Chinese

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you (sg) pronoun suffix
trad. (爾儂)
simp. (尔侬)

Etymology

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Many lects have merged the two syllables to one. See .

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (38) (8)
Final () (11) (5)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter nyeX nowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiᴇX/ /nuoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵiɛX/ /nuoŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjɛX/ /noŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵiə̆X/ /nawŋ/
Li
Rong
/ȵieX/ /noŋ/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑǐeX/ /nuoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑie̯X/ /nuoŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ěr nóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji5 nung4
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Particularly: “See for Wu pronunciations; pronunciation generally similar to /n nuŋ/

Pronoun

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爾儂

  1. (dated or dialectal Wu, Gan) you (singular)

Synonyms

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