妳

See also: 你 and 您

妳 U+59B3, 妳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59B3 ← 妲 [U+59B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 妴 → [U+59B4]

Translingual

Stroke order

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

Derived from 你 (“you”) by replacing 亻 with 女. Compare 她, from 他.

Etymology 2

Simplified from 嬭 (爾 → 尔).

Etymology 1

trad.		妳/你*
simp.		你*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): nǐ (ni³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nei⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nei¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): n³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngì / ǹ / ǹg / nì

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngi² / n²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ni²
• Eastern Min (BUC): nī
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lí / lír / lú / ní

  (Teochew, Peng'im): le²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni; ⁵ni
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi³

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• 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/
• 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/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: n³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̩²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / ǹ / ǹg / nì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˇ / n^ˇ / ng^ˇ / ni^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² / n² / ng² / ni²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n¹¹/, /ŋ̍¹¹/, /ni¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / ǹ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˇ / n^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² / n²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngi² / n²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n̩¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ni²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ni⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡi³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
    • Tâi-lô: lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan): /li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /li⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír
    • Tâi-lô: lír
    • IPA (Kinmen): /lɯ⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /lɯ⁴²/
    • IPA (Lukang): /lɨ⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní
    • Tâi-lô: ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /nĩ⁵³/

Note:

• lí/lír/lú - vernacular (substitute for 汝);
• ní - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: le²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɯ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni; ⁵ni
    • MiniDict: nyi^去; 'ni^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi; ²'ni
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/, /ni³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: nyi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi⁴¹/

Definitions

妳

1. (chiefly Taiwanese Mandarin) you (singular, female)
   • 妳真是個好人。／你真是个好人。  ―  Nǐ zhēnshì ge hǎorén.  ―  You really are a good person.

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

Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns

		singular	plural
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
	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

• 乾阿妳 / 干阿你
• 妳們 / 你们
• 小妳妳 / 小你你
• 芋妳 / 芋你
• 阿妳 / 阿你
• 馬妳子 / 马你子
• 黃妳 / 黄你

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	妳
Kyūjitai	嬭

Kanji

妳

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 嬭

Readings

• Go-on: ない (nai)、ね (ne)、に (ni)
• Kan-on: だい (dai)、でい (dei)、じ (ji)
• Kun: はは (haha, 妳)、はぐくむ (hagukumu, 妳む)、あね (ane, 妳)