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Translingual edit
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| Traditional | 儞 |
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| Shinjitai (extended) | 你 |
| Simplified | 你 |
Han character edit
你 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人弓火 (ONF), four-corner 27290 or 27292, composition ⿰亻尔 or ⿰亻尓)
Derived characters edit
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 100, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 471
- Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 5
- Unihan data for U+4F60
Chinese edit
| simp. and trad. | 你 | |
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Glyph origin edit
| Historical forms of the character 你 | ||||
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nɯʔ) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 尔 (OC *njelʔ). Alternatively, Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 (“person”) + 尔 (“you”)
Etymology 1 edit
Colloquial form of 爾 (OC *njelʔ, “you”) attested since the Tang dynasty. Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
你
- you (the person spoken to or written to)
Usage notes edit
In traditional Chinese, 你 may be used to specifically refer to a male person, while 妳 can be used for a female person. In simplified Chinese, only 你 is standard.
Synonyms edit
Compounds edit
- 一場官司一場火，任你好漢沒處躲／一场官司一场火，任你好汉没处躲
- 不是你死，就是我活
- 不是我，便是你
- 不瞞你說／不瞒你说
- 不說話，沒人當你是啞吧／不说话，没人当你是哑吧
- 你三我四
- 你丟我撿／你丢我捡
- 你个
- 你來我往／你来我往
- 你個／你个
- 你們／你们
- 你儂／你侬 (nǐnóng)
- 你儂我儂／你侬我侬 (nǐnóngwǒnóng)
- 你儜／你佇
- 你咱
- 你好 (nǐ hǎo)
- 你娘
- 你媽的／你妈的 (nǐmāde)
- 你家
- 你家的
- 你懣／你懑
- 你我 (nǐwǒ)
- 你推我擠／你推我挤
- 你推我讓／你推我让
- 你敦
- 你有千條妙計，我有一定之規／你有千条妙计，我有一定之规
- 你東我西／你东我西
- 你死我活 (nǐsǐwǒhuó)
- 你每 (nǐměi)
- 你爭我奪／你争我夺
- 你生
- 你知我見／你知我见
- 你等 (nǐděng)
- 你箇／你个
- 你老 (nǐlǎo)
- 你老子
- 你誇我逞／你夸我逞
- 你謙我讓／你谦我让
- 你追我趕／你追我赶
- 你那
- 你長我短／你长我短
- 你門／你门
- 天知地知，你知我知 (tiān zhī dì zhī, nǐ zhī wǒ zhī)
- 有你沒我／有你没我
- 有你的 (yǒu nǐ de)
- 管你
- 肏你八輩子祖宗／肏你八辈子祖宗 (cào nǐ bā bèizi zǔzōng)
- 肏你媽／肏你妈 (cào nǐ mā)
- 肏你媽屄／肏你妈屄 (càonǐmābī)
- 肏你媽的屄／肏你妈的屄
- 肏你祖宗十八代 (cào nǐ zǔzōng shíbā dài)
- 迷你 (mínǐ)
- 迷你型計算機／迷你型计算机
- 迷你玫瑰
- 迷你盆景
- 迷你裙 (mínǐqún)
- 迷你豬／迷你猪
- 迷你電腦／迷你电脑
- 閻王叫你三更死，誰敢留人到五更／阎王叫你三更死，谁敢留人到五更 (Yánwáng jiào nǐ sāngēng sǐ, shéi gǎn liú rén dào wǔgēng)
See also edit
| Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns | |||
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| Person | Singular | Plural | |
| 1st | — | 我 (wǒ) | 我們／我们 (wǒmen) |
| inclusive | 咱們／咱们 (zánmen) | ||
| 2nd | male/indefinite | 你 (nǐ) | 你們／你们 (nǐmen) |
| female | 妳／你 (nǐ) | 妳們／你们 (nǐmen) | |
| deity | 祢 (nǐ) | 祢們／祢们 (nǐmen) | |
| polite | 您 (nín) | 你們／你们 (nǐmen) 您們／您们 (nínmen) | |
| 3rd | male/indefinite | 他 (tā) | 他們／他们 (tāmen) |
| female | 她 (tā) | 她們／她们 (tāmen) | |
| deity | 祂 (tā) | 祂們／祂们 (tāmen) | |
| animal | 牠／它 (tā) | 牠們／它们 (tāmen) | |
| inanimate | 它 (tā) | 它們／它们 (tāmen) | |
Etymology 2 edit
Contraction of 你嘅 (ngi2 gê4, “your”).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
你
References edit
- “你”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Southern Min
- “Entry #2881”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese edit
| 你 | |
| 儞 |
Kanji edit
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 儞)
- Extended shinjitai form of 儞: you
Readings edit
- Go-on: に (ni)
- Kan-on: じ (ji)
- Kun: なんじ (nanji, 你)←なんぢ (nandi, 你, historical); しかり (shikari, 你り); その (sono, 你の); のみ (nomi, 你)
Usage notes edit
This character is not used in modern Japanese. It may appear as a 略字 (ryakuji, “abbreviated character”) for 爾, itself only used in historical texts and not used in modern Japanese.
Korean edit
Hanja edit
你 (eum 니 (ni))
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Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
你: Hán Việt readings: nhĩ, nễ
你: Nôm readings: né, nể, nẻ, nệ