妳

See also: 你 and 您

妳	U+59B3, 妳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59B3

← 妲
[U+59B2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

妴 →
[U+59B4]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

妳 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女弓火 (VNF), four-corner 4749₂, composition ⿰女尔)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6130
Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1039, character 9
Unihan data for U+59B3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1: Derived from 你 (“you”) by replacing 亻 with 女. Compare 她, from 他.

Etymology 2: Simplified from 嬭 (爾 → 尔).

Etymology 1

trad.		妳/你^*
simp.		你^*

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nǐ (ni³)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nei⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nei¹
Gan (Wiktionary): n³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngì / ǹ / ǹg / nì

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngi² / n²
Jin (Wiktionary): ni²
Eastern Min (BUC): nī
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lí / lír / lú / ní

(Teochew, Peng'im): le²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni; ⁵ni
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
  - Wade–Giles: ni³
  - Yale: nǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
  - Palladius: ни (ni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲi⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: nei⁵
  - Yale: néih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdei³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: n³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̩²¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / ǹ / ǹg / nì
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˇ / n^ˇ / ng^ˇ / ni^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² / n² / ng² / ni²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n¹¹/, /ŋ̍¹¹/, /ni¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / ǹ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˇ / n^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² / n²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngi² / n²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n̩¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ni²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ni⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡi³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
  - Tâi-lô: lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan): /li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /li⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír
  - Tâi-lô: lír
  - IPA (Kinmen): /lɯ⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /lɯ⁴²/
  - IPA (Lukang): /lɨ⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong, Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
  - Tâi-lô: lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luo
  - IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Penang): /lu⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Singapore): /lu⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní
  - Tâi-lô: ní
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /nĩ⁵³/

Note:

lí/lír/lú - vernacular (substitute for 汝);
ní - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: le²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lṳ́
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɯ⁵²/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni; ⁵ni
  - MiniDict: nyi^去; 'ni^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi; ²'ni
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/, /ni³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: nyi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi⁴¹/

Definitions

妳

(chiefly Taiwanese Mandarin) you (singular, female)
- 妳真是個好人。／你真是个好人。 ― Nǐ zhēnshì ge hǎorén. ― You really are a good person.

Usage notes

This character is mostly used in Traditional Chinese when referring to a female person. Although 妳 is rarely used in Simplified Chinese, it may still be found in some contexts.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 妳 – see 奶 (“breast; milk; breast milk; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 嬭, which is in turn a variant form of 奶).

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	妳
Kyūjitai	嬭

Kanji

妳

(Hyōgai kanji)

Extended shinjitai form of 嬭

Readings

Go-on: ない (nai)、ね (ne)、に (ni)
Kan-on: だい (dai)、でい (dei)、じ (ji)
Kun: はは (haha, 妳)、はぐくむ (hagukumu, 妳む)、あね (ane, 妳)

Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns
Person		Singular	Plural
1st	—	我 (wǒ)	我們／我们 (wǒmen)
1st	inclusive	我 (wǒ)	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)