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Courteous Language (客套語; Kètàoyǔ), which employs praising and laudatory words or phrases with the intent to flatter the addressee. Elegant Language (雅語; Yáyǔ), which employs elegant and beautiful expressions and words in lieu of more casual words and phrases to describe people, objects, actions or concepts.
007 – A variant of the 996 working hour system.Represents 00:00 hours (12:00 am) to 00:00 hours, 7 days per week (pinyin: línglíngqī); 1314 – "Forever", usually preceded by a phrase such as "I love you" or the similar. 1314 (pinyin: yīsānyīsì) represents 一生一世 (pinyin: yīshēng yīshì, "one lifetime, throughout one's life").
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Alternatively, it might be a calque of the Mandarin Chinese phrase 好久不见 (pinyin: hǎojiǔbújiàn; simplified Chinese: 好久不见; traditional Chinese: 好久不見), [4] lit. Tooltip literal translation 'very long no see'. In Cantonese, the phrase 好耐冇見 (pronounced: hou2 noi6 mou5 gin3) has the same structure as in Mandarin.
My Huckleberry Friends (Chinese: 你好，旧时光), 2017 Chinese streaming television series Last Letter (2018 film) (Chinese: 你好，之华 ), 2018 Chinese romantic drama film Mr. Siao's Mandarin Class or 你好 Mr. Siao! , 2009 Malaysian television series
Sichuan dialect is also influenced by Xiang Chinese and Gan Chinese, the vocabulary of Sichuan dialect is very different from northern Mandarin, with only 47.8% similar vocabulary. [13] Recently, many loanwords have been introduced to Chengdu and Chongqing from standard Mandarin and English. Meanwhile, new words are developing Chengdu and ...
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.
In China, letters of the English alphabet are pronounced somewhat differently because they have been adapted to the phonetics (i.e. the syllable structure) of the Chinese language. The knowledge of this spelling may be useful when spelling Western names, especially over the phone, as one may not be understood if the letters are pronounced as ...