[Help] Does anyone know any good websites to look up info on chinese and russian customs?

Reply from question_mark?

question_mark? — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:20:10 +0100

ok, thank you, that was really helpful

Reply from fcchaos

fcchaos — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:42:35 +0100

Maybe you need define your question.
If the foreigner comes from Euro,the USA.We call his family name.
For example,we call bill gates,—gates.

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question_mark? — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:42:25 +0100

sorry, i wasn’t clear, would a chinese person call a foreigner by the foreigner’s family or given name?

Reply from fcchaos

fcchaos — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:55:45 +0100

Sometimes will.Like,there are so many foreign companys from the USA,euro….etc in China.So,many employee in those companys would like to have a foreigners given name.
It’s convenient to use a foreigner given name for communicate with their foreign workmates.Because it’s hard for a foreigner remember a Chinese name.
In the other hand,as I know,in high school,some English teacher will ask the students to have a English name.

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question_mark? — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:53:09 +0100

would a chinese person use a foreigners given name or their family name?

Reply from fcchaos

fcchaos — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:48:30 +0100

No,if you have a close relationship with one person like good friends,you can call the person’s given name.

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question_mark? — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:33:38 +0100

so you guys never use your given names then?

Reply from fcchaos

fcchaos — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:05:18 +0100

1 it’s so surprise to call a chinese person’s given name.Actually,we always emphasize the family.So,we call a person’s family name.For example,Wang is a family name,I will call a person who’s family name is wang “Xiao(means young) Wang” if the people younger than me ,I will call the person Lao(means old ) wang if the people older than me.
2 Greet.I will say hello.Sometimes maybe “Ni hao”(means how are you in chinese),and you should say Ni hao too.
3 Sometimes,call the foreigners Lao Wai(Wai means foreign)

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question_mark? — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:37:33 +0100

ok, so i have a few questions i couldnt find answers to. When is it appropriate to use a chinese person’s given name, and how? How would a chinese person normally greet a foreigner? I saw that chinese people call each other (sorry if get this wrong) i think lao, would they do that to foreigners as well?

Reply from fcchaos

fcchaos — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:40:27 +0100

Write a book?So great.
I donn’t know a website fit you.
However,Maybe I can help you cause I am a chinese.

Reply from question_mark?

question_mark? — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:37:49 +0100

no, I dont need to know the language, im not going to china, im writing a book with a chinese characte rand a russian character, so i need to know more about their cultures to make it more realistic

Reply from fcchaos

fcchaos — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:32:18 +0100

Did you master Chinese language?