I am particularly attracted to Chinese women and had a Chinese girlfriend for close to two years. I thought that we got along rather well. She always called me a Chinese word--sort of like a nickname--which I cannot phonetically spell out properly; I thought it was a term of endearment. One day I asked her what the word meant in Chinese. She sort of laughed and said, "Oh, it means covered in hair like a dog." I didn't say anything, but I always wondered after that what she thought about me, whether she was attracted to me or just amused by me. I had always thought she was rather fond of me, but I was a little hurt when I found out what she had been calling me all the while. Even after she told me the meaning she continued to call me this. I know a lot of Chinese terms are euphemistic, and I wondered, can anyone tell me if this was a general term for white men, or a common view the Chinese have of white men, or was she saying something more personal just about me?
2007-06-13
08:47:42
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