What are some good beginnings, endings, modesty and honorifics in letters

The beginning and end of a letter are fixed, generally: the opening top space to write the recipient's name and the end your name, common salutation, humble words are as follows:

I. Humble words

1, "My"

My: modestly referring to oneself;

My surname: modestly referring to one's own surname;

My school: modestly referring to one's own school;

My place: modestly referring to one's hometown, residence, or place of office;

My country: a modest reference to one's own country.

2. "鄙"

鄙人；谦称自己；

鄙见：自己的见解；

鄙意：自己的意见；

鄙老: 犹老朽. A word of modesty used by the elderly to refer to themselves.

3. "Pei"

Ben: a self-reference of a lower military position to a superior;

Beihan: said to be in a low position with a poor family;

Beihuai: low and simple;

Beiren: a person of low status;

Beihang: a self-reference of a superior.

4, "small"

Little man: a person of low status calls himself (note: little man also refers to a person of mean personality, but not used as a word of modesty);

Small store: modestly called his store;

Small can: a word of modesty for self-calling, a colloquial folk language in Song and Yuan times. (Also used as usual; spoken mildly. Such as non-trivial);

Xiaodi: a self-referential term of modesty used by brothers or males and friends for each other.

Smaller: a modest term for one's son;

Daughter: a modest term for one's daughter;

Kid: a self-referential term used by sons and daughters of later generations to honor their fathers and brothers.

5, "not"

No talent: that they have no talent or talent mediocrity

No sycophancy: no talent;

No Xiao: no interest;

Not dare to be: normal interaction, the hospitality of others, compliments can not afford to be, can say "

Two words of respect

1, with the word "worship":

Used in their own actions. Show respect for each other. Such as: worship (read the article of the party), visit (visit each other), worship (seek to see each other), worship (acquaintance each other), please (entrust each other with the work), worship (meet each other), worship (thank each other), worship (visit each other), worship (say goodbye to each other), worship (congratulate each other), worship (admiration for each other).

2. The word "垂"：

Used in the actions of others (mostly elders or superiors) to express their respect for each other. Such as: love (in the letter to say that the other party's love and care for themselves), the dying (that other people on their own importance), the dying (that other people on their own inquiries, but also said "inquiry"), the dying (that other people on their own thoughts).

3, with the "big" word:

Said the other side or things related to the other side. For example: uncle (honoring the older man), elder brother (honoring men of similar age), sister (honoring female friends or acquaintances), mother (honoring older women);

Da moncler (honoring older men), adults (in the letters to the elders), Dai Gao (honoring each other), Da Ming (calling each other by name), Dai Qing (calling each other by name), Dajing (calling the life of an elderly person), Da Zuo (calling each other's works), Da Zha (saying each other's works) The letter is also called a "letter from the other side".

4, with the word "Fang":

Used for each other or things related to each other. For example: Fangling (the age of the other party, the other party should be a young woman), Fangneighbor (the neighbor of the other party), Fangname (the name of the other party, the other party should be a young woman).

5. The word "奉"：

Used for one's own action involving the other. For example: Feng Da (tell, express), Feng Fu (reply), Feng told (tell) Feng return (return), Feng accompanied (accompany), Feng persuade (advise), Feng sent, Feng gift (gift), Feng Ying (meet) Feng Tuo (trust each other to do things)

Expanded

Writing Format

1 ① opening address: top, some also You can add certain qualifications, modifiers, such as dear and so on.

② Greetings: such as writing "Hello", "recent health is well", etc., can be followed by the text. (But rarely.)

3 ③ body: this is the main body of the letter, can be divided into a number of paragraphs to write.

4) Greetings. The most common ones are "hereby" and "salutations", for example. "To" can have two correct position to write, one is immediately after the main body of the text, not another paragraph, without punctuation; two is in the body of another line under two spaces. The word "salute" is written in the next line under "hereby", and is written in top space. It should be followed by an exclamation point to indicate the sincerity and intensity of the salutation.

The top space in the second half of the address and salutation is a kind of respect for the recipient. It is a continuation of the ancient tradition of "lifting the head" of letters. Ancient letters were written vertically, the line involves the other recipient's name or address, in order to show respect, no matter where the writing to the other party's name or address to the next line of the top of the writing. Its basic practice, absorbed by modern correspondence.

⑤Signature and date. The name or first name of the letter writer is written on the right side of an empty line or two below the benediction. It is best to also write the relationship with the recipient before the name of the letter writer, such as son x x x x, father x x x x, your friend x x x, etc.. Write the date on the next line.

If you forget to write something, you can write "enclosed" on a blank line under the date, and then write the unfinished business on a separate line.

Correspondence has a long history, and its format has changed several times. Today, according to the prevailing custom, the letter format mainly includes five parts: address, body, ending, signature and date.

The beginning of the address

Also known as "the first word", is the recipient of the letter.

The name should be written in the first line of the letter paper, followed by ":", after the colon no longer write. The address and the signature should correspond, making clear the relationship between yourself and the addressee. (For details, please refer to Part IV, "Honorable Addresses".) Addresses can be made by name, title, or modifier, or directly by modifier. Here are a few brief rules:

(1) Letters to elders. If you are a close relative, you can write only the title, not the name, such as "dad", "mom", "brother", "sister-in-law" and so on; If you are related, you should write the title of the relationship, such as "aunt", "aunty", and so on. For elders who are not close relatives, you can add the name or surname before the title, such as "Auntie Zhao", "Uncle Huang" and so on.

(2) Letters to peers. Husband and wife or romantic relationship, you can directly use each other's name, love name with modifiers or directly with modifiers, such as "Li", "Minhua", "dear", etc.; classmates, fellow townspeople, coworkers, For letters from classmates, fellow townspeople, colleagues and friends, you can directly use their names, nicknames or add "classmates" or "comrades", such as "Ruisheng", "Lao Ji

(3) to the younger generation of the letter. Generally write directly to the name, such as "Le Yi", "Junping", "A Ming", etc.; can also be added to the name of the generation after the title, such as "niece Li Hua

(4) to the teacher's letter, usually only write their surnames or their names, and then add the word "teacher", such as "Duan teacher", "Zhou master", "Mr. Honghai" and so on. For very familiar teachers, can also be called "teacher", "master". If even the name with the surname, at the beginning of the letter directly called "Sun Songping teacher", "Wang Dafu master", it does not appear to be natural and lack of respect.

For learned expertise, highly respected teachers, often in the last name, plus a "old" word, to show respect, such as "Dai Lao", "Zhou Lao", can also be added after the name of the "Mr." two words. For the sake of solemnity, there are also referred to by their positions, such as "Professor Dong", "Chen Dafu", "Tong Engineer" and so on.

(5) to a unit or a few people's letters, and does not specify the name, you can write "comrades", "Mr.", "XX and other comrades" and so on. The letter to the organization, you can directly write the name of the organization. The first is to write the name of the organization, such as "XX Committee", "XX Company".

Letters to the leaders of organizations and groups can be directly with the name, plus "comrade", "Mr." or position as a title, can also be directly in the organizations and groups to address the name after the addition of "leading comrades ", "responsible comrade", "general manager", "factory director" and so on.

If the letter is written to two people at the same time, the two addresses should be up and down side by side together, can also be a front and a back, the elder in the front.

The above five occasions, and sometimes according to the special object, as appropriate, with "respect", "beloved", "dear" and other adjectives, to show respect or intimate feelings. Of course, this should be used appropriately, such as close friends called "respect", but appear to be out of touch, no special relationship with the young woman rashly called "dear", that would be out of order.

Body

The body usually begins with a greeting. Greeting is a civilized and polite behavior, but also to the recipient of the letter is a kind of etiquette, reflecting the letter writer to the recipient of the concern. The most common greetings are "Hello!" "Good day!" Depending on the time of year and the season, there are often changes, such as "Good New Year!" "Happy Chinese New Year!" Greetings are written on the next line of the address, in front of two empty space, often a paragraph of its own.

After the greetings, there are often a few words to start. For example, "I haven't seen you for a long time, how have you been?" "How has everything been going?" "Long time no correspondence, very miss!" And so on. Greetings should pay attention to concise, appropriate.

Next is the main part of the body - the main text, that is, the letter writer to say. It can be endowed, reply, exhortations, lyrical, thank you, congratulations, please, condolences, but also can be a narrative, reasoning, argumentation and so on.

This part, before writing, should be in the mind, understand the main purpose of writing a letter, to be organized, hierarchical. If the letter at the same time to talk about a few things, pay more attention to the main and secondary clear, have a head and tail, detailed and appropriate, the best thing is a paragraph, do not mix.

Ending

After the body is written, it is necessary to write words of respect, wish or encouragement, as the end of the letter. Customarily, it is known as the words of praise or tribute, which is a kind of courtesy to the recipient. Wishing words can be used according to the person, according to the specific circumstances of the selection of appropriate words, can not be used indiscriminately.

There are two customary ways to end a letter:

(1) After the body of the letter is written, turn a line and write "hereby", and then change the line to write "salute".

(2) do not write "hereby", just another line with two spaces to write "salute", "good health", "health", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace", "peace". "Peace" and so on.

(3) You can also write words like "peace and quiet" and "happiness every day".

Signature

In the last line of the letter, sign the name of the writer. The signature should be written half a line to the right after the end of the body.

If it is a relative or friend to whom the letter is addressed, you may add your own title, such as son, brother, elder brother, nephew, etc., followed by your first name, not your last name.

If the letter is written to the organization, be sure to write the last name and the first name in full.

After signing the name, sometimes add "respectfully", "respectfully", "respectfully", etc., to show respect. The above self-proclaimed, and the letter to the head of the title to match each other.

Date

To indicate the time of completion of the letter, written after the signature or below. Sometimes the writer adds his or her location, especially if the letter is written while traveling.