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To who, when talking, do children say 'nin hao' instead of 'ni hao'?
2009년 5월 31일 오전 9:01
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You'd say "nin hao" to someone older than yourself to show respect. "Ni hao" is slightly more familiar (and the more common one) but is not necessarily impolite.
2009년 5월 31일
Yeah,I completely agree with Jura. And I wanna put in that you can say 'nihao' to someone whom is a person of equal rank,position,or background and of course including age same as you. Get it all? Now you can say 'nihao' to me,'cause you look like the same age as me. Haha...great to hear. Toodles.
2009년 6월 6일
Everyone could say the words"nin hao"to someone who you look up to . i come from china.add my skype id:"shelvinglee" to learn mandarin.
2009년 6월 4일
you say "nin hao" in paying respect to someone older than you or in high rank or profession. 您好。。。 :)
2009년 6월 1일
It's right to say "nin hao" to someone older than yourself to show respect. But Chinese don't use 'ni hao/nin hao' often. Usually I say 'ni hao' on the phone when I don't know who it is on the other side. The times that I have used 'nin hao' can be counted with my fingers, I guess. Because this 'nin' can make the conversation uncasual, although you can hear this word often in TV program or moives. You should say 'nin' to someone you should highly respect. Chinese don't have fixed greetings. For example, as a child, he/she may say '姐姐好'/'哥哥好','阿姨好'/'叔叔好','爷爷好'/‘奶奶好', '伯伯好'. The proper choice depends on the age and the sex. He/she should add the first name of the person in the front if he/she knows it, like this, “the first name + '姐姐好'/'哥哥好','阿姨好'/'叔叔好','爷爷好'/‘奶奶好', '伯伯好'”.
2009년 6월 1일
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