你

nǐ
HSK 1
#32 most
frequent character
"you (informal, as opposed to polite 您[nin2])"
pronoun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

你 has 亻 person as the meaning part and 尔, a shorter form of 爾 'you', which also gives the sound. It first meant 'you'. The sound link is no longer clear in modern Mandarin.

你 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
您
sound1 character
您

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Example Sentences

你好吗？
nǐhǎo ma ？
How are you?
你喜欢这个吗？
nǐ xǐhuān zhègè ma ？
Do you like this?
你要吃饭了吗？
nǐyào chīfàn le ma ？
Are you going to eat?

Homophones

拟nǐ
to propose

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Pronouns & Personal References
I, you, he, she, they, self-referential terms, and polite forms of address.
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