Translingual [ edit ]
Han character [ edit ]
俺 (radical 9, 人 +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人大中山 (OKLU ), four-corner 24216 , composition ⿰亻 奄 )
References [ edit ]
KangXi: page 106 , character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 736
Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 173, character 2
Unihan data for U+4FFA
Chinese [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Fusion of 我們 /我们 (wǒmen ) (Lü, 1984 ; Norman, 1988 ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Note : The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng -initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note : gha2 - in certain words.
Definitions [ edit ]
俺
( dialectal Mandarin ) I ; me ; my
( dialectal Mandarin , exclusive ) we ; us ; our
Synonyms [ edit ]
Dialectal synonyms of
我 (“I”)
[map]
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
吾 , 我 , 余 , 予 , 台 , 朕 , 愚 humble
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
我 , 本人 humble , 在下 humble
Mandarin
Beijing
我
Taiwan
我
Tianjin
我
Tangshan
我
Cangzhou
我 , 俺
Baoding
我
Shijiazhuang
我 , 俺
Chifeng
我 , 咱
Hailar
我 , 俺
Harbin
我 , 俺
Shenyang
我
Muping
我 , 俺
Qingdao
我 , 俺
Weicheng
我 , 俺
Fangzi
我 , 俺
Hanting
我 , 俺
Changyi
我 , 俺
Gaomi
我 , 俺
Zhucheng
我 , 俺
Anqiu
我 , 俺
Changle
我 , 俺
Linqu
我 , 俺
Qingzhou
俺
Shouguang
我 , 俺
Wulian
我 , 俺
Jinan
我 , 俺
Luoyang
我 , 俺
Wanrong
我
Zhengzhou
我 , 俺
Xi'an
我 , 俺 †
Yinchuan
我
Lanzhou
我
Xining
我
Ürümqi
我
Yanqi
我
Wuhan
我
Chengdu
我
Chongqing
我
Guiyang
我
Kunming
我
Guilin
我
Liuzhou
我
Qinzhou (Longmengang)
我
Xuzhou
我 , 俺 , 咱
Yangzhou
我
Xinghua
我
Nanjing
我
Hefei
我
Nantong
我
Malaysia
我
Singapore
我
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
我
Mikhaylovka (Taz)
我
Cantonese
Guangzhou
我
Hong Kong
我
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
我
Macau
我
Panyu
我
Huadu (Huashan)
我
Conghua
我
Zengcheng
我
Foshan
我
Nanhai (Shatou)
我
Shunde
我
Sanshui
我
Gaoming (Mingcheng)
我
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
我
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
我
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)
我
Doumen
我
Jiangmen (Baisha)
𠊎
Xinhui
我
Taishan
我
Kaiping (Chikan)
我
Enping (Niujiang)
我
Heshan (Yayao)
我
Dongguan
我
Bao'an (Shajing)
我
Qingyuan
我
Fogang
我
Yingde (Hanguang)
我
Yangshan
我
Lianshan (Butian)
我
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
我
Shaoguan
我
Qujiang
我
Renhua
我
Lechang
我
Gaoyao
我
Sihui
我
Guangning
我
Deqing
我
Huaiji
我
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
儂
Yunfu
我 , 儂
Xinxing
我
Luoding
我
Yunan (Pingtai)
我
Yangjiang
我
Xinyi
我
Maoming (Xinpo)
我
Lianjiang
我
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
我
Nanning
我
Wuzhou
我
Yulin
我
Hepu (Lianzhou)
我
Guiping
我
Mengshan (Xihe)
我
Guigang (Nanjiang)
儂
Beiliu (Tangliao)
我
Baise
我
Bobai
我
Lingshan
我
Pubei
我
Qinzhou
我
Beihai
我
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
我
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
我
Ningming
我
Hengxian
我
Hezhou (Pumen)
儂
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
我
Danzhou
我
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
我
Penang (Guangfu)
我
Singapore (Guangfu)
我
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
我
Móng Cái
我
Gan
Nanchang
我
Lichuan
我
Pingxiang
我
Hakka
Meixian
𠊎
Xingning
𠊎
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
我
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
我
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
我
Huiyang
𠊎
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
我
Huidong (Daling)
𠊎
Dongguan (Qingxi)
𠊎
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
我
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
我
Boluo (Bendihua)
我
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
𠊎
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
𠊎
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
𠊎
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
𠊎
Wuhua (Huacheng)
𠊎
Wuhua (Changbu)
𠊎
Wuhua (Mianyang)
𠊎
Wuhua (Meilin)
𠊎
Heyuan (Bendihua)
我
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
我
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
我
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
我
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
我
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
我
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
我
Wengyuan
𠊎
Qujiang
𠊎
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
我
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
我
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
𠊎
Liannan
𠊎
Conghua (Lütian)
𠊎
Jiexi
𠊎
Luhe
𠊎
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
𠊎
Changting
𠊎
Wuping
𠊎
Wuping (Yanqian)
𠊎
Wuping (Pingyu)
𠊎
Liancheng
𠊎
Ninghua
𠊎
Yudu
𠊎
Ningdu
𠊎
Ruijin
𠊎
Shicheng
𠊎
Shangyou
𠊎
Tonggu (Sandu)
𠊎
Ganzhou (Panlong)
𠊎
Dayu
𠊎
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
𠊎
Liudui (S. Sixian)
𠊎
Hsinchu (Hailu)
𠊎
Dongshi (Dabu)
𠊎
Hsinchu (Raoping)
𠊎
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
𠊎
Hong Kong
𠊎
Yangxi (Tangkou)
𠊎
Yangchun (Sanjia)
𠊎
Xinyi (Sihe)
𠊎
Xinyi (Qianpai)
𠊎
Gaozhou (Xindong)
𠊎
Dianbai (Shalang)
𠊎
Huazhou (Xin'an)
𠊎
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
𠊎
Lianjiang (Qingping)
𠊎
Mengshan (Xihe)
𠊎
Luchuan
𠊎
Luchuan (Daqiao)
𠊎
Beiliu (Tang'an)
𠊎
Mashan (Pianlian)
我
Sabah (Longchuan)
𠊎 , 我
Senai (Huiyang)
𠊎
Batu Kawa (Sungai Tapang)
𠊎
Singkawang
𠊎
Bangkok (Meixian)
𠊎
Huizhou
Jixi
我
Shexian
我
Jin
Taiyuan
我 , 俺 †, used only by females
Xinzhou
我 , 俺
Linhe
我
Jining
我
Hohhot
我 , 俺
Zhangjiakou
我
Handan
我 , 俺
Min Bei
Jian'ou
我 , 俺
Min Dong
Fuzhou
我 , 奴
Min Nan
Xiamen
我 , 阮
Tong'an
我
Quanzhou
我 , 阮
Jinjiang
我
Zhangzhou
我 , 阮
Zhao'an
我
Taipei
我 , 阮
Kaohsiung
我 , 阮
Tainan
我
Taichung
我
Hsinchu
我
Sanxia
我
Yilan
我
Kinmen
我
Magong
我
Penang (Hokkien)
我
Singapore (Hokkien)
我
Manila (Hokkien)
我
Datian
我
Pingnan (Shangdu)
我
Guilin (Biyange)
我
Chaozhou
我
Shantou
我
Chenghai
我
Chaoyang
我
Jieyang
我
Haifeng
我
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
我
Singapore (Teochew)
我
Leizhou
我
Wenchang
我 , 儂 polite/humble
Haikou
我
Singapore (Hainanese)
我 , 儂 polite/humble
Puxian Min
Putian
我
Xianyou
我
Min Zhong
Yanping (Wangtai)
我
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
我
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
我
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
我
Waxiang
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
我
Wu
Shanghai
我 , 吾 , 阿拉
Chongming
我
Suzhou
我 , 奴
Danyang
我
Hangzhou
我
Ningbo
我 , 我儂 , 像我
Wenzhou
我
Jinhua
我 , 我儂
Xiang
Changsha
我
Shuangfeng
我 , 卬
Loudi
我
Quanzhou
我
Note
† - as an attributive, used without 的
Dialectal synonyms of
我們 (“we; us (
exclusive or no distinction of clusivity )”)
[map]
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
我 , 吾儕 , 吾等 , 我等 , 吾曹 , 我曹 , 我輩 , 吾輩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
我們
Mandarin
Beijing
我們 , 姆們
Taiwan
我們
Tianjin
我們
Ulanhot
俺們
Tongliao
俺們
Chifeng
我們
Bayanhot
我們
Hailar
我們
Harbin
我們
Shenyang
我們
Muping
俺
Qingdao
俺
Jinan
我們 , 俺們 , 俺 , 俺這夥
Luoyang
我們 , 俺們 , 俺
Wanrong
我的 , 我
Zhengzhou
俺
Xi'an
俺的 , 俺 , 我的 , 我 , 我們
Yinchuan
卬們
Lanzhou
我們
Xining
我們
Ürümqi
我們
Wuhan
我們
Huanggang
我家
Chengdu
我們
Guiyang
我們
Kunming
我們
Guilin
我們
Liuzhou
我們
Xuzhou
俺 , 我們
Yangzhou
我們 , 們 , 我輩兒
Nanjing
我們
Hefei
我們
Nantong
我恁 , 我倈
Malaysia
我們
Singapore
我們
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
我們
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
我們
Cantonese
Guangzhou
我哋
Hong Kong
我哋
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
我哋
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
我哋
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
我哋
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
我俚
Macau
我哋
Panyu
我哋
Huadu (Huashan)
我哋
Conghua
我啲
Zengcheng
我班人
Foshan
我哋
Nanhai (Shatou)
我哋
Shunde
我哋
Sanshui
我哋
Gaoming (Mingcheng)
我哋
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
我哋
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
我哋
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)
我哋
Doumen
偔
Jiangmen (Baisha)
偔
Xinhui
偔
Taishan
我
Kaiping (Chikan)
我
Enping (Niujiang)
我喊齊
Heshan (Yayao)
我
Dongguan
我哋
Bao'an (Shajing)
我哋
Dapeng
我哋
Shaoguan
我哋
Yunfu
我哋
Yangjiang
偔
Xinyi
我哋
Lianjiang
我哋
Nanning
我哋
Wuzhou
我哋
Yulin
我人
Hepu (Lianzhou)
俺
Baise
我哋
Qinzhou
我哋
Beihai
我哋
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
我哋
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
我哋
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
我哋
Singapore (Guangfu)
我哋
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
我哋
Móng Cái
我哋
Gan
Nanchang
我個俚 , 我等 , 我們
Lichuan
我多
Pingxiang
我俚 , 巷俚
Hakka
Meixian
𠊎等人 , 𠊎兜人 , 𠊎儕
Xingning
𠊎兜人
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
我 , 我咧 , 我大家 , 我茶家
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
我 , 我咧
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
我俚
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
我 , 我咧
Huidong (Daling)
𠊎兜人
Dongguan (Qingxi)
吾兜
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
我俚
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
我咧
Boluo (Bendihua)
我 , 我齊家
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
𠊎兜
Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
吾兜 , 𠊎兜
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
吾哋
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
吾哋
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
𠊎兜
Wuhua (Huacheng)
𠊎兜
Wuhua (Changbu)
𠊎兜
Wuhua (Mianyang)
𠊎兜
Heyuan (Bendihua)
我咧
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
我俚
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
我咧
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
我 , 我咧
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
我哋
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
我咧
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
我哋
Qujiang
𠊎俚
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
我根
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
我哋
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
阿俚
Liannan
𠊎俚
Conghua (Lütian)
𠊎兜
Jiexi
𠊎兜儕
Changting
𠊎儕們 , 𠊎儕
Wuping
𠊎等人
Wuping (Pingyu)
𠊎等人 , 𠊎兜
Liancheng
𠊎大全
Ninghua
𠊎人 , 𠊎多人
Yudu
𠊎底
Ruijin
𠊎班人
Shicheng
𠊎郎人
Shangyou
𠊎子人
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
𠊎兜 , 𠊎等 , 𠊎兜人 , 𠊎兜儕 , 𠊎這兜
Liudui (S. Sixian)
𠊎等 , 𠊎等人
Hsinchu (Hailu)
𠊎兜 , 𠊎等 , 𠊎兜人 , 𠊎兜儕
Dongshi (Dabu)
吾等 , 吾這兜 , 吾這兜人
Hsinchu (Raoping)
𠊎兜 , 𠊎等 , 𠊎兜人 , 𠊎兜儕
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
𠊎人
Hong Kong
𠊎哋
Luchuan
𠊎俚
Luchuan (Daqiao)
我們
Sabah (Bao'an)
𠊎兜
Sabah (Longchuan)
𠊎兜
Senai (Huiyang)
吾兜
Singkawang
𠊎兜儕
Huizhou
Jixi
我人
Shexian
我人
Tunxi
我人
Xiuning
我人
Yixian
我儂
Qimen
我大家
Wuyuan
俺家 , 刷俺
Dexing
我拉
Jingde
阿啊
Shitai (Xianyu)
我些人
Jin
Taiyuan
我們 , 俺們
Pingyao
我家 , 我家們家 , 我們
Xinzhou
俺們 , 俺
Taibus (Baochang)
我們
Linhe
我們
Jining
我們
Hohhot
我們
Baotou
我們
Dongsheng
我們
Haibowan
我們
Min Bei
Jian'ou
我人 , 我夥人
Jian'ou (Dikou)
我人
Songxi
俺叢人
Zhenghe
我人
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
我人
Jianyang
我夥人
Wuyishan
我夥人
Pucheng (Shibei)
我人 , 我多人
Min Dong
Fuzhou
我各儂 , 儂家各儂 , 儂家
Changle
儂家
Fuqing
儂家 , 儂家各儂 , 我各儂
Pingtan
儂家
Yongtai
儂家各儂
Gutian
我各儂
Fu'an
我儕
Ningde
我儕儂 , 我儕
Shouning
我儂
Zhouning
我儕
Fuding
我儂
Matsu
儂家
Min Nan
Xiamen
阮
Tong'an
阮
Quanzhou
阮
Jinjiang
阮
Nan'an
阮
Shishi
阮
Hui'an
阮
Anxi
阮
Yongchun
阮
Dehua
阮
Zhangzhou
阮
Longhai
阮
Changtai
阮
Hua'an
阮
Nanjing
阮
Pinghe
阮
Zhangpu
阮
Yunxiao
阮
Zhao'an
阮
Dongshan
阮
Taipei
阮
Kaohsiung
阮
Tainan
阮
Taichung
阮
Hsinchu
阮
Lukang
阮
Sanxia
阮
Yilan
阮
Kinmen
阮
Magong
阮
Penang (Hokkien)
我儂
Singapore (Hokkien)
我儂 , 阮
Manila (Hokkien)
阮
Longyan
我儂
Zhangping
我儂
Zhangping (Yongfu)
我儂
Datian
我夥
Pingnan (Shangdu)
阮儂
Chaozhou
阮
Shantou
阮
Haifeng
阮 , 阮儂
Singapore (Teochew)
阮 , 阮儂
Leizhou
我儂
Wenchang
我儂
Haikou
我儂
Puxian Min
Putian
我輩
Xianyou
滾 , 我輩
Min Zhong
Yanping (Wangtai)
我人
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
我哋
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
我哋
Shehua
Fu'an
𠊎人
Fuding
𠊎人
Luoyuan
𠊎人
Sanming
𠊎仔
Shunchang
𠊎個人
Wu
Shanghai
阿拉 , 我伲 dated , 伲 dated
Chongming
我俚
Suzhou
伲
Wuxi
我俚
Danyang
我己
Hangzhou
我們
Ningbo
阿拉 , 象拉
Wenzhou
我倈
Jinhua
我郎 , 昂
Jinhua (Tangxi)
我道
Xiang
Changsha
我們
Shuangfeng
我俚 , 卬俚
Xiangtan
我人
Loudi
我俺
Quanzhou
俺
Compounds [ edit ]
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
Possibly from weakening of 阮 (goán ) (Tan and Wu, 2011 ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Definitions [ edit ]
俺
( Hokkien , honorific ) Prefix for kinship terms.
俺 公 [Hokkien ] ― án -kong [Pe̍h-ōe-jī ] ― grandpa
( Taiwanese Hokkien , inclusive) Synonym of 咱 (lán , “we ; us ”).
Compounds [ edit ]
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Definitions [ edit ]
俺
( Hokkien , Teochew ) Alternative form of 咱 (“(inclusive) we ; us ”).
Etymology 4 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Definitions [ edit ]
俺
† large
Japanese [ edit ]
俺
(common “Jōyō” kanji )
Readings [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Old Japanese . Originally a second person pronoun, as used in the Kojiki of 712 C.E. . Gradually changed into a first person pronoun from roughly the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.[1] [2]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
己 ( I, me )
爾 ( you )
儞 ( you )
Pronoun [ edit ]
俺( おれ ) • (ore )
( informal , men's speech ) I , me
1997 December 20 [Oct 15 1997], Matsuura, Tokihiko , “第( だい ) 1( いち ) 話( わ ) 初( はつ ) 恋( こい ) [Chapter 1: First Love]”, in タキシード銀 [Tuxedo Gin ], volume 1 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN , page 32:
お 、俺( おれ ) が俺( おれ ) を俺( おれ ) の上( うえ ) から見( み ) つめている俺( おれ ) は誰( だれ ) ?俺( おれ ) ⁉あれも俺( おれ ) !俺( おれ ) も俺( おれ ) ⁉O , ore ga ore o ore no ue kara mitsumete iru ore wa dare? Ore ⁉ Are mo ore ! Ore mo ore ⁉Wh-Who am I who am looking at me from above me ? Me !? That’s me ! But I ’m also me !?
これがオレ の小宇宙( コスモ ) だぁ‼ Kore ga ore no Kosumo dā‼ This is my Cosmo!!
オレ は山羊座( カプリコーン ) のシュラ‼Ore wa Kapurikōn no Shura‼I am Shura the Capricorn!!
( obsolete , informal ) you
Usage notes [ edit ]
This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as オレ .
This usual casual form of self-address used by men, and is completely acceptable among friends; 僕 or 私 are too formal for such casual use. Conversely, in polite conversation or where polite forms are expected, 俺 is unacceptable and rude. As with other casual forms, may be used intentionally if one wishes to be rude, but should not be used otherwise.
See also [ edit ]
Japanese first-person pronouns
Japanese first-person pronouns by speakers and situations according to Yuko Saegusa, Concerning the First Personal Pronoun of Native Japanese Speakers (2009)
First-person pronouns by elementary school pupils (2008)
Speaker
Situation
1
2
3
Female
To friends
うち 49%
First name 26%
あたし 15%
In the family
First name 33%
あたし 29%
うち 23%
In a class
わたし 86%
あたし 7%
うち 6%
To an unknown visitor
わたし 75%
あたし , first name, うち 8% each
To the class teacher
わたし 66%
First name 13%
あたし 9%
Male
To friends
おれ 72%
ぼく 19%
First name 4%
In the family
おれ 62%
ぼく 23%
うち 6%
In a class
ぼく 85%
おれ 13%
First name, nickname 1% each
To an unknown visitor
ぼく 64%
おれ 26%
First name 4%
To the class teacher
ぼく 67%
おれ 27%
First name 3%
First-person pronouns by university students (2009)
Speaker
Situation
1
2
3
Female
To friends
うち 39%
あたし 30%
わたし 22%
In the family
あたし 28%
First name 27%
うち 18%
In a class
わたし 89%
あたし 7%
自分 3%
To an unknown visitor
わたし 81%
あたし 10%
自分 6%
To the class teacher
わたし 77%
あたし 17%
自分 7%
Male
To friends
おれ 87%
うち 4%
わたし , 自分 2% each
In the family
おれ 88%
ぼく , 自分 5% each
In a class
わたし 48%
自分 28%
ぼく 22%
To an unknown visitor
ぼく 36%
自分 29%
わたし 22%
To the class teacher
自分 38%
ぼく 29%
わたし 22%
References [ edit ]
^ 1988 , 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Shogakukan
↑ 2.0 2.1 2006 , 大辞林 (Daijirin ) , Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ 1998 , NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ) (in Japanese), Tōkyō : NHK , →ISBN
^ 1997 , 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten ) , Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Sanseidō , →ISBN
俺 • (eom, am ) (hangeul 엄 , 암 )
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Vietnamese [ edit ]
Han character [ edit ]
俺 : Hán Nôm readings: em , yêm , êm
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References [ edit ]