Mandarin NIN2 form

H. S. Teoh ( hsteoh@QUICKFUR.YI.ORG <mailto:hsteoh@...> ) wrote:
"LOL!! Well, I occasionally hear this form of "ni3" pronounced /nin2/. Not
sure if it's just my mistaken hearing, or it's some perverse mutation of the
word."

In Beijing Standard anyway, there is a separate form of the second person
used for politeness, nin2. I can't recall how it is written. As I understand
it, it's pretty outmoded - the only people I heard using it were being
obsequious (like foreign students kissing up to their professors), although
in the past it was more prevalent. I can't say if that is why you are
hearing that form...

banAnna
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