你 — meaning in English
nǐ
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English meaning
- hey interjection An informal way to greet someone or get their attention.
- thee pron Archaic form of "you," used as the object of a verb or preposition (the object form of "thou").
- thou pronoun An old-fashioned or poetic word for "you," used when speaking to one person.
- you pronoun The person or people being spoken or written to.
- yourself pronoun Refers back to the person being spoken to, when they are both the doer and the receiver of an action.
Senses
你 is used for these senses in English:
- hey An exclamation to get attention.
- thee (now, chiefly, archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou. [from 8th c.]
- thou (archaic, dialectal, literary, religion) . [chiefly up to early 17th c.]
- thou (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity.
- you The individual or group spoken or written to.
- you (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]
- yourself (reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).
hey — full definition
- interjection An informal way to greet someone or get their attention.
- interjection Used to express surprise, protest, or mild reprimand.