Most Common Greeting Phrase in Taiwan: You Gained Weight
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- The idea of confronting someone about their weight changes seems to be rooted deep in the Taiwanese culture. Being an Asian country that has a tendency to shy away from emotional confrontations, this sounds contradicting. Moving back from Canada to Taiwan, this is a painful notion I had to get used to as I've been told numerous times of my weight gain. However, this repeated process had also made me more aware and determined to exercise on a daily basis.
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Yep, definitely it must be something cultural. There's a mexican youtuber living in China who was also surprised how much people say "their truth" about you to your face: things like "you look awful today, that colour doesn't suit you" or "you should change this/that if you want to find a husband/wife".But she makes it clear that people say it with the best intention.
+Fisterra haha yes I don't ever doubt for one second people say it with the best intentions. Doesn't change the fact it sucks to be on the receiver end though. That being said, I rather be told the truth than to be sugar coated
I can relate ,people have been telling me I lost weight or I look too skinny and they actually made me feel insecure of my look but they never realize that no matter how upset I looked after they say that which really annoys me sometimes lol
I noticed this happening when I was living in Taiwan last year! So crazy! That would definitely be unacceptable in Canada hahaha
+Traci Tari haha indeed 😂 I'm always told RUDE in Canada whenever I thought I was telling the so called truth
It's actually crazy how common this is and I've never noticed! Whenever I visit family in Taiwan they always mention that I lost weight..
+Joey Luh lol it probably doesn't bother you as much since its weight loss with you
Same thing here in Thailand. They also mention your acne and stuff too, it gets annoying sometimes... Like excuse me have you notice how good are the food here? (I'm Thai btw)
i guess it's the culture maybe...I am a Taiwanese, my friend and I we both attended like American School from high school to college. But my friend still does that from time to time to me, he would say "I think you gained some weight" sometimes when we hang out. I didn't really like it but got used to it.
Personally I don't understand why people would go around and say something like that, because after all it's a negative phrase to use it on someone even IF it's true.
But I guess a lot of ppl does it so it makes it normal to do so? it gets worse during the Chinese New Yrs when relatives gather together. Questions like are you single, how much you earn now, when are you getting married, etc
+DavidRsaid +Jason Hong I think it doesn't necessarily have to be negative. It really depends on how you interpret it? 🤔 but the questions being thrown around in Chinese New Year are just very private...
I just wanna say that comment about people being "snowflakes" and that it's a wake up call is super toxic for people with eating disorders... hearing someone comment you've gained or lost weight is really harmful and I don't think it needs to be mentioned. you don't ever say to say one "you got uglier" because beauty standards aren't real. well the truth is that weight is more than just equivalent to what you eat and if you work out. I know firsthand that there are people who are bigger who starve themselves and people skinny who overindulge food. I have recently been diagnosed with pcos- before this i starved myself and mangled to lose weight but then suddenly I couldn't shift more weight, I was so frustrated no matter how much I didn't eat, I ended up losing muscle mass. so I started a betterthatIIpcos, im being referred to a dietician to help with my weight. so ill say it again- for some of us, its not a matter of what eat less and work out, there are a number of reassposn someone is underweight or overweight.
and just to clarify, the issue with hearing "you lost weight" and "you gained weight" is that you could be damaging someones self esteem and/or praising an ED. so yeah I think you shouldn't bring this up in that sentence but obviously you can bring it up in other ways if you are concerned and/ or think they may already have an ED.
also wanna say asians suffer a lot more with being underweight because of this very thing of always discussing weight- but being too thin is just as bad as being overweight, remember that skinny does not equal healthy
This is also common here in the Philippines! every time you see a relative, it's the first thing that they say :(
The next time somebody greets you by telling you gained weight, maybe you retaliate with a bright: "Oh, and I see you got a nice sun tan!" (Probably only works with women?)
😂😂😂 oh it will work on the majority of the women in Taiwan alright. My sister will flip if I tell her that... she keeps the umbrella close at all time for that reason
You look like a beautiful vietnamese woman. Don't change anything.
Lol thanks, I actually get quite a bit of Filipinos coming to me asking if I speak the language
不只台灣是整個亞洲都這樣 一堆人夠瘦了還說要再減肥這已經有點病態 個人也滿喜歡有點肉肉的比較好
+笑呵呵 😂😂😂 減肥的產品還是賣得很好
俺小时候住在农村，那里普遍贫困，大伙都常吃不饱，所以如果有人问候说：你变胖了！毕竟我们那边没有所谓的胖子（俺到卅岁过后才看到真正的胖子），所以大概只有两种解释「调侃讥讽」或「羡慕忌妒」。长大后较有经济能力，也时常交际应酬，所以无形中就真的变胖了。
俺的台湾国好友对俺说，你如果要对台湾人的恭维系：「妳变瘦了（你看起来不胖）」或「妳真美（妳好帅）」之类。毕竟现今时代多数人都容易吃饱，所追求的是精致或健康美食，况且好听的话总是人人爱听。不过，说良心话，妳真的好美！
It used to be like that in the 90s but not anymore since there's a lot of fat people everywhere especially considering there's McDonald's and KFC around every corner. O and foreigners. No big deal.
It's also hard to believe since Asians don't get fat.
+Ana Carolina 😂😂😂 Asians don't get fat... Probably because we keep one another in checked on a daily basis
You look beautiful to me
+MFV - MAGNUM FACIT VERITAS 😂 flattered
You're so smart.
+Nunya Bidness thanks 🤔
對方當妳是非常很好的朋友
what she talking about nothing is wrong with being a little thick and any way you look great you just got look in the mirror everyday and tell yourself that you are beautiful
妳想太多了，只是關心妳的問候詞而已。
加油!
+帥羊羽 哈哈 我大部分是真的想很多 😂
IrisVirus 我覺得你的想法很好，可是一般台灣人說這句話其實是很矛盾的
一般愛美或是肥胖的人也覺得這句話很敏感，但是在家人之間他們卻覺得這是非常正常的
就可能很像是過年家人喜歡問你是不是有長高，我覺得老實說這可能是處出於炫耀心態
因為他們喜歡拿身高跟別人比較(？
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