称呼 / Addressing

[tree nymph]

kiasimom:

Exactly. As emntioned, we have to start from young.

My cousins still addressed me \"jie-jie\" when they see me.
This is a kind of habit that was formed since young.

Similarly, it comes natural.
When my shushu remarries, I also address his wife shenshen.
This is taught from young and is in me no matter how old I am.

I believe my children will pass on this value. :celebrate:

call me old-fashion, my whole family and extended family also address the right title for everyone. no aunty so and so and uncle so and so. me too, believe that this is the right way to go.

by the way, my small boy will become a biao-jiu next May, at the grand old age of 20 mths! :lol:

[kiasimom]

Wow, biaojiu at such a young age... :shock:

[kiasimom]

Hi tree nymph,


I think you are right. Ok will go and ask my granny..heehee
Thanks :celebrate:

[tree nymph]

kiasimom:

Wow, biaojiu at such a young age... :shock:

hehehehee... our bei fei very high one. i have a biao zhi nu 3 years older then me. she has to call me biao gu! next May, i will be promoted to yi-po too! felt so old suddenly... :roll:

[mrswongtuition]

My family believes in proper ‘cheng hu’. My aunts & uncles will freak if someone did not follow. But this is only on my mum’s side. My dad’s side all very ‘modern’ & are alright if do not follow the traditional ‘cheng hu’ as they don’t even speak Mandarin at all.


My hb & I believe firmly in following the proper ‘cheng hu’. My boy calls all my relatives by properly & even for his cousins (my cousins’ kids), he will call them by name, then ‘kor kor’ or ‘jie jie’.

Up to now, I still call my brother ‘Kor’ in public. Nothing wrong with that. Even for my cousins, I still call ‘Jie’ and ‘Kor’ or ‘Jie Fu’ and ‘Sao Sao’ when I see them. It’s the same over the phone.

It’s a chinese culture & tradition we should preserve. I have friends who do not follow this & they were heavily criticised by elders during CNY.

[kiasimom]

tree nymph:

kiasimom:

Wow, biaojiu at such a young age... :shock:

hehehehee... our bei fei very high one. i have a biao zhi nu 3 years older then me. she has to call me biao gu! next May, i will be promoted to yi-po too! felt so old suddenly... :roll:

Wow, you must come from a big family :idea:

[kiasimom]

mrswongtuition:

My family believes in proper 'cheng hu'. My aunts & uncles will freak if someone did not follow. But this is only on my mum's side. My dad's side all very 'modern' & are alright if do not follow the traditional 'cheng hu' as they don't even speak Mandarin at all.


My hb & I believe firmly in following the proper 'cheng hu'. My boy calls all my relatives by properly & even for his cousins (my cousins' kids), he will call them by name, then 'kor kor' or 'jie jie'.

Up to now, I still call my brother 'Kor' in public. Nothing wrong with that. Even for my cousins, I still call 'Jie' and 'Kor' or 'Jie Fu' and 'Sao Sao' when I see them. It's the same over the phone.

It's a chinese culture & tradition we should preserve. I have friends who do not follow this & they were heavily criticised by elders during CNY.

Yeah, great mind think alike :celebrate:

[schellen]

tree nymph:

by the way, my small boy will become a biao-jiu next May, at the grand old age of 20 mths! :lol:

My DD1 has an aunt who is just 6 mths older than her. :roll: It's sashimi's cousin so that should be her biaogu? :?

[kiasimom]

Hi schellen,


seems like you come from a big family too :celebrate:

[schellen]

kiasimom:

Hi schellen,


seems like you come from a big family too :celebrate:

My family in S'pore is actually small but those who are in China...I've lost track or don't even know about since my parents don't tell me about them. I only knew I have a nephew who's about 10+ years younger than me when he came here to study English.

At least, for my side, my elders are older so that helps me to differentiate and remember. For sashimi's family, it's too confusing and waaaay too big. I guess our DD1 was born in the same \"age group\" as a few of her aunts and uncles and I see that as \"following the footsteps\" of his generation and the one before him since he told me that he has an uncle who's only a few years older than him.