我 wǒ
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wǒ
pronoun
I; me; my
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
Notes: 我 is used as a first person pronoun in both modern (NCCED '我' 1) and literary Chinese. For example, in modern Chinese: 我比你岁数大点 'I am a little older than you.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 174) In literary Chinese, 我 was used as a first person pronoun as early as preclassical times in the Shang Dynasty (Guoyu '我' pronoun 1; Kroll 2015 '我' 1, p. 478; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 76). 我 is the fifth most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '我'; XHZD '我', p. 792). -
wǒ
noun
self
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '我' n 1; Kroll 2015 '我' 2, p. 478) -
wǒ
pronoun
we; our
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
Notes: In the sense of 己方; for example, 我国 'our country' (Guoyu '我' pronoun 2; Ho 2002, '我'; NCCED '我' 2) -
wǒ
adjective
[my] dear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In a friendly manner (Guoyu '我' adj) -
wǒ
proper noun
Wo
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '我' n 2)
Contained in
- 人为刀俎，我为鱼肉(人為刀俎，我為魚肉) to be the meat on sb's chopping block; to be at sb's mercy
- 我家 my family ; me
- 我醉欲眠 I'm drunk and would like to sleep; (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
- 自我催眠 self-hypnotism
- 自我实现(自我實現) self-actualization; self-realization
- 自我解嘲 to refer to one's foibles or failings with self-deprecating humor
- 我侪(我儕) we; our group
- 我勒个去(我勒個去) shoot!; crap!
- 自我批评(自我批評) self-criticism
- 据我所知(據我所知) as far as I know; to the best of my knowledge
- 觇我军(覘我軍) reconnaissance against our army
- 敌我矛盾(敵我矛盾) contradictions between ourselves and the enemy; Either you are for us or against us.
- 我靠 bosh!; crap!
- 你死我活 you die, I live; irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist
- 我少 my younger years
- 自我提升(自我提昇) self-enhancement
- 自我介绍(自我介紹) self-introduction; to introduce oneself
- 我行我素 to continue in one's own way
- 依我来看(依我來看) as I see it; in my opinion
- 我们都是来自五湖四海(我們都是來自五湖四海) we all come from different corners of the land
- 翦我仇敌(翦我仇敵) eliminate the common enemy
- 敌我(敵我) the enemy and us
- 小我 the self; the individual
- 三人行，则必有我师(三人行，則必有我師) If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
- 我辈(我輩) we; us
- 我军(我軍) our troops
- 自我 self
- 我司 our company (polite)
- 据我看(據我看) in my view; in my opinion; from what I can see
- 代我 took my place
- 摘我园中蔬(摘我園中蔬) pick the vegetables growing in my garden
- 我方 our side; we
- 苏我(蘇我) Soga
- 卿卿我我 to bill and coo; to whisper sweet nothings to one another; to be very much in love
- 贡高我慢(貢高我慢) haughty and arrogant
- 忘我 selflessness; altruism
- 我人 we
- 我肏 (vulgar) damn; WTF
- 我国(我國) my country; my land
- 爱哟我的妈(愛喲我的媽) Ai Yao Wo de Mao
- 我去 dang!; shoot!
- 依我看 in my opinion
- 对我来说(對我來說) as far as I'm concerned
- 在我看来(在我看來) in my opinion
- 你我 you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general)
Also contained in
我颠倒 、 苏我氏 、 神我谛 、 我法二执 、 苏我马子 、 我天尔狗
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 199
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 187
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 158
- 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 154
- 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 149
- 第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 144
- 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 139
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 132
- 第十四回 Chapter 14 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 129
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 122