Timeline for How do you address someone with their name in Chinese?
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| Oct 17, 2016 at 8:24 | comment | added | 辛祐賦 hsinyofu | Yes, I agree. Interestingly, the 學弟 and 學妹 do not get their surnames added in. While 學長 and 學姊 occasionally get addressed as (X)學長 or (X)學姊. | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 4:26 | comment | added | Tang Ho♦ | 學弟 (Junior for males), 學妹( Junior for females) -- these terms usually don't go with names or used directly addressing the person. A junior student would address a senior student as (X)學長 or (X)學姊, but (X)學長 or (X)學姊 does not address a junior schoolmate as (Y)學弟, just referring them as such to a third party. | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 3:40 | history | answered | 辛祐賦 hsinyofu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |