1, teachers and other educators. In ancient times, learned men and women could be called this way, so "Ms. Jiang Yang" will be called "Mr. Jiang Yang".
2. honorifics for intellectuals and adult men with certain status.
3. Call someone else's husband or the opposite person your husband.
In the old society, people engaged in accounting, storytelling, physiognomy, divination and geomantic omen were also called "gentlemen".
Anyone who is highly respected can be called "sir" to show respect, not necessarily referring to men. For example, Soong Ching Ling, Jiang Yang, Bing Xin, Ding Ling, Ye Man and Xu Guangping can all be called Mr. ..
6. Now all men can be called "sir". This is the most commonly used usage in our modern Chinese.
The characteristics of a woman named "sir";
He has made outstanding achievements in different fields, for example, He Xiangning and Soong Ching Ling are politicians and social activists, Xu Guangping is a writer and social activist, Bing Xin is a children's literature writer, Feng and Shen Zufen are writers and literary historians, and they have deep attainments in poetry, Kunqu opera and calligraphy.
Enjoy rich life experience and high social prestige, and correspondingly, they are older. Judging from the existing examples, when women are called "gentlemen", they often reach the age of knowing their destiny. For younger women, the title "sir" is neither necessary nor necessary for themselves.
Often engaged in work related to culture and education. Wei Wei, a writer, called Ms. Cai "Mr." in My Teacher. He explained: "Mr. means teacher, and female teachers are also called Mr. ... In my hometown of Henan, teachers called it that way at that time, which can be said to be a habit."