你

See also: 妳, 您, 祢, and 儞

§Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

§Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 亻 + 尔

§Han character

你 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人弓火 (ONF), four-corner 2729₂, composition ⿰亻尔)

§References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 100, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 471
• Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 137, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4F60

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§Chinese

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simp. and trad.		你

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ (ni³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ngì
• Min Nan (POJ): lí / ní
• Wu (WT Romanisation): nyi (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: nǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: nih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
    • IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁵
    • Yale: néih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /ɲi¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí / ní
    • Tâi-lô: lí / ní
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁴¹/, /ni⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/, /ni⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: nyi (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /ȵi³⁴/

Old Chinese pronunciation (你, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
你					2769					尔					之					0					伱					/*nɯʔ/					爾汝音變

§Pronoun

你

1. (informal) you (the person spoken to or written to)

   我喜歡你。 [MSC, trad.]

   我喜欢你。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xǐhuān nǐ. [Pinyin]

   I like you.

§Synonyms

• 您 you (polite)
• 妳 you (for female, also)
• 儞 you (archaic)
• 爾／尔, 尔 you (archaic)
• 儂／侬 you (Wu)

§Compounds

• 你好
• 你們／你们
• 你來我往／你来我往
• 你死我活
• 你爭我奪／你争我夺
• 你追我赶

§See also

Standard Chinese personal pronouns

Person	Singular	Plural
1st	我	我們／我们 咱們／咱们 (inclusive)
2nd	你	你們／你们
2nd (polite)	您
3rd (man/indefinite)	他	他們／他们
3rd (woman)	她	她們／她们
3rd (inanimate)	它 牠／它	它們／它们 牠們／牠们

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§Japanese

§Kanji

你

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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§Readings

• On: じ (ji), に (ni)
• Kun: なんじ (nanji)

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§Korean

§Hanja

你 (ni) (hangeul 니, revised ni, McCune-Reischauer ni)

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

你 (nể, né, nẻ, nệ, nễ)

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§References

• Nom Foundation