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[quote=LEONARDO,285554]Have you ever been called “Beauty” or “Pretty girls”? If so, don’t take it seriously; it is only a way of addressing. Today, China’s youngsters have developped the habit of calling a woman “Beauty”( Měi Nǚ　美女) instead of employing the title Miss or Madame.  Most Chinese ladies have been used to being addressed in this way. It seems to be safe enough to call all the female ranging from a baby girl to a senile woman “Beauty美女”. “Beauty” has lost its original meaning. It has become only a flattering word. In big shops, it is common that most female customers are addressed as “beauty”.

Once, one of my friends, who went to a theatre, was seated in the last row. He saw a female colleague sittting in the front. So he greeted: “Hi, Beauty (美女)” .To his astonishment, all the female at the theatre turned around and stared at him. He felt very embarassed by the unexpected scene.

Once upon a time, women were addressed as “ Tǒng zhi (comrade)” “Dà Jǐe （sister）” Xiao Jie ( Miss). People began to call girls "Miss" (xiao jie) in public under the influence of Western culture following China's opening-up in the late 1970s. However, now “Miss”carries a sense of derogatory meaning. “Miss” in Chinese “小姐” has the underlied meaning of “ mistress or prostitute”. So be carefully, when you call Chinese girls “xiao jie 小姐”. You are at the risk of being punched”.

Similarly, “Handsome guy (shuai ge 帅哥)” is the popular way to address “all men”. If you are rational enough, you will find that there are “too many fabricated beauties” in Chinese daily lives.  Have you been called “ Beauty美女” or “Handsome Guy 帅哥” in China? How do you address women in China?
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