你 nǐ — you (one person)

Meanings

1. 1

   you (one person)

   The second-person singular pronoun, used to address one person. In respectful or formal situations Mandarin prefers 您 (nín).

   pronoun
2. 2

   you (generic — one, anyone)

   pronoun

   Like English "you" in "you never know", 你 can refer to people in general rather than the listener.

Character breakdown

• 你

  nǐ (third tone, dipping)

  you (one person)

  7 strokes⿰亻尔Radical 人

Example sentences

• 你好，我叫小明。Nǐ (third tone, dipping) hǎo, (third tone, dipping) wǒ (third tone, dipping) jiào (fourth tone, falling) Xiǎomíng. (third tone, dipping)···

  Hi, I’m Xiaoming.

• 你是中国人吗？/你是中國人嗎？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) rén (second tone, rising) ma? (neutral tone)···

  Are you Chinese?

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