Comments on: Random snippets of Chinese conversation overheard in Vancouver (Do laowai have big heads?) http://chinahopelive.net/2009/09/21/random-snippets-of-chinese-conversation-overheard-in-vancouver-do-laowai-have-big-heads A cross-cultural adventure with the personal side of China. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:34:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: tin http://chinahopelive.net/2009/09/21/random-snippets-of-chinese-conversation-overheard-in-vancouver-do-laowai-have-big-heads/comment-page-1#comment-7315 tin Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:51:37 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/?p=4054#comment-7315 这玩笑开得可以阿。不过国外的麦当劳远没有中国的 火爆。 这玩笑开得可以阿。不过国外的麦当劳远没有中国的 火爆。

]]> By: Joel http://chinahopelive.net/2009/09/21/random-snippets-of-chinese-conversation-overheard-in-vancouver-do-laowai-have-big-heads/comment-page-1#comment-7309 Joel Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:35:15 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/?p=4054#comment-7309 很可能因为我们老外都吃太多麦当劳。 很可能因为我们老外都吃太多麦当劳。

]]> By: tin http://chinahopelive.net/2009/09/21/random-snippets-of-chinese-conversation-overheard-in-vancouver-do-laowai-have-big-heads/comment-page-1#comment-7307 tin Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:00:11 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/?p=4054#comment-7307 老外头大吗？第一次从你这里听说。头大只是是相对 于身体而言的。不过Clark说的老外一切都大，基本还 是得到了民间的认同地。^^ 老外头大吗？第一次从你这里听说。头大只是是相对 于身体而言的。不过Clark说的老外一切都大，基本还 是得到了民间的认同地。^^

]]> By: Clark http://chinahopelive.net/2009/09/21/random-snippets-of-chinese-conversation-overheard-in-vancouver-do-laowai-have-big-heads/comment-page-1#comment-7272 Clark Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:15:37 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/?p=4054#comment-7272 Big head is a new one to me. I'm living in China right now, and I've heard people say foreigners have big everythings... but not heads. Give me time, though. I'm sure it'll come up. Big head is a new one to me. I’m living in China right now, and I’ve heard people say foreigners have big everythings… but not heads. Give me time, though. I’m sure it’ll come up.

]]> By: Joel http://chinahopelive.net/2009/09/21/random-snippets-of-chinese-conversation-overheard-in-vancouver-do-laowai-have-big-heads/comment-page-1#comment-7175 Joel Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:52:04 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/?p=4054#comment-7175 Huh. I have no idea if it's similar in Vancouver or not, or if there's a different situation in Sydney. I've seen Indian immigrants try to bargain at the supermarket checkout, but not Chinese. (Wasn't there some tension a while back between China and Australia over something? I forget what, but I thought I remembered hearing about a slight backlash in public opinion regarding Australia's current openness and approach to China. Maybe that's soured the atmosphere a bit?) Now that I think about it, I hear Chinese people in China talking about getting overcharged whenever they travel outside their home province, especially if they go to Shanghai. I wonder if that part of it has more to do with a general insider/outsider outlook rather than anything specifically to do with Westerners. Huh. I have no idea if it’s similar in Vancouver or not, or if there’s a different situation in Sydney. I’ve seen Indian immigrants try to bargain at the supermarket checkout, but not Chinese. (Wasn’t there some tension a while back between China and Australia over something? I forget what, but I thought I remembered hearing about a slight backlash in public opinion regarding Australia’s current openness and approach to China. Maybe that’s soured the atmosphere a bit?)

Now that I think about it, I hear Chinese people in China talking about getting overcharged whenever they travel outside their home province, especially if they go to Shanghai. I wonder if that part of it has more to do with a general insider/outsider outlook rather than anything specifically to do with Westerners.

]]> By: Michael http://chinahopelive.net/2009/09/21/random-snippets-of-chinese-conversation-overheard-in-vancouver-do-laowai-have-big-heads/comment-page-1#comment-7167 Michael Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:50:40 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/?p=4054#comment-7167 I often overhear stuff like this in Sydney, where there are also lots of Chinese. Haven't heard the big head one, but lots of other racial stereotypes: westerners are lazy, dumb, <span class="info" title="开放 - kāi​fàng​">'open'</span> (ie promiscuous), have ugly body hair, smell, or just plain <span class="info" title="神经病 - mental disorder">'shén​jīng​bìng​'</span> for anything that falls outside Chinese norms (ie charity collecting on the street, protesting, busking). I also overhear Chinese people expressing paranoid beliefs that westerners are out to get them in everyday situations - ie the supermarket checkout overcharged them just because they're Chinese, the police gave them a parking ticket just becase they're Chinese etc. I often overhear stuff like this in Sydney, where there are also lots of Chinese. Haven’t heard the big head one, but lots of other racial stereotypes: westerners are lazy, dumb, ‘open’ (ie promiscuous), have ugly body hair, smell, or just plain ‘shén​jīng​bìng​’ for anything that falls outside Chinese norms (ie charity collecting on the street, protesting, busking).
I also overhear Chinese people expressing paranoid beliefs that westerners are out to get them in everyday situations – ie the supermarket checkout overcharged them just because they’re Chinese, the police gave them a parking ticket just becase they’re Chinese etc.

]]>