编者按:出门在外总会遇到想要与陌生人打招呼的情况,这个时候应该怎么称呼呢?先生,小姐,美女等等词汇,一旦用错了会产生尴尬哦,我们来看一看用英语应该怎么称呼陌生人吧。
Lady? Miss? Waiter? Chinese has many ways to address people, and they're all risky.
Imagine you just left the office and find a Chinese restaurant that looks satisfactory, head on in, and find a seat that faces the entrance. An employee hands over a menu and you peruse the options. After deciding, you look up, and it suddenly dawns on you that the identity of the female employee across the room is a mystery. Maybe you should say 老板 (boss/lǎobǎn), in case she's the owner? Maybe 服务员 (attendant/fúwù yuán) would be fine? Then there's the possibility of小姐 (Miss/xiǎojiě), 美女 (pretty lady/měinǚ), or simply 你好 (hello/nǐhǎo).