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| English Word |
Chinese Character |
Northern Min |
Eastern Min |
Puxian Min |
Southern Min |
Hakka | Cantonese | Hainanese | Shanghainese | Wenzhounese |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 我 | Uòi | Nguāi | Guâ | Góa | Ngài | Ngŏh | Vá | Ngú | Nǵ |
| You (singular) | 你 | Nì | Nṳ | Nṳ̂ | Lí | Ngì | Neĭ | Lú | Nóng | Nyí |
| He/She | 他 | Gṳ̀ | Ĭ (佢) | I (佢) | I (佢) | Kì | K‘uĭ (佢) | I | Yí | Gi |
| We | 我們 | Uòi-huo̿i-nêng | Nguāi-nè̤ng | Guâ-go̤h-náng | Gún | Ngài-têu | Ngŏh‐teî (我哋) | Vá-nâng | Āq-laq | Nǵ-dà-ko |
| You (plural) | 你們 | Nì-huo̿i-nêng | Nṳ̄-gáuk-nè̤ng | Nṳ̂-go̤h-náng | Lín | Ngì-têu | Neĭ‐teî (你哋) | Lú-nâng | Ná | Nyí-dà-ko |
| they | 他們 | Gṳ̀-huo̿i-nêng | Ĭ-gáuk-nè̤ng | I-go̤h-náng | In | Kì-têu | K‘uĭ‐teî (佢哋) | i-nâng | Yí-laq | Gi-dà-ko |
| Oneself | 自己 | Cù-cī | Cê-gă | Ga̍i | Ka-kī | Chhṳ-kâ | Tsẑ‐keí | Ka-ki | Zḯ-ga | Z̀-ge |
| this is | 這是 | Iŏ̤ng sī | Cī sê | Ca̤̍ sī | Che sī | Liá he | Ni‐kòh haî | Tsè tī | g’eq-g’eq zḯ | Keh-kaih ź |
| and | 與 | iáu | gâe̤ng | gah | kah | lâu | t‘ūng (同) | kang | tēq | tà |
| at | 在 | da̿u (到) / nă (吶) | diŏh | cāi | tī | chhai | tsoî | dū (伫) | laq | zé |
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