Learning Chinese 35
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I like your teaching style. Thanks a lot
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Truthfully, It's not good manners to ask any elderly person or woman their age. Just saying..............Cheer!
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Great, great, great.
No doubt: This is one more five star video.
Thank you, Gracias, Danke, . . . .
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Hen hao jiao, wo de laoshi ! Wo jiao'ao guanyu
nage. Xie xie !
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you're so beautiful
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啊,美人呀。
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jing nian wo shi er se yi sui
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What do you mean with ji sui?
hnicolassuero 3 years ago
It is "how many age," which means "how old."
thmk0828 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
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