Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (2nd Edition)

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22 Names, kinship terms, titles, and terms of address


1 Here is the Zhao family:


Mr. Zhao ⭕ݾ䎫/⭕ݾ䏏 Zhào xionsheng 45 years old
Mrs. Zhao 䎫འའ/䏏འའ Zhào tàitai 43 years old
Miss Zhao Xijie 䎫㾵ᶦ/䏏㾵ᶦ Zhào Xqjié 18 years old
Mr. Zhao Mingzhi 䎫᱄Ჰ/䏏᱄Ჰ Zhào Míngzhì 20 years old
Miss Zhao Xiqing 䎫㾵␻/䏏㾵␻ Zhào Xqqqng 16 years old
Mr. Zhao Mingyi 䎫᱄ѿ/䏏᱄㗟 Zhào Míngyì 14 years old
a. You are a hotel clerk.
(i) Address Mr. Zhao
(ii) Address Miss Zhao Xijie
(iii) Address Mrs. Zhao
➪ 22.1, 22.3.1
b. You are a good friend of Mr. Zhao, 40 years old. Address Mr. Zhao.
c. You are Zhao Xijie’s best friend. Address her.
➪ 22.4.1
d. You are Zhao Xiqing.
(i) Address Zhao Xijie.
(ii) Address Zhao Mingzhi.
e. You are Zhao Xijie. Introduce yourself and your family members to your
teacher, giving their ages.
f. You are Zhao Xiqing. Introduce your siblings using kinship terms.
g. You are Zhao Mingyi. Introduce yourself and your siblings using kinship terms.
➪ 22.2, 22.4.2
h. You refer to someone as ਊਊ sheshu. Is ਊਊ sheshu male or female,
and what is ਊਊ sheshu’s age in relation to your father’s age?
i. You hear a child describing someone as ྫྷྫྷ nfinai. Is ྫྷྫྷ nfinai male
or female, and what is ྫྷྫྷ nfinai’s age in relationship to the child?
➪ 22.4.2
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