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Codex MundiTable & foodLe tapotement cantonais (remerciement)
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Le tapotement cantonais (remerciement)

Trois doigts qui tapotent la table : « merci, ne me servez plus » en yum cha cantonais.

Geography of misunderstanding

Neutral

  • china-continental
  • japan
  • south-korea
  • taiwan
  • hong-kong
  • mongolia

Not documented

  • peuples-autochtones

Sources · 3

AcademicMorris, D., Collett, P., Marsh, P., & O'Shaughnessy, M. (1979). Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution. Stein & Day / Jonathan Cape.
AcademicAxtell, R. E. (1998). Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World (revised edition). John Wiley & Sons.
AcademicMatsumoto, D. & Hwang, H.C. (2013). Cultural similarities and differences in emblematic gestures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 37(1), 1-27. —