If you are invited by a Chinese host, here are a few things you need to know!
1
If there are old people to eat with, let the old people eat first.
2
The Chinese eat with chopsticks. And sometimes the Chinese host uses their chopsticks to put food in your bowl or plate. This is a sign of politeness.
The appropriate thing to do would be to eat the whatever-it-is and say how yummy it is. If you feel uncomfortable with this, you can just say a polite thank you and leave the food there.
3
Dont stick your chopsticks upright in the rice. Instead, lay them on your dish. Because its like incense burner with incense. Chinese burn incense to the ancestors and gods, so its rude to do so while eating with others.
4
Don't tap on your bowl with your chopsticks. Beggars tap on the bowls.
5
Its rude to rifle through the dishes for what you want to eat.
6
Its impolite to suck the chopsticks.
7
Dont leave your bowl on the table while youre eating. Hold it in your hand.
8
If you finish eating before others, and you want to leave the table, the polite way is to put your chopsticks next to your bowl and say W ch bo le, nmen mn mn ch.Im full. Enjoy. or N men mn yn(Enjoy!)
Supervisor: Crystal Huang
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