妳
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Translingual
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Han character
妳 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女弓火 (VNF), four-corner 47492, composition ⿰女尔)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6130
- Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1039, character 9
- Unihan data for U+59B3
Chinese
Glyph origin
Etymology 1
| trad. | 妳/你* | |
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| simp. | 你* | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): n3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): ni2
- Eastern Min (BUC): nī
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6gni; 5ni
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
- Wade–Giles: ni3
- Yale: nǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
- Palladius: ни (ni)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
- Sinological IPA (key): /nʲi⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: nei5
- Yale: néih
- Cantonese Pinyin: nei5
- Guangdong Romanization: néi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /nei̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: nei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ⁿdei³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: n3
- Sinological IPA (key): /n̩²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / ǹ / ǹg / nì
- Hakka Romanization System: ngiˇ / nˇ / ngˇ / niˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngi2 / n2 / ng2 / ni2
- Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n¹¹/, /ŋ̍¹¹/, /ni¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / ǹ
- Hakka Romanization System: ngiˇ / nˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngi2 / n2
- Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ni2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ni⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: nī
- Sinological IPA (key): /nˡi³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong, Singapore, Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
- Tâi-lô: lú
- Phofsit Daibuun: luo
- IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³/
- IPA (Penang): /lu⁴⁴⁵/
- IPA (Singapore): /lu⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- lí/lír/lú - vernacular (substitute for 汝);
- ní - literary.
Definitions
妳
- (chiefly Taiwanese Mandarin) you (singular, female)
Usage notes
This character is mostly used in Traditional Chinese when referring to a female person. Although 妳 is rarely used in Simplified Chinese, it may still be found in some contexts.
See also
| singular | plural | ||
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| 1st person | — | 我 (wǒ) | 我們／我们 (wǒmen) |
| inclusive | 咱們／咱们 (zánmen) | ||
| 2nd person | 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 person | 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) | |
| polite | 怹 (tān) | 他們／他们 (tāmen) 怹們／怹们 (tānmen) | |
| animal | 牠／它 (tā) | 牠們／它们 (tāmen) | |
| inanimate | 它 (tā) | 它們／它们 (tāmen) | |
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 妳 – see 奶 (“breast; milk; breast milk; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 嬭, which is in turn a variant form of 奶). |
Compounds
Japanese
| 妳 | |
| 嬭 |
Kanji
妳
- Extended shinjitai form of 嬭