中国人经常聊年龄，人们也经常根据年龄来选择称呼。
中国人也常用家庭成员的称呼来叫其他人，这是一种礼貌。
比如，比自己年龄大的，我们常叫“哥”“姐”，有时候会加上他们的姓，比如“张哥”“王姐”，不认识的人可以叫“大哥”“大姐”。
如果这个人和自己父母的年龄差不多，可以叫他们“叔叔”“阿姨”。
如果这个人的年龄和自己的爷爷、奶奶差不多，可以叫他们“爷爷”“奶奶”。
和哥哥、姐姐一样，如果你们认识，在称呼前面加上这个人的姓就可以了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 聊 | liáo | (coll.) to chat / (literary) to depend upon |
| 年龄 | nián líng | (a person's) age |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 根据 | gēn jù | according to / based on |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 称呼 | chēng hu | form of address; appellation |
| 常 | cháng | always / ever / often / frequently |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household |
| 成员 | chéng yuán | member |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 叫 | jiào | to call |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 礼貌 | lǐ mào | courtesy; politeness; manners |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 哥 | gē | elder brother |
| 姐 | jiě | older sister |
| 有时候 | yǒu shí hou | sometimes |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 加上 | jiā shàng | to put in / to add / to add on / to add into |
| 他们的 | tā men de | their |
| 姓 | xìng | family name; surname |
| 张 | Zhāng | surname Zhang |
| 王 | Wáng | surname Wang |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 认识 | rèn shi | to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 差不多 | chà bu duō | about the same / good enough / not bad |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 叔叔 | shū shu | father's younger brother; paternal uncle / form of address used by children for a male one generation older |
| 阿姨 | ā yí | maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) |
| 爷爷 | yé ye | (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa |
| 奶奶 | nǎi nai | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house |
| 哥哥 | gē ge | older brother |
| 姐姐 | jiě jie | older sister |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 前面 | qián miàn | ahead / in front / preceding / above |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |