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