The place to ask China-related questions!
Beijing Shanghai Guangzhou Shenzhen Chengdu Xi'an Hangzhou Qingdao Dalian Suzhou Nanjing More Cities>>

Categories

Close
Welcome to eChinacities Answers! Please or register if you wish to join conversations or ask questions relating to life in China. For help, click here.
X

Verify email

Your verification code has been sent to:

Didn`t receive your code? Resend code

By continuing you agree to eChinacities's Privacy Policy .

Sign up with Google Sign up with Facebook
Sign up with Email Already have an account? .
Posts: 3

General

0
2
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
2

Q: My doctor called me very beautiful?

I have been seeing my doctor for about a month every week he is an herbalist. Sometimes I thought he was awkward with me then today he comes to get me from the waiting room. And as we are walking to his office he tells me u look very beautiful. I was flattered but now I don't know what to expect cause he never said that before. How should I take it when a man from China calls me very beautiful? I've been called pretty from other Asians before but never very beautiful. Kinda wondering what it means from Chinese culture I'm black and Asian race myself

7 years 2 days ago in  General  - China

 
Highest Voted
Posts: 3868

Emperor

1
3
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
2

Take it as a compliment!

 

Then consider that he might want to ask you for a date. He might be taking his time to work up to this. If you are not interested then have a good excuse ready for this time so he doesn''t lose face when you reject him.

Zethe:

Yes, or you might end up in some hotwater.
You don't want to be on the receiving end of a Chinese doctor who just lost face.
Never know with all the glass hearts in this land.

7 years 1 day ago
Report Abuse

Shining_brow:

Simple, but perhaps effective, would be 'In my country, it's considered immoral/unethical to date a patient".

 

Alternatively, tell him you've got a fiance back in your home country.

7 years 1 day ago
Report Abuse
Report Abuse
7 years 1 day ago
 
Answers (4)
Comments (4)
Posts: 3868

Emperor

1
3
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
2

Take it as a compliment!

 

Then consider that he might want to ask you for a date. He might be taking his time to work up to this. If you are not interested then have a good excuse ready for this time so he doesn''t lose face when you reject him.

Zethe:

Yes, or you might end up in some hotwater.
You don't want to be on the receiving end of a Chinese doctor who just lost face.
Never know with all the glass hearts in this land.

7 years 1 day ago
Report Abuse

Shining_brow:

Simple, but perhaps effective, would be 'In my country, it's considered immoral/unethical to date a patient".

 

Alternatively, tell him you've got a fiance back in your home country.

7 years 1 day ago
Report Abuse
Report Abuse
7 years 1 day ago
 
Posts: 827

Shifu

0
2
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
2

Do you think he is handsome?

Report Abuse
7 years 1 day ago
 
Posts: 5156

Emperor

1
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
1

Was my post deleted?

 

I love it when Chinese guys try to pose as foreign women.

icnif77:

I think, 'cause of (your) hooters 

 

I guess, it's immoral .

6 years 52 weeks ago
Report Abuse
Report Abuse
6 years 52 weeks ago
 
Posts: 2531

Emperor

0
0
You must be a registered user to vote!
You must be a registered user to vote!
0

It means he is trying to be polite.

 

I have been called "very handsome" a million times. I take it with a grain of salt because Chinese use this as a method of being polite, conversation and emotional manipulation. 

 

I am sure you have also been complimented about... 

 

Your amazing Chinese skills after saying only "Ni hao"...

Your amazing chopsticks skills...

Your amazing ability to accomplish a simple task like cooking rice... 

 

It is more like being patronized but without the malicious intent. 

monica400:

So is it a cultural thing in China? In USA when someone calls you pretty are beautiful they usually genuinely mean it. Im used to getting called beautiful but always wondered what it means coming from a Chinese person. He has lived here in America for quite sometime. And I have been seeing him every week. Except this time I had a different hairstyle it was down my hair is usually pulled back. I figured if it was my hair he wouldve said your hair looks nice. But he said I looked very beautiful and waited to we were in his office away from the other nurses..

6 years 51 weeks ago
Report Abuse
Report Abuse
6 years 52 weeks ago
 
Know the answer ?
Please or register to post answer.

Report Abuse

Security Code: * Enter the text diplayed in the box below
Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <br> <p> <u>
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Textual smileys will be replaced with graphical ones.

More information about formatting options

Forward Question

Answer of the DayMORE >>
A:  "... through ..."?  Only "through" comes to mind is "S
A: "... through ..."?  Only "through" comes to mind is "Shenzhen agent can connect you with an employer, who's authorized to hire waigouren ... and can sponsor Z visa." It's not like every 10th person you meet in Shenzhen's hood can sponsor work visa ...  The only way to change from student to labourer visa is just a regular way by: 1. Finding an employer, who'll apply for an Invitation letter; 2. Exit China and apply for Z visa in your home country's Chinese embassy; 3. Enter China in 30-days after Z visa was stamped into your travelling instrument ...As I am aware, you won't be able to switch to Working permit by remaining in China....,so make ready for a return to your home .... -- icnif77