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Posted on: What's Your Surname?
June 12, 2009 at 6:16 AM@xuchen, 你应该说：我姓许。我想知道你为什么叫这个名字啊？
Posted on: What's Your Surname?
June 12, 2009 at 5:31 AM@xiaophil, yes, of course, but I think it's a regional addressing, mainly in northern area of China.
Posted on: What's Your Surname?
June 12, 2009 at 3:23 AM@orangina, it's a good idea to start with X先生 and X太太, then ask 我该怎样称呼你? natural and polite!
Posted on: What's Your Surname?
June 12, 2009 at 3:07 AM@xueny, if they are complete strangers, say, middled aged men and senior men we'll address them shīfu 师傅 or 先生 xiānsheng，but for young man, of course 先生 xiānsheng. For ladies, 小姐xiǎojie is the word for young ladies, and 女士 nǚshì or 阿姨 āyí for middled aged! There is a trend not to address senior women 奶奶 nǎinai，pls do call them 阿姨 āyí，or they'll be really, really unhappy!
@alexyzye, I checked and found nothing wrong with the text! Could you pls tell me why it's screwy? I'm curious! And it's a part of Chinese culture not to ask others "what's your name" or "May I have your name?" It's a little bit not so polite to ask somebody's full name. So we'll just ask "您贵姓?" What's your surname?
Posted on: What's Your Surname?
June 12, 2009 at 2:13 AM@alexyzye, it's better and common to address them 叔叔shū shu，阿姨 ā yí, just to show some respect. One thing, even if these senior people are not related to you, you still need to call them 叔叔shū shu and 阿姨 ā yí, literally uncle and aunt in English.
Posted on: Hot Pot
June 11, 2009 at 3:34 AM@kimiik, hotpot (火锅) boils (煮) the food! But there is a restaurant I came across that use special pots, with a pan-like thing in the middle! You can both boil and fry food with that pod.
Posted on: Dubai
June 11, 2009 at 3:33 AM目前还没有去过迪拜！不过以后一定有机会见识一下那个帆船酒店！记得刚刚毕业时，还有老师建议我们去阿拉伯国家打工，说那边收入很高，工作也很轻松。但是不知道是不是这样？
Posted on: Delegating Tasks
June 11, 2009 at 1:48 AM@a1pi2, that is fixed! Thanks!
Posted on: Juiced!
June 10, 2009 at 8:58 AM@rich, that is a good name for smoothie! Am I old-fashioned? I didn't know that! But I think 果昔 guǒ xī is much better, I also love milk shake, which is 奶昔 nǎi xī.
Posted on: Dubai
June 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM@raygo, Jenny said:"就很像一条帆船", you can both use “条” and "艘" to say "船", but "条" is usually used to say a boat, not that huge as a ship, and "艘" is the word for ship.