Meaning
I; me; myself
Chinese: 第一人称代词。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “wo” becomes a different word in each tone. 我 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 我们wǒ menwe; us; ourselves; our
- 自我zì wǒthe self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego
- 我人wǒ rénwe
- 大我dà wǒthe collective; the whole; (Buddhism) the greater self
- 我这个人wǒ zhè ge rénme personally; the sort of person I am
Example Sentence
我叫小明，很高兴认识你。Wǒ jiào Xiǎo Míng, hěn gāo xìng rèn shi nǐ.My name is Xiao Ming; nice to meet you.
我WǒI叫jiàoto shout小Xiǎosmall明Míngbright，很hěnvery高兴gāo xìnghappy认识rèn shito know你nǐyou。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Originally a pictograph of a saw-toothed weapon or halberd. It was borrowed for its sound to write the pronoun ‘I / me’, and that borrowed meaning stuck.
A way to remember it
On the right is 戈 (a weapon); a hand on the left grips it — picture yourself holding it: ‘me’.