Can Chinese people tell the difference between Chinese & Japanese people?

[Tarik One]

or vice versa without hearing them speak? I've always wondered about this. If I were Tokyo native entering a Dim Sum joint in the heart of Chinatown, will they hosts be able to pick up on my nationality or at the very least know that I am not Chinese?

[nolebball]

or vice versa without hearing them speak? I've always wondered about this. If I were Tokyo native entering a Dim Sum joint in the heart of Chinatown, will they hosts be able to pick up on my nationality or at the very least know that I am not Chinese?

Can you determine whether or not a white male is American or Canadian without hearing their voice?

No such thing as stupid questions, just stupid people......

[Horde of Temujin]

Generally you can tell them apart, Koreans, Japanese and Chinese have distinct features

[fiddy]

or vice versa without hearing them speak? I've always wondered about this. If I were Tokyo native entering a Dim Sum joint in the heart of Chinatown, will they hosts be able to pick up on my nationality or at the very least know that I am not Chinese?
Even if i hear you speaking i wont be able to tell the difference. There are so many typical asian ethnicities vietnamese, korean, chinese, japanese its pretty hard for me to make a difference. No offence.

[Dolphin]

Can you determine whether or not a white male is American or Canadian without hearing their voice?

No such thing as stupid questions, just stupid people......

Japanese and Chinese are both nationalities as well as ethnicities.

Canadian and American are only nationalities.

Your second line is definitely correct. lol

[nolebball]

Japanese and Chinese are both nationalities as well as ethnicities.

Canadian and American are only nationalities.

Your second line is definitely correct. lol

I was going on the terms that Asian and White are races. Regardless of whether or not Japanese and Chinese are also ethnicities, you can only determine someone's race by looking at them, not their ethnicities.

[vapid]

Yes, on a fairly consistent basis. Different facial features as well as fashion sense.

[fiddy]

Japanese and Chinese are both nationalities as well as ethnicities.

Canadian and American are only nationalities.

Your second line is definitely correct. lol
USA doesnt have a nation

[macmac]

I was going on the terms that Asian and White are races. Regardless of whether or not Japanese and Chinese are also ethnicities, you can only determine someone's race by looking at them, not their ethnicities.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that made no sense at all.

[fiddy]

wut. I think you must have misunderstood.


A nation is a group of people who share culture, ethnic origin and language, often possessing or seeking its own independent government.

Its nation of nations. It consists of other nations. It doesnt have its own root or something its a mixture of nations that settled 2-3 hundreds years ago and the people that have been settling since then.

[nolebball]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that made no sense at all.

My point is that when you look at any human being, you instantly see their race. You can't see their ethnicity or their nationality. If you saw a white guy wearing a white shirt and some basketball shorts, you'd have no idea what his nationality or ethnicity is. But you would know he is white. It's really not that hard to understand.

[fiddy]

You're getting ethnicity and nationality mixed up.
One nation should consist of only one ethnicity. In case you dont belong to the ethinicity of the country you live in you are just a citizen of the country nothing more.

[macmac]

My point is that when you look at any human being, you instantly see their race. You can't see their ethnicity or their nationality. If you saw a white guy wearing a white shirt and some basketball shorts, you'd have no idea what his nationality or ethnicity is. But you would know he is white. It's really not that hard to understand.

It actually is kind of hard to understand if you consider the fact that your arguments are completely wrong and nonsensical. Who taught you these so called visual rules? You're just rambling on with stupidities and it hurts my head to even debate this.

There's a difference in physical appearance between an anglo saxon and a greek, or a turk, or an eastern european, or a spaniard, so on and so forth...there's a difference between a cambodian and a philippino and a chinese. There's difference between mexicans and colombians, etc, etc.

If you can't see the difference between a white dude and another white dude it's because you lack an attention to detail and not because there's only four or five human body prototypes

[nolebball]

It actually is kind of hard to understand if you consider the fact that your arguments are completely wrong and nonsensical. Who taught you these so called visual rules? You're just rambling on with stupidities and it hurts my head to even debate this.

There's a difference in physical appearance between an anglo saxon and a greek, or a turk, or an eastern european, or a spaniard, so on and so forth...there's a difference between a cambodian and a philippino and a chinese. There's difference between mexicans and colombians, etc, etc.

If you can't see the difference between a white dude and another white dude it's because you lack an attention to detail and not because there's only four or five human body prototypes

I'm well aware ethnicities generally have specific physical traits, but is it impossible for some of these ethnic traits to be displayed on someone of another ethnicity? Is it impossible for a Turk to look like a Greek? Colombians like Venezuelans?

When determining someone's ethnicity based solely on appearance, you're going off of major generalizations about whichever ethnicity you choose. These traits are entirely not definitive. It's a guessing game. Many Hispanic people think my girlfriend looks Argentinian, yet she is 100% Colombian. When you are determining someone's race, it is pretty straight forward.

[vapid]

More difficult if they are all asian-american, since mannerisms and clothing would be much more similar.

[macmac]

My point is that when you look at any human being, you instantly see their race. You can't see their ethnicity or their nationality. If you saw a white guy wearing a white shirt and some basketball shorts, you'd have no idea what his nationality or ethnicity is. But you would know he is white. It's really not that hard to understand.

That's not what you originally said, but I'm not gonna get too deep into these semantics.

[nolebball]

That's not what you originally said, but I'm not gonna get too deep into these semantics.

Yeah I mean it's definitely true that each ethnicity comes with their general physical traits, but I was shooting for a definitive knowledge of the ethnicity. Sorry that wasn't clear

[OhNoTimNoSho]

Its like asking if you can tell a black guy from an african. Of course you can, just ask them what they're more scared of police or aids.

[EarlTheGoat]

Chinese names are usually: ching, chong, hong, hi...etc.

Japanese names are usually: hidetoshi, yamamoto, takeshi...etc

[iamgine]

I can generally differentiate between Chinese, Korean and Japanese just by looking most of the time. They have different facial structure, clothings, hairdo and demeanor.

[Noob Saibot]

Japanese people are hairy & Chinese people are not.

[magic chiongson]

i can usually identify chinese, korean, japanese people just by looking at them. the hard ones are the short,fat koreans :/

[tgan3]

I would say you can't really tell them apart. True, there are some that look like "japanese", but they are chinese with these so called "japanese" features and japanese with the "chinese" features. In the end, there's no real way to tell them apart unless they speak, or the manner they act.

[lefthook00]

Lol..

[bdreason]

I can tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese (and Korean and Vietnamese).

[tgan3]

I can tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese (and Korean and Vietnamese).

No you can't actually. Anyway the world is so intermixed it doesn't really matter. Chinese might have Japanese ancenstry and vice versa.

[Manute for Ever!]

Because I work in a school whose students are predominantly Japanese and Korean and live in a predominantly Chineses country, I've found that it is surprisingly easy to tell the difference based on facial features/appearance alone.

[jbot]

I can generally differentiate between Chinese, Korean and Japanese just by looking most of the time. They have different facial structure, clothings, hairdo and demeanor.
don't forget fighting styles. that's important.

[magic chiongson]

if you include the way they dress..i mean tourists that are from either japan,korea, china and lived there for most of their lives, then i can definitely tell them apart

[SinJackal]

or vice versa without hearing them speak? I've always wondered about this. If I were Tokyo native entering a Dim Sum joint in the heart of Chinatown, will they hosts be able to pick up on my nationality or at the very least know that I am not Chinese?

They can easily. Even I can tell the difference most times, even between them, koreans, filipinos, etc. If you watch movies, even martial arts movies, where they have both chinese and japanese people in them, it's pretty easy to tell them apart generally. Chinese tend to be slightly darker overall, have slightly smaller foreheads and eyes, and other features that make it easier to tell them apart. At least when it comes to men. Sometimes the women can look similar.

They can look similar sometimes, but unless you simply haven't seen many of them, it's not that hard to tell the difference.

Like some other posters have said, nobody could tell the difference between us and canadians, or us and brits without us talking. It's much more awkward in those cases since we're all basically the same race. They're not though. They're just from the same genetic branch of human being.

Think of it like. . .they were all the same race at one point, but split apart a long ass time ago and by not interbreeding, they have developed differences in appearance. That's why they look kind of similar, but still different. Meanwhile us, canadians, and brits, were from the same genetic pool only until fairly recently. Therefore we look exactly the same still. Over time, we will be distinguishable from brits.

[JtotheIzzo]

Can you determine whether or not a white male is American or Canadian without hearing their voice?

No such thing as stupid questions, just stupid people......


actually there are distinct physical differences between Han Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese. add in the fashion and hairstyle trends for each country and it is quite easy to distinguish them.

China is actually a very diverse country with over 50 ethnic minorities.

[chungerball]

Chinese names are usually: ching, chong, hong, hi...etc.

Japanese names are usually: hidetoshi, yamamoto, takeshi...etc

Eurotrash...

[Horde of Temujin]

Eurotrash...


he aint even European, he's worse he's wanna be Eurotrash

[chungerball]

he aint even European, he's worse he's wanna be Eurotrash

Who the hell is that piece of shit!?? I wanna stab a fork in my eye everytime I have to see his shitty posts. He is possibly worse than onemoresucka...

[SourPatchKids]

No, but Japanese > Chinese

i kid
:lol i was going to neg you till i saw what was written in white.

[hookul]

All I can say is that I see a difference between Chinese and Japanese porn

[chungerball]

he is much worse than onemoresucka.

I will have to cautiously agree with you there. At least Onemoresucka has some funny gifs that can be entertaining. That other piece of cowshit is just turrible in everyway.:facepalm

[wRedJ10]

http://alllooksame.com/
test to see if you tell the difference between the asian (americans)

[Timmy D for MVP]

Yeah my East Asia history prof is from Beijing and she can tell you where in China they're prob from.

The difference between Japanese and Chinese are even greater.

I can tell the difference between most but I will say this, in Beijing I hard a hard time distinguishing people... it's a culture thing and what you're used to growing up with.

[brantonli]

You can even tell between Northern Chinese or Southern Chinese (or at least I can, most of the time). Plus Japanese people dye their hair, not so much with Chinese people (only in generalities though).

[Manute for Ever!]

Singapore has a lot of labourers from mainland China (mainly working in construction here) and it is quite obvious when you see them that they are not Singaporean-Chinese.

On another note, I just find it mind-boggling that people don't know the difference between ethnicity and nationality. My fiance's ethnicity is Chinese, but she has a Malaysian passport and she has permanent residency for Singapore and Australia. She is Malaysian, because that is her nationality, but her ethnicity is Chinese.

[No_Look604]

One nation should consist of only one ethnicity. In case you dont belong to the ethinicity of the country you live in you are just a citizen of the country nothing more.

yes, let's act like the majority of white people in Canada and the US didn't come from Europe originally:rolleyes:

[the]

Generally you can tell them apart, Koreans, Japanese and Chinese have distinct features

I agree.

[Manute for Ever!]

One nation should consist of only one ethnicity. In case you dont belong to the ethinicity of the country you live in you are just a citizen of the country nothing more.

If that's the case:

http://www.moonbattery.com/aborigine-australia.jpg
Australian Ethnicity: Aborigines only make up 2.6% of the Australian population, but while Europeans only settled in Australia 230 years ago, Indigenous Australians have been there for several million years. I guess I'm just citizen

[chains5000]

One nation should consist of only one ethnicity. In case you dont belong to the ethinicity of the country you live in you are just a citizen of the country nothing more.
Retarded post.

[Lebron23]

Retarded post.


Fiddy is retarded.

["Jesus"]

I can usually tell the difference. If you go to Japan, they can definitely give you a weird look.

[Kobe8]

yu canT say pure japanese or chinese... People these days are very horny and they want to discover other cultures, ya digg?:oldlol:

[shlver]

http://alllooksame.com/
test to see if you tell the difference between the asian (americans)
Strange, I could tell all the ones that were Korean but I had a little trouble between Japanese and Chinese. It's not as easy as you guys say it is.

[beer]

http://alllooksame.com/
test to see if you tell the difference between the asian (americans)

i really thought i could tell the difference before taking this test. i got 4 of 18 right lol.

[bdreason]

No you can't actually. Anyway the world is so intermixed it doesn't really matter. Chinese might have Japanese ancenstry and vice versa.



Generally, yes I can. Each has their own set of distinct features. Now, I'm not some expert or anything... but I can make decent predictions, especially if they are in a group which further emphasizes their physical AND social characteristics. Being raised in the Bay Area, and attending a JC that was at least 50% Asian for 3 years, I've become fairly good at telling the difference.

[fiddy]

If that's the case:


Australian Ethnicity: Aborigines only make up 2.6% of the Australian population, but while Europeans only settled in Australia 230 years ago, Indigenous Australians have been there for several million years. I guess I'm just citizen

I think we have different concepts of what nation is. I will give you an example of what i mean. I am Bulgarian. My nation consists of bulgarians. But 10% of the population of country consists of gypsies. They were born and raised in my country and have been here for probably 1-2 hundred years. So far so good. The difference is that they dont belong to bulgarian ethnicity, they hardly speak my language, they are not willing to socialize, they have different traditions. But i repeat they were born in the same country as was born in. Gypsies will never a part of my nation's tradition, ethnicity, religion, society and so on. However they are still citizens of my country.

Did aborigines had their own country? Any type of centralized system?

Peace.

[Dolphin]

I think we have different concepts of what nation is. I will give you an example of what i mean. I am Bulgarian. My nation consists of bulgarians. But 10% of the population of country consists of gypsies. They were born and raised in my country and have been here for probably 1-2 hundred years. So far so good. The difference is that they dont belong to bulgarian ethnicity, they hardly speak my language, they are not willing to socialize, they have different traditions. But i repeat they were born in the same country as was born in. Gypsies will never a part of my nation's tradition, ethnicity, religion, society and so on. However they are still citizens of my country.

Did aborigines had their own country? Any type of centralized system?

Peace.

Did you just come out of a first year polisci course? lol It's as though you're copying this stuff from a text book.

Technically, ya, "nation" as a word is more complicated than one might think...however the word "nation" is also commonly used to describe one's birth place or place of citizenship and nothing more. Seeing as you are somewhat intelligent, you should have known this. (ie. "I am going to compete in the nationals." or "Canada is a great nation.")

But I guess in a rush to show off your high IQ, you failed to contextualize my comment.:rolleyes:

Continue though, smarty pants.

[dyna]

Pics???

[AK47DR91]

this is not always accurate but my perception of some Asian features.

Slit eyes are very small. Slanted are curved near the nose bridge but eyes as a whole are wide or semi-wide or even wide(mostly southeast Asians).

Face features are the cheek bones, jaws, etc...

Chinese (Northern)- Eyes can be either slit or slanted, small or semi-wide. Face is usually flat unless they have Mongolian or Korean blood. Porcelain white skin.

Chinese (Southern)- Eyes are slanted with semi-wide opening. Face is a bit stronger than the Northerners.

Japanese- mostly slanted eyes with a semi-wide opening. Slightly strong jaw for men. Some have noticeable cheek bones. Porcelain skin for women. They always have a long last name.

Koreans- Slit eyes with strong face features. Strong jaws for men. Porcelian skin for women. Cheek bones are strong.

Mongolians- Strongest face feature with very recognizable jaw, big cheek bones and forehead. Eyes are very slit and small. some have Turkish/western Asian or Russian features. Face cheek are pink because of cold and wind.

Thai- Eyes are slanted on the bridge of the nose but are very wide on the outer corners. Porcelain skin. They are dark-skinned Thais as well though, mostly jungle farmers. Faces are somewhat flat.

Vietnamese- Same as Thais. Slanted eyes but very wide openings.

Cambodia/Khmer- Most have very very dark skin unless they are of Chinese heritage. Perhaps Australoid(Pacific Islanders, Polynesians) race with a mix of Mongoloid blood. They look a lot like Mexicans and Aboriginals. :roll:

Singaporeans- Mostly Chinese looking.

Filipinos- Mix looking because of Spaniard blood. Most look like Thais and Viets but with a stronger face feature, not flat faced.

Malaysians and Indonesians- looks like Arabs with somewhat of a slanted eye but wide like Southeast Asians.

[lefthook00]

When you think about it, it's easier to tell the difference between Asians than a lot of Europeans, Africans, Central/S. Americans. Could you tell the difference between a Ukrainian and a Lithuanian? German or Austrian? Someone from Congo vs. Angola? Argentina or Uruguay? The Middle-Eastern countries as well.

[tgan3]

this is not always accurate but my perception of some Asian features.

Slit eyes are very small. Slanted are curved near the nose bridge but eyes as a whole are wide or semi-wide or even wide(mostly southeast Asians).

Face features are the cheek bones, jaws, etc...

Chinese (Northern)- Eyes can be either slit or slanted, small or semi-wide. Face is usually flat unless they have Mongolian or Korean blood. Porcelain white skin.

Chinese (Southern)- Eyes are slanted with semi-wide opening. Face is a bit stronger than the Northerners.

Japanese- mostly slanted eyes with a semi-wide opening. Slightly strong jaw for men. Some have noticeable cheek bones. Porcelain skin for women. They always have a long last name.

Koreans- Slit eyes with strong face features. Strong jaws for men. Porcelian skin for women. Cheek bones are strong.

Mongolians- Strongest face feature with very recognizable jaw, big cheek bones and forehead. Eyes are very slit and small. some have Turkish/western Asian or Russian features. Face cheek are pink because of cold and wind.

Thai- Eyes are slanted on the bridge of the nose but are very wide on the outer corners. Porcelain skin. They are dark-skinned Thais as well though, mostly jungle farmers. Faces are somewhat flat.

Vietnamese- Same as Thais. Slanted eyes but very wide openings.

Cambodia/Khmer- Most have very very dark skin unless they are of Chinese heritage. Perhaps Australoid(Pacific Islanders, Polynesians) race with a mix of Mongoloid blood. They look a lot like Mexicans and Aboriginals. :roll:

Singaporeans- Mostly Chinese looking.

Filipinos- Mix looking because of Spaniard blood. Most look like Thais and Viets but with a stronger face feature, not flat faced.

Malaysians and Indonesians- looks like Arabs with somewhat of a slanted eye but wide like Southeast Asians.

Racist no? Or stereotype? How many times have you said slit or slanted.:roll:
Not all asians have slit or slanted eyes.

[AK47DR91]

Racist no? Or stereotype? How many times have you said slit or slanted.:roll:
Not all asians have slit or slanted eyes.

You'd be surprised what I put down as my race classification.

Slanted and slit =/= racist. Stereotypical and un-PC sure but that's the way I describe it. I describe black people's hair as nappy and I notice a lot of white people smell like dogs, so am I automatically a racist? :oldlol:

Anyway, my point is valid for most cases.

Slit eyes are usually small and narrow. Example below...
http://www.superiorpics.com/news/pic/daniel_dae_kim_001_091308.jpg

Slanted eyes can be small, semi-wide and very wide. It doesn't always mean small as most non-Asians seem to think. It's only slanted at the bridge of the nose.
Examples below...
http://img.epochtimes.com/i6/5032918341470.jpg
http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/yv09yuAdWd0/0.jpg

Pic 1 = Korean guy. Usually Koreans, Japanese(some), and Northern Chinese have these type of eyes. Singaporeans as well because most of them are of Chinese blood.

Pic 2 = Japanese guy. Various all over Asia.

Pic 3 = Vietnamese guy. Slanted near the bridge of the nose but very very wide on the center and corners. Most Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders have these eyes. Thai, Viets, Filipinos, etc....

[shlver]

this is not always accurate but my perception of some Asian features.

Slit eyes are very small. Slanted are curved near the nose bridge but eyes as a whole are wide or semi-wide or even wide(mostly southeast Asians).

Face features are the cheek bones, jaws, etc...

Chinese (Northern)- Eyes can be either slit or slanted, small or semi-wide. Face is usually flat unless they have Mongolian or Korean blood. Porcelain white skin.

Chinese (Southern)- Eyes are slanted with semi-wide opening. Face is a bit stronger than the Northerners.

Japanese- mostly slanted eyes with a semi-wide opening. Slightly strong jaw for men. Some have noticeable cheek bones. Porcelain skin for women. They always have a long last name.

Koreans- Slit eyes with strong face features. Strong jaws for men. Porcelian skin for women. Cheek bones are strong.

Mongolians- Strongest face feature with very recognizable jaw, big cheek bones and forehead. Eyes are very slit and small. some have Turkish/western Asian or Russian features. Face cheek are pink because of cold and wind.

Thai- Eyes are slanted on the bridge of the nose but are very wide on the outer corners. Porcelain skin. They are dark-skinned Thais as well though, mostly jungle farmers. Faces are somewhat flat.

Vietnamese- Same as Thais. Slanted eyes but very wide openings.

Cambodia/Khmer- Most have very very dark skin unless they are of Chinese heritage. Perhaps Australoid(Pacific Islanders, Polynesians) race with a mix of Mongoloid blood. They look a lot like Mexicans and Aboriginals. :roll:

Singaporeans- Mostly Chinese looking.

Filipinos- Mix looking because of Spaniard blood. Most look like Thais and Viets but with a stronger face feature, not flat faced.

Malaysians and Indonesians- looks like Arabs with somewhat of a slanted eye but wide like Southeast Asians.
Not true at all.

[Manute for Ever!]

When you think about it, it's easier to tell the difference between Asians than a lot of Europeans, Africans, Central/S. Americans. Could you tell the difference between a Ukrainian and a Lithuanian? German or Austrian? Someone from Congo vs. Angola? Argentina or Uruguay? The Middle-Eastern countries as well.

The bolded is a perfect example of the stupidity in this thread! Germans and Austrians are both Caucasean, Japanese and Chinese are their own ethnicities :banghead:

[nolebball]

The bolded is a perfect example of the stupidity in this thread! Germans and Austrians are both Caucasean, Japanese and Chinese are their own ethnicities :banghead:

False, Caucasian is a race

[vapid]

Koreans have more angular features imo. Especially the guys. The girls try to overcompensate for it sometimes

[jbot]

don't Japanese people have a more rounded face?