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叫人
giu3 jan4 |
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address a person by title or relationship to you; culturally, it's respectful for a younger person to address the elderly; a parent would usually ask their child/children to address the person they see by their relationship, so that everyone will know how they're related. For example, 細伯 sai3 baak3 is used for an older gentleman and 伯母 baak3 mou5 for an older woman. Level: 2 Google Frequency: 4,780,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2276 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 6th Oct 2004 20:21 and last edited on 24th Dec 2020 10:08 |
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Characters in this word:叫 giu3 - called; be known as人 jan4 - person; human being |
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