妳

See also: 你 and 您

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

← 妲
[U+59B2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

妴 →
[U+59B4]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

KangXi: page 257, character 20

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6130

Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian: 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
simp.		你

Same word as 你 (nǐ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nǐ (ni³)
(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ
(Chengdu, SP): nyi³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): nei⁵
(Taishan, Wiktionary): nei¹
Gan (Wiktionary): n³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngì / ǹ / ǹg / nì
(Meixian, Guangdong): ngi² / n²
Jin (Wiktionary): ni²
Min Dong (BUC): nī
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lí / lír / lú / ní
(Teochew, Peng'im): le²
Wu (Wiktionary): nyi (T3); 'ni (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): nyi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
  - Wade–Giles: nih³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
  - IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
  - IPA ^(key): /nʲi⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁵
  - Yale: néih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ⁿdei³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: n³
  - IPA ^(key): /n̩²¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / ǹ / ǹg / nì
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiˇ / nˇ / ngˇ / niˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² / n² / ng² / ni²
  - IPA: /ɲi¹¹/, /n¹¹/, /ŋ̍¹¹/, /ni¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / ǹ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiˇ / nˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² / n²
  - IPA: /ɲi¹¹/, /n¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngi² / n²
  - IPA: /ɲi¹¹/, /n̩¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ni²
  - IPA (old-style): /ni⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nī
  - IPA ^(key): /nˡi³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
  - Tâi-lô: lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /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 (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
  - IPA ^(key): /lɯ⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyi (T3); 'ni (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²³/, /ʔni³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: nyi³
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi⁴¹/

Definitions

妳

you (female)
如果妳是我的傳說 [MSC, trad.]
如果你是我的传说 [MSC, simp.]
Rúguǒ nǐ shì wǒ de chuánshuō [Pinyin]
"If You Are My Legend" (a 1990 song by Andy Lau)

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 嬭 (“woman's breasts; milk; breastmilk; etc.”). (This character, 妳, is a variant form of 嬭.)

Japanese

Kanji

妳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ない (nai); ね (ne); に (ni)
Kan-on: だい (dai); でい (dei); じ (ji)^{←ぢ (di, historical)}
Kun: はは (haha, 妳); はぐくむ (hagukumu, 妳む); あね (ane, 妳)