DonRocks Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Ideally, I'd like this thread to be the mothership for a historical conversation about China, and I figured President Xi's 2015 U.S.A. visit was as good a place as any to start with. --- Xi Jinping (1953-), President of China, Visits the U.S.A. (Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2015) (DonRocks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 I wrote my table-tennis coach tonight: 教練Lu, 我如何表現出對你的母親和父親的最大尊重? Can anyone answer, in general terms? We've seen each other perhaps ten times, and it's never gotten further than, "Good morning, how are you?" - or, when I want to make them laugh, "Nihau!" (His parents are in their 70s or 80s, and I feel like an idiot). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 On 2/20/2017 at 9:39 PM, DonRocks said: I wrote my table-tennis coach tonight: 教練Lu, 我如何表現出對你的母親和父親的最大尊重? Can anyone answer, in general terms? We've seen each other perhaps ten times, and it's never gotten further than, "Good morning, how are you?" - or, when I want to make them laugh, "Nihau!" (His parents are in their 70s or 80s, and I feel like an idiot). Not one answer in two days? My coach wrote me back, and said: Hi Don! You can just greet them and say hello. Coach Lu But that's not good enough for me - I want to say something formal in either Mandarin or Shanghainese (they're from Shanghai) - not to make them laugh, but to show proper respect. Can nobody help? I'll be seeing him in five hours - what about 侬好? Or is this simply the equivalent of Nihau? My goal here is not to impress, but to show respect for two older people. I just feel like "Good morning!" doesn't quite cut it. Something like "It's nice to see you" (maybe in pinyan at this late stage so I could work on the pronunciation)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 http://www.taiwanese-secrets.com/chinese-etiquette.html definitely address elders as "nin" vs "ni" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 14 minutes ago, Ericandblueboy said: http://www.taiwanese-secrets.com/chinese-etiquette.html definitely address elders as "neen" vs "ni" Perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Sorry just saw this! Agree with Eric re: "nin." A simple "zhao" (good morning) also works if it is actually morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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