# 爾

| 爾 | U+723E, &#29246; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-723E |
| ← 爽 [U+723D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 爿 → [U+723F] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 爾 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 尓 |
| Simplified | 尔 |

### Han character

爾 (Kangxi radical 89, 爻+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一火月大 (MFBK), four-corner 1022$_7$, composition ⿱一⿱八⿻巾㸚)

#### Derived characters

* 儞, 邇, 𦢈, 𠧌, 彌, 𢣚, 𢣭, 禰, 穪, 襧, 䌤, 薾, 籋, 濔, 獮, 隬 檷, 𩰞, 嬭, 趰, 躎, 鑈, 𡁠, 镾, 擟, 覼, 鸍, 壐, 璽, 蠒, 𨤻, 䦵, 鿛, 鿜, 鿝, 鿞, 鿠, 鿡, 鿥, 鿧, 鿨, 鿩, 𪓿

#### Descendants

* 尔

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 691, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19750
* Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 27, character 1
* Unihan data for U+723E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 爾 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 嬭 | *rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ |
| 禰 | *niːlʔ |
| 镾 | *niːlʔ, *mnel |
| 薾 | *niːlʔ |
| 檷 | *niːlʔ |
| 鑈 | *niːlʔ, *neːb |
| 瀰 | *niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ |
| 獼 | *mnel |
| 瓕 | *mnel |
| 彌 | *mnel |
| 鸍 | *mnel, *hnjel |
| 擟 | *mnel |
| 濔 | *mnelʔ |
| 壐 | *smlelʔ |
| 璽 | *smlelʔ |
| 爾 | *njelʔ |
| 邇 | *njelʔ |
| 獮 | *smlenʔ |
| 籋 | *neb, *neːb |
Pictogram (象形) – cloth on a loom, with threads crossing – original form of 檷 (OC *niːlʔ, “loom”). Used phonetically.

### Etymology 1
#### “you; your”

    From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).

#### "that"

    Cognate with 那 (nà, “that”), 若 (OC *njaɡ, “that”) (Schuessler, 2007). See 那 (nà) for more.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ěr (er$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngí / ní
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ni$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ī
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ní / jíⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): re$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$gher / $^1$er; $^6$er
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): e$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ěr
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ěr
*** Wade–Giles: êrh$^3$
*** Yale: ěr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eel
*** Palladius: эр (er)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^5$
*** Yale: yíh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngí / ní
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^ˋ$ / ni$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^3$ / ni$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi³¹/, /ni³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ni$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ni³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ī
*** Sinological IPA : /i³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní
*** Tâi-lô: ní
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /nĩ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jíⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: jínn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jvie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zĩ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zĩ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: re$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zɯ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gher
*** MiniDict: r$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hher
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦəl²³/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$er; $^6$er
*** MiniDict: 'r$^平$; r$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /əl⁴⁴/, /əl²³¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: e$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɤ̞⁴¹/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit爾 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /əɻ²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɚ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /əɻ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /əɻ⁵⁵/ /ɭə⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ɭ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /əɻ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɛ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /əɻ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɯ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɚ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɯ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /əɻ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɚ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ə⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /əɻ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /a²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /əɻ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /əɻ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /aɻ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /əl²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /əl⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /əl⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zz̩³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɛ⁴⁴/ /n̩³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ə⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /e⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɵ²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ni⁴⁴/ /ni³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ni¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ji²³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ji²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /ji²³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ni⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /i³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /œ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /zɯ⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /le³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: nyeX
Rime :
| Character | 爾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 兒氏切 |
| Baxter | nyeX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵie$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑǐe$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ěr |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤ[ə][r]ʔ/, /*n[ə][r]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*njelʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 爾 | 爾 | 爾 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ěr | ěr | ěr |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nej$^X$ › | ‹ nye$^X$ › | ‹ nye$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*nˁ[ə][r]ʔ/ | /*n[ə][r]ʔ/ | /*n[ə][r]ʔ/ |
| English | numerous | (adv. suffix) | you(r) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2817 |
| Phonetic component | 爾 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 爾 |
| Old Chinese | /*njelʔ/ |
| Notes | 說文尒聲，甲金文象檷初文， 取林義光說 |

#### Definitions

爾
* (literary or dialectal) you; your
    爾等／尔等 ― ěrděng ― you (plural)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Shéi wèi ěr wú yáng, sānbǎi wéi qún. [Pinyin]
    Who can say that you have no sheep? There are three hundred in [each] herd.
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Wǒ wú ěr zhà, ěr wú wǒ yú. [Pinyin]
    I do not deceive you; You do not deceive me.
* (literary) so; this way
* (literary or dialectal) this; that
    爾日／尔日 ― ěrrì ― that day
    爾後／尔后 ― ěrhòu ― thereafter
* (obsolete, of flowers) exuberant
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Bǐ ěr wéi hé, wéi cháng zhī huā. [Pinyin]
    What is that so gorgeous? It is the flowers of the cherry tree.
* (obsolete) a suffix or word-final particle indicating state, appearance, sound, or manner accompanying a verb
    Synonym: 然 (rán)
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zǐlù shuài'ěr ér duì yuē... [Pinyin]
    Zilu hastily and lightly replied...
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Gǔ sè xī, kēng ěr. Shě sè ér zuò, duì yuē... [Pinyin]
    (Zeng Dian), pausing as he was playing on his se, while it was yet twanging, laid the instrument aside, and said...
* (literary) a sentence final particle; merely; only
* a surname
    爾冬陞／尔冬升 [Cantonese] ― ji$^5$ dung$^1$ sing$^1$ [Jyutping] ― Derek Yee (Hong Kong film director and actor)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 汝, 爾, 乃, 而, 若, 伊, 子, 君 †, 卿 † |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 你, 您 †, 閣下 †, 臺端 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 你, 您 †, 您老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 你, 您 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 你, 您老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 你 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 你 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 †, 你老 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 你, 你老 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 你, 你老 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 你, 你老 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 †, 你老 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 你, 您 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 你, 您 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 你, 你了 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 你, 你老 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 你, 你老 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 你, 你老 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 你, 你家 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 你, 恁 †, 恁老人家 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 你 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 你, 你老 † |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 你, 您 †, 你老人家 † |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 你, 恁 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 你, 恁 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 你 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 你, 恁 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 你, 恁 †, 恁老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 你, 你老 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 你, 你老兒 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 你, 喬, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 恁, 你, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Pizhou | 恁, 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lianyungang (Ganyu) | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Donghai | 你 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 你, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 你 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 你, 您 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 你 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 你, 您 †, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 你, 你老 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 你, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 你, 你家 †, 老人家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 你, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 你, 您哪 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 你, 您 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 你, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 你, 你家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 你, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Xiakuojie) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 你, 你家 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 你 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Baoying | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taizhou | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Zhenjiang | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huai'an (Huaiyin) | 你, 您兒 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xuyi | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Rugao | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yancheng | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Funing | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Sihong | 你 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Mandarin | Qinzhou (Longmengang) | 你 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 你 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 你 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Shek Pik; Weitou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Beixipo, Dianbai; Malan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Bengtangque, Dianbai; Malan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Mianhuadi, Dianbai; Malan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Shanzuipo, Dianbai; Malan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Binglanghua, Dianbai; Malan) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Pingdong, Longgang; Shehua) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Pingshan; Zhanmi) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 你 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 你 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 你 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 你 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 你 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 你 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 你 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 你 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 你 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 你 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 你 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 你 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 你 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 你 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 你 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 你 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 你 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 你 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 你 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 你 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 你 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 爾, 恁 |
| Gan | Nanchang (Wangcheng) | 恁 |
| Gan | Anyi | 爾仂 |
| Gan | Lushan | 爾 |
| Gan | Pengze | 爾 |
| Gan | Duchang | 爾, 爾儂 |
| Gan | Wuning (Quankou) | 恁 |
| Gan | Poyang | 你 |
| Gan | Yugan | 你, 你郎 |
| Gan | Wannian | 你 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 爾, 爾仂 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 爾, 爾仂 |
| Gan | Leping | 你 |
| Gan | Yichun | 你 |
| Gan | Yifeng | 爾 |
| Gan | Gao'an | 爾 |
| Gan | Fengxin | 你 |
| Gan | Shanggao | 爾 |
| Gan | Wanzai | 爾 |
| Gan | Fengcheng | 你 |
| Gan | Xinyu | 你 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Shangdundu) | 你 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Dongxiang) | 爾仂 |
| Gan | Nancheng | 恁 |
| Gan | Nanfeng | 你仂, 你 |
| Gan | Yihuang | 恁 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 汝 |
| Gan | Chongren | 爾 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 恨, 你 |
| Gan | Lianhua | 你 |
| Gan | Ji'an | 你 |
| Gan | Yongfeng | 恁 |
| Gan | Taihe | 你 |
| Gan | Xiajiang | 你 |
| Gan | Yongxin | 你 |
| Gan | Yingtan (Yujiang) | 爾 |
| Gan | Guixi | 爾, 爾仂 |
| Gan | Jianning | 你 |
| Gan | Jinxian | 恁, 爾 |
| Gan | Jinxi | 恁 |
| Gan | Le'an | 你 |
| Gan | Guangchang | 你 |
| Gan | Anfu | 你 |
| Gan | Suichuan | 你 |
| Gan | Wan'an | 你 |
| Gan | Jing'an | 爾 |
| Gan | Zhangshu | 你 |
| Gan | Xingan | 你 |
| Gan | Fenyi | 你 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 你 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 你 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 你 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 你 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 你 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 你 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 你 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 你 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 你 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 你 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 你 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 你 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 你 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 你 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 你 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 你 |
| Hakka | Changting | 你 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 汝 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 汝 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 你 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 你 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 你 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 你 |
| Hakka | Qingliu | 你 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 你 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 恁 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 你 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 你 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 你 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Nankang) | 你 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 你 |
| Hakka | Dingnan | 你 |
| Hakka | Longnan | 你 |
| Hakka | Xunwu | 爾 |
| Hakka | Huichang | 恨, 爾 |
| Hakka | Chongyi | 你 |
| Hakka | Xingguo | 你 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 你 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 你 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 你 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 你 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 你 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 你 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 你 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 你 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 你 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 你 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 你 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingjiao) | 你 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 你 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 你 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 你 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 你 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 你 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 你 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 爾, 爾仂 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 爾, 你, 你老人家 † |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 爾, 爾仂 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Chun'an (Qiandaohu) | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Meicheng) | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Shouchang) | 曾, 曾儂 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 你, 你家 † |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 你, 您 †, 你家 †, 你老人家 † |
| Jin | Datong | 你, 您兒 † |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 你, 你吶 † |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 你, 你老兒家 † |
| Jin | Changzhi | 你 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 你, 您 † |
| Jin | Linhe | 你, 您 †, 你老兒家 † |
| Jin | Jining | 你, 您 †, 你家 † |
| Jin | Hohhot | 你, 您 †, 您老兒家 † |
| Jin | Baotou | 你, 您 † |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 你, 您 † |
| Jin | Haibowan | 你, 您 † |
| Jin | Erenhot | 你, 您兒 † |
| Jin | Pingshan | 你 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 你, 您 †, 你老 † |
| Jin | Handan | 你, 你老人家 † |
| Jin | Linzhou | 你 |
| Jin | Suide | 你 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 你 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 你 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 你 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 你 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 汝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 你 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 你 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 你 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Taishun | 爾 |
| Eastern Min | Cangnan | 爾 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 汝 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 汝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 汝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 汝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 汝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 你 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 你 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 你 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 你 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 𫣴 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 𫣴 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 你 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 你 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 汝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 汝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 你 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 你 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 你 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 你 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 你 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 你 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 你 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 你 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 你 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 你 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 你 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 你 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 你 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 你 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 你 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 儂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 是奴 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 儂, 甚, 恆儂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 儂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 爾 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 倷 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 㑚 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 你 |
| Wu | Changshu | 儂 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 能 |
| Wu | Nantong (Haimen) | 你 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 你 |
| Wu | Jiashan | 你 |
| Wu | Pinghu | 爾儂 |
| Wu | Haining (Yanguan) | 儂, 你 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 儂 |
| Wu | Haiyan | 你 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 你 |
| Wu | Danyang | 爾 |
| Wu | Nanjing (Gaochun) | 你 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 是爾 |
| Wu | Changxing | 是爾 |
| Wu | Anji | 爾 |
| Wu | Deqing | 爾 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 你 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 儂, 是儂, 爾, 是爾 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Lin'an) | 儂, 是儂 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 儂, 你, 爾, 是爾 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) | 爾 |
| Wu | Tonglu | 你, 是你 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 諾 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 你 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 儂 |
| Wu | Xinchang | 爾, 奶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 諾, 爾, 爾諾 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 諾 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Fenghua) | 儂, 爾 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 儂 |
| Wu | Cixi | 儂 |
| Wu | Xiangshan | 爾, 像爾 |
| Wu | Ninghai | 爾, 爾儂 |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 儂 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 爾 |
| Wu | Tiantai | 爾 |
| Wu | Xianju | 爾 |
| Wu | Sanmen | 爾 |
| Wu | Linhai | 爾 |
| Wu | Wenling | 爾 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 你 |
| Wu | Yueqing | 你 |
| Wu | Yongjia (Fenglin) | 你 |
| Wu | Pingyang | 你 |
| Wu | Taishun | 你 |
| Wu | Wencheng | 你 |
| Wu | Lishui | 你 |
| Wu | Qingtian | 你 |
| Wu | Jinyun | 你, 定你 |
| Wu | Wuyi (Liucheng) | 爾 |
| Wu | Songyang (Xiping) | 你 |
| Wu | Yunhe | 你 |
| Wu | Jingning | 你 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 你 |
| Wu | Longquan | 你 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 你 |
| Wu | Suichang | 你 |
| Wu | Jiangshan | 你 |
| Wu | Changshan | 爾 |
| Wu | Kaihua | 你 |
| Wu | Longyou | 你, 你儂 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 儂 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 爾, 爾儂 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 儂 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 爾 |
| Wu | Pujiang | 爾 |
| Wu | Dongyang | 爾 |
| Wu | Wuyi | 儂 |
| Wu | Lanxi | 爾, 爾儂 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 爾儂 |
| Wu | Shangrao (Guangfeng) | 爾 |
| Wu | Yushan | 恁 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 你 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 你 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 你 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 你 |
| Note | †: honorific | †: honorific |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 彼, 其, 夫, 爾 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 那, 該 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 那, 乜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 那 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 那 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 那 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 那, 乜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 那 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 那, 乜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 𠰻, 兀$_3$, 奈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 兀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 兀$_3$, 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Pizhou | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lianyungang (Ganyu) | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Donghai | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 那 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 那, 呶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 那 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 那 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 那 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Baoying | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taizhou | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Zhenjiang | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huai'an (Huaiyin) | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 葛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Rugao | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yancheng | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Funing | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Sihong | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 那, 顧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 那 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嗰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嗰 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 嗰 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 嚀, 𡃕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 嗰 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 那 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 嗰 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嗰 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 許 |
| Gan | Nanchang (Wangcheng) | 許 |
| Gan | Anyi | 爾 |
| Gan | Lushan | 爾 |
| Gan | Pengze | 爾 |
| Gan | Duchang | 爾 |
| Gan | Wuning (Quankou) | 爾 |
| Gan | Poyang | 爾 |
| Gan | Yugan | 爾 |
| Gan | Wannian | 那 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 爾 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 爾 |
| Gan | Leping | 恁 |
| Gan | Fengxin | 許 |
| Gan | Wanzai | 許 |
| Gan | Fengcheng | 許 |
| Gan | Xinyu | 許 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Shangdundu) | 恁 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Dongxiang) | 恁 |
| Gan | Nancheng | 階 |
| Gan | Nanfeng | 許 |
| Gan | Yihuang | 里 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 許 |
| Gan | Chongren | 許 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 恁 |
| Gan | Ji'an | 改 |
| Gan | Yongfeng | 蓋 |
| Gan | Xiajiang | 許 |
| Gan | Yingtan (Yujiang) | 里 |
| Gan | Guixi | 許 |
| Gan | Jinxian | 恁 |
| Gan | Jinxi | 恁 |
| Gan | Le'an | 許 |
| Gan | Guangchang | 該 |
| Gan | Anfu | 改 |
| Gan | Wan'an | 介 |
| Gan | Jing'an | 許 |
| Hakka | Changting | 解 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 介 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 解 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 解 |
| Hakka | Qingliu | 介 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 界 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 界 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 密 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 該 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 該 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 該 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 該 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 該 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 遐 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 哎 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 嗰 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 那 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 那 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 箇 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 爾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 兀$_3$, 那 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 那 |
| Jin | Datong | 那 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 𠰻 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 那, 𠰻 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 那 |
| Jin | Linhe | 那 |
| Jin | Jining | 那 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 那 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 那 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 那 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 那 |
| Jin | Handan | 那 |
| Jin | Suide | 那 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 兀$_4$ |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 兀$_4$ |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 兀$_4$ |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 兀$_4$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 那 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 許 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 彼, 許 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 彼, 許 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 彼, 許 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 那 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 彼, 許 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 許 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 許 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 許 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 許 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 許 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 許 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 許 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 兀$_4$ |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 兀$_4$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 埃, 伊 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 威 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 艾, 港, 葛 also this |
| Wu | Suzhou | 歸 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 介面 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 過 |
| Wu | Changshu | 過 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 過 |
| Wu | Danyang | 過 |
| Wu | Nanjing (Zhongbao, Gaochun) | 古 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 許 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 麼 |
| Wu | Yushan | 忽 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 那 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 喏 |

#### Compounds

* 不爾 / 不尔
* 不過爾爾 / 不过尔尔 (bùguò'ěr'ěr)
* 乃爾 / 乃尔 (nǎi'ěr)
* 侃爾 / 侃尔
* 俄爾 / 俄尔 (é'ěr)
* 俶爾 / 俶尔 (chù'ěr)
* 倏爾 / 倏尔
* 偶爾 / 偶尔 (ǒu'ěr)
* 公爾忘私 / 公尔忘私
* 具爾 / 具尔
* 出爾反爾 / 出尔反尔 (chū'ěrfǎn'ěr)
* 卓爾 / 卓尔
* 卓爾不群 / 卓尔不群 (zhuó'ěrbùqún)
* 卓爾出群 / 卓尔出群
* 嘑爾 / 呼尔 (hù'ěr)
* 國爾忘家 / 国尔忘家
* 宴爾新婚 / 宴尔新婚
* 果爾 / 果尔
* 溫文爾雅 / 温文尔雅 (wēnwén'ěryǎ)
* 焉爾 / 焉尔
* 燕爾 / 燕尔
* 燕爾新婚 / 燕尔新婚
* 爾來 / 尔来 (ěrlái)
* 爾後 / 尔后 (ěrhòu)
* 爾我 / 尔我
* 爾日 / 尔日
* 爾時 / 尔时 (ěrshí)
* 爾曹 / 尔曹 (ěrcáo)
* 爾朱 / 尔朱 (Ěrzhū)
* 爾汝 / 尔汝
* 爾汝之交 / 尔汝之交
* 爾爾 / 尔尔 (ěr'ěr)
* 爾當 / 尔当
* 爾等 / 尔等 (ěrděng)
* 爾虞我詐 / 尔虞我诈 (ěryúwǒzhà)
* 爾詐我虞 / 尔诈我虞
* 爾雅 / 尔雅 (Ěryǎ)
* 爾雅溫文 / 尔雅温文
* 爾雅翼 / 尔雅翼
* 率爾 / 率尔
* 率爾成章 / 率尔成章
* 率爾操觚 / 率尔操觚
* 瓶爾小草 / 瓶尔小草
* 聊復爾爾 / 聊复尔尔
* 聊復爾耳 / 聊复尔耳
* 莞爾 / 莞尔 (wǎn'ěr)
* 蕞爾 / 蕞尔 (zuì'ěr)
* 謖爾 / 谡尔
* 謐爾 / 谧尔
* 逌爾 / 逌尔
* 遽爾 / 遽尔 (jù'ěr)
* 鏗爾 / 铿尔
* 雍容爾雅
* 竟爾 / 竟尔
* 風流爾雅 / 风流尔雅

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî / nī
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî
*** Tâi-lô: nî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nī
*** Tâi-lô: nī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ni
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nĩ³³/

#### Definitions

爾
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Compounds

* 偌爾 / 偌尔
* 遐爾 / 遐尔 (hiah-nī)
* 遐爾仔 / 遐尔仔
* 遮爾 / 遮尔
* 遮爾仔 / 遮尔仔

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Contraction of 但定 (nā-tiāⁿ; only) ?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niā / liǎ / nǐ / niâ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niā
*** Tâi-lô: niā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nia
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /niã³³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /nia²²/
*** IPA (Penang): /nia²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /niã²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liǎ
*** Tâi-lô: liǎ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lia²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǐ
*** Tâi-lô: nǐ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²²/
*** IPA (Philippines): /ni³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niâ
*** Tâi-lô: niâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: niaa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /niã²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /niã²⁴/

#### Definitions

爾
* (Hokkien) that's all; nothing more; is all

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 而已, 云爾 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 而已, 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 而已 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 而已 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 罷了 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啫, 咋, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啫, 咋, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 啫, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 之嘛, 咋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 之嘛, 逸, 咿 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 之嘛, 咋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啫, 之嘛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 定定, 定 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 忒等 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 定 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 爾爾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 爾 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 爾, 爾爾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 定 |

#### Compounds

* 爾爾 / 尔尔 (niā-niā)

### Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Colloquial reading of 但 (but, only, literal reading: tān)?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nǎ / nā
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǎ
*** Tâi-lô: nǎ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nã²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā
*** Tâi-lô: nā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: na
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nã²²/

#### Definitions

爾
* (Hokkien) only

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ěr (er$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngí / ní
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ni$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ī
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ní / jíⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): re$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gher
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): e$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ěr
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ěr
*** Wade–Giles: êrh$^3$
*** Yale: ěr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eel
*** Palladius: эр (er)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^5$
*** Yale: yíh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngí / ní
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^ˋ$ / ni$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^3$ / ni$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi³¹/, /ni³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ni$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ni³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ī
*** Sinological IPA : /i³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní
*** Tâi-lô: ní
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /nĩ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jíⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: jínn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jvie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zĩ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zĩ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: re$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zɯ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gher
*** MiniDict: r$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hher
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦəl²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: e$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɤ̞⁴¹/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit爾 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /əɻ²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɚ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /əɻ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /əɻ⁵⁵/ /ɭə⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ɭ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /əɻ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɛ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /əɻ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɯ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɚ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɯ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /əɻ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɚ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ə⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /əɻ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /a²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /əɻ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /əɻ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /aɻ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /əl²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /əl⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /əl⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zz̩³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɛ⁴⁴/ /n̩³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ə⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /e⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɵ²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ni⁴⁴/ /ni³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ni¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ji²³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ji²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /ji²³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ni⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /i³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /œ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /zɯ⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /le³¹/ |

#### Definitions

爾
* Used in transcription.
    塞爾維亞／塞尔维亚 ― Sài'ěrwéiyà ― Serbia
    吉爾吉斯斯坦／吉尔吉斯斯坦 ― Jí'ěrjísīsītǎn ― Kyrgyzstan
    呼倫貝爾／呼伦贝尔 ― Hūlúnbèi'ěr ― Hulunbuir
    墨爾本／墨尔本 ― Mò'ěrběn ― Melbourne
    米爾瓦基／米尔瓦基 ― Mǐ'ěrwǎjī ― Milwaukee
    卡爾可夫／卡尔可夫 ― Kǎ'ěrkěfū ― Kharkhiv
    那格浦爾／那格浦尔 ― Nàgépǔ'ěr ― Nagpur
    帕麼爾／帕么尔 ― Pàmō'ěr ― Pall Mall
    柯爾克孜／柯尔克孜 ― Kē'ěrkèzī ― Kyrgyz

##### Usage notes

It is often used to transcribe the /l/ and /r/ sounds in words of foreign languages not immediately followed by a vowel, e.g. 尼泊爾／尼泊尔 (Níbó'ěr, “Nepal”), 斯德哥爾摩／斯德哥尔摩 (Sīdégē'ěrmó, “Stockholm”), 克什米爾／克什米尔 (Kèshímǐ'ěr, “Kashmir”), 塞爾維亞／塞尔维亚 (Sài'ěrwéiyà, “Serbia”), etc.

##### Compounds

* 丹珠爾 / 丹珠尔
* 乃則爾巴格 / 乃则尔巴格 (Nǎizé'ěr Bāgé)
* 亞爾薩斯 / 亚尔萨斯
* 依蓋爾其 / 依盖尔其 (Yīgài'ěrqí)
* 俾爾遐福 / 俾尔遐福
* 傑克遜維爾 / 杰克逊维尔 (Jiékèxùnwéi'ěr)
* 克孜爾 / 克孜尔 (Kèzī'ěr)
* 克拉斯諾亞爾斯克 / 克拉斯诺亚尔斯克 (Kèlāsīnuòyà'ěrsīkè)
* 克拉斯諾達爾 / 克拉斯诺达尔 (Kèlāsīnuòdá'ěr)
* 內茲佩爾塞 / 内兹佩尔塞
* 凡爾 / 凡尔 (fán'ěr)
* 凡爾賽 / 凡尔赛 (fán'ěrsài)
* 凡爾賽宮 / 凡尔赛宫 (Fán'ěrsài Gōng)
* 凱爾派 / 凯尔派 (kǎi'ěrpài)
* 切爾諾貝利 / 切尔诺贝利 (Qiè'ěrnuòbèilì)
* 加爾各答 / 加尔各答 (Jiā'ěrgèdá)
* 加爾達湖 / 加尔达湖
* 努爾哈赤 / 努尔哈赤 (Nǔ'ěrhāchì)
* 北愛爾蘭 / 北爱尔兰 (Běi-Ài'ěrlán)
* 卑爾根 / 卑尔根 (Bēi'ěrgēn)
* 南阿爾卑斯 / 南阿尔卑斯 (Nán-Ā'ěrbēisī)
* 博爾赤 / 博尔赤
* 卡塔爾 / 卡塔尔 (Kǎtǎ'ěr)
* 卡爾加里 (Kǎ'ěrjiālǐ)
* 卡爾斯魯厄 / 卡尔斯鲁厄 (Kǎ'ěrsīlǔ'è)
* 卡爾斯魯爾 / 卡尔斯鲁尔
* 厄爾巴島 / 厄尔巴岛
* 厄爾巴索 / 厄尔巴索 (È'ěrbāsuǒ)
* 厄瓜多爾 / 厄瓜多尔 (Èguāduō'ěr)
* 吉爾吉斯 / 吉尔吉斯 (Jí'ěrjísī)
* 吉爾吉斯斯坦 / 吉尔吉斯斯坦 (Jí'ěrjísīsītǎn)
* 吉爾庫克 / 吉尔库克
* 吉賽爾 / 吉赛尔
* 哈爾濱 / 哈尔滨 (Hā'ěrbīn)
* 喀什噶爾 / 喀什噶尔
* 喀什米爾 / 喀什米尔 (Kàshímǐ'ěr)
* 喀布爾 / 喀布尔
* 喀布爾河 / 喀布尔河
* 喀拉克爾 / 喀拉克尔 (Kālākè'ěr)
* 喀爾曲尕 / 喀尔曲尕 (Kā'ěrqūgǎ)
* 圖爾庫 / 图尔库 (Tú'ěrkù)
* 埃爾帕索 / 埃尔帕索 (Āi'ěrpàsuǒ)
* 埃菲爾鐵塔 / 埃菲尔铁塔 (Āifēi'ěr Tiětǎ)
* 基爾 / 基尔 (Jī'ěr)
* 基爾特 / 基尔特 (jī'ěrtè)
* 塔什庫爾干 / 塔什库尔干 (Tǎshíkù'ěrgān)
* 塞內加爾 / 塞内加尔
* 塔塔爾族 / 塔塔尔族 (Tǎtǎ'ěrzú)
* 塞席爾 / 塞席尔 (Sèxí'ěr)
* 塞爾維亞 / 塞尔维亚
* 塞繆爾 / 塞缪尔 (Sàimiù'ěr)
* 奧爾良 / 奥尔良 (Ào'ěrliáng)
* 奧維爾 / 奥维尔
* 奴爾 / 奴尔 (Nú'ěr)
* 威爾瑪 / 威尔玛
* 安迪爾 / 安迪尔 (Āndí'ěr)
* 安道爾 / 安道尔 (Āndào'ěr)
* 密爾 / 密尔 (mì'ěr)
* 尼泊爾 / 尼泊尔 (Níbó'ěr)
* 尼爾 / 尼尔
* 巴什吉爾 / 巴什吉尔
* 巴圖爾 / 巴图尔
* 巴塞爾 / 巴塞尔 (Bāsài'ěr)
* 巴爾 / 巴尔
* 巴爾幹 / 巴尔干 (Bā'ěrgàn)
* 巴爾幹半島 / 巴尔干半岛 (Bā'ěrgàn Bàndǎo)
* 巴爾沙 / 巴尔沙
* 巴爾的摩 / 巴尔的摩 (Bā'ěrdìmó)
* 布干維爾 / 布干维尔 (Bùgānwéi'ěr)
* 布爾哥尼 / 布尔哥尼
* 布爾喬亞 / 布尔乔亚 (bù'ěrqiáoyà)
* 布爾茲 / 布尔兹
* 布爾諾 / 布尔诺
* 布雷爾港 / 布雷尔港
* 布魯塞爾 / 布鲁塞尔
* 庫爾勒 / 库尔勒 (Kù'ěrlè)
* 庫爾河 / 库尔河
* 庫里爾臺 / 库里尔台
* 康克爾 / 康克尔 (Kāngkè'ěr)
* 廓爾喀人 / 廓尔喀人
* 彈布爾 / 弹布尔
* 德爾班 / 德尔班
* 性荷爾蒙 / 性荷尔蒙
* 恩格爾 / 恩格尔
* 恩格爾係數 / 恩格尔系数 (Ēngé'ěr xìshù)
* 恩格爾定律 / 恩格尔定律
* 恰爾巴格 / 恰尔巴格 (Qià'ěrbāgé)
* 恰爾隆 / 恰尔隆 (Qià'ěrlóng)
* 愛爾蘭 / 爱尔兰 (Ài'ěrlán)
* 愛爾蘭威士忌 / 爱尔兰威士忌
* 愛爾蘭海 / 爱尔兰海 (Ài'ěrlán hǎi)
* 愛爾蘭語 / 爱尔兰语 (ài'ěrlányǔ)
* 托爾斯泰 / 托尔斯泰 (Tuō'ěrsītài)
* 拉合爾 / 拉合尔 (Lāhé'ěr)
* 摩爾人 / 摩尔人 (mó'ěrrén)
* 斯德哥爾摩 / 斯德哥尔摩 (Sīdégē'ěrmó)
* 斯德哥爾摩症候群 / 斯德哥尔摩症候群 (sīdégē'ěrmó zhènghòuqún)
* 斯德哥爾摩綜合徵 / 斯德哥尔摩综合征 (sīdégē'ěrmózōnghézhēng)
* 斯德哥爾摩綜合症 / 斯德哥尔摩综合症 (sīdégē'ěrmó zōnghézhèng)
* 斯皮爾伯格 / 斯皮尔伯格 (Sīpí'ěrbógé)
* 新奧爾良 / 新奥尔良 (Xīn-Ào'ěrliáng)
* 新婚燕爾 / 新婚燕尔
* 新疆維吾爾自治區 / 新疆维吾尔自治区 (Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū)
* 新罕布什爾 / 新罕布什尔 (Xīn Hǎnbùshí'ěr)
* 明格列爾 / 明格列尔 (Mínggéliè'ěr)
* 札賚諾爾 / 札赉诺尔
* 李爾王 / 李尔王
* 柯爾克孜 / 柯尔克孜 (kē'ěrkèzī)
* 格爾木 / 格尔木 (Gé'ěrmù)
* 桑給巴爾 / 桑给巴尔 (Sāngjǐbā'ěr)
* 楚瑪爾河 / 楚玛尔河 (Chǔmǎ'ěr Hé)
* 沃爾夫 / 沃尔夫
* 沃爾夫定律 / 沃尔夫定律
* 沃爾夫岡 / 沃尔夫冈 (Wò'ěrfūgāng)
* 波爾卡舞 / 波尔卡舞
* 波爾多 / 波尔多 (Bō'ěrduō)
* 波納爾 / 波纳尔
* 海拉爾 / 海拉尔 (Hǎilā'ěr)
* 海拉爾河 / 海拉尔河
* 溫特圖爾 / 温特图尔
* 烏爾其 / 乌尔其 (Wū'ěrqí)
* 爾格 / 尔格 (ěrgé)
* 玉爾其 / 玉尔其 (Yù'ěrqí)
* 瑞爾 / 瑞尔 (ruì'ěr)
* 甘珠爾 / 甘珠尔
* 畢拉爾 / 毕拉尔
* 福爾摩斯 / 福尔摩斯 (Fú'ěrmósī)
* 福爾摩沙 / 福尔摩沙 (Fú'ěrmóshā)
* 科爾沁 / 科尔沁 (Kē'ěrqìn)
* 索爾 / 索尔 (suǒ'ěr)
* 維吾爾 / 维吾尔 (Wéiwú'ěr)
* 維吾爾文 / 维吾尔文 (wéiwú'ěrwén)
* 維吾爾族 / 维吾尔族 (Wéiwú'ěrzú)
* 維吾爾語 / 维吾尔语 (wéiwú'ěryǔ)
* 羅亞爾河 / 罗亚尔河
* 羅布淖爾 / 罗布淖尔 (Luóbùnào'ěr)
* 聖皮埃爾 / 圣皮埃尔
* 聖皮埃爾和密克隆 / 圣皮埃尔和密克隆 (Shèngpí'āi'ěr hé Mìkèlóng)
* 膘爾托闊依 / 膘尔托阔依 (Biāo'ěrtuōkuòyī)
* 艾爾帕索 / 艾尔帕索 (Ài'ěrpàsuǒ)
* 艾菲爾鐵塔 / 艾菲尔铁塔 (Àifēi'ěr Tiětǎ)
* 英也爾 / 英也尔 (Yīngyě'ěr)
* 荷爾蒙 / 荷尔蒙
* 華爾滋 / 华尔滋
* 華爾街 / 华尔街 (Huá'ěrjiē)
* 葉爾羌 / 叶尔羌 (Yè'ěrqiāng)
* 葉爾羌河 / 叶尔羌河 (Yè'ěrqiāng Hé)
* 蒙特利爾 / 蒙特利尔 (Méngtèlì'ěr)
* 薩塔爾 / 萨塔尔 (sàtǎ'ěr)
* 薩爾 / 萨尔
* 薩爾河 / 萨尔河
* 薩爾溫江 / 萨尔温江 (Sà'ěrwēn Jiāng)
* 薩爾瓦多 / 萨尔瓦多 (Sà'ěrwǎduō)
* 蘇必利爾 / 苏必利尔
* 蘇必利爾湖 / 苏必利尔湖 (Sūbìlì'ěr Hú)
* 蘇爾奈 / 苏尔奈 (sū'ěrnài)
* 諾爾蘭 / 诺尔兰 (Nuò'ěrlán)
* 諾貝爾 / 诺贝尔 (Nuòbèi'ěr)
* 諾貝爾獎 / 诺贝尔奖 (Nuòbèi'ěr-jiǎng)
* 貝加爾湖 / 贝加尔湖 (Bèijiā'ěr Hú)
* 貝爾格勒 / 贝尔格勒 (Bèi'ěrgélè)
* 貝爾格萊德 / 贝尔格莱德 (Bèi'ěrgéláidé)
* 貝爾法斯特 / 贝尔法斯特 (Bèi'ěrfǎsītè)
* 貝爾湖 / 贝尔湖 (Bèi'ěr Hú)
* 貝爾維尤 / 贝尔维尤 (Bèi'ěrwéiyóu)
* 貝爾莫潘 / 贝尔莫潘 (Bèi'ěrmòpān)
* 貝爾蓋人 / 贝尔盖人
* 賀爾蒙 / 贺尔蒙 (hè'ěrméng)
* 赫爾辛基 / 赫尔辛基 (Hè'ěrxīnjī)
* 達喀爾 / 达喀尔 (Dákā'ěr)
* 達布達爾 / 达布达尔 (Dábùdá'ěr)
* 達斡爾族 / 达斡尔族 (Dáwò'ěrzú)
* 道爾頓制 / 道尔顿制
* 采爾馬特 / 采尔马特 (Cǎi'ěrmǎtè)
* 里爾 (Lǐ'ěr)
* 里爾克
* 阿拉爾 / 阿拉尔 (Ālā'ěr)
* 阿爾伯塔 / 阿尔伯塔 (Ā'ěrbótǎ)
* 阿爾卑斯 / 阿尔卑斯 (Ā'ěrbēisī)
* 阿爾及利亞 / 阿尔及利亚 (Ā'ěrjílìyà)
* 阿爾及爾 / 阿尔及尔 (Ā'ěrjí'ěr)
* 阿爾斯太 / 阿尔斯太
* 阿爾泰山 / 阿尔泰山 (Ā'ěrtài Shān)
* 阿爾金山 / 阿尔金山 (Ā'ěrjīn Shān)
* 陶格夫匹爾斯 / 陶格夫匹尔斯
* 隆美爾 / 隆美尔
* 露西爾 / 露西尔
* 額爾德尼 / 额尔德尼 (É'ěrdéní)
* 馬爾他 / 马尔他 (Mǎ'ěrtā)
* 馬爾地夫 / 马尔地夫 (Mǎ'ěrdìfū)
* 馬爾摩 / 马尔摩
* 馬爾默 / 马尔默 (Mǎ'ěrmò)
* 高爾夫 / 高尔夫 (gāo'ěrfū)
* 高爾夫球 / 高尔夫球 (gāo'ěrfūqiú)
* 鬼子敢爾 / 鬼子敢尔
* 魯爾河 / 鲁尔河
* 墨爾本 / 墨尔本 (Mò'ěrběn)
* 齊齊哈爾 / 齐齐哈尔 (Qíqíhā'ěr)

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “尔”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 61.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 尓 |
| Kyūjitai | 爾 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 尓)

#### Readings

* Go-on: に (ni)
* Kan-on: じ (ji)
* Kun: なんじ (nanji, 爾)、おれ (ore, 爾)、それ (sore, 爾れ)、その (sono, 爾の)、しかり (shikari, 爾り)
* Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、ちか (chika)、ちかし (chikashi)、み (mi)、みつる (mitsuru)

#### Compounds

* 爾(じ)雅(が) (Jiga)
* 爾(に)前(ぜん) (nizen)
* 大(た)為(い)爾(に) (Taini)
* 弖(て)爾(に)波(は), 手(て)爾(に)波(は) (teniha)
* 弖(て)爾(に)乎(を)波(は), 手(て)爾(に)遠(を)波(は), 天(て)爾(に)遠(を)波(は) (tenioha)
* 法(ほう)爾(に) (hōni)
* 亜爾然丁(アルゼンチン) (Aruzenchin)
* 喀什噶爾(カシュガル) (Kashugaru)
* 撒爾沙(サルサ) (sarusa)
* 舎的爾(セーデル) (sēderu)
* 哈爾浜(ハルビン) (Harubin)
* 伯剌西爾(ブラジル) (Burajiru)
* 莫臥爾(モール) (Mōru)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 爾
* じ Jinmeiyō
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 爾 (MC nyeX).

#### Affix

爾(じ) • (ji)
* second person archaic pronoun: thou, you
* distal pronoun equivalent to modern それ (sore) or その (sono): that
* auxiliary character in 漢文 (kanbun) texts indicating state or condition

#### Derived terms

* 爾(じ)後(ご) (jigo)
* 爾(じ)今(こん) (jikon)
* 爾(じ)時(じ) (jiji)
* 爾(じ)汝(じょ) (jijo)
* 爾(じ)曹(そう) (jisō)
* 爾(じ)余(よ) (jiyo)
* 爾(じ)来(らい) (jirai)
* 云(うん)爾(じ) (unji)
* 莞(かん)爾(じ) (kanji)
* 鏗(こう)爾(じ) (kōji)
* 忽(こつ)爾(じ) (kotsuji)
* 蕞(さい)爾(じ) (saiji)
* 卒(そつ)爾(じ), 率(そつ)爾(じ) (sotsuji)
* 徒(と)爾(じ) (toji)
* 瞥(べつ)爾(じ) (betsuji)
* 勃(ぼつ)爾(じ) (botsuji)
* 聊(りょう)爾(じ) (ryōji)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 爾
* おれ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 儞 尓 (extended shinjitai) 你
From Old Japanese, found in use mostly from ancient times until roughly the Heian period, used to refer in the second person to social inferiors or to insult.
The second person sense of you appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おれ [òré] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [o̞ɾe̞]

#### Pronoun

爾(おれ) • (ore)
* (archaic, vulgar) second person pronoun: you

##### Usage notes

* Often used to insult. Compare modern Japanese お前 (omae), English you son of a bitch.
* Not to be confused with the modern first person pronoun 俺 (ore).

##### Derived terms

* うれ (ure)
* 爾(おれ)奴(め) (oreme)
* 爾(おれ)等(ら) (orera)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 爾
* なんじ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 爾 – see the following entry. :
| 【汝なんじ】J | [pronoun] (archaic) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou Alternative spellings 女, 若 |
(This term, 爾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 爾
* しか Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* For pronunciation and definitions of 爾 – see the following entry: 然
(The following entry is uncreated: 然.)

### References

* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

爾 (eumhun 너 이 (neo i))
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### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 爾

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronoun

爾 (ore) (kana おれ)
* second person pronoun: you
** 711–712, Kojiki, Second scroll, Yamato Takeru no mikoto:爾詔：「吾者坐纒向之日代宮所知大八嶋國。大帶日子淤斯呂和氣天皇之御子、名倭男具那王者也、意禮熊曾建二人不伏無禮聞看而、取殺意禮詔而遣。」(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 爾, 儞 (ore)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

爾: Hán Việt readings: nhĩ
爾: Nôm readings: nhãi, nhĩ
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation