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第二人称 (第二人稱)
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

第二人称 [dì-èrrénchēng]
  1. 1. noun The party who is listening. "你" or "您" in singular form (you) and "你们" (you) in plural form.
    汉语中的第二人称用“你”和“你们”表示。
    "Ni" and "ni men" are used to refer to the second person in Chinese.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

第二人称 [dì-èrrénchēng]
  1. 1. 指听话人一方。单数用"你"或"您",复数用"你们"。

Examples

我们都称他老李。
We all call him Lao Li.
给我称一公斤苹果。
I'd like one kilo of apples, please.
他称得起一位伟大的改革家。
He deserves to be called a great reformer.
我们都亲热地称她为大姐。
We all affectionately refer to her as our elder sister.
“文革”以后,有些四川人背称父亲为老把子。
After the Cultural Revolution, some people in Sichuan began to call their own fathers "Laobazi" behind their backs.
他口才极好,我们称他“辩士”。
He is good at debating, so we call him “orator”.
他总喜欢称大,所以大家都很讨厌他。
Everyone dislikes him because he is always flaunting his seniority.
中国人习惯把媒人称之为红娘。
The Chinese used to call matchmakers "Hong Niang".
这部小说采用了第一人称叙述的方法。
This novel uses the first person in narration.

Word Decomposition


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