese american living in japan. obviously, i get mistaken all the time! it pisses me off!! i dont even look japanese, i look 100% chinese!
     
  9. wysandman

    wysandman Well-Known Member

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    Never been mistaken by ppl for being japanese, korean and viet.
    I hk Students talk to me in canto, but I canto is very limited.
     
  10. selcricify

    selcricify Active Member

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    whenever people ask its always chinese for me. like Chinese is the only thing they no really.
     
  11. rowdy331

    rowdy331 Active Member

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    all the time.. they think im filipina