Obviously it has to be with fat, it tastes quite dry otherwise.

Some places definitely do better ones than others.

These aren't found anywhere south of the Yangtze river.

The short version of my question: is 惠 a word that would be used for a girl's name?

The long version: a family member who is an ABC has an anglicized version of her Chinese name as her middle name (Wai). She was told by her mother that it means smart/intelligent. This name was chosen by our Cantonese grandfather who died when we were young so we can't go directly to the source to ask for clarification.

When we asked another family member to write her name in Chinese, he wrote it as  惠 (the caveat is that he came to the United States when he was in elementary school so although he speaks Cantonese conversationally, his written Chinese is limited). 

I don't speak Chinese but the online translating tools I used told me that 惠 means benefit or favor (not smart/intelligent). I know online translations and definitions are not always accurate, so is this close to the correct meaning? And is it something that would be used as part of a girl's name?

For what it's worth, I am convinced that the correct character for her name is the homophone 慧 (which I only know because it's part of my Chinese name) but since I don't know any Chinese, I would love to hear what native speakers think!

ETA: our family did not follow the tradition of using a generational name, so no one else has a name that sounds like Wai.

My parents are from Hong Kong, I was born and raised in Canada. In January I did a bus tour in Japan and most of the guests were Mandarin speaking - the tour guide spoke Mandarin and English. I boarded the bus and smiled at the older couple sitting across the aisle from me and they smiled back and immediately spoke to me in English. I hadn’t said a thing! How could they tell I don’t speak Mandarin? Can you really tell just from someone’s appearance? I think I definitely look Chinese. Thanks, I’m just so curious! I didn’t think I dressed or did my hair and makeup that differently from the other women on the bus.

The poor guy was sandwiched between two absolute titans of Chinese history. Yet, he kind of strikes me as the type of guy who doesn't need recognition in the same way I would assume a guy like Mao would.

That uneducated assumption is based on Mao having a cult of personality cult around him while Xiaoping seemed happier in the background.

In the West, Mao is portrayed as an ineffective governor but an effective warrior and general. Many Western scholars will claim that Chinese people were afraid to say no to the war hero, no matter how crazy an idea he had.

All of this is assumed to provide the freedom for Deng Xiaoping to implement massive reforms once he passed. These reforms seem to deserve most of the credit for putting China on such a successful path economically.

My knowledge of Chinese history is lacking and full of ignorance, so please feel free to correct me anywhere.

If you made it this far, let me try to rephrase the question:

Mao and Xi seem to dominate Chinese culture and history from where I sit looking in. However, from my very basic education of Chinese history, it feels like Deng Xiaoping deserves a lot more recognition than he gets.

Do Chinese history lessons or scholars try to give this man more of the credit I feel like he deserves, or am I just completely wrong on everything? Do Chinese ever try to compare or rank their leaders or is that something the CCP would frown upon?

Thank you for anyone willing to help me learn more about a country that is hard to learn about outside of a Western biased bubble.

Hello

I've been studying Chinese for a bit, and I feel like I need to pick a Chinese name. I have a non English name, so it's doubly hard for people in my language exchange and whatnot comes programs to call me. My name means pleased &content, and I'd like that to be reflected in my name. I want a surname of either 白 or 清， with a given name that has 满。 I've seen 小满 as a name, I was wondering if there are other options? And which of the two last names would fit that first name better? Can 满意 be a name? Also I'd like a feminine, or not masculine name.

Hi guys, I need help. Anyone know title of the song , played around minute 38. Please help

How to complaint??

hi, Im currently in Shanghai. in Reddit I saw post about installing sim slot to esim iPhone. I have iPhone 16 Pro ESIM, where in Shanghai I can install sim slot but need accurate and quality work?

I just listened to a voice note from a British school manager in China, who finally addressed the elephant in the room with one of my best friends, who has spent the last 10 years teaching at international schools across Asia: **“**It's the skin color. That's the barrier.”

I honestly struggle to understand the hatred and discrimination directed toward Black teachers in China.

It’s heartbreaking and infuriating that someone can dedicate a decade of their life to teaching, building relationships, and contributing to schools across Asia, only to be told that their skin color is a problem. Imagine being told that you are “too Black” to do a job you are qualified to do.

How can we talk about international education, cultural exchange, and diversity while allowing this kind of discrimination to continue? A teacher’s ability, character, and dedication should matter far more than the color of their skin.

Can any Chinese teachers, managers, recruiters, or parents provide an explanation?

Going to China soon for a formal professional thing, business dress for the main sessions. I’m European.

I’ve got this black suit I love (see the pic), bought it at home.

Part of me wants to wear it as a small nod to where I’m going. The other part thinks that’s a terrible reason and it might be disrespectful towards the locals.

So, does this read as “black suit, slightly unusual collars”? Or as “foreigner wearing Chinese clothes”? And if it’s the second, is that actually a problem or does nobody care?

Hi! I'm wondering if you would be able to help me on something. I am particularly looking for things about Teochew culture but I could not find a Teochew-specific ask sub, so I'm hoping this will be good enough.

I did ask a 'friend' who is half Teochew but she was unable to help as she didn't have much involvement with Teochew culture and has no contact with her Teochew relatives so couldn't ask. She did give me suggestions on general Chinese culture + said she didn't remember it being too different, but she wasn't sure.

I ask because my younger brother has been interested in Teochew culture for a few years + it is nearly his birthday + I would like to gift him something that would mean something in Teochew culture. I will of course do my research of the significance + I know he will do his (if he doesn't already know) to make sure it is appreciation, not appropriation.

Is there anything I could look into? Thank you!

What do Chinese people usually like? I have no idea what to get my boyfriend because he already has everything he needs, I was thinking of getting us matching bracelets or something related to Chinese culture that he might like.

Not mid 30s yet but I'm getting there.

I completely have no family here in Canada outside of my mom. Only dated one Chinese Japanese guy for a few years. Canada feels isolating, and I'm constantly yearning to be with people who look like me and be part of a culture that feels like home. All my hobbies are Chinese aligned and I frequently think about the few times I spent with my grandparents in gz. My grandpa was a PVA.

I'm 1.72m, hourglass body, and service workers frequently tell me I look early 20s. I'm conventionally pretty, 白, mixed gz/bj/hk/a bit of korean, own a house and car, but my Mandarin isn't good. I speak Cantonese.

Do I have a chance? How would I even go about meeting and finding someone?

Do you think there's a widely accepted stereotype of how Chinese people look compared to Japanese/Koreans and also how Chinese-Americans look versus Mainland Chinese?

I'm an ABC and I get mistaken as Korean or as an international Chinese.

With how developed China is nowadays, many Chinese people are styled and dressed better than in the past and Asian-Americans are emulating Asian beauty standards more due to the trendiness of Asian pop culture. But it seems the common perception of western society is still outdated.

Hello,

I live in germanys and my chinese colleague is leaving for a different department, but staying in the company. Maybe we will see each other again, but this is kind of a goodbye.

She has been living ni germany for a longer time (15 years maybe?) but she is still very traditional chinese, goes to china for family visits and whatnot.

She now asked me if I want something from china because she wants to gift me something and that made me realise that we probably should give her a departure gift ahhh haha

do you have any idea what would be a good gift? I dont know her that well, but I like her. Is nicely packaged food ok? Any other ideas? I dont wanna offend her :(

Thank you!

Could anyone help me download a file? It’s a Procreate brush I bought on Taobao, but I didn’t realize how difficult it would be to download. One app is hard to sign up for, while the other isn’t available in my country.

Question

1. ⁠I am trying to understand my view of my Korean and Chinese labmates view on me.. I know i am cooked as I am not white and doesn’t have anything common with them except the fact that I am also asian! I am not from south asian ( india, nepal, myanmar etc) or south east asian ( eg, philipine, vietnam etc,) or central (eg. Uzbekistan) . I do look like indian/pakistani

2. ⁠I have good relations with both Koreans and Chinese. But i am starting to feel that its is fake as fck. Is it normal in the korean culture and Chinese culture?

Context :

I’m in a CHINESE lab in a prestigious KOREAN university . Yes you are right, everyone except me in my lab is Chinese including the professor .
Also I have few Korean labmate and they said my chienese labmate doesn’t enjoy department gathering.
I feel like my Korean labmates have more distance with the Chinese labmates compared to me. On surface everyone is free and friendly!

I’m not “white “ or “European “. I’m brown skinned and doesn’t have anything common with East Asian culture let alone Chinese. But problem is my pi praises me HIGHLY to my chienese labmates. Although everyone is friendly but I feel like this fake.. one person tries to show their money.

I just joined and enlightened me with the chiense view and tell me what wrong i did?

hi, i'm needing help finding a song about friendship or just a song for friends to use on my Instagram post. i tried to google this but all the results were from the 90s. what songs are people using right now for instagram when they post their friends?

for example, i've posted my friends to dreams - the cranberries and snooze - sza

hello, just as the title states. my bff’s father passed away almost a year ago. the anniversary actually falls on the “day of the dead” this year. I wanted to send some flowers or something just to let them know i’m thinking of them. (we live in different states). I don’t want to send anything taboo as they are Cantonese. if anyone could give advice on how to honor her father would be greatly appreciated!

中国是一个快速发展的国家，似乎在各个领域都在不断创新；然而，居住在中国境外的华人可能是世界上最大的移民群体。为什么会发生这种情况？