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How to ask age in Chinese? Is it polite to ask other's age in China, and how do you ask the age in Mandarin Chinese
Posted by Alice September 5, 2011
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Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) says
In China, while asking women's age is becoming less common nowadays, traditionally, people don't usually mind too much about asking one's age. Nevertheless, Chinese pay attention to how you ask about age for different age groups. "你几岁了?(Nì jǐ suì le)" is usually used to ask a child who is below 10 years old. "你多大了?(Nǐ duō da le)" is usually used to ask a teenager. "您多大岁数了?(Nǐn duō dà suì shù le)" is usually used to ask middle-aged and elderly people. If you want to learn more about this topic, please visit: http://www.echineseonline.com/chinese-video-courses/beginner-chinese-series1/lesson-8 Hope that can be help.
September 5, 2011
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