"You" meaning in English

See You in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Yous [plural]
Etymology: From irregular, Wade–Giles, and Hanyu Pinyin romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciations of various Chinese characters, including 余, 于, 由 (yóu), 魚 /鱼 (yú) / 鱼 (yú), 漁 /渔 (yú), 渔 (yú), 楀 (yǔ), 俞, 喻, 兪, 於 /于, 遇 (yù), 虞 (yú), 郁 (yù), 尉, 禹 (yǔ), 游 (yóu), 尤 (yóu), 庾 (yǔ), 娛 /娱, 娱, 茹, 幽 (Yōu). Etymology templates: {{wp|+ (surname)}}, {{wp|+zhou}}, {{bor|en|cmn-wadegiles|-}} Wade–Giles, {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|~}} You (countable and uncountable, plural Yous)
  1. (countable) A surname from Chinese Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-You-en-name-j8uMPsK5 Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (historical) A former prefecture of China. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (place): Places in China
    Sense id: en-You-en-name-D6-sNozV Categories (other): Former prefectures of China
  3. (Chinese mythology) Synonym of Youzhou, one of the Nine Provinces of Chinese legend. Tags: Chinese, countable, uncountable Synonyms: Youzhou [synonym, synonym-of], one of the Nine Provinces of Chinese legend [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-You-en-name-0mwj1dYY Categories (other): Chinese mythology Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Yu [surname]
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Etymology: Capitalization of you. Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} You, {{en-pron}} You
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of you, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. Tags: alt-of, honorific Alternative form of: you, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context Synonyms: Thou Coordinate_terms: He
    Sense id: en-You-en-pron-xI8HvWFm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 14 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 2 6 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 2 12 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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