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Chinese honorifics (Chinese: 敬語; pinyin: Jìngyǔ) and honorific language are words, word constructs, and expressions in the Chinese language that convey self-deprecation, social respect, politeness, or deference. [1] Once ubiquitously employed in ancient China, a large percent has fallen out of use in the contemporary Chinese lexicon.
Maternal and paternal lineages are distinguished. For example, a mother's brother and a father's brother have different terms. The relative age of a sibling is indicated by specific terms. For example, a father's younger brother has a different terminology than his older brother. The gender of the relative is distinguished, as in English.
Chinese people often address professionals in formal situations by their occupational titles. These titles can either follow the surname (or full name) of the person in reference, or it can stand alone either as a form of address or if the person being referred to is unambiguous without the added surname.
elder brother male suffix John-hiaⁿ: The honorific hiaⁿ is usually added right after one's name, and it shows a "brother-like" respect. iâ: 爺: father, master male suffix Sêng-hông-iâ (城隍爺), lāu-iâ (老爺), siàu-iâ (少爺) The honorific iâ is usually used for gods, deities, or honorable people. koaⁿ: 倌: neutral suffix
Hokkien distinguishes between formal and informal terms for kinship. Subjects are distinguished between, for example, a speaker's nephew and the nephew of the speaker's spouse, although this is affected by age, where a younger relative will often be referred to by their name, rather than a kinship term.
Kinship terminology is the system used in languages to refer to the persons to whom an individual is related through kinship.Different societies classify kinship relations differently and therefore use different systems of kinship terminology; for example, some languages distinguish between consanguine and affinal uncles (i.e. the brothers of one's parents and the husbands of the sisters of ...
Johnson, 30, posts videos of her 24-year-old brother's sense of humor and the gentleness he displays with her children, ages 5 and 3. She also counters stereotypes about people with Down syndrome.
It is common in most varieties of Mandarin as a diminutive suffix for nouns, though some dialects also use it for other grammatical purposes. The Standard Chinese spoken in government-produced educational and examination recordings features erhua to some extent, as in 哪儿 nǎr 'where', 一点儿 yìdiǎnr 'a little', and 好玩儿 hǎowánr ...