nín in a sentence

You (formal)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 36 sentences

您 (nín) means You (formal). Below are 24 of the 36 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

好,请进。

Nín hǎo, qǐng jìn.

Hello, please come in.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

老师, 喝茶吗?

Lǎoshī, nín hē chá ma?

Teacher, would you like some tea?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

贵姓?

Nín guìxìng?

May I ask your surname?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

请问 姓什么?

Qǐngwèn nín xìng shénme?

May I ask your surname?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

From the graded readers

她很快就回复了:“没问题, 可以退。”

tā hěnkuài jiù huífù le / liǎo / liào:" méiwèntí, nín kěyǐ tuì."

She replied quickly: "No problem, you can return it."

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online

我问她:“阿姨, 住几楼?我帮 拿吧。”

wǒ wèn tā:" ā / ē yí, nín zhù jǐ / jī lóu? wǒ bāng nín ná bā."

I asked her, "Which floor are you on? Let me carry those."

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger

From the travel phrasebook

先请。

Nín xiān qǐng.

After you.

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

吃了吗?

Nín chī le ma?

Have you eaten?

Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch

住在哪里?

Nín zhù zài nǎlǐ?

Where are you staying?

Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration

怎么称呼?

Nín zěnme chēnghu?

What should I call you?

Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions

太客气了。

Nín tài kèqi le.

You're too kind.

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

我敬 一杯。

Wǒ jìng nín yì bēi.

I'd like to toast you.

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

晚点回复

Wǎn diǎn huífù nín.

I'll reply later.

Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch

这是 的房卡。

Zhè shì nín de fángkǎ.

Here is your room card.

Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in

很高兴认识

Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nín.

Pleased to meet you.

Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions

谢谢 的时间。

Xièxie nín de shíjiān.

Thank you for your time.

Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions

下周给 回复。

Xià zhōu gěi nín huífù.

I'll get back to you next week.

Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions

下次给 补偿。

Xià cì gěi nín bǔcháng.

We'll make it up to you on the next order.

Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims

谢谢 的邀请。

Xièxie nín de yāoqǐng.

Thank you for the invitation.

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

身体健康!

Zhù nín shēntǐ jiànkāng!

To your health!

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

来中国做什么?

Nín lái Zhōngguó zuò shénme?

What are you coming to China for?

Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration

需要什么产品?

Nín xūyào shénme chǎnpǐn?

What products are you looking for?

Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits

拍下我给 改价。

Pāixià wǒ gěi nín gǎijià.

Place the order and I'll adjust the price.

Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)

我随意, 随便。

Wǒ suíyì, nín suíbiàn.

I'll sip; please do as you like.

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

您 appears in 36 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 您

How is 您 used in a sentence?

This page shows 36 sentences using 您 (nín, "You (formal)"), 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 您 inside a longer word?

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

Is 您 an HSK word?

Yes — 您 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 您?

The dictionary page for 您 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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