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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It seems like literally every Chinese person I’ve talked to is absolutely delighted when a westerner is interested in Chinese culture. I remember being assigned a trip to a buffet for a high school Chinese class, and my atonal 你好 got about as much praise as a baby sputtering out “da-da” for the first time. I posted some calligraphy on 小红书 a couple days ago and I am getting gassed up for it.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You can say the most basic phrase in mandarin and completely screw it up both grammatically and pronunciation-wise and they'd absolutely love it and applaud you for it

Provided you're white

Although the Chinese on XHS are actually quite annoyed at the waiguoren invasion right now