On Chinese Greetings And It's Teaching As A Second Language

As greeting to each other is a very common and regular behavior in people's daily life of every country and nation, greetings become one of the language formats which people use most frequently everyday. Although every nation's greeting customs are very different from each other, greetings play an important role in people's daily communication in every country. It also reflects different contents of cultures and customs in different countries.Chinese greetings are very complicated and abundant in format. They indicate rich and distinctive cultures of Chinese nation as well as Chinese people's special understanding and expression in social communication. Chinese teaching as a second language is such a kind of teaching which essentially targets at helping students to build their ability on communicating in Chinese. However, Chinese greetings are so complicated that foreign students often meet troubles and make mistakes when they use them to communicate with people in Chinese.As a result, based on the main study on Chinese greetings, this paper...