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Re: The pitfall of Chinese/Mandarin

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Friday, December 7, 2001, 18:38
On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 08:37:57AM -0800, Weiben Wang wrote:
> Nin2 is the polite/deferential form of "you", and is a > different word and character. It's ni3 written with a > heart underneath.
[snip] Ahh, NOW I remember :-) Heh, shows how rusty my Mandarin is :-/ Haven't had much opportunity to use it on this continent. As to why I associate this with the feminine "ni3" is something that puzzles myself as well :-P Like I said, it's probably because I heard it from somebody / some people who weren't using it in the strictly correct sense. (Or perhaps mispronouncing it?? Who knows...) T -- Give me some fresh salted fish, please.