你🐴
Chinese
| you | phonetic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (你🐴) |
你 | 🐴 | |
Etymology
Euphemistic form of 你媽/你妈 (nǐ mā, literally “your mom”), changing 媽/妈 (mā, “mom”) to the emoji visualization of the similar-sounding 馬/马 (mǎ, “horse”). Also homophonous to the earlier euphemistic form 尼瑪/尼玛 (nímǎ) in Mandarin.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nǐmǎ [Phonetic: nímǎ]
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nǐmǎ
- Wade–Giles: ni3-ma3
- Yale: nǐ-mǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niimaa
- Palladius: нима (nima)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Interjection
你🐴