您

您 nín in a sentence

You (formal)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 50 sentences

您 (nín) means You (formal). Below are 24 of the 50 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

您 好,请进。

Nín hǎo, qǐng jìn.

Hello, please come in.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 您

老师, 您 喝茶吗?

Lǎoshī, nín hē chá ma?

Teacher, would you like some tea?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 您

您 贵姓?

Nín guìxìng?

May I ask your surname?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 贵

请问 您 姓什么?

Qǐngwèn nín xìng shénme?

May I ask your surname?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 姓

谢谢 您 的指导。

Xièxie nín de zhǐdǎo.

Thank you for your guidance.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 指导

祝 您 生意兴隆。

Zhù nín shēngyi xīnglóng.

May your business prosper.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 兴隆

请填写 您 的国籍。

Qǐng tiánxiě nín de guójí.

Please fill in your nationality.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 国籍

请出示 您 的护照。

Qǐng chūshì nín de hùzhào.

Please show your passport.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 出示

请出示 您 的登机牌。

Qǐng chūshì nín de dēngjīpái.

Please show your boarding pass.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 登机牌

我应该怎么称呼 您 ?

Wǒ yīnggāi zěnme chēnghu nín?

How should I address you?

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 称呼

请问 您 多大年纪了?

Qǐngwèn nín duō dà niánjì le?

May I ask how old you are?

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 年纪

请问 您 的职业是什么?

Qǐngwèn nín de zhíyè shì shénme?

May I ask what your occupation is?

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 职业

Reading these is one thing; producing 您 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.

From the graded readers

她很快就回复了:“没问题, 您 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, 您 住几楼?我帮 您 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

您 先请。

Nín xiān qǐng.

After you.

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

您 吃了吗?

Nín chī le ma?

Have you eaten?

Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch

您 住在哪里?

Nín zhù zài nǎlǐ?

Where are you staying?

Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration

您 怎么称呼?

Nín zěnme chēnghu?

What should I call you?

Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions

您 太客气了。

Nín tài kèqi le.

You're too kind.

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

我敬 您 一杯。

Wǒ jìng nín yì bēi.

I'd like to toast you.

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

晚点回复 您 。

Wǎn diǎn huífù nín.

I'll reply later.

Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch

这是 您 的房卡。

Zhè shì nín de fángkǎ.

Here is your room card.

Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in

很高兴认识 您 。

Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nín.

Pleased to meet you.

Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions

谢谢 您 的时间。

Xièxie nín de shíjiān.

Thank you for your time.

Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions

您 appears in 50 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 50 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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