Having studied French, I'm aware of the subtle social intricacies of the formal vs. informal "you." I figured Chinese was at least similar, i.e., informal for people of your generation, people you ...

2022年6月20日 · Can 您 be used as a plural form? For example, if a child tries to address to both parents at the same time: 请您放心.

2014年7月19日 · When addressing a female, do I have to use 妳 instead of 你? How common is the usage of 妳?

2020年7月20日 · "I thought 您 is more polite and honorific and thus should be used when address Jehovah. Why was "you" translated as "你" instead of "您"?" 你 is, in fact, the correct translation, not only linguistically; but theologically as well. Because God is Father, the familiar form of the second person is appropriate. A little diversion on the …

Mixing 您 and 你 is a bad practice. I am not aware of any fashionable usage of the mix, not even in net-speak. Your example is just loosely reviewed. One rare case where you may see both words in one dialog is when the speaker uses 您 for the listener while uses 你 as a reference to a general 2nd person (similar to "one" in English).

2023年9月20日 · I read a book titled 国际商务汉语 by 李忆民, and I came upon 贵方 in one of the conversation reading. My questions are: How common is 贵方 being used in real-life conversation？[especially in business or organi...

2020年4月5日 · Consider the character 您 My dictionary says that the 6th stroke is 撇 whereas the 8th stroke is 点. Is there a difference between how these strokes are written ? I mean the short 撇 in 你 and the left

2022年5月8日 · I know the phrase “你给我” means "you give me something", but when people say “你给我出去”, do they mean "You cannot keep me here and let me out"? It looks like there are many variatio...

2019年3月21日 · While expressing gratitude in spoken Mandarin, I believe people use 谢谢 and 感谢. For example: 谢谢 你的时间 谢谢 你带我来这里 And: 感谢 你的时间 感谢 你带我来这里 Does 感谢 imply a higher level of gratitude? Is there a difference in usage (stemming from culture, origin, etc.), or can they be used interchangeably? I have also seen 多谢 and 跪谢 used in ...

2020年2月25日 · Wiktionary gives the meaning "you" for the character 妳 (nǐ), and tā (either 他 or 她). Is there a formal / informal difference? Which should I prefer in general usage?