So yesterday I was talking with a couple of my language teachers and the brought up the classic Abbott and Costello "Who's on First" joke. One of my teachers then proceeded to tell me a Chinese joke with a similar punchline, which I now present to you below:
你姓什么？ Nǐ xìng shěnme?
我姓魏. Wǒ xìng Wèi.
魏什么？Wèi shěnme?
不知道，因为我爸爸姓魏。 Bùzhīdào, yīnwèi wǒbāba xìng Wèi.
This joke is hilarious. It's a dialogue between two people who have just met. The first person asks the second what their last name is, and the second person responds 魏/Wèi. The first then follows up with "Wèi what?", inquiring as to what the rest of their name is. However, this sounds exactly the same as "为什么？", or "Why?" So the second person then responds "I don't know, because Wèi was my dad's last name." Comedy gold.
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