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(nǎi) - you (female, literary or dialectal) in Mandarin

nǎi

Traditional: 妳

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Translation

you (female, literary or dialectal)

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

Stroke order for 妳

Examples

Are you well?

You are right.

You are really impressive.

Are you free tomorrow?

Your idea is very good.

妳 (nǎi) - you (female, literary or dialectal).

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This word is part of lesson 10.