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你
nǐ
Main
English Definitionyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
Simplified Script你
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinnǐ
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄋㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)nei5
Part of Speech(代) pronoun
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=1

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你们nǐmenyou (plural)
你好nǐhǎohello; hi
你死我活nǐ sǐ wǒ huólit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist
你来我往nǐ lái wǒ wǎngwith enough association or interaction
你追我赶nǐ zhuī wǒ gǎnfriendly one-upmanship; to try to emulate
Words With Same Tail Word    
迷你mínǐmini (as in mini-skirt or Mini Cooper) (loanword)
我你wǒnǐyou and me
祝你zhùnǐwishing you...
走你zǒunǐ(neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!; Come on, you can do this!
求求你qiú qiú nǐprithee
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