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If it helps, chinese often address other chinese using their given name rather than the family name, otherwise it would be pretty annoying to address each other
by catch23 17y ago
If it helps, chinese often address other chinese using their given name rather than the family name, otherwise it would be pretty annoying to address each other within the family. If it's a formal greeting, use the family name, otherwise use the given name.
- andrew1 17y agoUnless I misunderstand you, isn't that basically the same thing we do in English?