Communicating with Body Language

If words don’t work then body language is sure to do the trick. By observing peoples gestures and body language you can understand the basic idea of the conversation without understanding a word of Chinese. One gesture that if very different here among the Chinese people is pointing to their own nose followed by the word wû. Wû means I and they often point to their noses when they are referring to themselves. They are probably wondering why we point to our hearts when we are referring to ourselves. So next time you are having a conversation and are referring to yourself point to your nose and see if the other person notices. Let me know what happens.