Are chinese eyes and vietnamese eyes alike?

**gunblade007** · Mar 14, 2009, 16:26

i'm not trying to be racist in fact i love the asian people and their culture. heck alot of people even say my eyes look asian since i have small eyes but i'm white. i know alot of people the vietnamese and chinese are different but i kind of see simple things about 'em like some of the names and their culture,etc.

**Mycernius** · Mar 14, 2009, 19:05

Essential they are the same. It is due to what is known as the Epicanthic Fold and is prevelant in east asia. Here is a wiki article on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicanthal_fold

**gunblade007** · Mar 16, 2009, 13:10

thanks Mycernius
i just always heard you can tell the japanese and chinese apart from their eyes. since the japanese have sideways eyes and the chinese have straight eyes.

**undrentide** · Mar 16, 2009, 15:24

Originally Posted by gunblade007

thanks Mycernius
i just always heard you can tell the japanese and chinese apart from their eyes. since the japanese have sideways eyes and the chinese have straight eyes.

I wonder where you've got such an idea...
You cannot identify whether the person is Japanese or Chinese just because of the shape of eyes. (Also wonder what are sideways/straight eyes - but no, no need to explain the details, as I don't think I'll be happy to know the answer.)

**Mycernius** · Mar 17, 2009, 00:22

Originally Posted by gunblade007

thanks Mycernius
i just always heard you can tell the japanese and chinese apart from their eyes. since the japanese have sideways eyes and the chinese have straight eyes.

I don't know where you picked that little gem up from, but it is false.

**lazyluan** · Oct 10, 2009, 17:32

I think you can't distinguish them from the eyes ，but the personality and the way they do things are quite different. I can distinguish them usually at the first sight.