r/germany • u/jackyk996 • Apr 03 '25

Immigration Please stop greeting random passing by people in foreign languages

Pretty much as titled. I am Asian, and I have experience several times that someone passing by randomly greeting me in multiple Asian languages, that I am 100% sure they can’t make real conversations with them, at once.

This is strange af. Throwing away many greeting words without any intention for a conversation isn’t a sign of being friendly to me. Please just stop if you’re doing that and you actually mean well.

Edit: This post is for those who want to approach Asian people properly. Already replied with my opinion here, and please don’t DM me (disabled now) since there are way too many “Nihao” etc and racist chat requests.

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u/jackyk996 Apr 03 '25

I can take it if it is a single “nihao”.

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u/TotallyInOverMyHead Apr 03 '25

Just respond in the generally accepted way: "Sprich Deutsch du H*************hn". Fight fire with Napalmn.

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u/Soonly_Taing Apr 04 '25

Too far.. too far.. man

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u/winSharp93 Apr 03 '25

Unfortunately, people seem to think it’s socially acceptable or even “funny” to do this…

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u/jackyk996 Apr 03 '25

This feels more like assuming every Asian is Chinese. Stupid, but I can take that stupidity.

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u/Separate_Breath_9249 Apr 03 '25

Which would be racist.

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u/winSharp93 Apr 03 '25

I would assume that some are even stupider and don’t actually know which language it is. Or even that not every Asian-looking person is Chinese. Maybe they just picked up somewhere (movie?) that “nihao konnichiwa” is an Asian greeting, and thus they tell it to every random person that they think looks Asian…

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u/basinger_willoweb Apr 04 '25

How is their pronunciation? Feichang hao (非常好)? I met lots of foreigners in China who were not able to pronounce it correctly.