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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾
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I don't know if this is common in most Chinese families but in my family, my siblings address me as 大姐 (da jie or in Hokkien, tua chee), which literally means "eldest sister". Meanwhile I have the privilege of addressing them by name.
This feels very historical #CDrama to me haha

@modulux @liztai It's common in other asian countries. In the Philippines, the older brother is traditionally called Kuya while the older sister is called atte, except in my family because I'm the exact same age as 2 of my brothers. It's interesting that they have the same sort of structure in China.

Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾
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@gocu54 Forms of address is such a thing with the Chinese, so much so we have multiple names for aunts and uncles depending on seniority or whether they are on the paternal or maternal side. It gives me a headache but I guess it is nice that we have retained this for literally 1000s of years. @modulux

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@liztai @modulux That is pretty cool that this system has lasted this long but it'd totally give me a headache too. Chinese culture sure is interesting, even if extremely complicated.

Daniel Schildt
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@liztai @gocu54 In Finnish language, there are different kind of names for paternal or maternal side relatives, but large part of people just use the forenames, in most cases.

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@autiomaa @liztai So its not as strict as in philippino or Chinese cultures. If I was living traditionally, my brothers would get reprimanded for not calling me Kuya at all times. I'm glad I don't have to deal with it. I hate being called something other than my name.