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Weimin
2 mag 2018

  • Indonesiano
  • Malay Quasi esperto
  • Cinese semplificato (Mandarino)
  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)
  • Cinese tradizionale (Taiwan)
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How do you call your siblings? Do you directly call them by their name?

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Yuran
2 mag 2018

  • Paese o regione Cina

We usually call them sister(jie jie) or brother(ge ge).

Weimin
2 mag 2018

  • Paese o regione Indonesia
If your older brother named 小龙 for the example. Do you still call him 哥哥 or may be 哥小龙 or what？
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Yuran
2 mag 2018

  • Paese o regione Cina

Normally, we call our elder brothers or sister by 'brother' or 'sister' to show our respect. But we usually called our younger brothers or sisters by their name directly.

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Weimin
2 mag 2018

  • Paese o regione Indonesia
@Yuran I know. You call your elder brother by 哥哥， right? My question is, do you also mention his name after 哥哥？
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Asllaann
2 mag 2018

  • Paese o regione Cina

I don't have siblings only three older cousins. I call them their nicknames + 哥哥/姐姐. And they call me my nickname only.

Weimin
2 mag 2018

  • Paese o regione Indonesia
@Asllaann If your older brother named 小龙 for the example. Do you call him 小龙哥哥？
Asllaann
2 mag 2018

  • Paese o regione Cina

@Weimin Exactly 👍

Weimin
2 mag 2018

  • Paese o regione Indonesia
@Asllaann could you please tell me the difference between 姐姐 and 大姐？And how to adress 兄弟 to someone?
Asllaann
2 mag 2018

  • Paese o regione Cina

@Weimin 姐姐 means sister. But many people call their older female cousins 姐姐 too. Even if two persons are not related, if they're close enough one may also call the other 姐姐.
大姐 means oldest sister. Nowadays it's more used to call middle aged strangers. For example, when you go to a market or store, you can address the seller like this:"大姐, how much is this?" And 兄弟 is like "bro" in English.

Islaaa
3 mag 2018

  • Paese o regione Cina

If we're close enough, yeah I'd call my siblings by their names or nicknames

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