Tianjin's "sister" is famous all over the country. Once, a female friend from other places was sent to work in Tianjin. On the first day, she got into a taxi. The first sentence of her brother was: "Sister, where have you been?" She was still a little unhappy and thought, "How old is this person and still call me sister?" When I went to the mobile company to apply for a new mobile phone number, I saw a middle-aged man in his forties around him and said to a counter service lady in her early twenties, "Sister, can you help me change my business?" She was puzzled again, but seeing that the waiter had no strange expression, she smiled and said, "Yes, sir, please sit down. What kind of business do you want to change? " Then there is the dialogue between Tianjin accent and standard Mandarin. When I arrived at the new unit, I found that my colleagues called "Sister Zhang" and "Sister Li" very smoothly, and this friend soon got a new name "Sister Han". Even several male colleagues who are almost ten years older than her call her that. She is a little embarrassed, because everyone in the original unit called her "Han Xiao" or "Teacher Han". When she arrived at the restaurant in the evening, her friends prepared dinner for her. As soon as a group of people sat down, they heard "Sister, order" and the waiter came running happily. After all, this friend is a little confused. She wondered: Why do Tianjin people call women "sisters" like this? Tianjin people are famous for their politeness and believe in the concept of "going out for three minutes is small", so the scope of use of "sister" will expand. If you are called "Sister" by someone older than yourself, don't be unhappy. This is to respect you, followed by being good to you, not treating you as an outsider, and having warm and hospitable feelings in it. As for how to distinguish "sister", Tianjin people call young girls "little sister" with the word "little sister" and old girls "big sister" with the word "big sister". No matter who listens or speaks, it will not feel that it is no big or small, especially natural. But if you omit a word and call it "miss" directly, you will be squinted, and it is estimated that even the speaker will feel very uncomfortable. In the old society, the word "miss" has completely subverted the graceful image of a good woman and become synonymous with "a girl who slipped". This word cannot be used to address these "sisters" in Tianjin. The word "sister" hides knowledge. In social interaction, addressing strangers who are not related by blood can narrow the psychological distance and appear cordial and sincere. This concept of address has long been a tradition in Tianjin, so for newcomers who haven't met yet, the name "seven aunts and eight aunts" is a bit unsuitable. Tianjin people, especially businessmen, are as sweet as honey, which is the embodiment of business rules and regulations. Making money is kindness. When you arrive at the store, whether you buy it or not, the vendor will warmly greet you: "Sister, have you seen anything?" No matter what era, the first thing to do business with customers is to say hello. There is a lot of knowledge about what kind of address to use. For example, a 17-year-old daughter went shopping with her mother on Sunday and went to the farmer's market to buy food. Both girls are called "sisters" by vendors, "little sisters" by prostitutes and "old sisters" by older people. Mother and daughter will feel very comfortable when they smile at each other. Why? Hearing this, my daughter felt quite proud. She feels that she has grown up and people no longer call herself a "child", which shows that she has been respected and valued by society. Needless to say, my mother is happier. To outsiders, she and her daughter are like sisters, which shows that she is still very young. Do you think this dish is still on sale? The name "sister" can be said to conform to the mentality of women of all ages and is the crystallization of years of wisdom. In addition, the female elders in Tianjin are sometimes called "sisters" when facing strange young women. What is the reason? For example, an old woman is leading a three-or four-year-old little white goose to go shopping. The roadside stall exudes the attractive fragrance of baked sweet potatoes, and the little white goose clamors for it. So the 60-year-old woman stopped and said to a 30-year-old woman staring at the stall, "Sister, how much is this baked sweet potato?" Passers-by from other places may have doubts: this name is confusing. How can an old lady who is several laps older call her young son "sister"? In fact, my aunt's "sister" is called for Xiaobaiyan. I don't think young women selling baked sweet potatoes are older than their faces. Tianjin people have the custom of calling it this way. For example, the daughter calls her father and grandfather. Doesn't this confuse the "generation"? Actually, it was called in her childish voice. A "sister" is not taboo. Many women can't reveal some privacy, such as age, marital status, weight and so on. Especially now, there are more and more cases of late marriage and late childbirth, and it is even more impossible to yell at unfamiliar women. Let's take selling vegetables along the street as an example. The stall owner saw a beautiful and virtuous woman in her thirties coming to buy food. The stall owner took the initiative to say hello: "Sister-in-law! ..... "I didn't say the last half of the sentence, which attracted a supercilious look:" Virtue! Who is your sister-in-law! " When the little face tightened, the woman left angrily. The aunt who bought food next to her whispered, "You are not afraid of death! She is a big girl and not married yet! " The vegetable vendor said, "Hey, I don't know!" You may just make a phone call casually, but the speaker has no intention of listening. This is a big taboo. Therefore, Tianjin people pay special attention to their marital status when choosing appellations for strange women in daily social activities, such as "sister-in-law", "aunt", "aunt" and "aunt", and they are also very cautious when using them. In the case of unclear marital status, the word "sister" has become the safest title. You are a married sister, but you are also a married sister, so you don't have to be jealous. Some people may wonder why they should be called "elder sister" instead of "elder sister". In Tianjin's social etiquette, Tianjin people are used to calling strangers of the opposite sex of similar age "brother" instead of "brother" to show respect; Calling "elder sister" instead of "younger sister" not only shows respect, but also looks decent and avoids frivolity. You think it will sound a little sour to say "elder sister is long" and "elder sister is short", which is easy to be misunderstood, thinking that this man has other "motives". Moreover, it depends on whether people are willing to call each other elder sister, while men humbly call themselves "elder sister", which makes people unable to pick out gifts and forgive them. Now, the "sister" in Tianjin dialect has spread from a little girl in her fifties to a middle-aged woman in her forties and fifties. The title of Sister combines the delicacy of commercial culture, the enthusiasm of immigrant culture and the innocence of market culture, and embodies the broad mind and hearty feelings of Tianjin people. In addition, the integration of humorous elements makes it a more meaningful "Tianjin dialect".