Questions tagged [terms-of-address]
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Family name-calling in Taiwan
Context: I know no Chinese but am writing a piece of fiction in which, incidentally, Taiwanese characters are involved in escalating arguments & I would like to have some increasingly disrespectful and aggressive ways for participants to address…
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Did some people only have names like 张三?
Some novels seem to say that in village life (or within a hutong) poorer children often had no personal given name. Some characters in realistic seeming novels are known only by family name and birth order and have no other name. But I have only…
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What professions can be called 师傅?
After reading this question, I remembered we can also call some of them 师傅. But I'm not sure which ones.
Any help?
Thank you.
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What professions can be uncle & aunty-ized?
Kids like to call grown-ups Uncle & Aunty. Professions can even be uncle & aunty-ized:
警察叔叔
“一个人在家害怕,警察叔叔帮我找爸妈”
In Sichuan there is even 护士娘娘
护士娘娘,我嘴巴干的很,可不可以给我倒杯水啊!
What other professions can be uncle & aunty-ized?
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When do people use a one-character given name alone?
I live in the US but have friends I see in China, some of whom have one-character given names (that is "first" name in English usage, "second" name in Chinese usage). I know that often people avoid using a one-character given name by itself since…
Colin McLarty
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Is 教授 a form of address?
The news report about a visit by Chinese vice president to the Netherlands said 会见威廉—亚历山大时，韩正首先转达了习近平主席和彭丽媛教授对国王和王后的亲切问候和良好祝愿
As far as I know, only PhD is used to address a respectable person, Dr. So and So, other titles are not heard of.
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