Social addressing in Chinese and the changes in addressing term since the Chinese open- door policy till now

Abstract

Social addressing  is the method of addressing between non-relative people or people without legal marriage. Social addressing is an opne and ever-changing system. Since the open-door  policy,  social  addressing  in  Chinese  has  had  many  changes:  reusing  the  old addressing terms, the appearance of new ones, the stretching and narrowing down the scope of  several  other  terms. This  article  focuses  on  reviewing  the  features  of  social  terms  in Chinese and the changes in addressing terms since the Chinese open-door policy till now.