Zara graduated from Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in psychology. She has also worked as a marketing intern at ZhenFund. Her writings have been published on The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Magazine, Foreign Policy, Huffington Post, and China Personified. She has interned as a reporter covering China’s tech industry for The Information. Previously, she was an investment analyst at GGV Capital (first in the Menlo Park office, then in the Beijing office), a venture capital firm that invests in companies in the US, China, and other emerging markets. Zara Zhang works at ByteDance in its Beijing office. Sign up to receive a notification when I publish a new blog post! I write a weekly email newsletter on tech trends in China, and co-host a podcast on US-China cross-border tech. I’ve written more about WeChat here, here, and here. I can’t believe things turned out this way, but here’s what happened.Express surprised disappointment/outrage.Are you serious? I can’t believe this happened.To soften the tone when you’re giving someone suggestions.I’m giving you advice but I don’t want to sound rude.This is not really funny but I’m laughing to lighten the situation.When you are asking a favor of someone that you respect.For greeting when you first meet someone who is more senior or older.It is a mutual show of respect for each other’s skills and abilities. * Note: This is a salute commonly used in Chinese Kung Fu before people fight each other. I respect you a lot and I’m ready to learn from you.I have an idea that I think we’ll both like.*Note: DO NOT use this with friends (unless you are over 40), otherwise your friend will think you are trying to end the friendship by treating them like a stranger. To tell someone something very serious without coming across as mean.
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I have a favor to ask of you but I don’t want to come across as an asshole.I have a favor to ask of you but I don’t want to appear blunt.I’m better than you, but I want you to know that I’m not just better but also humble.You can never ask someone a favor without profusely expressing how bad you feel you can never ask for someone’s time without showing that you think you are hardly worthy of their time.īelow are some emojis that I use most frequently while communicating on WeChat, but do not really have equivalents on Western messengers like Facebook Messenger and iMessage. I have noticed that Chinese messaging apps tend to have a lot more emojis for expressing deference and embarrassment (with elements like blushing)-traditional Chinese culture prizes humility and indirectness.
The difference between emojis on Chinese and Western apps can shed light on some interesting cultural disparities. Besides the hundred-or-so official emojis that WeChat offers, it also allows users to exchange and collect stickers and gifs. Whenever a Chinese friend Facebook messages me, I feel compelled to reply with WeChat because there are messages and nuances that can only be expressed with emojis that only exist on WeChat. It is very difficult to talk to Chinese people without using emojis.
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