One of my friends in states answered my question the other day. I post her answer here. From the answers and comments I got I start to realize maybe this is another culture difference I never think of before. > **How is your eyesight** would be the correct way to ask, but we do not ask other people that question unless there is a specific need to > ask. > > No one would ever ask someone here **"What is your eyesight"**. So > forget that phrase entirely. If someone sees you are having trouble > reading, they might ask if they need reading glasses. We do not ever > have any conversation in general about eyesight. Someone might say, > "I have to get a new prescription for my glasses today so I will be at > the eye doctor's all afternoon", to tell what they are doing. We > would only ask if the conversation went to the topic of two people > with problems wanting to talk about maybe who their doctor is or where > they buy their glasses or might exclaim, "Oh, I can hardly see this. > I might need a new prescription." > > Rarely would you ever ask if someone is near-sighted or far-sighted. > I have never asked anyone that in my life nor have they asked me. You > certainly would never talk about what your prescription actually is > about the diopter or whatever the word was that you used. We would > never in any case at all go into the technicalities of our > prescription because none of us know it. We just don't talk about it > here and if someone tried to have a chatty conversation with you , > that would never be the topic.