20 common words of humility and honorifics

Common words of modesty and honorifics are as follows:

1. Modesty words:

1. I: Address yourself humbly.

2. My surname: Call your surname modestly.

3. Our school: humbly call your own school.

4. My place: Humbly refer to your hometown, residence or office.

5. Our country: a humble name for one’s own country.

6. I am humble; call yourself humbly.

7. Disdain: My own opinion.

8. Disdain: one’s own opinion.

9. Despicable old man: still old and decayed. The old man's self-proclaimed modest words.

10. Beben: A lower-level military officer’s self-proclaimed title to his superior.

11. Beihan: refers to a person with a low status and a poor family.

2. Honor words:

1. Reading: Read the article that has been concluded.

2. Express love: express the other person’s love and care for you in the letter.

3. Inquiry: When talking about other people's inquiries about oneself, it also means "inquiry".

4. Fang Ling: Call the other party’s age. The other party should be a young woman.

5. Miss you: express how others miss you.

6. Name: call the other person by his/her name. The other person should be a young woman.

7. Thank you: Thank the other party.

8. Fengda: tell, express.

9. Farewell: Say goodbye to the other party.

10. Congratulations: Congratulate the other party.

11. Admire: admire the other person.

Different recipients use different contexts. When people write letters to each other, they often write "To Your Majesty" or "Supreme" after the content of the letter, although they all express a certain respect for the recipient. meaning.

Contextual differences:

1. To give, that is, to give. "Zhi Shang" is an honorific, indicating that it is given to leaders and elders. The "Zhi Shang" in the letter means to present it upward. This is a common honorific used when writing letters. "To so-and-so" means that the writer is "below" and the recipient is "above". It means that the writer lowers his attitude and respects the recipient.

2. Supremacy was originally a professional term. To, extremely high. And the Supreme is the highest, the first. But "to" in the letter means to deliver, "up" means the above content, and "supreme" means "the meaning expressed to the other party is the above content without redundancy."

When writing letters, letters written to elders or superiors are addressed to the highest, to express respect, while letters to peers or peers can be addressed to the highest.

Extended information:

Many words in Chinese have obvious tendencies. Some are used to express self-effacement, which are called modest words; some are used to express respect for others, They are called honorific words. These words must be used correctly, otherwise they will make a joke. The correct use of modesty words and honorific words is an important part of the college entrance examination test of language decency, and modesty words and honorific words have their own specific use objects and scope of use, and cannot be changed at will.

The tendency of some words to be modest and respectful may not be obvious, but it exists objectively and should be paid attention to. For example, "Ding Li" in "Ding Li" is used to express gratitude for others' help, but cannot be used to talk about one's own help to others. Another example is "a little bit thin", which is used for the self-effacement of the elderly and cannot be used casually.