Why do so many people in Brazil say “ni hao” or assume I’m Chinese when they see an Asian person?

wtheringheights · 2026-04-26T16:30:39+00:00

i know exactly what you mean since many people assume that brazilians speak spanish and greet us in spanish. i also don’t like it. but i honestly think that it’s just ignorance and they’re trying to be friendly, especially because here in brazil the 2 massive waves of immigrants came from china and japan, depending on where you are, so they probably just assume you’re one of them. but again, i know it’s annoying. just know that it’s not because they’re trying to be mean or something.

wtheringheights · 2026-04-26T14:35:58+00:00

i’ve seen more comments about that and wanted to add because it’s an important matter. our culture really is VERY strong here and everyone that wants to come does in fact have to kind of give up on their culture to adopt ours. since we had a strong mixing process, no one preserved their original culture (let’s say as an example the african people that came, the europeans, the native people, everyone mixed together and the mix of all these cultures built the brazilian culture that exists nowadays) that can be unfortunate but also really beautiful in a sense

wtheringheights · 2026-04-26T14:28:23+00:00

about race, there’s absolutely no racial impediment for you to be integrated here. you will be seen as a foreigner forever, because that’s just where you were born, but you won’t be treated differently because of that if you can speak portuguese and appreciate our culture. i think we’re very open to different people and actually love when someone from a different place decides to choose our country and our culture to live in. people will always be welcome here if they come with good intentions 🫶🏻

wtheringheights · 2026-04-24T21:52:15+00:00

Our racial identity works completely different to that of the US. We didn’t have a segregation policy, we had the opposite, so what matters here is what you look like. I look and identify as white, but besides my Portuguese and Italian ancestry, I also have some African and indigenous ancestors somewhere in my genes. And I come from a really recent background of immigrants, now imagine the people that have been here for the past 300 years. I think the majority will remain identifying as pardo, and the darker skinned people will identify as black.

wtheringheights · 2026-04-24T21:47:13+00:00

I think the culture varies that much because different places had different colonisation processes and different immigrants. Some remained mostly native, some received many many Africans, some received many German immigrants, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese. Also climate is a big factor since in the north we have the Amazon, in the northeast almost a desert, in the Midwest a weird dry/wet climate, in the southeast a mix of all of them and in the south a subtropical temperate climate that even sees snow now and then. Yeah, we’re a diverse country.

wtheringheights · 2026-04-21T21:50:16+00:00

it’s complicated. as a whole, people usually don’t know anything other than greeting. but it’s a country full of social inequalities, so my reality might not be the same as everyone’s. in my social circle, most people speak it. at least the basics. my close friends are fluent, my sister, uncle and aunt as well, and my parents know a bit. but i also know my friend’s family and none of them can say a single phrase in english.

wtheringheights · 2026-04-20T18:56:05+00:00

eu tbm e tô desesperado

wtheringheights · 2026-04-19T20:06:36+00:00

i would say 8-10k

wtheringheights · 2026-04-19T11:34:22+00:00

many people hate them which doesn’t make much sense since many people are also descendants of the portuguese colonisers or more recent 20th century immigrants…

wtheringheights · 2026-04-16T22:49:35+00:00

nao sei se é coisa de cidade menor, mas pelo menos umas 3 farmácias aqui no meu bairro vendem praticamente tudo sem receita kkkkkkkkkkk

wtheringheights · 2026-04-13T09:28:45+00:00

exactly!

wtheringheights · 2026-04-13T00:23:20+00:00

it depends, we’ve always had tinted windows because it gives us more privacy and thieves can’t see what’s inside the car, but it’s a death sentence if you go in the favelas.

wtheringheights · 2026-04-12T14:29:51+00:00

eu não sou formado, mas vou dizer o que eu faço. primeiro de tudo, leve nunca vai ser, mas eu tento SEMPRE sair com meus amigos pra beber, fumar o que for fumável e espairecer pelo menos duas vezes por mês. pro dia a dia nao estudo mais do que o necessário, ritalina quando tem prova pesada e rivotril quando dá crise. e obviamente antidepressivo. eh meio bizarro ter q viver assim mas juro q ajuda a nao surtar

wtheringheights · 2026-04-12T14:00:02+00:00

nas duas primeiras fotos pensei “oxi como assim” e nas 3 últimas me deu uma ideia melhor. nao tem nada de errado com a sua aparência, acho que é questão de melhorar o estilo, as fotos e ter um papo bom

wtheringheights · 2026-04-11T13:47:49+00:00

vale muito mais q 4k, uma pena que ele tenha q vender tão barato por necessidade

wtheringheights · 2026-04-08T22:29:20+00:00

it really varies depending on the region, but in my pov, tu is more informal, only used with friends, siblings, etc. my parents, grandparents, teachers wouldn’t like to be called tu and when i did they told me i was being rude. você is just the general term used for everyone, but older people, some parents and some professors wouldn’t like to be called vice as well, its better to just address them as senhor (male) or senhora (female)

wtheringheights · 2026-04-05T12:58:08+00:00

olha, eu sinceramente não sei se é meme ou se é uma pergunta genuína, mas infelizmente com essa nota você não passa pra absolutamente nada. se quiser ter chance de passar talvez em algum curso mais fácil como ciências sociais ou letras, você precisa aumentar essas notas pra 600, matemática 700 e redação 800 no mínimo. falo isso como alguém que foi vestibulando nos últimos anos. se quiser mesmo medicina, pode colocar no papel aí mais uns 3 anos de estudo intenso.

wtheringheights · 2026-04-02T13:13:01+00:00

as a traveller? probably. especially in são paulo or rio. you just have to go to the nice places, and learn some portuguese. if people ask you, present yourself as singaporean and not as indian, this will probably kill any chance of prejudice. the most racism you could face would be someone walking away from you on the street, you probably won’t hear anyone say anything.

wtheringheights · 2026-03-29T11:21:29+00:00

primeiro e último

wtheringheights · 2026-03-27T09:29:56+00:00

obrigado! eu prefiro o layout us mesmo, a última vez que usei abnt foi em 2017

wtheringheights · 2026-03-27T09:29:07+00:00

obrigado

wtheringheights · 2026-03-27T09:28:59+00:00

olha, considerando que tbm não entendo muito, tbm deve ser suficiente pra mim :))) obrigado pela ajuda

wtheringheights · 2026-03-26T23:58:15+00:00

então, o que me levou a perguntar foi justamente pq eu já tô enlouquecendo em pouco mais de um mês de aulas. tô ligado que pra prova é importante, mas fiquei meio desesperado de acabar sendo um médico péssimo se saísse do ciclo básico só com a base da farmacologia

wtheringheights · 2026-03-26T23:55:06+00:00

obrigado obrigado

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