Glad you said that about which approach to use depending on age. Officially, it is usually taught as you explained. However, I have heard some Chinese/Taiwanese debate about this. What is the general cut off age for using Ji Sui? For instance, should people who have become friends still use "Ji Sui" even if they are over 40 or 50 years of age. Also, what about using "Duo Da le" instead of Gui Geng?
I would say "ji sui" is generally good for under 30 and an informal way of asking age. I use it to ask people who are younger or about the same age of me. For people who are over 40, they would use "duo da" to ask each other. "Gui geng" is the most formal among the three. It is good to ask people whose social level or age are higher.
People in the two places have their preference on using "ji sui" and "duo da."
I like your teaching style. Thanks a lot
blap200 1 year ago
Truthfully, It's not good manners to ask any elderly person or woman their age. Just saying..............Cheer!
ginsinsan 1 year ago
Great, great, great.
No doubt: This is one more five star video.
Thank you, Gracias, Danke, . . . .
AfricanLionsHunter 2 years ago
Hen hao jiao, wo de laoshi ! Wo jiao'ao guanyu
nage. Xie xie !
paexou 2 years ago
you're so beautiful
nuqleo 2 years ago
啊，美人呀。
wyclef675 3 years ago
jing nian wo shi er se yi sui
D3aTHKniGhT2 3 years ago
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D3aTHKniGhT2 3 years ago
What do you mean with ji sui?
hnicolassuero 3 years ago
It is "how many age," which means "how old."
thmk0828 3 years ago
Wow you are a very good teacher! And pretty!
dumbid 3 years ago
Glad you said that about which approach to use depending on age. Officially, it is usually taught as you explained. However, I have heard some Chinese/Taiwanese debate about this. What is the general cut off age for using Ji Sui? For instance, should people who have become friends still use "Ji Sui" even if they are over 40 or 50 years of age. Also, what about using "Duo Da le" instead of Gui Geng?
tunein 3 years ago
I would say "ji sui" is generally good for under 30 and an informal way of asking age. I use it to ask people who are younger or about the same age of me. For people who are over 40, they would use "duo da" to ask each other. "Gui geng" is the most formal among the three. It is good to ask people whose social level or age are higher.
People in the two places have their preference on using "ji sui" and "duo da."
thmk0828 3 years ago
i need the teacher's email
hnicolassuero 3 years ago
if you need some help about learning chinese,I can help you.
honeyxgq 3 years ago
Awesome thanx! your explanations are very clear. It's a lovely video. It's very useful :)
LeylaRandomness 3 years ago
Thanx! I'm glad my videos are helpful for you. Wish you have a good time learning Mandarin.
thmk0828 3 years ago
wo shi jiu sui
我十九岁。
谢谢, on my chinese course we never got told how to talk about age though we did learn numbers.
darthwigz 4 years ago
Thank u for uploading!
PureRecreation 4 years ago
lol that heard thing was clever.
StarDragoonHP 4 years ago
thankyou soo much... i am learning a lot from your lessons
prugreous 4 years ago
Thanks.
packard12 4 years ago
I thought for older people it was "nin duoda nianji le"
arvindpradhan 4 years ago
Your sentence works, too. "Nin jinnian guigeng" is more formal.
thmk0828 4 years ago
你是很好的老师.
arvindpradhan 4 years ago
谢谢.
thmk0828 4 years ago
并且, 你是又聪明又漂亮!
arvindpradhan 4 years ago
Wow they didnt teach me nin jinnian gui geng in school! thanks!
dadarkmagus 4 years ago
Thank you for your great video.
dalmain77 4 years ago
wo er shi sui!
chocophysics 4 years ago