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你 nei5 {nǐ}

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)

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你哋 nei5 dei6 {nǐ dì}

(pronoun – plural) you

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你地 nei5 dei6 {nǐ dì}

you guys; you all

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你的 nei5 dik1 {nǐ de}

your

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你嘅 nei5 ge3 {nǐ gé}

your's (spoken)

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你先 nei5 sin1 {nǐ xiān}

You first

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你等 nei5 dang2 {nǐ děng}

  1. you all (archaic)
  2. see also 你們

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你好 nei5 hou2 {nǐ hǎo}

  1. Hello!
  2. Hi!
  3. How are you?

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你們〔-们〕 nei5 mun4 {nǐ men}

you (plural)

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你我 nei5 ngo5 {nǐ wǒ}

  1. you and I
  2. everyone
  3. all of us (in society)
  4. we (people in general)

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你哋嘅 nei5 dei2 ge3 {nǐ dì gé}

your's (spoken)

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你啲人 nei5 di1 jan4 {nǐ dī rén}

Your people

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你好嘢 nei5 hou2 je5 {nǐ hǎo yě}

1. you have done great, can also be use sarcastically 2. you have courage, you have the guts

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你好嗎〔--吗〕 nei5 hou2 maa1 {nǐ hǎo ma}

how are you?

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你們的〔-们-〕 nei5 mun4 dik1 {nǐ men de}

your; yours

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你諗你〔-谂-〕 nei5 nam2 nei5 {nǐ shěn nǐ}

You figure it out

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你就想 nei5 zau6 soeng2 {nǐ jiù xiǎng}

you wish (spoken)

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你自己 nei5 zi6 gei2 {nǐ zì jǐ}

you yourself, on your own

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你個頭〔-个头〕 nei5 go3 tau4 {nǐ ge tóu}

  1. (coll.) (suffix) my ass!
  2. yeah, right!

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你哋自己 nei5 dei6 zi6 gei2 {nǐ dì zì ji}

yourselves

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你東我西〔-东--〕 nei5 dung1 ngo5 sai1 {nǐ dōng wǒ xī}

You and me go a different way

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你情我願〔---愿〕 nei5 cing4 ngo5 jyun6 {nǐ qíng wǒ yuàn}

  1. to both be willing
  2. mutual consent

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你死我活 nei5 sei2 ngo5 wut6 {nǐ sǐ wǒ huó}

  1. lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. two parties cannot coexist

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你爭我奪〔-争-夺〕 nei5 zang1 ngo5 dyut6 {nǐ zhēng wǒ duó}

  1. lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
  2. fierce rivalry
  3. tug-of-war

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你追我趕〔---赶〕 nei5 zeoi1 ngo5 gon2 {nǐ zhuī wǒ gǎn}

  1. friendly one-upmanship
  2. to try to emulate

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你看著辦吧〔--着办-〕 nei5 hon3 zoek6 baan6 baa4 {nǐ kàn zhe bàn ba}

  1. You figure it out for yourself.
  2. Do as you please.

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你做初一我做十五 nei5 zou6 co1 jat1 ngo5 zou6 sap6 ng5 {nǐ zuò chū yī wǒ zuò shí wǔ}

an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; one is being forced to commit evil acts because others are being evil to him/ her

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你做初一,我做十五 nei5 zou6 co1 jat1 ,ngo5 zou6 sap6 ng5 {nǐ zuò chū yī , wǒ zuò shí wǔ}

tit for tat; eye for an eye

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你有張良計,我有過牆梯〔--张-计---过墙-〕 nei5 jau5 zoeng1 loeng4 gai3 ,ngo5 jau5 gwo3 coeng4 tai1 {nǐ yǒu zhāng liáng jì , wǒ yǒu guo qiáng tī}

one always can come up with a strategy to overcome another strategy

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你走你的陽關道,我過我的獨木橋〔----阳关---过--独-桥〕 nei5 zau2 nei5 dik1 joeng4 gwaan1 dou6 ,ngo5 gwo3 ngo5 dik1 duk6 muk6 kiu4 {nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo}

  1. lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. you do it your way, I'll do it mine

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