2. Confucius Institute at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Abstract: Social address terms show the vivid and flowing aspects of languages. Different languages have different social address systems, which reflect differences in cultural backgrounds. This article selects eight groups of social address terms in Chinese and their equivalents in Greek, examines the differences between them and then explores the social norms and cultural factors behind these differences from a sociolinguistic perspective. This research contributes to the exploration of cross-cultural communication between the two languages and has positive significance in the fields of trans-language practices, education and teaching.