ENGLISH PHRASE
CHINESE INTERPRETATION
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| Are you harboring a Fugitive? | HU YU HAI DING? ex. Who you hiding? |
| Approach me | KUM HIA |
| Stupid fellow | DUM GAI |
| Small horse | TAI NI PO NI |
| Prices are too high here | NO BAI DAM TING |
| Miami vacationing agreed with you | YA MAI TI TAN |
| I bumped into a coffee table | AI BANG MAI NI |
| Have you considered a face lift? | CHIN TU FAT |
| You trying to save electricity? | WAI SO DIM? |
| Inquiry to determine if bus is due | HAO LONG WEI TING? |
| Unauthorized execution | LIN CHING |
| Plaything belonging to ancient emperor | MING TOY |
| You're blowing your diet | WAI YU MUN CHING? |
| Keep out of pond | NOH WEI DING |
| Tow-Away zone | NO PAH KING |
| Don't you know anything by Cole Porter? | WAI YU SING DUM SONG? |
| You are not very bright | YU SO DUM |
| I have a press pass | AI NO PEI |
| I do not deserve the death penalty | WAI HANG MI? |
| How about staying awhile? | WAI GO NAO? |
| Our meeting was for next Thursday | WAI YU KUM NAO? |
| You're suffering from chronic halitosis | YU BAI SEN SEN NAO |
| They are approaching | HIA DEI KUM |
| Remain out of sight | LEI LO |
| Cleaning automobile | WA SHING KAH |
| Premature infant | TAI NI BEI BI |
| Cigarettes are hazardous to health | NO TSMO KING |
| Did someone fertilize the field? | HU FLUNG DUNG? |
| Your body odor is offensive | HU MAN GO |
| Midnight television Program | LEI TSHO |
Top 10 Pickup Lines Used By Asian Men
1. I may look like a nerd, but it's only a
disguise.
2. I carry this beeper not to feel important but so my mom knows where I
am. I carry this phone to call her back.
3. Uhhhh, no, I didn't play football in high school, but I did letter in varsity
volleyball and tennis.
4. Has anyone ever told you you look like Chun Li? You know, that chick
from Street Fighter 2.
5. What do I do? Gee, I thought you would never ask. Y'see, I'm finishing
my first year of residency in internal medicine.
6. Yeah, (sniff) I cried during "Joy Luck Club."
7. Do I cook? Well, not really but I can whip up a pretty mean fried rice!
8. You know what? It's strange, but I get mistaken for a white guy all the
time!
9. Hey baby, wanna ride in my 16-valve, twin-cam lowered Acura Integra
with BBS gold spiked rims and a sub-woofered stereo that'll leave you
breathless?
10. My eyes may seem small but I've got a HUGE personality.
How To Be A Perfect Asian Kid
(From the First Generation Perspective)
Score 1600 on the SAT.
Play the violin or piano on the level of a concert performer.
Apply to and be accepted by 27 colleges.
Have three hobbies: studying, studying, and studying.
Go to a prestigious Ivy League university and win enough scholarship to
pay for it.
Love classical music and detest talking on the telephone.
Become a Westinghouse, Presidential, and eventually a Rhodes Scholar.
Aspire to be a brain surgeon.
Marry Asian-American doctor and have perfect, successful children
(grandkids for ahma and ah-gongh!)
Love to hear stories about your parents' childhood...especially the one
about walking 7 miles to school without shoes.