Who opened the floodgates to immigrants?
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usually people called gu niang for young lady. thats the only thing i find very good in PRC. coz at least they bother to address someone properly. not just uncle or aunty.
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smurf:
usually people called gu niang for young lady. thats the only thing i find very good in PRC. coz at least they bother to address someone properly. not just uncle or aunty.
In China, they address their helpers as 'ah yee'. I didn't know that...when I had to call my mum who was staying in my uncle's residence in Shanghai then and this 'ah yee' picke the phone. I really thought that was the relative :rotflmao: -
i usually just say "您好，请问。。。。“
in restaurants, i usually call them "领班" or "服务生“ -
the best part is, here the PRC themselves fight each other and hate each other....hahaha.... :shock: :yikes:
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LOLMum:
i usually just say \"您好，请问。。。。“
in restaurants, i usually call them \"领班\" or \"服务生“
in the past, they call:\"同志comrade....\"
now 同志 also means gays.... :evil: -
When u dine in Ding Tai Feng, do u consciously switch to addressing them differently (instead of xiao jie) as almost all their service crew are from China/Taiwan?
Sounds like although I am on home ground, I have to be mindful of my p's n q's with regards to their culture. Addressing them as \"xiao jie\" will kena piak piak
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bebebub:
then call them Miss in English or \"女士\" in mandarin...When u dine in Ding Tai Feng, do u consciously switch to addressing them differently (instead of xiao jie) as almost all their service crew are from China/Taiwan?
Sounds like although I am on home ground, I have to be mindful of my p's n q's with regards to their culture. Addressing them as \"xiao jie\" will kena piak piak -
smurf:
usually people called gu niang for young lady. thats the only thing i find very good in PRC. coz at least they bother to address someone properly. not just uncle or aunty.
I thought our common address of uncle or aunty (strangers not relatives) is an adaptation of 'shu shu / ah yi' from mandarin to english, similar to 'makcik /pakcik' from Malay to English. Isn't this suppose to be due to our asian roots? I thought it is a proper and respectful address leh
JMO
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HyperKiasu:
LOLMum:
i usually just say \"您好，请问。。。。“
in restaurants, i usually call them \"领班\" or \"服务生“
in the past, they call:\"同志comrade....\"
now 同志 also means gays.... :evil:
yeah, i always :rotflmao: whenever someone says this.
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HyperKiasu:
then call them Miss in English or \"女士\" in mandarin...bebebub:
When u dine in Ding Tai Feng, do u consciously switch to addressing them differently (instead of xiao jie) as almost all their service crew are from China/Taiwan?
Sounds like although I am on home ground, I have to be mindful of my p's n q's with regards to their culture. Addressing them as \"xiao jie\" will kena piak piak
in singapore, i just call them xiao jie. so far no problem and why should there be cos' this is our way.
not happy? too bad. any way xiao jie is a polite term too. it is just that in their country, it has a twisted meaning. not singapore problem.
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