Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- nǐ
English
- you, second person pronoun
- you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
- you; the second-person singular pronoun
- sometimes used to refer to an unspecified person; also called the 'generic you'
粵語
- 第二人稱單數代詞；用嚟稱呼喺自己面前嘅對象，或者溝通嘅對象
- 有時用嚟指唔特定嘅一個人
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Variants
Words containing 你
- 你們nei5 mun4
you (plural)
- 你呢nei5 ne1
how about you?; what about you?; you?; and you?; this…of yours [colloquial]
- 殺你saat3 nei5
it's a deal [colloquial]
- 迷你mai4 nei5
(loanword) mini-; miniature; very small
- 醒你sing2 nei5
give you for free (spoken)
- 你好nei5 hou2
hello; hi
- 你就想nei5 zau6 soeng2
you wish (spoken)
- 你老闆nei5 lou5 baan2
your boss [written and colloquial]; euphemism for '你老母', 'fuck your mother'. foul language insulting one's mother when cursing someone [colloquial]
- 你先nei5 sin1
You first
- 你哋nei5 dei6
(pronoun – plural) you
- 你的nei5 dik1
your
- 你我nei5 ngo5
you and I
- 話知你waa6 zi1 nei5
who cares; no matter if you…
- 迷你倉mai4 nei5 cong1
mini warehouse; mini-storage
- 爲你wai6 nei5
- 保你大bou2 nei5 daai6
"I give up
- 迷你裙mai4 nei5 kwan4
miniskirt
- 你等nei5 dang2
(archaic) you all
- 將你zoeng1 nei5
- 你老母nei5 lou5 mou2
your old mother (derogatory); ' fuck your mother', foul language insulting one's mother when cursing someone [colloquial]
- 你地nei5 dei6
you guys; you all
- 給你kap1 nei5
give you [written]
- 小你siu2 nei5
euphemism for 𨳒你, fuck you [colloquial]
- 啊你aa3 nei5