Learning Chinese
- That’s not right…………………………….Sum Ting Wong
- Are you harbouring a fugitive?……………Hu Yu Hai Ding?
- See me asap………………………………..Kum Hia Nao
- Stupid man………………………………….Dum Gai
- Small horse…………………………………Tai Ni Po Ni
- It’s very dark in here………………………Wai So Dim?
- I thought you were on a diet…………….Wai Yu Mun Ching?
- This is a tow-away zone………………….No Pah King
- Our meeting is scheduled for next week……Wai Yu Kum Nao?
- Staying out of sight……………………….Lei Ying Lo
How to Tell If You’re Chinese:
- Your dad is some sort of engineer.
- You ask your parents for help on one maths problem and 2 hours later, they’re still lecturing.
- You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your pantry.
- Everybody thinks you’re “Chinese” no matter what part of Asia your ancestors are/were from.
- You drive mostly Japanese cars.
- At least once, you’ve started a joke with the phrase: “Confucius said….”
- You know what bok choy is.
- Idiot people try to impress you with pathetic imitation Chinese, like the ever so popular: ching cha wa woo bok chi ping ….
- Your parents say leaving rice in your bowl is a sin.
- At least one member in your family wears black wire/plastic framed glasses.
- Your parents say, “Calculus?!! I took calculus in the 8th grade!!!”
- Everybody thinks you know karate/tae kwon do.
- Your parents’ vocabulary is filled w/ “Ai-yah” and “Wah’s”.
- You never order chop suey, sweet and sour pork, or any other imitation Chinese food.
- You learned the birds and the bees from someone other than your parents.
- People see a bunch of scribbles on a pair of chopsticks and they ask you to translate the funny Chinese words.
- You will most likely be taller than your parents.
- Your parents made you play the piano, the violin, or both.
- You buy soy sauce by the gallon.
- You have sticks, leaves, dried skin and strange-smelling, unknown substances in your pantry for use as medicine.
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