你 nǐ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 尔 you
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
你们
nǐmen
you (plural)
Characters in this word
们 men
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 门 gate, door, entrance, opening
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你们是老师吗？ Nǐmen shì lǎoshī ma? Are you teachers?
- 你们去哪儿？ Nǐmen qù nǎr? Where are you going?
- 你们都是我的朋友。 Nǐmen dōu shì wǒ de péngyou. You are all my friends.