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You

Full dictionary entry HSK 1 161 sentences

你 (nǐ) means You. Below are 24 of the 161 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

今天怎么样?

Nǐ jīntiān zěnmeyàng?

How are you today?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 ·

几岁?

Nǐ jǐ suì?

How old are you?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 ·

去哪儿?

Nǐ qù nǎr?

Where are you going?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 哪儿

说得对。

Nǐ shuō de duì.

You are right.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

跟我来。

Nǐ gēn wǒ lái.

Come with me.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

我想抱

Wǒ xiǎng bào nǐ.

I want to hug you.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 ·

吃饭了吗?

Nǐ chīfàn le ma?

Have you eaten yet?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 ·

From the graded readers

她说:“喂, 好吗?”

tā shuō:" wèi, nǐhǎo mǎ?"

She said, "Hello, how are you?"

Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call

我说:“好, 保重。”

wǒ shuō:" hǎo / hào, nǐ bǎozhòng."

I said, "All right. Take care of yourself."

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye

爸爸说:“ 想吃什么?”

bàba shuō:" nǐ xiǎng chī shénme?"

Dad said, "What do you want to eat?"

Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant

我说:“我很好, 呢?”

wǒ shuō:" wǒ hěnhǎo, nǐ ne / ní?"

I said, "I'm fine, and you?"

Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call

她问我:“ 吃饭了吗?”

tā wèn wǒ:" nǐ chīfàn le / liǎo / liào mǎ?"

She asked, "Have you eaten?"

Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call

他笑了笑说:“ 觉得呢?”

tā xiào le / liǎo / liào xiào shuō:" nǐ juéde ne / ní?"

He smiled and said, "What do you think?"

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor

From the travel phrasebook

我扫

Wǒ sǎo nǐ.

I'll scan yours.

Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch

要多少?

Nǐ yào duōshao?

How many do you want?

Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining

出个价。

Nǐ chū ge jià.

Make me an offer.

Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining

我拉 进群。

Wǒ lā nǐ jìn qún.

I'll add you to the group.

Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch

便宜一点。

Gěi nǐ piányi yìdiǎn.

I'll give you a discount.

Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining

们是工厂吗?

Nǐmen shì gōngchǎng ma?

Are you a factory?

Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits

From the grammar library

吃什么?

Nǐ chī shénme?

What are you eating?

Grammar library · HSK 1 · Question words stay in place

去不去?

Nǐ qù bu qù?

Are you going?

Grammar library · HSK 2 · A-not-A questions

明天来吗?

Nǐ míngtiān lái ma?

Are you coming tomorrow?

Grammar library · HSK 1 · 吗 and 呢 questions

看看这个。

Nǐ kànkan zhège.

Have a look at this.

Grammar library · HSK 3 · Verb reduplication — 看看, 试试

听见了吗?

Nǐ tīngjiàn le ma?

Did you hear that?

Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见

你 appears in 161 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Questions about 你

How is 你 used in a sentence?

This page shows 161 sentences using 你 (nǐ, "You"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 你 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 你 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 你 an HSK word?

Yes — 你 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 你?

The dictionary page for 你 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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