请教：addressing people in mandarin

[louis]

Hi, this is my first post,

I have realized that there are many different word to address people in mandarin:

• some indicate job titles like 老板、老师 for example,
  
• some indicate family relationships, but also extend to friends sometimes as 叔叔、姐姐 etc..
  
• some indicate only age, as 小姐
  

and there are many more out there!

Does anyone know where I could find a list of them, explaining their proper use?

Do you know which ones are appropriate to use at work?

[sissi]

If you can read in Chinese and also have a dictionary,look up in it.

If you don't have one,just google them using the keywore "汉语字典"

May this site is usefulhttp://http://140.111.1.22/clc/dict/htm/fulu/cw.htm

Do you know which ones are appropriate to use at work?

So sorry,what do you mean by this?

[kaox0018]

just on the topic, what do you call the wife of a professor?

is there one for the husband of a professor?

[Quest]

Most of them are no longer in use: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_honorifics

but I am glad that someone has refined my original list, could it be someone from here?

[skylee]

just on the topic' date=' what do you call the wife of a professor?

is there one for the husband of a professor?[/quote']

If you are close, than you can call her 師母. Otherwise I think you just call her Mrs X. I think I would simply call the husband of a professor Mr X.

[magores]

Sissi...

Are you my roommate?

Seriously....

If I didn't know better, I'd swear...