【正文】 tood or we cannot understand the others, at that time,we can make it easier by using some gestures. As we all know that shaking hands always means “greetings”. Sometimes, we can express ourselves by these universal gestures instead of the words. Like coin has two sides, However, sometimes the body language may also result in some misunderstanding and dilemmas unexpectedly because of culture diversity. Different culture has its different way to send and understand message. Nodding one39。s side and mother’s side. The members are called differently. Usually the older and the male are respected more and have more power. While in the American families, they just call the members “uncle” ,“aunts”, “brothers” and “sister”. At the same time, collectivism is also given more respect than individualism in Chinese context. Comparison of body language in Chinese and American culture Posture According to Chinese tradition, people who are taking charge of others have right to choose where they want to sit: often the monarch sits and officers will stand behind。 when it is the time to look at them, how long we can look at, they all imply different meanings in munication. Americans pay great attentions to the time and the way the eye contact was given and in which situation. In normal conversation, people would spend about one minute looking at each other before they look away. It is indicated that two Americans are intimate if they gazed at each other. In northern America, children get used to look at their municators directly. If they don’t, they are lacking thought of confidence. They believe the saying “Never trust a person who can’t look at you in the eyes.” For showing politeness or respect, Chinese people will often frequently avoid direct eye contact with people they have not met. Facial expressionIn daily munication and daily behaviors, some differences caused by Chinese’s humility and Americans’ selfesteem are worth mentioning. When receiving honest praise from other people, Chinese people usually will give an expression with their body meaning “I don’t believe”, “no”, “I don’t deserve such praise”, and even may give an anxious look. Americans think that such a response may be dishonest and or hypocritical as such. On the contrary, they may smile to the person who praise them, accept the pliment and usually say “thank you”. In the Chinese point of view, such response is kind of pride and conceited. When expressing some positive emotions, such as pliment and sympathy, Chinese people sometimes have less sense of propriety in their expressions than the Americans do. They think the more exaggerated the better. American people regard this as dishonest.V. Conclusion To conclude, body language is really a plicated field of research. This paper discussed the differences of body language in crosscultural munication by paring the body languages of the United States and China and providing just justification for both. Body language has three major functions: assisting, substituting and expressing or hiding emotional feelings. The meaning of the body language is indicated by a whole range of actions, including distance between conversationalists, facial expression, eye contact, physical contact, gesture and so on. Body language is culturally bound. American culture values casualness and individualism while Chinese culture highlights formality and collectivism. This culture difference has brought about different embodiments in Chinese and American body languages. Since body language is culturally bound, insufficient knowledge of body behavior of another culture may handicap the crossculture munication while a good mastery of body language can deepen the mutual understanding. 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