Do NOT say "你叫什么名字" - Ask someone’s name POLITELY! (Spoken Chinese Training Lesson 2)

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“你叫什么名字?” is textbook language, and we don’t use it in most situations. In Chinese, just
like in other languages, it is often more polite to be a little indirect. If you meet someone for the first time and don’t know their name, the easiest way is just telling them your name, and the other person will tell you his or her name. In spoken Chinese training lesson 2, I'm going to teach you some other natural ways to ask someone's name and help you sound more polite in Chinese conversations.
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[@bellaw6932]

I’m a Chinese.Actually we often use 你叫什么名字 in our daily life.It’s used quite a lot in peers.

[@hocdantruong]

并不是，跟对方不熟。。。你这么问也太不礼貌了。后面教的，请问您怎么称呼这种说法，就礼貌多了。

[@mrtsiqsin2290]

@@hocdantruong 谁说的？我一点也不会觉得不礼貌。这句话本来没有礼貌不礼貌之分，重点是你说话的语气。

[@ancillarity]

@@mrtsiqsin2290 主要是感觉有点随便。正式场合用起来不好。

[@christinesung8884]

I also use 你叫什么名字. But honestly I usually will say 请问你叫什么名字？

[@shunshengliu6059]

我一般会说，兄弟你叫啥？ 女生的话，我一般会说，你好，你叫什么？

[@prvuse8281]

normal: 你叫什么名字? level 1 politeness: 你怎么称呼? level 2 politeness: 请问你叫什么名字? level 3 politeness: 请问你怎么称呼? level 4 politeness: 请问您怎么称呼? level 5 politeness: 请问您的尊姓大名？

[@tomata622]

Autually 请问您的尊姓大名 would sound real funny in Chinese...it became a internet popular slang nowadays

[@chuwanning1421]

请允许我的失礼因为我将借用您宝贵的三秒钟来从您尊贵的嘴巴中得出您动听的尊姓大名

[@ShawnPXiong]

@@chuwanning1421 地獄級politeness

[@alinas.3433]

“请问你的尊姓大名” sounds really sardonic Lmaooo DON'T say that

[@wildswan221]

She’s an excellent teacher as she uses Chinese to teach Chinese. Normally, teachers spend too much time speaking English when teaching a foreign language

[@ThatOneProFloppaTheBest]

Uh, you know she's also using English to teach us chinese right?

[@fulinli3445]

I‘m a Chinese person and I will definitely use 你叫什么名字 in my daily life. I don't see any inappropriate or impolite meaning in this sentence.

[@chinasubtitled8892]

If it's to your peers, it's absolutely fine. But if you are speaking to someone you need to show respect to, for example, an elderly person or your client, 你叫什么名字 is not a good choice. I'm also a native Chinese speaker.

[@chinasubtitled8892]

@键盘侠 我也中国人，我也看这视频。

[@chenxin2235]

@@chinasubtitled8892 exactly

[@damian_madmansnest]

看到这种小讨论很高兴！我在中国呆了十年多以年，明白了一个道理。教汉语的时候绝对不能用“不能这么说，这种说法不准确”的一句话（除了最基本的语顺序之外），因为中国地大人海，每个人的年龄、地方方言、社会地位，都会影响对每个人所认为的适当语言选择的判断。

[@rayanmansour6637]

I hate this kind of videos, it's hopeless and pushes me to stop learning the language once and for all. it's full of videos like this on youtube, don't say 你好, don't say 再见, so it's better to stop learning chinese if I'm never going to use what I'm learning! They could have said "other ways to say this/other manners to say that", but no, they just say "don't say"!

[@joyuna]

It seems like everything they teach in textbooks is not often used in real life! 哈哈

[@멍때리기-m5m]

This... I feel lost

[@EverydayChinese]

Textbook Chinese is a little formal but good to learn grammar points, while everyday Chinese is more casual. 😊

[@GuranPurin]

That's true for most languages. Taught English is correct but most people do not use it when speaking.

[@tamarahart6657]

Haha that’s true lol, other than 好的/好了

[@frankz6881]

their marketer should be blamed, haha..they love playing title games for more traffic, i guess.

[@MiyaMam948]

Textbooks: Say it like this! Every native person: *[softly]* _don't._

[@CivilDefenseEngineer]

Beginner Chinese: "Nihao" is how you say hello! Intermediate Chinese: No, no, don't say that, say "Chi le ma?" Advanced Chinese: 嗨。

[@EverydayChinese]

Haha 👍👍👍

[@zoef9882]

谁说“吃了吗”这种话啊，都说，你吃啦？疑问语气，吃了？可吃了？吃没？ 就行了。吃了吗这三个字中的吗字可以上书面语了。直接用么就行。但是作为外国人，如果没有长期相好的中国邻居--对，不是中国朋友，这句话大部分情况下一辈子也用不到。而且作为外国人，中国人对你们说这话没有期待，你们说了反而让我们觉得怪怪的。会好笑。尤其是语音不准的时候，真的更别说。

[@chinasubtitled8892]

@@zoef9882 印象里“吃了吗”更常见于（老）北京人之间的口语交流。“吃了？”感觉跟其他的问有没有做什么常见的事情或者将要做什么，比如“上班啊？”“下班啦？“”放学啦？”，是类似的。

[@derekchen6589]

Zoe F 你可拉倒吧别误导外国人 广东人都是说吃了吗的 我可没特么见过谁说你吃啦？的 所以每个地方都不一样 别来误导人

[@wngmv355]

吃了吗那是吃饭点问的 谁闲没事下午三点问人家“吃了么？”

[@l.j.turner185]

Hearing her speak perfect Chinese sounds fantastic ~ 老师谢谢

[@babycora2583]

Hi you are so hot

[@mrtsiqsin2290]

A Chinese speaker here. This video is holy crap! Even if I'm speaking to an elderly person or someone I don't know, I can still use "你叫什么名字" and it doesn't sound impolite at all. What matters is your manner of speaking, not the phrase itself!

[@everythozoomed6898]

I love the immersion in this channel. Chinese speaking to teach, instead of using English.

[@zjcoolman9386]

我个人觉得 “你叫什么名字“并没有问题，也不存在不礼貌 。句子简单明了。 重点是你在说这句话时候的语境和语调 。 或者说可以在句子前加上 “不好意思，你/ 您/叫什么名字 “ 或者 “ 请问 你/您 叫什么名字 ？ ”可以适用于任何情境 。 在忘记别人名字的时候，个人觉得用“你叫什么来着？“或者“ 你叫 …“ 是不礼貌的 。 “ 你叫什么来着？“ 有一种从上往下对人说话的口气 。 况且是两个不熟悉的人之间的对话 ，更不能这么用。 “你叫... ？“这句话更有问题 ... 你不知道别人字，还不把话说完. 你是等着别人填空回答问题吗？ 如果我是那个听到这句话的人 我肯定会回答 我叫阿猫阿狗 ... （举例有点极端 ，但我的意思是说。问别人问题就要问清楚 ， 表示尊重。） 再说一下你叫什么来着 太随便了 . 也像是在叫什么东西一样 。 我和问问题的人一点儿都不熟，请好好说话 。 只有你和亲密的朋友或者熟人在一起的时候，忘记第三方（她/他）的名字的时候。 可以说 ”她/他叫什么来着 ？ 如果忘记别人名字 就直接说 “ 不好意思，我忘记您的名字了，可以再告诉我一下怎么称呼您吗？ 或者 ：”对不起，我记不起您的名字了，如何称呼您呢？“ 大家觉得呢？

[@Elemy69]

My take: like many other textbook expressions, 你叫什么名字 is totally fine. It's just that textbooks teach you the gramatically correct way to speak the language. But it won't teach you how the language is used in everyday life, you have to spend some time in the country to experience that, it's not really something you can learn in a classroom. And as the comment section shows, the usage of words and expressions vary from region to region (China is a big country), so even your teacher might not be able to provide complete information on how to use them, they can only teach you how ppl from their region use it.

[@CurrentChinese]

Exactly!

[@jackpenny8572]

I've heard 你叫什么名字 used in Taiwan, and it looks like some other commenters use it too. So I don't think it's a good idea to discourage people using it, just make them aware of the other options. Personally I think 请问你叫什么 sounds waaaay to polite for casual use (but then again I'm not actually Chinese)

[@williamjpriest7475]

I can say in the mainland no one ever said that to me or killed me for not saying it that way

[@vio3366]

THANKS FOR THIS! most of Chinese teachers use too much English and English, I get they want to practice their English but It is not very beneficial in my opinion. They should teach more often in Chinese

[@hmilygjun]

“你叫什么名字”其实较多出现在校园背景的教材里，在这背景下学生互相询问或老师询问学生都可以说你叫什么名字。其他询问方式也是有特定环境的。所以还是要看场景。

[@graceidhi2571]

I do appreciate her realy.

[@st116]

我一个中国人为啥会在这儿

[@minh0828]

哈哈哈 我也是

[@resurus]

@CHEN ZHENG 可能是因为你以前看过所以给你推荐了，我也已经被逮住了

[@yu-nk8725]

同感 我明明只看過其他語言的學習影片 這個是我的母語不需要啊KZbin

[@leonma3801]

打卡

[@emoti0n21ptindigo2]

哈哈哈哈哈

[@hannahliu3537]

Some personal experiences from a native speaker from Taiwan~~~~~ When receiving phone calls at the office, it’s really common to say請問您貴姓？or請問怎麼稱呼？but if we meet someone in a casual occasion, and that person looks at the similar age with us, then directly ask請問你的名字是什麼呀？sounds great to me🙂

[@notareallin620]

Oh. Makes sense. So it's basically the "it's impolite to ask others for their name without giving yours first" rule I've read about in literature.

[@EverydayChinese]

It sounds natural and soft to say "怎么称呼？"，“你叫什么？”...

[@ginasreview1030]

I need to also check the website to help my Chinese learning journey. I studied & made some flashcard thing to help me.

[@suy1002]

加油

[@멍때리기-m5m]

And the fact that i just asked someone's name with 你叫什么名字 hours ago before i find this video...................

[@EverydayChinese]

Haha, "你叫什么名字" is not wrong, just not that natural.

[@PassionPno]

@@EverydayChinese Literally every South East Asian Chinese says 请问你叫什么名字; or in a more formal setting, we say 请问我应该如何称呼您.

[@alexandrefan2385]

i believe its just ok especially when they know you dont speak good chinese

[@dingliu6302]

it depends, I think it's perfect fine with people the same age or younger.

[@johnfrusci8316]

太好了，多谢多谢

[@KruYong4644]

非常感谢老师。

[@sasy1533]

2:44 Woah I didn't know you were Cai Xukun mom! I'm kidding, I was really looking for a video on this topic thank you!

[@zahraelkhoudri8772]

am so glad i found your lessons , its more close to what we hear in movies and real chinese life , thank youuuu ❤❤❤❤💕💕💕💕🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@rockerdrake]

这个内容特别有用！而且讲课讲得也非常好。感谢老师们！

[@bpbp5573]

多谢老师 我刚刚在开始学中文 我泰国人学中文太难了 但是我不放弃✌✌每天都加努力学

[@EverydayChinese]

加油👍

[@kevinpan5525]

加油！！

[@OK-sn3ig]

真有帮助的汉语课程

[@altisfunny5636]

谢谢老师，我好喜欢

[@LayKimlang168]

Thank for sharing 😊

[@I_M_PON]

非常感谢您提供了非常有用的视频。 是非常有帮助的。 你有明确的措辞。 很高兴听。

[@tonyeclau]

Thank you for this excellent detailed lesson.

[@thynhquang142]

I thought we are learning new language, we should follow basically of book as a kid. After long time we are experienced in new language, we will talk natural like local people.

[@learnindonesianwithchandra3637]

Very interisting to listen you speak

[@Peng_Peng]

Yes, I don't use 你叫什么名字，I use 怎么称呼 a lot.

[@chenxin2235]

you are right. thats more common and polite

[@Youtubeuser-xz1md]

非常有用的。谢谢!

[@Luke92325]

‘你叫什么？‘ is uncommon in my society. In fact, it sounds rude to us and it could mean 'What food did you order?'. Usually we say '请问， 你叫什么名字？’ in a polite way.

[@katsukiri]

Wow! Thank you so much, 老师. Your lessons are very useful!! I'll subscribe!

[@sherjan70]

老师您教的方法特别好听。

[@marcturcotte559]

这部视频的内容非常有用。其实中文是个有礼貌的语言。就是礼貌很重要。去中国的人会发现。用礼貌的话人一定会温良。这就是文化差别。在英文里面特别在美国英文，当然用礼貌的话也是合适的。但是用informal就是表示温良。比如说我们说的Hi比过去的How do you do?等等。还有在英文里面没有那个您的概念。所以有人可能会觉得英文不是有礼貌的语言。但是不一定。这就是文化差别。

[@AbcAbc-sx1hx]

谢谢你啊！

[@wildswan221]

This is great because I prefer to learn the correct, polite phrases, picking up casual language from friends later.

[@donnabelleangyu3455]

She's right.it depends who are you talking to.esp older than you must show respect at all times.

[@keokittheng6062]

Thank you

[@EverydayChinese]

Welcome!

[@chinohouziclasesdechinoman6869]

Tema muy completo y bien explicado 谢谢

[@stevegoh880905]

"hi，您好。我是xxx。 请问我应该怎么称呼您呢? " Personally thinks this is a polite way of asking any person with any age .

[@Clytia]

Agreed, I use that to ask as well except very young kids because they might not understand what "称呼" means.

[@kalsanggyatso8414]

非常感谢. 我从今天开始学的. 🙏

[@MrJuulia01]

Textbooks do help with pronouncation "kinda", but are often in english said and sentences example 我不是 and 我是 which are great to say who i am. 我是芬兰人。I am finnish. 👍

[@sumansaini1841]

Love from India 🥰

[@YSFmemories]

I speak Chinese fluently; there's nothing wrong with 你叫什么名字. Perfectly normal and common.

[@CurrentChinese]

Thank you! My whole life was shuttered at the thought people don't actually say that

[@mr.baymax6809]

No, 你叫什么名字 is used for people younger than you and is generally more weird.

[@YSFmemories]

@@mr.baymax6809 that's because you never directly say the name of a person older than you in the first place. A lot of kids probably don't even know their parents or grandparent's names because of that. There are other ways to ask for a person's name, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with 你叫什么 or 你叫什么名字

[@meow4619]

Why does the youtube recommendation algorithm consider that as a Chinese, I still need to learn Chinese?

[@Katerina111111000]

thank you so much, very helpful!

[@EverydayChinese]

You're very welcome!

[@reinhard6946]

As a native, personally I barely use “你叫什么名字” in real life when I meet someone who older than me or from my peers, as she said in video I think it’s impolite, I’d say “（您）怎么称呼” instead

[@christjohn3034]

谢谢你老师

[@hellennaki6926]

I wish I could speak like you laoshi

[@EverydayChinese]

You can! 加油！

[@trunghieutrung3076]

谢谢老师

[@dandelionc69]

作为中国人的自己，已经忘记该怎么和陌生的中国人说话了。😩

[@dianalauralopezdelgado6770]

Información que salva. 谢谢。

[@suy1002]

加油

[@GeorginaEsiTakyiAnnan]

I have learnt a lot

[@ToveBall]

💐 If you are afraid of being rude,try to add a modal particle “呀 ya” at the end of the sentence，for instance,“你叫什么名字呀？” is far more polite than “你叫什么名字？”

[@Krukomain_linjiajunlaoshi]

谢谢老师的分享，我学到了很多知识。

[@shizishe4010]

谢谢，very helpful. Would it also make sense to ask “我怎么（应）该称呼你？” or “我怎么会称呼你？”

[@chinasubtitled8892]

Should be 我(应)该怎么称呼你。怎么 is used to ask about the word right behind it. 怎么应该 is asking why something should be like that. So it should be 我应该怎么称呼你， not 我怎么应该... 会 means can, be able to, will (in future). It doesn't make sense to use 会 here. 怎么会 means how come, why would

[@fashington]

我这个中国人为啥要点开看，哈哈哈，有趣的视频

[@nguyenthithuhien6112]

谢谢老师💙

[@Jilli8310]

I really like lessons like this where you teach us what is used in everyday speaking or real situations. I do have a question, if a native speaker sees this, feel free to answer. I work in a position in the criminal justice field. When I interrogate someone, I have to ask details such as their name, their address etc.. If I am speaking in Mandarin to a Chinese person who can not speak any English, at that point would it be acceptable to be more direct in my questions and say 你叫什么名字 to an adult? In this hypothetical situation, it would be someone who may or may not have been involved in a crime, so I need this information, it's not a happy type of meeting. Obviously I get an interpreter for them for the full interview, but initially upon detaining them, I need to know name, address, birthdate, etc.. Any insight would help, because I notice Mandarin speakers tend to be very indirect when asking questions or hinting at things etc.. but what about an interview or interrogation? Like in my job?

[@chinesewithcrystal]

Yes, in this formal situation, it's proper to ask directly:"你叫什么名字?"，or "你的名字是什么?". I think this kind of direct asking suits when you are on every quite formal occassion, like going through customs.

[@chinasubtitled8892]

In your situation, you don't need to show additional respect. So politeness-wise, 你叫什么名字 is absolutely fine. Other ways asking this, like 怎么称呼, may have other problem. One can also answer 怎么称呼 (how should I call you?) with "Mr. Zhang" or "the king", something like that. You can also be even more specific by saying "你的姓名？"(Your family name and given name?) or even just "姓名？" so they won't just give their last name.

[@mali_pleonazmic]

In 99,999% of situations it's perfectly fine to say this. There is no way they won't be impressed

[@pupfer]

In my chinese textbook the teacher's name is also Chen laoshi.

[@stephengoh5456]

Yes, agreed!

[@baldemarguerra3521]

谢谢。我每次问，“你叫什么名字？“。 哈哈。以前我不知道有问题。 I didn't know. I saw it in my textbook :-)

[@tonyz3334]

It depends on how much respect do you want to show to the person you are asking.

[@zikunli2009]

I think for foreigners,你叫什么名字 is enough.If we Chinese talk to foreigners,we don't care if the sentenese is polite or not,only the meaning matters.

[@nhihuynh2386]

老师, 您的声音很好听 🥰

[@AsiaLoverBoy_87]

陈平李老师。这个视频的内容时100%中文。我不知道。对我来说看起来你们的中文学校和课程一定会有意义。请继续创造更多这样的100%中文视频。

[@EverydayChinese]

很高兴你喜欢这个课程。

[@stellalytle1077]

这个就尴尬了，因为在初级课程里，你们讲过how do you ask what's your name.现在又说“”不要说 你叫什么名字“”，这样会让外国人confuse吧？

[@ToveBall]

会话礼貌原则，说清楚学生能懂

[@Sjk12394]

its ok to say that to peers. But in business conversation, this is very rude. Usually people would say 请问您贵姓 when they talk to elder or leader in company

[@tolacambo3690]

大家好，我叫明飞，很高兴认识你们🙏

[@jcscband]

我倒是对英文的字幕翻译有个建议。一般我们说“怎么称呼您”的时候，我们都用“How do I address you?” “May I have your name?" 或者 “May I ask for your name?” 不能完全用在长辈身上，即使是友人初次见面也不会这么说。

[@EverydayChinese]

多谢你的建议！👍 Thanks, Crystal

[@stefanomaddalena3519]

你们这些视频做的太好了，就不知道为什么订阅的人这么少。我会继续转发给我的学生，希望更多的人知道你们

[@EverydayChinese]

万分感谢！😊

[@sansokchea9168]

Good

[@zzzz_020]

I’m Chinese and I’m confused about why people can’t say “what’s your name”... I always ask my peers or classmates’ name when the first time I see them.

[@sookw1071]

can say but its a direct translation from English "what is your name". its ok to use it for peers or informal occasion. It may seem rude when use it for formal event or towards elderly or people of higher stature

[@suriyoon8736]

You're saying not to use " 你叫什么名字? " But when we watch Chinese drama or movies, we can see that they're using this sentence to ask someone's name.

[@dot1475]

But in Most Dramas they Don Say 你叫什么名字 they sometimes can use Them word but in Most Chinese people They don find 瓦你叫什么名字 A Most Said Word But of course it is A Real Word for The Chinese but They don Use it much Like Nin hao hello Nin hao is a not useful people Use ni hao to Person Meetings or A Person you don Know

[@OK-sn3ig]

中秋节快乐!! 国庆节也快乐!!

[@acwright]

请问， 您贵姓 ? This is the polite way to ask I learned.

[@ctrlzme.6448]

too polite lmao. It’s like saying “May I have the greatest pleasure of knowing your name?” or sumn lmao

[@Varunhanamkondavlogs]

祝你们国庆节和中秋节快乐😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@chinesewithcrystal]

谢谢谢谢!

[@МаринаЩелкунова-у4з]

Thank you for this useful information! 请问，第一个视讯里您说中国人不太常常说“你好”。这里的”你好”表示我们第一次见面一个人的情况吗？

[@EverydayChinese]

对！通常是陌生人之间第一次见面，或者第一次接电话才说“你好”。其他时间很少说。

[@wattananoyachai6076]

谢谢老师 我是泰国人。

[@Korvin-Dallas]

牛逼！！！

[@officialjaminglobal6146]

Radical 🔥🔥🔥❣️

[@肥橘-n6w]

汝是何人 报上姓名😎

[@bozhoujin5925]

Greet someone by “道友请留步” and freak them out.🌝

[@devignapasupuleti6871]

I m insterested to learn Chinese

[@PassionPno]

'I'm interested in learning Chinese.' Brush up on your English first.

[@bozhoujin5925]

I don’t think “你叫什么名字” is rude... it’s just tedious to say. I usually say “你叫啥” or just give them my name and expect them to respond. “我叫” vs “我是”. The former sounds like you are introducing yourself to a new person, whereas the latter sounds the same except that it feels like you think you are so famous that everyone should have heard your name even though they have not seen you. Oh and that’s why I usually use the second one🌝

[@sookw1071]

你叫什么名字is RUDE. 你叫啥 is 没有家教的人用的。不要误导观众。

[@bozhoujin5925]

Soo KW 我的天呐朋友你这是什么偏见 大清亡了一个多世纪了🙄

[@sookw1071]

@@bozhoujin5925 随你吧。反正你也不不管别人如何看你。视频·好心教导可是现代人就是不管礼仪。还好不是全部的人是这样。

[@bozhoujin5925]

Soo KW 礼仪是用来律己的，不是像你一样来作秀的，更不是用来自以为站在道德的制高点上指责别人的。再者原本此处讨论的仅是语言习惯，一进来就上升到家教并不是讨论的行为。恕我直言，阁下也是现代人，“喷子”、“杠精”二次与阁下相配再适宜不过。至于道德家教礼仪... 我并看不见你有多尊重人，那也就与你搭不上边了吧。

[@sookw1071]

@@bozhoujin5925 “礼仪是用来律己的”真的是这样吗？如果是的话，好像在从你身上看到失败的例子。我没有在作秀，我在表达我的看法还有不同意你的说法。不想一些认真要学习的观众以为你所说的真的是没问题的。可能你不能接受别人和你意见不同吧所以觉得我在批评你指责你。所谓礼多人不怪，谦虚点吧，学习接受人家的批评和不同的看法。

[@MaeXM]

I think it's better to rename this title as "Instead of "你叫什么名字", try to use "你好，怎么称呼" etc." To people who are learning chinese, they might find this video discouraging instead of encouraging as they have to throw away what they've learnt and relearn the correct way. Honestly, "你叫什么名字" has been so generalised, it sounds normal to be used in daily life, though I do agree that it's mainly used for those younger than you. In singapore, we'd still go by "你叫什么名字" because our usual conversations are always casual talks (due to our use of singlish and mixing different languages together). Unless we meet some really high end people, then we'd greet appropriately.

[@eunechue977]

a：你叫什么？ b：我没叫啊。

[@friamariz3582]

I hope someone can answr .how you are going to call a woman that is older to you in a polite way and the caller is also a girl .tyi

[@choiiska6120]

I learn from duo lingo. It teach me like that "你叫什么名字"

我喜欢你，老师 ❤️

[@sophiali5862]

There are many videos will say differently. And you must know China is huge, people speak Mandarin differently, it is actually impolite to say other teachers taught you wrong or don't say...XXX, especially in this case. It is absolutely correct to say "你叫什么" or “你叫什么名字” or even “尊姓大名”。 “怎么称呼” is a causal way to ask, more like you are order or in a higher position to ask the other. So, nothing wrong to ask what is your name with 请问， 你叫什么名字。 Just remember, one video doesn't represent all. watch more or listen to your teachers.

[@user_cv8wysmstt]

马来西亚很少人会说 “您贵姓”

[@padmeteratai3658]

那个是北方人的用法，马来西亚华人都是从南方来的，所以讲法很不一样。

[@jion3795]

Padme Teratai 粤语里面也有你贵姓这种问法，不过不知道是不是受北方影响

[@wartyxu2427]

我们可不可以用，“你呢？” 比如， A : 你好，我叫珮书。你呢？ B : 我叫玛丽。

[@EverydayChinese]

可以的😊

[@yibi8157]

我去，十年在国外，这全都忘了， 羞羞羞。。。，听懂，说懂，就不会用😂😂