| Language: | Mandarin |
| Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
| Value: | Binary politeness distinction |
Personal pronouns are generally avoided in discours, except whena participant has to be highlighted or needs to be specifiedbecause of the expectation of the hearer. The reference grammar by ) does not mention any politenes distinctionsin personal pronouns.
nin | 2nd sg. hon | - polite form of nii (2sg) used predominantly in thePeiping dialect of Mandarin |