中西方日常交际中的文化差异(一稿)

中西方日常交际中的文化差异

THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE AND WESTERN DAILY COMMUNICATION

二零一一年十一月

Abstract

With economic globalization, the globalization of information era, China and the West exchanges and cooperation between the countries are getting closer. Yet, due to the lack of culture background of western countries, there exists some barriers and misunderstandings during the communication between Chinese and western people. This article focuses on the everyday communication easy misunderstanding of cultural differences in the analysis and comparison.

Key Words: daily communication, cultural difference, greeting, praise and compliments

Contents

PartⅠDifferences in terms of call (3)

PartⅡHello differences in terms (4)

Part ⅢDifferences in terms of farewell (5)

Part ⅣDifferences in praise and compliments and the response (6)

Part ⅤDifferences in table manners (8)

5.1Seating arrangement (9)

5.2Serving order (10)

5.3Tableware (11)

5.4Stop cooking method (12)

Part VI Topic selection and differences in privacy (14)

References (15)

PartⅠDifferences in terms of call

Hello is the daily life of most ordinary things, but that it is quite common for things can reflect in the Western cultural differences. In China, people touching face each other and asked:" have you had dinner yet?"" where to go?"" no work today?"This is the Chinese most familiar is the most common way of greeting, but if you take these words and Westerners greet, foreigners must be surprised, or even misleading. For example, Chinese friend asked a foreign friend: Have you had your meal?It was

just asking pleasantries, Westerners think you ask to invite him for dinner! While he waits for you invited him, but you talk about something else, which often make each other be rather baffling.They think: don't ask me out to dinner, why ask I had your meal? For example: you ask foreign friends: where are you going? This is a caring greeting, but Westerners misunderstanding and resentment, think you to interfere in others' affairs. In western countries people not familiar with the meeting say hello, just say: Hi, Hello or Good morning can be; first met with How do you do hello? And do not say how you are? If met familiar friend, can talk about the weather, traffic etc., but do not talk about personal things.

PartⅡHello differences in terms

Whether in China or abroad, to see friends or acquaintances say hello, is a common courtesy behavior.Chinese people like to use when they meet, "you eat it?" Come and greet each other, but the greeting phrase actually has lost its literal meaning, not to ask for information, but rather a way of greeting.Therefore, the answer is "eating" or "not eat" are irrelevant. However, if directly translated into English literally "Have you had your dinner?" To greet the West, according to their cultural practices, means to