Can you tell the difference between Asians?

[Ralphiie]

I was dragged to the Asian food Market today by my parents. They've got food from...everywhere.
& I was peacefully walking down a random aisle, when, suddenly a bunch of people come up to me and start speaking rapidly in, what seemed to be, Korean? ;o /NOTKOREAN/

Apparently I'm mistaken as Korean a lot. o_______o;;

So, this got me thinking;;

Can you tell the difference between Asians? Like Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, etc.
If so, How?
What distinguishes one from the other?
Has anyone ever mistaken you as a different ethnicity?

Personally, I can't tell the difference. Everyone looks the same to me
o wo  

[Sesshomaruka]

i can tell the difference between some.
Filipino's mostly have tanned skin
Japanese sounds like kinda simple
Chinese language, sounds more complacated and loud
I think korean and japanese sound very alike tho.

but i do get mistaken a lot, everytime when i go an asian food market, people start talking to me in chinese, and i just stand there looking confused. (im half filipino)  

[YuKiiDaPuKii83]

TELLING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ASAINS

Well u see that koreans usually have strechted eyes CHINGY and dont have such a fast and complicated language
Chinese have high and randdom pitches wen talkin
Japanese usually have complicated languages but do note tlk rapidly
emo heart emo
sweatdrop  

[Ouiaboo]

I'm terrible at telling other Asians apart. I'm lucky if I can point out Indians and I am Indian (I'm far worse at pointing out Chinese, but I'm only a very little Chinese, so it's less disgraceful). sweatdrop The only sure way for me to guess is by either the language (if he or she speaks their native language) or by the surname and I can usually distinguish between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

I'm rather grateful for being half-Black and half-Asian because I'm less likely to have people attempt to start conversations with me in Asian languages I don't understand due to my reddish tan skin tone. I was so relieved that an Asian woman at Baker's yesterday didn't start speaking to me in Mandarin or something when she asked me for help with one of their machines because I could tell from her accent that English wasn't her first language (I'm normally good with technology, but I couldn't figure out what the problem was, so I had to tell her I didn't work there 'cause I don't). I also don't have to worry about having my ethnicity be mistake but, even though the other Black kids can tell I'm not fully Black because my facial features are more Asian, but for some reason they always guess Japanese gonk

 

[Ralphiie]

Lawl. I guess another problem I have is that I have a Korean Surname.
Apparently, my dad's English was so horrible at the time, that he had to ask the lady at the desk [for all that citizenship stuff] to spell his name for him.
xDD;;;;;

o________o


@Sesshomaruka;;My friend's Filipino. But her skin is like...sooooo pale. D:

 

[Sesshomaruka]

yea some filipinos are kinda plae(my friends to), bt most of them are tannd.  

[RAWRpham]

telling the difference between asians by looks is pretty easy for my but i have a bit more trouble telling the diffference if i just hear the language  

[Ralphiie]

Eh;; language is a lot easier for me to distinct.
Appearances are just...impossible. >o  

[Tenko16xoxo]

Every kind of azn has different eyes, face sizes, voices, and accents  

[Flucs]

Tenko16xoxo

Every kind of azn has different eyes, face sizes, voices, and accents

Exactly.

But then again, in the scheme of things, it doesn't rly matter. =l  

[o-Alice-o]

I have trouble telling other asians apart sometimes. >_< I'm Filipino and I've been mistaken as Viet a few times. I look nothing like a Viet person, no offense. :]

 

[Kuroi Kohhi]

I think the real question here is how many times this has been a topic gonk  

[incognitotea]

well, 50% the time, i guess if that asian is chinese, japanese or korean, and i mostly get it right by their speech. DX

i can tell the difference between jap and chinese due to speech ;D

but with korean...im a goner D:

but being around international people, you can tell where they're from so yeah > <

this aint useful is it?  

[Shikaeii]

I can tell their difference by either their facial expression or their accent. Most people think that I am Chinese, but I am Korean...

sweatdrop  

[Kiju Bleek]

yup