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俺
俺
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Translingual
Han character
俺 (radical 9 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人大中山 (OKLU), four-corner 24216, composition ⿰亻奄)
References
- KangXi: page 106, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 736
- Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 173, character 2
- Unihan data for U+4FFA
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
俺 | |
|---|---|---|
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa. Cognate with 我 (wǒ), 吾 (wú), 𠊎.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: an3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aan
- IPA (key): /ˀa̠n²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jim3, aan2
- Yale: yim, áan
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim3, aan2
- IPA (key): /jiːm³³/, /ɑːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: án
- Tâi-lô: án
- Phofsit Daibuun: arn
- IPA (Xiamen): /an⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /an⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /an⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: oe (T2)
- IPA (key): /ø³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 俺 | 俺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (154) | 嚴 (145) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | III |
| Fanqie | 於驗切 | 於劔切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠiᴇmH/ | /ʔɨɐmH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔᵚiɛmH/ | /ʔiɐmH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiæmH/ | /ʔiɐmH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔjiamH/ | /ʔɨamH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔjɛmH/ | /ʔiɐmH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭɛmH/ | /ĭɐmH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯ɛmH/ | /ʔi̯ɐmH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yàn | yàn |
Definitions
俺
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 我 (“I”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 吾、我、私、余、予、台、朕 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 我 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 我 |
| Jinan | 我、俺 | |
| Xi'an | 我 | |
| Wuhan | 我 | |
| Chengdu | 我 | |
| Yangzhou | 我 | |
| Hefei | 我 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 我 |
| Hong Kong | 我 | |
| Taishan | 我 | |
| Yangjiang | 我 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 我 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𠊎 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𠊎 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 𠊎 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 𠊎 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 𠊎 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 𠊎 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 𠊎 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 我 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 我 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 我、奴 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 我 |
| Taipei | 我 | |
| Chaozhou | 我 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 我、吾、阿拉 |
| Suzhou | 我、奴 | |
| Wenzhou | 我 | |
| Ningbo | 我、我儂、像我 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 我 |
| Shuangfeng | 我、卬 | |
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
俺
Readings
Alternative forms
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 俺 |
|
おれ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Originally a second person pronoun. Gradually changed into a first person pronoun.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
俺 (hiragana おれ, katakana オレ, romaji ore)
- (obsolete, informal) you
- (informal) I; me
- 2001 August 6, Masami Kurumada, “少年たちよ！女神を託すの巻 [Boys! For Athena]”, in 聖闘士星矢 [Saint Seiya], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), 5th edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-617655-6, page 222:
- オレは山羊座のシュラ‼
- Ore wa Kapurikōn no Shura‼
- I am Shura the Capricorn‼
- オレは山羊座のシュラ‼
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Usage notes
俺／おれ is the usual casual form used by men, and is completely acceptable with friends; 僕 or 私 are too formal for casual use. Conversely, in polite conversation or where polite forms are expected, 俺 is unacceptable and rude. As with other casual forms, may be used intentionally if one wishes to be rude, but should not be used otherwise.
See also
Japanese first-person pronouns
Japanese first-person pronouns by speakers and situations according to Yuko Saegusa, Concerning the First Personal Pronoun of Native Japanese Speakers (2009)
| Speaker | Situation | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | To friends | うち 49% | First name 26% | あたし 15% |
| In the family | First name 33% | あたし 29% | うち 23% | |
| In a class | わたし 86% | あたし 7% | うち 6% | |
| To an unknown visitor | わたし 75% | あたし, first name, うち 8% each | ||
| To the class teacher | わたし 66% | First name 13% | あたし 9% | |
| Male | To friends | おれ 72% | ぼく 19% | First name 4% |
| In the family | おれ 62% | ぼく 23% | うち 6% | |
| In a class | ぼく 85% | おれ 13% | First name, nickname 1% each | |
| To an unknown visitor | ぼく 64% | おれ 26% | First name 4% | |
| To the class teacher | ぼく 67% | おれ 27% | First name 3% | |
| Speaker | Situation | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | To friends | うち 39% | あたし 30% | わたし 22% |
| In the family | あたし 28% | First name 27% | うち 18% | |
| In a class | わたし 89% | あたし 7% | 自分 3% | |
| To an unknown visitor | わたし 81% | あたし 10% | 自分 6% | |
| To the class teacher | わたし 77% | あたし 17% | 自分 7% | |
| Male | To friends | おれ 87% | うち 4% | わたし, 自分 2% each |
| In the family | おれ 88% | ぼく, 自分 5% each | ||
| In a class | わたし 48% | 自分 28% | ぼく 22% | |
| To an unknown visitor | ぼく 36% | 自分 29% | わたし 22% | |
| To the class teacher | 自分 38% | ぼく 29% | わたし 22% | |
Korean
Hanja
俺 • (eom, eop) (hangeul 엄, 업, McCune-Reischauer ŏm, ŏp)
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Vietnamese
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