(nǎi) - you (female, literary or dialectal) in Mandarin
nǎiTraditional: 妳
Translation
you (female, literary or dialectal)
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Word origin
妳 (nǎi) is a literary or dialectal feminine form of 'you', a phono-semantic compound of the 女 (woman) radical, marking the female referent, plus 尔 (ěr) as the phonetic, 尔 being an old word for 'you'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 女 (woman, meaning) + 尔 (ěr, phonetic, 'you')
Stroke order
妳
Examples
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Are you well?
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You are right.
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You are really impressive.
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Are you free tomorrow?
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Your idea is very good.
妳 (nǎi) - you (female, literary or dialectal).
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