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亲戚称呼

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ID: 0625 Advanced
中国常说，嘴甜好办事。一个人嘴甜了，一见面就热情地叫人，办事就容易多了。可除了会叫人之外，很重要的一点就是叫对人。如果明明应该叫对方小姐，却叫成了大妈，那麻烦就大了。中国人之间的称呼不仅难在不熟悉的人之间，也难在熟悉的人之间。当许多亲戚聚在一起的时候，人们常常会搞错称呼。什么姑姑、姑婆、姨妈、舅妈、婶婶、伯母、......等等，单单这些称呼就可以让人的脑子一片混乱。更糟的是，除了普通话中的称呼以外，在各地的方言中还有一套复杂的叫法。为了讨好当地的亲戚，当然得好好研究一下当地的叫法咯！
Fri Aug 31 2007 | Jenny , 肖霞
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
五花八门 wǔhuābāmén all kinds of
吴侬软语 wúnóngruǎnyǔ soft language
嗲 dǐa ingratiating
潜质 qiánzhì potential
哎，我昨天在街上看到你和你妈了。你们母女俩真像。
āi ，wǒ zuótiān zài jiēshang kàndào nǐ hé nǐ mā le 。nǐmen mǔnǚ liǎ zhēn xiàng 。
Oh, yesterday I saw you with my mom on the street. You look a lot alike.
我昨天没和我妈上街啊。哦，对了，你看到的肯定是我娘娘，不是我妈。我昨天跟我娘娘在一起。
wǒ zuótiān méi hé wǒ mā shàngjiē a 。ò ，duìle ，nǐ kàndào de kěndìng shì wǒ niāngniang ，bùshì wǒ mā 。wǒ zuótiān gēn wǒ niāngniang zài yīqǐ 。
I wasn't with my mom on the street yesterday. Oh, that's right! You must have seen my paternal aunt.
娘娘？是什么？
niāngniang ？shì shénme ？
Huh? What's a paternal aunt?
就是我爸爸的妹妹。
jiùshì wǒ bàba de mèimei 。
My dad's younger sister.
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