Yee

//jiː// intj, name, pron, slang

intj, name, pron, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Pronoun
  1. 1
    You (the people being addressed); alternative spelling of ye. Geordie, personal, pronoun
  2. 2
    Obsolete form of ye. alt-of, emphatic, obsolete, personal, pronoun

    "Speak yee who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels, for yee behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, Day without Night, Circle his Throne, rejoycing, yee in Heav'n, On Earth joyn all yee Creatures to extoll."

Intj
  1. 1
    yes, yeah Internet, especially, slang
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Chinese.

Example

More examples

"On Sunday morning, most of us were Skyping or calling home as our families had their reunion dinners (morning in the U.S. is evening back home). My family reminded me that although it might be my first Chinese New Year without "yee sang", they would be keeping my "ang pows" for me when I get back. Hopefully! 🙂"

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴) or Taishanese 余 (yi³) or Hokkien 余 (Î) or Cantonese 爾 /尔 (ji⁵).

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