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儂

简侬 · 繁儂

Mandarin · pinyin nóng

you (Wu dialect)
I, me (classical)

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儂: Look up this written character
侬: nóng · I; you; family name

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

nung4

Cantonese word readings for 儂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(Coastal Min, dialectal Wu) person; human being (Classifier: 隻／只 md; 個／个 mn)
(Coastal Min) a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er
(Coastal Min) physical, psychological or moral quality or condition
(Coastal Min) others; other people
(literary or Wu) I; me
(archaic or Wu) you (singular)
(dialectal Wu) he, him; she, her; it
(Min, Wu) Suffix for pronouns, functioning as a meaningless particle or a pluralising particle.
a surname, Nong

character · Etymology 2

(dialectal Cantonese) child
(dialectal Cantonese) son
(Leizhou Min) infant
(Hainanese, polite, humble) Used as a first-person singular pronoun, especially used by someone in the younger generation.
(Hainanese, endearing) A pronoun used by someone in the older generation to refer to someone in the younger generation.

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