我 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 62, +3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹手戈 (HQI), four-corner 23550, composition 𠂌)

Derived characters

Descendants

我 - Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
 
Wu 𠨂 𢦐 𢦓 𢦖

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Old Chinese
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːls
*ŋrals
*ŋral
*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
*ŋrals
*hŋral
*hŋral
*hŋral

A pictogram (象形) of a rake-like tool or weapon (note the oracle bone script form); Guo Moruo considers it to be the original character for (OC *ɡral, “a kind of axe or chisel”). Jao & Zeng (1985, pp. 289–290) conjecture about its similarity to a kind of three-bladed polearm found at archaeological sites; cf. (polearm with one blade). It was already borrowed for sound to mean "I" (in the sense of "first-person subject") since the oracle bone script.

Folk etymology considers it to be an ideograph of a hand () holding a weapon () to protect oneself.

Some have suggested a contrast with , interpreting the latter as a weapon with tip pointing outward.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard)
      • (Pinyin): , ě (wo3, e3)
      • (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ, ㄜˇ
    • (Chengdu, SP): ngo3
    • (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вә (və, II)
  • Cantonese
    • (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngo5
      • (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngoi1, ngo4, ngoi4
    • Gan (Wiktionary): ngo3
    • Hakka
      • (Sixian, PFS): ngô
      • (Meixian, Guangdong): ngo1
    • Jin (Wiktionary): ghe2
    • Min Bei (KCR): uòi / nguòi
    • Min Dong (BUC): nguāi / ngō̤
      • Min Nan
        • (Hokkien, POJ): góa / óa / ngó͘
          • (Teochew, Peng'im): ua2 / ngo2
        • Wu (Wiktionary): 3ngu; 3hhu
        • Xiang (Wiktionary): ngo3
        • Dialectal data
        • Middle Chinese: /ŋɑX/
        • Old Chinese
          • (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤajʔ/
          • (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːlʔ/

        Definitions

        1. I; me; my
        2. (literary, formal or dialectal) we; us; our
          •    guó   our country
          •    shì   our city
        3. (obsolete) to stubbornly hold to one's own opinion
        4. (obsolete) to kill
        5. (obsolete) tilted
        6. a surname

        Synonyms

        Variety Location Words
        edit
        Classical Chinese , , , , , for emperors, , humble
        Formal (Written Standard Chinese) , 本人 humble, 在下 humble
        Mandarin Beijing
        Taiwan
        Tianjin
        Langfang
        Chengde
        Tangshan
        Cangzhou ,
        Baoding
        Shijiazhuang ,
        Ulanhot
        Tongliao
        Chifeng ,
        Hulunbuir (Hailar)
        Heihe ,
        Qiqihar ,
        Harbin ,
        Jiamusi , ,
        Baicheng
        Changchun
        Tonghua ,
        Shenyang
        Dandong ,
        Jinzhou
        Dalian
        Yantai ,
        Yantai (Muping) ,
        Qingdao ,
        Lijin ,
        Weifang (Weicheng) ,
        Weifang (Fangzi) ,
        Weifang (Hanting) ,
        Changyi ,
        Gaomi ,
        Zhucheng ,
        Anqiu ,
        Changle ,
        Linqu ,
        Qingzhou
        Shouguang ,
        Rizhao ,
        Wulian ,
        Jinan ,
        Jining ,
        Luoyang ,
        Wanrong ,
        Shangqiu ,
        Yuanyang ,
        Zhengzhou ,
        Kaifeng ,
        Lingbao
        Xinyang
        Ankang
        Baihe
        Ziyang
        Hanzhong
        Xi'an ,
        Baoji
        Yinchuan
        Tongxin
        Zhongwei
        Guyuan
        Tianshui
        Lanzhou
        Dunhuang
        Xining
        Hami
        Ürümqi
        Yanqi
        Wuhan
        Huanggang
        Yichang
        Xiangyang
        Tianmen
        Hong'an
        Chengdu
        Chengdu (Xindu)
        Nanchong
        Nanbu
        Dazhou
        Hanyuan
        Xichang
        Zigong
        Chongqing
        Lhasa
        Guiyang
        Zunyi
        Bijie
        Liping
        Zhaotong
        Dali
        Kunming
        Mengzi
        Guilin
        Guilin (Lingui)
        Guanyang
        Lipu
        Pingle
        Yangshuo
        Liuzhou
        Nanning (Xiakuojie)
        Nanning (Fujian)
        Nanning (Wuming)
        Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)
        Binyang (Nanjie)
        Shanglin (Sanli)
        Yizhou
        Qinzhou (Longmengang)
        Jishou
        Changde , ,
        Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
        Anqing
        Xuzhou , ,
        Xuzhou (Jiawang) ,
        Pizhou ,
        Suining
        Xinyi ,
        Fengxian ,
        Suqian
        Ganyu ,
        Fuyang ,
        Wuhu
        Yangzhou
        Jiangdu
        Baoying
        Gaoyou
        Yizheng
        Lianyungang ,
        Donghai ,
        Guanyun
        Guannan ,
        Huai'an (Huaiyin)
        Huai'an (Hongze)
        Lianshui
        Xuyi
        Jinhu
        Xinghua
        Nanjing
        Hefei
        Bengbu ,
        Chuzhou
        Nantong
        Rugao
        Rudong
        Hai'an
        Yancheng
        Dongtai
        Sheyang
        Funing
        Jianhu
        Xiangshui
        Shuyang
        Sihong ,
        Taizhou
        Taixing
        Jiangyan
        Jingjiang (Dongxing)
        Zhenjiang
        Jurong
        Malaysia
        Singapore
        Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
        Dagudi (Maliba)
        Reshuitang (Longling)
        Mae Salong (Lancang)
        Mae Sai (Tengchong)
        Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
        Cantonese Guangzhou
        Hong Kong
        Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
        Macau
        Guangzhou (Panyu)
        Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
        Guangzhou (Conghua)
        Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
        Foshan
        Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
        Foshan (Shunde)
        Foshan (Sanshui)
        Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
        Zhongshan (Shiqi)
        Zhuhai (Qianshan)
        Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
        Zhuhai (Doumen)
        Jiangmen (Baisha) 𠊎
        Jiangmen (Xinhui)
        Taishan
        Kaiping (Chikan)
        Enping (Niujiang)
        Heshan (Yayao)
        Dongguan
        Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
        Shenzhen (Dapeng)
        Qingyuan
        Fogang
        Yingde (Hanguang)
        Yangshan
        Lianshan (Butian)
        Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
        Shaoguan
        Shaoguan (Qujiang)
        Renhua
        Lechang
        Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
        Sihui
        Guangning
        Deqing
        Huaiji
        Fengkai (Nanfeng)
        Yunfu ,
        Xinxing
        Luoding
        Yunan (Pingtai)
        Yangjiang
        Xinyi
        Maoming (Xinpo)
        Lianjiang
        Wuchuan (Wuyang)
        Nanning
        Wuzhou
        Yulin
        Hepu (Lianzhou)
        Hepu (Shatian)
        Guiping
        Mengshan (Xihe)
        Guigang (Nanjiang)
        Beiliu
        Baise
        Bobai
        Lingshan
        Pubei
        Qinzhou
        Beihai
        Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
        Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
        Ningming
        Hengzhou
        Hezhou (Pumen)
        Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
        Danzhou
        Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
        Penang (Guangfu)
        Singapore (Guangfu)
        Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
        Móng Cái
        Gan Nanchang
        Nanchang (Wangcheng)
        Anyi 我仂
        Lushan
        Pengze
        Duchang , 我濃
        Wuning (Quankou)
        Poyang
        Yugan , 我郎
        Wannian
        Hengfeng , 阿仂
        Yanshan , 阿仂
        Leping
        Yichun
        Yifeng
        Gao'an
        Fengxin
        Shanggao
        Wanzai
        Fengcheng
        Xinyu ,
        Fuzhou (Shangdundu)
        Fuzhou (Dongxiang) 阿仂
        Nancheng
        Nanfeng 阿仂,
        Yihuang
        Lichuan ,
        Chongren
        Pingxiang
        Lianhua
        Ji'an ,
        Yongfeng
        Taihe
        Xiajiang
        Yongxin
        Yingtan (Yujiang)
        Guixi , 阿仂
        Jianning
        Jinxian
        Jinxi
        Le'an
        Guangchang
        Anfu
        Suichuan 𠊎
        Wan'an 𠊎
        Jing'an
        Zhangshu
        Xingan
        Fenyi
        Hakka Meixian 𠊎
        Xingning 𠊎
        Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
        Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
        Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
        Huiyang 𠊎
        Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
        Huidong (Daling) 𠊎
        Dongguan (Qingxi) 𠊎
        Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
        Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
        Boluo (Bendihua)
        Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 𠊎
        Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 𠊎
        Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 𠊎
        Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 𠊎
        Wuhua (Shuizhai) 𠊎
        Wuhua (Huacheng) 𠊎
        Wuhua (Changbu) 𠊎
        Wuhua (Mianyang) 𠊎
        Wuhua (Meilin) 𠊎
        Heyuan (Bendihua)
        Zijin
        Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
        Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
        Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
        Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
        Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
        Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
        Wengyuan 𠊎
        Nanxiong (Zhuji) 𠊎
        Shaoguan (Qujiang) 𠊎
        Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
        Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
        Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 𠊎
        Liannan 𠊎
        Conghua (Lütian) 𠊎
        Jiexi 𠊎
        Luhe 𠊎
        Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 𠊎
        Changting 𠊎
        Shanghang 𠊎
        Yongding 𠊎
        Wuping 𠊎
        Wuping (Yanqian) 𠊎
        Wuping (Pingyu) 𠊎
        Liancheng 𠊎
        Ninghua 𠊎
        Qingliu 𠊎
        Yudu 𠊎
        Ningdu 𠊎
        Ruijin 𠊎
        Shicheng 𠊎
        Shangyou (Shexi) 𠊎
        Tonggu (Sandu) 𠊎
        Ganzhou (Panlong) 𠊎
        Dayu 𠊎
        Dingnan 𠊎
        Longnan 𠊎
        Xunwu 𠊎
        Huichang 𠊎
        Nankang 𠊎
        Chongyi 𠊎
        Xingguo 𠊎
        Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𠊎
        Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 𠊎
        Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 𠊎
        Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 𠊎
        Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 𠊎
        Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 𠊎
        Hong Kong 𠊎
        Yangxi (Tangkou) 𠊎
        Yangchun (Sanjia) 𠊎
        Xinyi (Sihe) 𠊎
        Xinyi (Qianpai) 𠊎
        Gaozhou (Xindong) 𠊎
        Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 𠊎
        Huazhou (Xin'an) 𠊎
        Lianjiang (Shijiao) 𠊎
        Lianjiang (Qingping) 𠊎
        Mengshan (Xihe) 𠊎
        Luchuan 𠊎
        Luchuan (Daqiao) 𠊎
        Bobai (Shahe) 𠊎
        Bobai (Longtan) 𠊎
        Bobai (Lingping) 𠊎
        Bobai (Lingjiao) 𠊎
        Beiliu (Tang'an) 𠊎
        Mashan (Pianlian)
        Sabah (Longchuan) 𠊎,
        Senai (Huiyang) 𠊎
        Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 𠊎
        Singkawang 𠊎
        Singapore (Dabu) 𠊎
        Bangkok (Meixian) 𠊎
        Huizhou Jixi
        Shexian ,
        Wuyuan
        Fuliang
        Dexing
        Chun'an (Qiandaohu)
        Jiande (Meicheng) ,
        Jiande (Shouchang) , 我儂
        Jin Taiyuan , †, used only by females
        Yangyuan ,
        Datong
        Xinzhou ,
        Lishi ,
        Linfen
        Changzhi
        Linhe
        Jining ,
        Hohhot ,
        Erenhot ,
        Pingshan ,
        Zhangjiakou
        Handan ,
        Linzhou ,
        Suide
        Min Bei Jian'ou ,
        Songxi
        Zhenghe
        Jianyang
        Min Dong Fuzhou ,
        Changle
        Lianjiang
        Fuqing
        Pingtan
        Yongtai
        Minqing
        Gutian
        Pingnan
        Luoyuan
        Fu'an
        Ningde
        Xiapu
        Zherong
        Shouning
        Zhouning
        Fuding
        Taishun
        Cangnan
        Singapore (Fuqing)
        Sitiawan (Gutian)
        Min Nan Xiamen ,
        Xiamen (Tong'an)
        Quanzhou ,
        Jinjiang
        Nan'an
        Shishi
        Hui'an
        Anxi
        Yongchun
        Dehua
        Zhangzhou ,
        Zhangzhou (Longhai)
        Zhangzhou (Changtai)
        Hua'an
        Nanjing
        Pinghe
        Zhangpu
        Yunxiao
        Zhao'an
        Dongshan
        Taipei , GT
        Taipei (Wanhua)
        New Taipei (Tamsui)
        New Taipei (Sanxia)
        New Taipei (Pingxi)
        Kaohsiung
        Kaohsiung (Cijin)
        Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
        Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
        Yilan
        Changhua (Lukang)
        Taichung
        Taichung (Wuqi)
        Tainan
        Taitung
        Hsinchu
        Kinmen
        Penghu (Magong)
        Penang (Hokkien)
        Singapore (Hokkien)
        Manila (Hokkien)
        Longyan
        Zhangping
        Datian
        Shunchang (Pushang)
        Pingnan (Shangdu)
        Guilin (Biyange)
        Cangnan
        Chaozhou
        Shantou
        Shantou (Chenghai)
        Shantou (Chaoyang)
        Jieyang
        Haifeng
        Johor Bahru (Teochew)
        Singapore (Teochew)
        Batam (Teochew)
        Pontianak (Teochew)
        Wenchang , polite/humble
        Haikou
        Singapore (Hainanese) , polite/humble
        Puxian Min Putian
        Xianyou
        Min Zhong Yong'an
        Shaxian
        Yanping (Wangtai)
        Shaojiang Min Shaowu
        Guangze
        Jiangle
        Mingxi
        Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi)
        Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe)
        Shehua Jingning
        Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng)
        Wu Shanghai , 阿拉
        Shanghai (Chongming)
        Shanghai (Jiading) , 唔儂
        Shanghai (Songjiang) 我儂
        Suzhou ,
        Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) , 吾奴
        Wuxi
        Changshu
        Haimen
        Jiaxing 我奴
        Jiashan 我奴,
        Pinghu 我奴,
        Haining (Yanguan)
        Tongxiang
        Haiyan , 活儂, 活奴
        Changzhou
        Danyang
        Gaochun
        Huzhou 是我
        Changxing , 是我
        Anji (Ancheng)
        Deqing
        Hangzhou
        Hangzhou (Yuhang) , 是我
        Hangzhou (Lin'an) , 是我, 什我
        Hangzhou (Fuyang) , 是我
        Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)
        Tonglu , 是我
        Tonglu (Wusheng)
        Shaoxing
        Zhuji
        Shengzhou
        Xinchang
        Ningbo , 我儂, 像我
        Zhenhai
        Fenghua
        Yuyao
        Cixi
        Xiangshan , 像我
        Zhoushan
        Huangyan
        Tiantai
        Xianju
        Sanmen
        Linhai
        Wenling 我俚
        Wenzhou
        Yueqing
        Yongjia (Fenglin)
        Rui'an
        Pingyang
        Taishun
        Wencheng
        Lishui
        Qingtian
        Jinyun , 動我
        Wuyi (Liucheng)
        Songyang (Xiping)
        Yunhe
        Jingning
        Qingyuan
        Longquan
        Quzhou
        Suichang , 我儂
        Jiangshan
        Changshan
        Kaihua , 我儂
        Longyou , 我儂
        Jinhua , 我儂
        Jinhua (Tangxi) , 我儂
        Yiwu
        Yongkang
        Pujiang
        Dongyang
        Wuyi , 我儂
        Lanxi , 我儂
        Shangrao 阿儂
        Shangrao (Guangfeng)
        Yushan ,
        Xiang Changsha
        Loudi
        Shuangfeng ,
        Quanzhou
        Note † - as an attributive, used without 的; GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
        Variety Location Words
        edit
        Classical Chinese , 吾儕, 吾等, 我等, 吾曹, 我曹, 我輩, 吾輩
        Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 我們
        Mandarin Beijing 我們, 姆們
        Taiwan 我們
        Tianjin 我們
        Chengde 我們
        Tangshan 我們
        Cangzhou 我們, 俺們
        Baoding 我們, 俺們
        Shijiazhuang 俺們
        Ulanhot 俺們
        Tongliao 俺們
        Chifeng 我們
        Bayanhot 我們
        Hulunbuir (Hailar) 我們
        Heihe 我們, 俺們
        Qiqihar 我們, 俺們
        Harbin 我們, 俺們
        Jiamusi 我們, 俺們
        Baicheng 我們, 俺們
        Changchun 我們, 俺們
        Tonghua 我們, 俺們
        Shenyang 我們, 俺們
        Dandong 我們, , 俺們
        Jinzhou 我們
        Dalian 我們
        Yantai 我們,
        Yantai (Muping)
        Qingdao 我們,
        Lijin 我們,
        Zhucheng 我們, , 俺們
        Jinan 我們, 俺們, , 俺這夥
        Jining
        Luoyang 我們, 俺們,
        Wanrong 我的,
        Shangqiu 我們, , 俺們
        Yuanyang 我們,
        Zhengzhou , 我們 literary
        Lingbao
        Xinyang 我們
        Baihe 我們
        Hanzhong 我們
        Xi'an 俺的, , 我的, , 我們
        Dingbian 我們
        Baoji 我們, 我的, 𠊎的
        Yinchuan 我們, 卬們, 阿們
        Tianshui 我們, 我的
        Lanzhou 我們
        Dunhuang 我們
        Xining 我們
        Hami 我們
        Ürümqi 我們
        Wuhan 我們
        Huanggang 我家
        Xiangyang 我們
        Tianmen 我們
        Hong'an 我們, 我家
        Chengdu 我們
        Nanchong 我們
        Dazhou 我們
        Hanyuan 我們
        Xichang 我們
        Zigong 我們
        Chongqing 我們
        Guiyang 我們
        Zunyi 我們
        Bijie 我們
        Zhaotong 我們
        Dali 我們
        Kunming 我們
        Mengzi 我們兒
        Guilin 我們
        Liuzhou 我們
        Nanning (Xiakuojie) 我哋
        Nanning (Wuming) 我們
        Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) 我們
        Binyang (Nanjie) 我們
        Jishou 我們
        Changde 我們
        Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 我們
        Anqing 我們
        Xuzhou , 我們
        Fuyang 我們, 俺們, 俺幾個
        Wuhu 我們
        Yangzhou 我們, , 我輩兒
        Lianyungang 我們
        Lianshui 我們
        Nanjing 我們
        Hefei 我們
        Nantong 我恁, 我倈
        Malaysia 我們
        Singapore 我們
        Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 我們
        Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 我們
        Cantonese Guangzhou 我哋
        Hong Kong 我哋
        Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 我哋
        Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 我哋
        Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 我哋
        Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 我俚
        Macau 我哋
        Guangzhou (Panyu) 我哋
        Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 我哋
        Guangzhou (Conghua) 我啲
        Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 我班人
        Foshan 我哋
        Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 我哋
        Foshan (Shunde) 我哋
        Foshan (Sanshui) 我哋
        Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 我哋
        Zhongshan (Shiqi) 我哋
        Zhuhai (Qianshan) 我哋
        Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 我哋
        Zhuhai (Doumen)
        Jiangmen (Baisha)
        Jiangmen (Xinhui)
        Taishan
        Kaiping (Chikan)
        Enping (Niujiang) 我喊齊
        Heshan (Yayao)
        Dongguan 我哋
        Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 我哋
        Shenzhen (Dapeng) 我哋
        Shaoguan 我哋
        Yunfu 我哋
        Yangjiang
        Xinyi 我哋
        Lianjiang 我哋
        Nanning 我哋
        Wuzhou 我哋
        Yulin 我人
        Hepu (Lianzhou)
        Baise 我哋
        Qinzhou 我哋
        Beihai 我哋
        Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 我哋
        Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 我哋
        Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 我哋
        Singapore (Guangfu) 我哋
        Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 我哋
        Móng Cái 我哋
        Gan Nanchang 我個俚, 我等, 我們
        Lichuan 我多
        Pingxiang 我俚, 巷俚
        Hakka Meixian 𠊎等人, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎儕
        Xingning 𠊎兜人
        Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) , 我咧, 我大家, 我茶家
        Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) , 我咧
        Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 我俚
        Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) , 我咧
        Huidong (Daling) 𠊎兜人
        Dongguan (Qingxi) 吾兜
        Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 我俚
        Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 我咧
        Boluo (Bendihua) , 我齊家
        Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 𠊎兜
        Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 吾兜, 𠊎兜
        Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 吾哋
        Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 吾哋
        Wuhua (Shuizhai) 𠊎兜
        Wuhua (Huacheng) 𠊎兜
        Wuhua (Changbu) 𠊎兜
        Wuhua (Mianyang) 𠊎兜
        Heyuan (Bendihua) 我咧
        Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 我俚
        Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 我咧
        Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) , 我咧
        Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 我哋
        Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 我咧
        Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 我哋
        Nanxiong (Zhuji) 𠊎等
        Shaoguan (Qujiang) 𠊎俚
        Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 我根
        Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 我哋
        Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿俚
        Liannan 𠊎俚
        Conghua (Lütian) 𠊎兜
        Jiexi 𠊎兜儕
        Changting 𠊎儕們, 𠊎儕
        Wuping 𠊎等人
        Wuping (Pingyu) 𠊎等人, 𠊎兜
        Liancheng 𠊎大全
        Ninghua 𠊎人, 𠊎多人
        Yudu 𠊎底
        Ruijin 𠊎班人
        Shicheng 𠊎郎人
        Shangyou (Shexi) 𠊎子人
        Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕, 𠊎這兜
        Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 𠊎等, 𠊎等人
        Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕
        Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 吾等, 吾這兜, 吾這兜人
        Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕
        Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 𠊎人
        Hong Kong 𠊎哋
        Luchuan 𠊎俚
        Luchuan (Daqiao) 我們
        Bobai (Shahe) 𠊎人
        Bobai (Longtan) 𠊎大家人
        Bobai (Lingping) 𠊎哋, 𠊎啲人
        Bobai (Lingjiao) 𠊎人, 𠊎兜人
        Sabah (Bao'an) 𠊎兜
        Sabah (Longchuan) 𠊎兜
        Senai (Huiyang) 吾兜
        Kuching (Hepo) 我儕
        Singkawang 𠊎兜儕
        Huizhou Jixi 我人
        Shexian 我人
        Tunxi 我人
        Xiuning 我人
        Yixian 我儂
        Qimen 我大家
        Wuyuan 俺家, 刷俺
        Dexing 我拉
        Jingde 阿啊
        Shitai (Xianyu) 我些人
        Jin Taiyuan 我們, 俺們
        Pingyao 我家, 我家們家, 我們
        Yangyuan 我們
        Datong 我們
        Xinzhou 我們, 俺們,
        Lishi 俺們
        Linfen 我們, 我家
        Changzhi 我家
        Taibus (Baochang) 我們
        Linhe 我們
        Jining 我們
        Hohhot 我們
        Baotou 我們
        Dongsheng 我們
        Haibowan 我們
        Erenhot 我們, 俺們
        Pingshan 我們, 俺們
        Zhangjiakou 我們
        Handan 我們, 俺們
        Linzhou 我們, 俺們
        Suide 我們
        Min Bei Jian'ou 我人, 我夥人
        Jian'ou (Dikou) 我人
        Songxi 俺叢人
        Zhenghe 我人
        Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 我人
        Jianyang 我夥人
        Wuyishan 我夥人
        Pucheng (Shibei) 我人, 我多人
        Min Dong Fuzhou 我各儂, 儂家各儂, 儂家
        Changle 儂家
        Fuqing 儂家, 儂家各儂, 我各儂
        Pingtan 儂家
        Yongtai 儂家各儂
        Gutian 我各儂
        Fu'an 我儕
        Ningde 我儕儂, 我儕
        Shouning 我儂
        Zhouning 我儕
        Fuding 我儂
        Matsu 儂家
        Singapore (Fuqing) 我各儂
        Min Nan Xiamen
        Xiamen (Tong'an)
        Quanzhou
        Jinjiang
        Nan'an
        Shishi
        Hui'an
        Anxi
        Yongchun
        Dehua
        Zhangzhou
        Zhangzhou (Longhai)
        Zhangzhou (Changtai)
        Hua'an
        Nanjing
        Pinghe
        Zhangpu
        Yunxiao
        Zhao'an
        Dongshan
        Taipei
        New Taipei (Sanxia)
        Kaohsiung
        Yilan
        Changhua (Lukang)
        Taichung
        Tainan
        Hsinchu
        Kinmen
        Penghu (Magong)
        Penang (Hokkien) 我儂
        Singapore (Hokkien) 我儂, , 阮儂
        Manila (Hokkien)
        Medan (Hokkien) 我儂
        Longyan 我儂
        Zhangping 我儂
        Zhangping (Yongfu) 我儂
        Datian 我夥
        Pingnan (Shangdu) 阮儂
        Chaozhou
        Shantou
        Jieyang
        Haifeng , 阮儂
        Singapore (Teochew) , 阮儂
        Batam (Teochew) 我儂
        Pontianak (Teochew) 我儂
        Leizhou 我儂
        Wenchang 我儂
        Haikou 我儂
        Singapore (Hainanese) 我儂
        Puxian Min Putian 我輩
        Xianyou , 我輩
        Min Zhong Yanping (Wangtai) 我人
        Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 我哋
        Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 我哋
        Shehua Fu'an 𠊎人
        Fuding 𠊎人
        Luoyuan 𠊎人
        Sanming 𠊎仔
        Shunchang 𠊎個人
        Wu Shanghai 阿拉, 我伲 dated, dated
        Shanghai (Chongming) 我俚
        Suzhou
        Wuxi 我俚
        Danyang 我己
        Hangzhou 我們
        Ningbo 阿拉, 象拉
        Wenzhou 我倈
        Jinhua 我郎,
        Jinhua (Tangxi) 我道
        Xiang Changsha 我們, 我屋裡
        Xiangtan 我人
        Loudi 我俺
        Shuangfeng 我俚, 卬俚
        Quanzhou
        edit
        • () (Classical)
        • (ǎn) (dialectal Mandarin)
        • () (Classical)
        • (qiè) (archaic, humble, use by women)
        • () (used by emperor)
        • 我佬 (Mainland, internet slang)
        • (zhèn) (Classical)
        • 老子 (lǎozi) (colloquial male)
        • () (Classical)
        • () (Classical)
        • () (literary, humble)
        • 區區区区 (qūqū) (literary, humble)
        • () (colloquial, derogatory or familiar)
        • () (Mainland, internet slang)

        Compounds

        • 毋我
        • 法我見法我见
        • 渾然忘我浑然忘我
        • 為我为我
        • 無奈我何无奈我何
        • 無我无我
        • 爾虞我詐尔虞我诈
        • 爾詐我虞尔诈我虞
        • 物我
        • 物我無間物我无间
        • 生我劬勞生我劬劳
        • 盡其在我尽其在我
        • 真我
        • 知我
        • 知我罪我
        • 神我
        • 私我
        • 給我記住给我记住
        • 老我
        • 自我
        • 自我中心
        • 自我介紹自我介绍
        • 自我作古
        • 自我作故
        • 自我反省
        • 自我吹噓自我吹嘘
        • 自我實現自我实现
        • 自我批評自我批评
        • 自我教育
        • 自我期許自我期许
        • 自我肯定
        • 自我表現自我表现
        • 自我解嘲
        • 自我陶醉
        • 至公無我至公无我
        • 舊我旧我
        • 舍我其誰舍我其谁
        • 舍我復誰舍我复谁
        • 誤我误我
        • 超我
        • 還我河山还我河山
        • 非我
        • 非我族類非我族类
        • 頗我颇我
        • 額我略曆额我略历
        • 鮑子知我鲍子知我

        Descendants

        Sino-Xenic ():

        Others:

        我 - Japanese

        Kanji

        (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

        Readings

        • Go-on: (ga, Jōyō)
        • Kan-on: (ga, Jōyō)
        • Kun: (wa, , Jōyō); われ (ware, , Jōyō)

        Compounds

        Pronunciation

        • (Tokyo) [wáꜜrè] (Atamadaka – [1])
        • IPA: [ɰᵝa̠ɾe̞]

        Pronoun

        (われ) (ware) 

        1. first person singular pronoun: I, me, oneself
        2. second person singular pronoun: you

        Usage notes

        In modern Japanese, most often encountered in the plural forms 我等 (warera) and 我々 (wareware, we, us).

        Derived terms


        Pronunciation

        • (Tokyo) [wáꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
        • IPA: [ɰᵝa̠]

        Pronoun

        () (wa) 

        1. (obsolete or dialect) first-person personal pronoun: I, me

        Usage notes

        In modern Japanese, most often encountered in fossilized phrases in combination with the Old Japanese possessive particle (ga), such as 我が儘 (wagamama, selfish; selfishness, literally just as I like) or 我が国 (wagakuni, my country, my homelandJapan).

        Derived terms


        Pronunciation

        • (Tokyo) [gà] (Heiban – [0])
        • IPA: [ɡa̠]

        Noun

        () (ga) 

        1. the ego, self
        2. self-righteousness
        3. (Buddhism) obstinacy
        4. (Hinduism) atman
          • Synonym: アートマン (ātoman)

        Derived terms

        • 我(が)が強(つよ)い (ga ga tsuyoi)
        • 我(が)を折(お)る (ga o oru)
        • 我(が)を立(た)てる (ga o tateru)
        • 我(が)を通(とお)す (ga o tōsu)
        • 我(が)を張(は)る (ga o haru)
        • 我(が)を折(お)る (ga o oru)

        Affix

        () (ga) 

        1. self, oneself, myself
        2. egotism, selfishness
        3. (Buddhism) atman

        Derived terms

        我 - Korean

        Pronunciation

        • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [a̠(ː)]
        • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
          • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

        Hanja

        (eumhun (na a))

        1. (literary) Hanja form? of (I; me).
        2. (literary) Hanja form? of (we; us; our).

        Compounds

        我 - Okinawan

        Kanji

        (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

        Readings

        我 - Old Japanese

        Alternative forms

        Pronoun

        (wa) (kana )

        1. first-person personal pronoun: I, me

        Quotations

        For quotations using this term, see 我.

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • Japanese: (wa)

        Pronoun

        (ware) (kana われ)

        1. first-person personal pronoun: I, me, oneself

        Quotations

        For quotations using this term, see 我.

        Descendants

        • Japanese: (ware)

        Pronoun

        (waro2) (kana わろ)

        1. (regional, Southern Eastern Old Japanese) first person singular pronoun: I, me

        Quotations

        For quotations using this term, see 我.


        Pronoun

        (wanu) (kana わぬ)

        1. (regional, Northern Eastern Old Japanese) first person personal pronoun: I, me, oneself

        Quotations

        For quotations using this term, see 我.


        Pronoun

        (a) (kana )

        1. first-person singular pronoun: I, me

        Quotations

        For quotations using this term, see 我.

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • Japanese: (a)

        Pronoun

        (are) (kana あれ)

        1. first-person singular pronoun: I, me

        Quotations

        For quotations using this term, see 我.

        Descendants

        我 - Vietnamese

        Han character

        : Hán Việt readings: ngã, ngả ((ngữ)(khả)(thiết)) : Nôm readings: ngả, ngã

        1. chữ Hán form of ngã, ngả ((archaic) I; me).
        2. Nôm form of ngả (way; direction).
        3. Nôm form of ngã (to fall; to slip).

        Compounds

        Meaning and Definition of 我
        © 2022 WordCodex