what's the difference between japanese and chinese?

Question

if I'm japanese and I go to china, will everybody think I'm chinese? and could they tell I'm japanese?

Answer 1

Very difficult to tell them apart.

Answer 2

For the most part, yes, if you were Japanese and went to China, you would be recognized as Japanese. Why? You speak a different language. You might also have different physical features. Chinese tend to have more roundish faces.

Of course this is just a very general thing. There are Chinese-looking Japanese and vice-versa.

Other things: clothes, preferences, eating habits, etc.

But really, language is a biggy. Pretty different sounds going on. Chinese is full of all sorts of inflections. Japanese is pretty limited in the sound department. There are only 5 basic vowel sounds.

Answer 3

The japanese are a little taller than the chinese. The koreanese are the shortest of all of them. I read that somewhere but I can't remember where.

Answer 4

Chinese & Japanese are not the same. They don't look the same. They don't speak the same language. You get the idea.

Answer 5

Not by looking at your face. Probably only by the way you dress and your accent. I'm Chinese-American, and I lived in Thailand for a few months. People there didn't know I wasn't Thai until they heard my accent.

Answer 6

Usually I can tell immediately by looking at them..But the cultural differences are so vastly different that it's a no-brainer to tell the difference.

Answer 7

No, I'm sure they could tell you from the other. It's a whole different culture.

Answer 8

I think just the lands. Cultures are very similar. Who knows? maybe they would. I can't say for sure.

Answer 9

what i know.... there is a diffrence in the dialect, and pronounciation of words....
and what i have heard.... there is a distinct feature (but which they can only distinguish) in their eyes... (same goes for philipines, thai people)

Answer 10

one is from japan and the other is from china