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你
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you

HSK 1
Human →Relations
nǐ
ジ、ニ
なんじ、しかり、その、のみ
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尔 represents the sound.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 尔 those =
你 you
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
尔 Meaning component
ěr those
variant of 爾|尔[ěr]
你 and 尔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Chinese
你 [nǐ]
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nín])
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (41)
你们 [nǐ​men] #46
you (plural)
你们 [nǐ​men] #46
you (plural)
你好 [nǐ​hǎo] #2,021
hello
去你的 [qù​nǐ​de] #23,440
Get along with you!
你死我活 [nǐ​sǐ​wǒ​huó] #20,566
lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
迷你 [mí​nǐ] #6,450
mini (as in mini-skirt or Mini Cooper) (loanword)
你追我赶 [nǐ​zhuī​wǒ​gǎn] #34,920
friendly one-upmanship
你追我赶 [nǐ​zhuī​wǒ​gǎn] #34,920
friendly one-upmanship
迷你裙 [mí​nǐ​qún] #23,692
miniskirt
你争我夺 [nǐ​zhēng​wǒ​duó] #54,357
lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
你好 [ニーハオ] #166,589
hello