24.10 Titles
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If we don’t know someone’s name, we can use the following titles to address them politely.
| A: | 請問先生貴姓嘅？ cing2 man6 sin1 saang1 gwai3 sing3 ge2? Sir, may I ask what your noble surname is? |
| B: | 我姓黃嘅。 ngo5 sing3 wong4 ge3. My surname is Wong. |
If we know someone’s surname, we can address them politely using their surname followed by the titles below. Notice we put the title after the surname, unlike English where the title comes before the surname. In daily life, we usually contract 先生 sin1 saang1 to 生 saang1 and 太太 taai3 taai2 to 太 taai2 when putting a surname before these titles.