你 nǐ
nǐ
pronoun
you
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Function Words
, Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
Notes: 你 is the common form of the second person personal pronoun. For example, 我比你岁数大点 'I am a little older than you.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 174) It was used from the Tang in vernacular Chinese (Guoyu '你'; Norman 1988, p. 118; Sun 2006, loc. 1811).
Contained in
- 你看着办吧(你看著辦吧) You figure it out for yourself.; Do as you please.
- 走你 Let’s do this!
- 肏你妈(肏你媽) damn you (vulgar)
- 你追我赶(你追我趕) friendly one-upmanship; to try to emulate
- 我误会你了(我誤會你了) I misjudged you
- 拜你所赐(拜你所賜) this is all thanks to you!; well, thanks a lot!
- 你死我活 you die, I live; irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist
- 有人想你 Bless you! (after a sneeze)
- 非你莫属(非你莫屬) it's yours exclusively; you are the one; only you deserve it; only you can do it
- 去你的 get along with you!
- 迷你 mini (as in mini-skirt or Mini Cooper)
- 你等 you all
- 你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥(你走你的陽關道，我過我的獨木橋) you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge; you go your way, I'll go mine
- 给你点颜色看看(給你點顏色看看) (I'll) teach you a lesson; put you in your place
- 你们(你們) you (plural)
- 你我 you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general)
- 算你狠 you got me!; you win!; you are something!
- 拿你没办法(拿你沒辦法) don't know what to do with you; can't really say no to you
- 你情我愿(你情我願) to both be willing; mutual consent
- 你个头(你個頭) yeah, right!
- 什么风把你吹来的(什麼風把你吹來的) What brings you here?
- 你在添上几个(你在添上幾個) add on a few more
- 你好 hello
- 你争我夺(你爭我奪) you fight, I snatch; to compete fiercely offering no quarter; fierce rivalry; tug-of-war
- 真有你的 You're really quite something!; You're just amazing!
- 迷你裙 miniskirt
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 156
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 149
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 148
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 134
- 第十四回 Chapter 14 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 120
- 第三十二回 Chapter 32 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 113
- 第二回 Chapter 45 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 112
- 第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 105
- 第二回 Chapter 24 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 104
- 第二回 Chapter 47 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 103