你 Stroke Order — How to Write 你
你 is written in 7 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 亻, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
你 Radical and Character Components
你 is an ideographic compound. Pronoun 尔 for a person 亻.
Radical: 亻 + 5 more strokes
你 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- nǐ
Meanings of 你 in Chinese
nǐ你
Common Words and Phrases with 你
More words with 你
- nǐ你jiā家your home, your house
- nǐ你wǒ我You and I, Us
- qíng请nǐ你Please, Invite you
- mí迷nǐ你mini, miniature
- nǐ你fāng方your side, your party
- duì对nǐ你to you, for you
- géi给nǐ你For you, To you
- yǒu有nǐ你Having you, With you
- má麻fan烦nǐ你Excuse me, Please
- nǐ你ài爱wǒ我You love me, Do you love me?
- nǐ你men们liǎ俩you two, both of you
- nǐ你qiáo瞧Look!, See?
- nǐ你zhè这You, Your
- zhī支chí持nǐ你Support you, I support you
- děng等zhe着nǐ你Waiting for you, Awaiting you
- gōng恭xí喜nǐ你Congratulations, Congrats
- nǐ你dé得You have to, You must
- wèi为nǐ你hǎo好For your own good, For your benefit
- xiàng向nǐ你to you, towards you
- xiè谢xie谢nǐ你Thank you, Thanks
Idioms with 你
- nǐ你chàng倡wǒ我suí随You propose, I second
- nǐ你chuī吹wǒ我pěng捧to engage in mutual flattery
- nǐ你lái来wǒ我wǎng往frequent back-and-forth interaction
- nǐ你qiān谦wǒ我ràng让to show mutual deference and courtesy
- nǐ你tuī推wǒ我ràng让to defer to each other
- nǐ你xiōng兄wǒ我dì弟to be on intimate fraternal terms
- nǐ你yán言wǒ我yǔ语lively discussion with many voices
- nǐ你zhī知wǒ我zhī知a shared secret between us
- nǐ你chàng唱wǒ我hé和echo each other's sentiments
- nǐ你dōng东wǒ我xī西to go separate ways
- nǐ你duó夺wǒ我zhēng争vie with each other
- nǐ你ēn恩wǒ我ài爱deeply in love
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Open the tool →Questions about 你
What does 你 mean in Chinese?
你 (nǐ) means “Refers to 'you' in a general” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 你?
你 is pronounced nǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 你 have?
你 has 7 strokes.
How do you write 你?
你 is written in 7 strokes, starting from the radical 亻. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 你?
The radical of 你 is 亻, and 你 is an ideographic compound.