What are Your Opinions about Greeting?

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Q1:What is your gender?

Male

Female

Q2:What is your grade?

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior student

Senior student

Q3:Will you greet your friends proactively when you come across them?

Yes,I'll greet them first.

No,I'll just wait for their greeting.

Not sure.

Q4:What are your possible reasons to wait for the others to greet you first?(Multiple Choices)

I don't notice them.

I'm just shy and passive in communication.

I hesitate to act.

I'm not on good terms with them.

I don't want to greet people.

Others.

Q5:What are your ways to greet friends? (Multiple Choices)

Just smiling.

Giving a nod as a signal.

Waving hands.

Shaking hands.

Bowing.

Hugging.

Kissing.

Others.

Q6:What are your ways to greetpeople you're not familiar? (Multiple Choices)

Just smiling.

Giving a nod as a signal.

Waving hands.

Shaking hands.

Bowing.

Hugging.

Kissing.

Others.

Q7:What are your opinions about greeting international friends?

It's different from our native greeting ways and I should do according to their customs.

It's different from our native greeting ways and I should just do as the Chinese do.

Both of us should try to get a compromise.

I think the differences in greeting forms are insignificant.

Q8:What do you think the reasons why there's a gap when you're greeting the foreign?

Different in contents.

Different in semantics(语义学).

Different in syntax(语法；句法).

Different in cultural backgrounds.

Different in daily habits.