Is it still common to use the formal 'nin' or is it preferred to use 'ni' in spoken Chinese?

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anonymous · Answer

It's preferred "nin" when meeting someone for the first time. Yet we always ask "Did you eat dinner yet if so what did you have?" If we are friends.

rainbow · Answer

Thanks for the explanation. Xie xie.

anonymous · Answer

People in Beijing use 您 more than in the rest of the country. They think it sounds classy. 您 is always preferred, no matter where you are, when addressing a teacher, a doctor, or an official.

anonymous · Answer

I don't know why this speller changed C L A S S Y to "clretricey"... maybe because it has A S S in it...

anonymous · Answer

use nin when speaking to old people, VIP, your teacher, those you respect 
speak ni when you are speaking to a friend 
Chinese don't really care nin or ni is spoken, at least, most of them

anonymous · Answer

Idk.