HSK 2 · Pronouns

您 nín “you (polite)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 您 means

  1. you (polite)
  2. you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)

How to say 您

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale您nín2nd tone, rising

您 in a sentence

  1. 您想再来点茶吗？

    Nín xiǎng zài lái diǎn chá ma?

    Would you like some more tea?

    Sentence #334887 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 您能开一下门吗？

    Nín néng kāi yíxià mén ma?

    Could you open the door, please?

    Sentence #1753100 from Tatoeba

  3. 您什么时候方便？

    Nín shénme shíhou fāngbiàn?

    When would it be convenient for you?

    Sentence #2299578 from Tatoeba

How 您 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 您 (nín) with each of its parts in a different colour
您nínyou
  • 你you · nǐ
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 您

您 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

您 (nín) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 您 (nín). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 您

More words: Pronouns

我wǒ · I她tā · she我们wǒmen · we这zhè · this那nà · that它tā · it每měi · every大家dàjiā · everyone

FAQs

您 (nín) means “you (polite)” or “you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it nín: nín with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 您 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 您 from the suggestions. Typing nin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
您 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.