So Your Partner Is from Hong Kong

A Survival Guide to Meeting the Family

von Nervous Guest The

64 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Nobody warns you about the tap on the table.You have met someone. You are serious about each other. And on Sunday you are going to sit down to yum cha with their whole family, at a table where everything is shared, everything is noticed, and nothing is explained.Most guides to Hong Kong are written for tourists. They will show you the Star Ferry and the best egg tart on the island. None of them will tell you what to do when the first pot of tea arrives and everybody starts rinsing their bowls in it, or why the envelope you hand over at a funeral has to contain an odd number.This is a book about the specific, high-stakes, quietly terrifying moments that come with being folded into a Hong Kong family. It was written by an outsider who went through it, got things wrong in public, asked a great many questions, and wrote down what would have helped on day one.Inside- Why six months of a Mandarin app will not help you, and what to learn instead- Cantonese tones, and the four sounds that catch English speakers out- What to call eleven relatives, and the word that means grandmother rather than mum- Face, filial duty, and why nobody contradicts the grandmother at the table- The gifts that quietly mean a funeral, and the ones that are always safe- Yum cha, the two-finger tap, and the fight over the bill you are meant to lose- Lai see: who gives, who receives, how much, and why never a four- Ga yung, property, and the most expensive housing on earth- Feng shui, lucky numbers, and the floors that do not exist- New year, grave sweeping, dragon boats and the month of ghosts- The wedding: betrothal gifts, door games, the tea ceremony and twelve courses- Illness, death, the white envelope, and the packet you are handed back- The questions you will be asked, including the ones about leaving

Nineteen short chapters, a cheat sheet you can read on the way there, and a glossary with Jyutping so you can look anything up properly.It will not make you fluent. It will get you through Sunday yum cha.So Your Partner Is from Hong Kong is part of The Nervous Guest series, alongside So Your Partner Is Filipino, So Your Partner Is Nigerian and So Your Partner Is Chinese.

• ISBN: 9798173453662
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp