What is the meaning of gestures when speaking, what is the meaning of gestures?

Sorry, sorry gestures: put the five fingers of one hand together, hold them on the forehead, first make a "salute" gesture, then lower the little finger and give a few clicks on the chest to express the intention of apologizing and blaming yourself.

Using gestures to apologize is to pay attention to facial expressions, and expressions such as smiling can make the other person more acceptable. In the process of long-term social practice, gestures have been endowed with various specific meanings and have rich expressive power.

Moreover, the hand has fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders and other joints, with a large range of movement, and a high degree of flexibility in answering early, gestures have become the most powerful means of human expressions and meanings, and occupy the most important position in body language.

As a kind of body language, gestures can intuitively express our emotions and attitudes, and also have a certain assistance to our speech, but some gestures have their own specific meanings, and only when used properly can they help you.

When people are nervous, excited, and anxious, their hands will behave intentionally or unintentionally. As an important part of manners, gestures should be used correctly. Gestures are also an indispensable action when people communicate, and they are the most expressive kind of "body language", as the saying goes

The heart is thoughtful, the hand is pointed". The charm of the hand is no less than the eye, and it can even be said that the hand is the second pair of eyes of a person.

There are ten commonly used gesture meanings.

1."Please enter" gesture.

When guiding guests, the reception staff should be both words and deeds.

In the restaurant etiquette training, first say "please" softly to the customer, and then you can use the "horizontal pendulum" gesture, the five fingers are straight together, the palms are naturally straight, the palms are up, the elbows are bent, and the wrists are low and the elbows are low. With the elbow as the axis, lift the hand from the front of the abdomen and swing it to the right front of the body, not to the side or behind the body. At the same time, the feet stand in a right T-step.

Head and upper body slightly tilted to the side of the outstretched hand, the other hand hanging down or behind the back, looking at the guest and smiling.

2.Swing forward.

If you are holding something in your right hand or holding on to the door, you can make a "please" gesture to the right to the guest, you can stare forward with your fingers together, your palms straight, lift from the bottom to the top of your body, take the shoulder joint as the axis, bend your arms slightly, and then swing from the front to the right to the waist height, and stop when you swing to a distance of 5 cm from your body and do not exceed the position of your torso. Look at the guests, smile, or swing your hands forward.

3."Please go forward" gesture.

In the hotel etiquette training, when guiding the direction for the guests, you can use the "straight arm" gesture, the five fingers are straight and together, the palms are obliquely upward, the elbow is raised from the front of the abdomen, and the direction should be swung to the direction where it should be, and the height of the shoulder is stopped, and the elbow joint is basically straightened. It should be noted that when guiding the direction, the body should be turned sideways towards the guest, and the eyes should be balanced into the direction of the person and the guest.

4.The "Please sit" gesture.

When receiving guests and inviting them to sit down, the "oblique pendulum" gesture is adopted, that is, the chair should be pulled out with both hands on the back of the chair, and then the left or right hand bent arm is lifted from the front, with the elbow joint as the axis, and the forearm swings downward from the top to the bottom, indicating that the guest is invited to take a seat.