Mr。HuinEnglishisaddressedasMr。Hu。Thisisacourteouswaytoshowrespectandhonortoaperson。Itisusuallyusedwhenreferringtosomeoneolderthanyourselforsomeonewithhighersocialstatus。Itisoftenusedinbusinesssettingsandotherformalsituationstoshowpoliteness,goodmanners,andrespectfortheotherperson。Forinstance,whentalkingtoanexecutiveorsomeoneinauthority,itiscustomarytoaddressthemasMr。Inaddition,itcanalsobeusedasaformaltitlewhenwritingsomeonesnameinfull。Forexample,onemaywriteJohnSmith,Mr。onaninvitationcard。ThistermofaddressismostcommonlyusedinBritishEnglish,butitisalsoslowlybecomingpopularamongspeakersofAmericanEnglishaswell。