辨别美籍华人的88种方法
仅供参考。
1. You look like you are 18. 你看起来好像才18。
2. You like to eat chicken feet. 你喜欢吃鸡爪。
3. You suck on fish heads and fish fins. 你吃鱼时会吸鱼头和鱼鳍。
4. You have a Chinese knickknack hanging on your rear view mirror. 你的车子后视镜上会吊中国装饰品。
5. You sing karaoke. 你唱KTV。
6. Your house is covered with tile. 你的房子铺的是瓷砖 。
7. Your kitchen is covered by a sticky film of grease. 你的厨房盖着一层粘稠的油脂 。
8. Your stove is covered with aluminum foil. 你的炉子上面有铝箔盖着。
9. You leave the plastic covers on your remote control. 你的遥控器外面包着塑料布。
10. You’ve never kissed your mom or dad. 你从没吻过你父母 。
11. You’ve never hugged your mom or dad. 你从没拥抱过你父母。
12. Your unassisted vision is worse than 20/500. 你不戴眼镜是睁眼瞎。(20/500 is a term used to describe that a person can see an object at 20 ft while normal sighted person can see the same object at 500 ft. If you have a vision worse than 20/500, you are legally blind. )
13. You wear contacts, to avoid wearing your "coke bottle glasses". 你戴隐形眼镜,免得戴你的"厚质眼镜" 。
14. You’ve worn glasses since you were in fifth grade. 你五年级开始就戴眼镜了。
15. Your hair sticks up when you wake up. 你睡醒后头发会竖在头上。
16. You’ll haggle over something that is not negotiable. 你会无理取闹。
17. You love to use coupons. 你喜欢用折价券。
18. You drive around looking for the cheapest petrol. 你开着车子到处找最便宜的汽油。
19. You drive around for hours looking for the best parking space. 你开着车子兜圈为了找到最好的停车位。
20. You take showers at night. 你晚上洗澡。
21. You avoid the non-free snacks in hotel rooms. 你不吃旅店房间里的交费食品。
22. You don’t mind squeezing 20people into one motel room. 你不介意二十个人挤一间汽车旅馆。
23. Most girls have more body hair than you, if you are male. 如果你是男的, 那么大多数女人身上的体毛比你多。
24. You tap the table when someone pours tea for you. 别人为你倒茶, 你就用手敲一下桌子。
25. You say "Aiya!"and "Wah!"frequently. 你经常说"哎呀" 和 "哇" 。
26. You don’t want to wear your seatbelt because it is uncomfortable. 你不喜欢系安全带因为安全带让你感觉不舒服。
27. You love Las Vegas, slot machines, and blackjack. 你喜欢拉斯维加斯, 老虎机和二十一点。
28. You un-wrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can reuse the paper. 你细心地打开你的圣诞节礼物, 因为你要留着包装纸再用。
29. You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50%off. 你只会在圣诞节后买打五折的圣诞卡。
30. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table. 你的厨房桌子上有一条塑料桌布。
31. You spit bones and other food scraps on the table. That’s why you need the vinyl tablecloth. 你把骨头和其他杂碎吐在桌子上, 这就是为什么你需要桌布。
32. You have stuff in the freezer since the beginning of time. 你的电冰箱存着年久不用的食物。
33. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack. 你把洗碗机当碗橱用。
34. You have never used your dishwasher. 你从来没用过你的洗碗机。
35. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times. 你有一个热水瓶里面永远装着热水。
36. You eat all meals in the kitchen. 你在厨房吃饭。
37. You save grocery bags, aluminum foil, and aluminum containers. 你把用过的塑料袋, 锡纸和锡盘留着。
38. You have a piano in your living room. 你客厅里有一架钢琴。
39. You pick your teeth at the dinner table (but you cover your mouth). 你会在餐桌上剔牙, 但用手遮着嘴。
40. You twirl your pen around your fingers. 你会让笔在手指间旋转。
41. You hate to waste food. 你讨厌浪费食物。
42. You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing. 你冰箱里有盛有三口剩饭或一只鸡翅膀的塑料盘。
43. You don’t own any real Tupperware -only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars. 你家里没有真正的家用塑料制品,只有一橱子仔细洗过后再用的油瓶,饭盒和果酱瓶。
44. You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses. 你把果酱瓶当水杯用。
45. You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel. 你有每次住店收集免费香波的爱好。
46. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (travel means any car ride longer than 15minutes). These snacks are always dried and include dried plums, mango, ginger, and squid. 你每次外出(驱车超过十五分钟就算外出)都会带着你的食品。这些零食总是干的,包括干李子, 芒果, 或鱿鱼。
47. You wash your rice at least 2-3times before cooking it. 煮饭前你至少会洗2-3次米。
48. Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself. 你爸以为他自己可以修任何东西。
49. The dashboard of your Honda is covered by hundreds of small toys. 你的本田车的仪表板上堆了无数的玩具。
50. You don’t use measuring cups. 你不用量杯。
51. You beat eggs with chopsticks. 你用筷子打鸡蛋。
52. You have a teacup with a cover on it. 你有一个有盖的茶杯。
53. You always look phone numbers up in the phone book, since calling information (*69) costs 50 cents. 你总是在电话簿里找电话号码, 因为咨询电话费用为五角。
54. You only make long distance calls after 11pm. 你只在11点后打长途。
55. If you are male, you clap at something funny and if you are female, you giggle whilst placing a hand over your mouth. 如果你是位男性,你会对好笑的东西鼓掌,如果你是位女性,你会捂着嘴咯咯的笑。
56. You like Chinese films in their original un-dubbed versions. 你喜欢没有配过音的原版中国电影。
57. You love Chinese Martial Arts films. 你喜欢中国功夫片。
58. You’ve learnt some form of martial arts. 你会一些中国武术。
59. Shaolin actually means something to you. 少林对你来说是有含义的。
60. You like congee with thousand-year-old eggs. 你喜欢皮蛋瘦肉粥吧。
61. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached. 你喜欢有头有腿的虾。
62. You never call your parents just to say hi. 你从不只为了问声好而给你父母打电话。
63. If you don’t live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you’ve eaten, even if it’s midnight. 如果你不在家住而你的父母来电话时, 即使是半夜12点, 他们也会问你吃了吗。
64. When you’re sick, your parents tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods due to yeet hay. 当你病了的时候, 你父母要你不吃油炸食品和烤的东西, 因为你上火了。
65. You know what yeet hay is. 你知道上火是什么意思。
66. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only 10 feet apart. 你上班时给你中国朋友发伊妹儿, 即使你们相距10尺。
67. You use a face cloth. 你使用面巾。
68. You starve yourself before going to all you can eat places. 你去吃自助餐前会把自己饿个半死。
69. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics. 你认识可以打折卖给你珠宝或电器的人。
70. You save your old Coke bottle glasses even though you"re never going to use them again. 你留着用过的可乐瓶。
71. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it. 你有自己的切肉刀而且你会磨它。
72. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin. 你的牙膏都挤到纸一样薄。
73. You know what moon cakes are. 你知道月饼是什么。
74. When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out. 当厕纸降价时, 你买了100多卷并囤在衣橱或已搬出去住的孩子的卧室里。
75. Your parents know how to launch nasal projectiles。你父母知道怎么使劲儿擤鼻涕。
76. You iron your own shirts. 你自己烫衣服。
77. You play a musical instrument. 你会弹奏一种乐器。
78. Even if you’re totally full, if someone says they’re going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you’ll finish them. 即使你饱了, 当别人要把剩下的菜倒掉时你会一嘴把它吃完。
79. You’ve eaten a red bean Popsicle. 你吃过红豆冰棍。
80. You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you visit people’s homes. 你拜访别人时会带着桔子之类的水果。
81. You fight over who pays the dinner bill. 你在餐后抢着付帐单。
82. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law. 你的主科是实用型的, 如工程学, 医学或法律。
83. You live with your parents and you are 30years old (and they prefer it that way). Or if you’re married and 30 years old, you live in the apartment next door to your parents, or at least in the same neighborhood. 你三十岁时还和父母住在一起并且他们也喜欢你这样。 或者你已经三十岁并且结婚了, 但你还住在父母隔壁或同个小区。
84. You don’t tip more than 10% at a restaurant, and if you do, you tip Chinese delivery guys/waiters more. 在餐馆你不会给超过10%的小费, 即使给, 也大多给送外买的中国人或服务员。
85. You have acquired a taste for bitter melon. 你爱好吃苦瓜。
86. You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don’t eat the last piece of food on the table. 你吃光碗里的最后一粒米, 但不吃盘里的最后一口菜。
87. You know why there are 88 reasons. 你知道为什么这里有88条理由。
88. You see the truth in this and then send it to all your Chinese friends. 你发觉这里说的都是真的, 所以你把它转发给你认识的所有中国朋友。
1. You look like you are 18. 你看起来好像才18。
2. You like to eat chicken feet. 你喜欢吃鸡爪。
3. You suck on fish heads and fish fins. 你吃鱼时会吸鱼头和鱼鳍。
4. You have a Chinese knickknack hanging on your rear view mirror. 你的车子后视镜上会吊中国装饰品。
5. You sing karaoke. 你唱KTV。
6. Your house is covered with tile. 你的房子铺的是瓷砖 。
7. Your kitchen is covered by a sticky film of grease. 你的厨房盖着一层粘稠的油脂 。
8. Your stove is covered with aluminum foil. 你的炉子上面有铝箔盖着。
9. You leave the plastic covers on your remote control. 你的遥控器外面包着塑料布。
10. You’ve never kissed your mom or dad. 你从没吻过你父母 。
11. You’ve never hugged your mom or dad. 你从没拥抱过你父母。
12. Your unassisted vision is worse than 20/500. 你不戴眼镜是睁眼瞎。(20/500 is a term used to describe that a person can see an object at 20 ft while normal sighted person can see the same object at 500 ft. If you have a vision worse than 20/500, you are legally blind. )
13. You wear contacts, to avoid wearing your "coke bottle glasses". 你戴隐形眼镜,免得戴你的"厚质眼镜" 。
14. You’ve worn glasses since you were in fifth grade. 你五年级开始就戴眼镜了。
15. Your hair sticks up when you wake up. 你睡醒后头发会竖在头上。
16. You’ll haggle over something that is not negotiable. 你会无理取闹。
17. You love to use coupons. 你喜欢用折价券。
18. You drive around looking for the cheapest petrol. 你开着车子到处找最便宜的汽油。
19. You drive around for hours looking for the best parking space. 你开着车子兜圈为了找到最好的停车位。
20. You take showers at night. 你晚上洗澡。
21. You avoid the non-free snacks in hotel rooms. 你不吃旅店房间里的交费食品。
22. You don’t mind squeezing 20people into one motel room. 你不介意二十个人挤一间汽车旅馆。
23. Most girls have more body hair than you, if you are male. 如果你是男的, 那么大多数女人身上的体毛比你多。
24. You tap the table when someone pours tea for you. 别人为你倒茶, 你就用手敲一下桌子。
25. You say "Aiya!"and "Wah!"frequently. 你经常说"哎呀" 和 "哇" 。
26. You don’t want to wear your seatbelt because it is uncomfortable. 你不喜欢系安全带因为安全带让你感觉不舒服。
27. You love Las Vegas, slot machines, and blackjack. 你喜欢拉斯维加斯, 老虎机和二十一点。
28. You un-wrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can reuse the paper. 你细心地打开你的圣诞节礼物, 因为你要留着包装纸再用。
29. You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50%off. 你只会在圣诞节后买打五折的圣诞卡。
30. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table. 你的厨房桌子上有一条塑料桌布。
31. You spit bones and other food scraps on the table. That’s why you need the vinyl tablecloth. 你把骨头和其他杂碎吐在桌子上, 这就是为什么你需要桌布。
32. You have stuff in the freezer since the beginning of time. 你的电冰箱存着年久不用的食物。
33. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack. 你把洗碗机当碗橱用。
34. You have never used your dishwasher. 你从来没用过你的洗碗机。
35. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times. 你有一个热水瓶里面永远装着热水。
36. You eat all meals in the kitchen. 你在厨房吃饭。
37. You save grocery bags, aluminum foil, and aluminum containers. 你把用过的塑料袋, 锡纸和锡盘留着。
38. You have a piano in your living room. 你客厅里有一架钢琴。
39. You pick your teeth at the dinner table (but you cover your mouth). 你会在餐桌上剔牙, 但用手遮着嘴。
40. You twirl your pen around your fingers. 你会让笔在手指间旋转。
41. You hate to waste food. 你讨厌浪费食物。
42. You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing. 你冰箱里有盛有三口剩饭或一只鸡翅膀的塑料盘。
43. You don’t own any real Tupperware -only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars. 你家里没有真正的家用塑料制品,只有一橱子仔细洗过后再用的油瓶,饭盒和果酱瓶。
44. You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses. 你把果酱瓶当水杯用。
45. You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel. 你有每次住店收集免费香波的爱好。
46. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (travel means any car ride longer than 15minutes). These snacks are always dried and include dried plums, mango, ginger, and squid. 你每次外出(驱车超过十五分钟就算外出)都会带着你的食品。这些零食总是干的,包括干李子, 芒果, 或鱿鱼。
47. You wash your rice at least 2-3times before cooking it. 煮饭前你至少会洗2-3次米。
48. Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself. 你爸以为他自己可以修任何东西。
49. The dashboard of your Honda is covered by hundreds of small toys. 你的本田车的仪表板上堆了无数的玩具。
50. You don’t use measuring cups. 你不用量杯。
51. You beat eggs with chopsticks. 你用筷子打鸡蛋。
52. You have a teacup with a cover on it. 你有一个有盖的茶杯。
53. You always look phone numbers up in the phone book, since calling information (*69) costs 50 cents. 你总是在电话簿里找电话号码, 因为咨询电话费用为五角。
54. You only make long distance calls after 11pm. 你只在11点后打长途。
55. If you are male, you clap at something funny and if you are female, you giggle whilst placing a hand over your mouth. 如果你是位男性,你会对好笑的东西鼓掌,如果你是位女性,你会捂着嘴咯咯的笑。
56. You like Chinese films in their original un-dubbed versions. 你喜欢没有配过音的原版中国电影。
57. You love Chinese Martial Arts films. 你喜欢中国功夫片。
58. You’ve learnt some form of martial arts. 你会一些中国武术。
59. Shaolin actually means something to you. 少林对你来说是有含义的。
60. You like congee with thousand-year-old eggs. 你喜欢皮蛋瘦肉粥吧。
61. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached. 你喜欢有头有腿的虾。
62. You never call your parents just to say hi. 你从不只为了问声好而给你父母打电话。
63. If you don’t live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you’ve eaten, even if it’s midnight. 如果你不在家住而你的父母来电话时, 即使是半夜12点, 他们也会问你吃了吗。
64. When you’re sick, your parents tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods due to yeet hay. 当你病了的时候, 你父母要你不吃油炸食品和烤的东西, 因为你上火了。
65. You know what yeet hay is. 你知道上火是什么意思。
66. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only 10 feet apart. 你上班时给你中国朋友发伊妹儿, 即使你们相距10尺。
67. You use a face cloth. 你使用面巾。
68. You starve yourself before going to all you can eat places. 你去吃自助餐前会把自己饿个半死。
69. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics. 你认识可以打折卖给你珠宝或电器的人。
70. You save your old Coke bottle glasses even though you"re never going to use them again. 你留着用过的可乐瓶。
71. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it. 你有自己的切肉刀而且你会磨它。
72. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin. 你的牙膏都挤到纸一样薄。
73. You know what moon cakes are. 你知道月饼是什么。
74. When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out. 当厕纸降价时, 你买了100多卷并囤在衣橱或已搬出去住的孩子的卧室里。
75. Your parents know how to launch nasal projectiles。你父母知道怎么使劲儿擤鼻涕。
76. You iron your own shirts. 你自己烫衣服。
77. You play a musical instrument. 你会弹奏一种乐器。
78. Even if you’re totally full, if someone says they’re going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you’ll finish them. 即使你饱了, 当别人要把剩下的菜倒掉时你会一嘴把它吃完。
79. You’ve eaten a red bean Popsicle. 你吃过红豆冰棍。
80. You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you visit people’s homes. 你拜访别人时会带着桔子之类的水果。
81. You fight over who pays the dinner bill. 你在餐后抢着付帐单。
82. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law. 你的主科是实用型的, 如工程学, 医学或法律。
83. You live with your parents and you are 30years old (and they prefer it that way). Or if you’re married and 30 years old, you live in the apartment next door to your parents, or at least in the same neighborhood. 你三十岁时还和父母住在一起并且他们也喜欢你这样。 或者你已经三十岁并且结婚了, 但你还住在父母隔壁或同个小区。
84. You don’t tip more than 10% at a restaurant, and if you do, you tip Chinese delivery guys/waiters more. 在餐馆你不会给超过10%的小费, 即使给, 也大多给送外买的中国人或服务员。
85. You have acquired a taste for bitter melon. 你爱好吃苦瓜。
86. You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don’t eat the last piece of food on the table. 你吃光碗里的最后一粒米, 但不吃盘里的最后一口菜。
87. You know why there are 88 reasons. 你知道为什么这里有88条理由。
88. You see the truth in this and then send it to all your Chinese friends. 你发觉这里说的都是真的, 所以你把它转发给你认识的所有中国朋友。
(编辑:听云)