您們

See also: 您们

Chinese

		(polite) you	(plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns)
trad. (您們)		您	們
simp. (您们)		您	们

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nínmen, nǐm

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄣ, ㄋㄧㄇˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nínmen
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nínme̊n
    • Wade–Giles: nin²-mên⁵
    • Yale: nín-men
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nin.men
    • Palladius: ниньмэнь (ninʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nin³⁵ mən³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, contraction)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐm
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄇˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐm
    • Wade–Giles: nim³
    • Yale: nǐm
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nim3
    • Palladius: ним (nim)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nim²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁵ mun⁴
    • Yale: néih mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³ muːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 你們／你们 妳們／你们 您們／您们 祢們

Pronoun

您們

1. (dialectal, nonstandard) you (plural, polite)

Usage notes

• Normally 您 is only used as a singular form. To address a group, 你們／你们 (nǐmen) should be used — the plural of 你 (nǐ) — or consider a polite plural pronoun like 各位 (gèwèi). Alternatively, a number plus a classifier can be placed after 您, e.g. 您二位 (nín èr wèi), 您幾位／您几位, etc.

Related terms

Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns
Person		Singular	Plural
1st	—	我 (wǒ)	我們／我们 (wǒmen)
	inclusive		咱們／咱们 (zánmen)
2nd	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	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)
	animal	牠／它 (tā)	牠們／它们 (tāmen)
	inanimate	它 (tā)	它們／它们 (tāmen)