| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]) |
| 呢 | ne | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank / thanks / thank you |
| 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | unworthy / to let down / I'm sorry / excuse me / pardon me / if you please / sorry? (please repeat) |
| 再见 | zài jiàn | goodbye / see you again later |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 啊 | à | interjection or grunt of agreement / uhm / Ah, OK / expression of recognition / Oh, it's you! |
| 台 | tái | (classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台[tai2] |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best / (you) had better (do what we suggest) |
| 咱们 | zán men | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] |
| 废话 | fèi huà | nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding! (gently sarcastic) |
| 干脆 | gān cuì | straightforward / clear-cut / blunt (e.g. statement) / you might as well / simply |
| 索性 | suǒ xìng | you might as well (do it) / simply / just |
| 寄托 | jì tuō | to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc) |
| 尔 | ěr | thus / so / like that / you / thou |
| 游 | Yóu | surname You |
| 有没有 | yǒu méi yǒu | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? |
| 那个 | nà ge | that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 干货 | gān huò | dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no 水分[shui3 fen1]) |
| 伊 | yī | (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / that (preceding a noun) |
| 你我 | nǐ wǒ | you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general) |
| 各位 | gè wèi | everybody / all (guests, colleagues etc) / all of you |
| 干嘛 | gàn má | what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth? |
| 过得 | guò dé | How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad |