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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *我* | 我* | *我
I; me; my
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
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]
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咱* | 咱* | *咱
I or me / we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
HSK 2
brothers / younger brother / CL: 個|个 / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal
HSK 4
other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
HSK 4
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
HSK 3
Excuse me, may I ask...?
HSK 1
I; me; myself / oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
HSK 5
lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me
HSK 5
unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that
HSK 6
person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character
HSK 7-9
to show disrespect; I'm awfully sorry – please forgive me
leave it to me (idiom) / I'll take care of it
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me
lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts.
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *余* | 余* | *余
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me
HSK 7-9
to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me!
HSK 6
If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
forget-me-not, genus Myosotis (botany)
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me
I / me / my / (often used in early vernacular literature)
I / me / we / my home / our house
easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me
HSK 7-9
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
balsam / Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina) / touch-me-not / busy Lizzie
to help / to do a favor / (Shanghainese) Come on! / Give me a break!
to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal)
(idiom) you and me both; that makes two of us
please forgive me
refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it!
lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog.
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *予* | 予* | *予
(archaic) I / me
(Internet slang) if this is an infringement of copyright, please notify me and I will remove it
paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
bring it on! / give me all you got!
(literary) to inform (me)
(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
to pardon / please excuse (me) / to take responsibility
don't bother to see me out
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唉* | 唉* | *唉
interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!) / to sigh
to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪
HSK 7-9
to be generous (idiom) / to be magnanimous / Give me a break!
life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me
(polite) do me the honor
undue trouble / Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.
untalented / I / me (humble)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侬* | 侬* | *侬
you (Wu dialect) / I, me (classical)
(courteous) to be so kind as to think of (me)
lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom) / fig. each tries to outwit the other / deceit and treachery
submit to me and prosper, or oppose me and perish
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
(literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
please excuse me for not complying / to politely decline
(idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion; your criticism will be most valuable
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
you're too kind; you flatter me
give me liberty or give me death
please forgive me
to be so kind as to enlighten me
please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
to be indebted to sb for care / thank you for looking after me
to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朕* | 朕* | *朕
(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we") / (literary) omen
(archaic) I; me (used by males during the Song and Yuan dynasties)
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry; apologetic; embarrassed; shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin)
Excuse me, I must be leaving now.
(said by departing guest) no need to see me out
ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
please forgive me
(term of respect) second only to father / like a father (to me)
(polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè])
excuse me
(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our
to have what it takes / (coll.) (often followed by ) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever, ..., if she's so tough, ... etc / Example: 有本事就打我 Hit me if you dare!
(dialect) give me a break! / forget about it!
(literary) to be so good as to show favor (to me); to regard (me) highly
to overpraise / You praise me too much!
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麿* | 麿* | *麿
(Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro
(Internet slang) I can't even... / Are you kidding me! / OMG!
you got me! / you win! / you are something!
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *愚* | 愚* | *愚
to be stupid / to cheat or deceive / me or I (modest)
old lady / (old woman's self-reference) I, me
lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise. / You flatter me too much.
your visit (honorific) / you honor me with your visit
without eloquence / untalented / I, me (humble)
you let me win (said politely after winning a game)
me personally; the sort of person I am
(slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head
Please do not be too severe on me!
untalented / I / me (humble) / also written 不才
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *余* | 余* | *余
(literary) I; me / variant of 餘|余
HSK 7-9

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