1. pronoun I; me; my
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
    Notes: 我 is used as a first person pronoun in both modern (NCCED '我' 1) and literary Chinese. For example, in modern Chinese: 我比你岁数大点 'I am a little older than you.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 174) In literary Chinese, 我 was used as a first person pronoun as early as preclassical times in the Shang Dynasty (Guoyu '我' pronoun 1; Kroll 2015 '我' 1, p. 478; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 76). 我 is the fifth most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '我'; XHZD '我', p. 792).
  2. noun self
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '我' n 1; Kroll 2015 '我' 2, p. 478)
  3. pronoun we; our
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
    Notes: In the sense of 己方; for example, 我国 'our country' (Guoyu '我' pronoun 2; Ho 2002, '我'; NCCED '我' 2)
  4. adjective [my] dear
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In a friendly manner (Guoyu '我' adj)
  5. proper noun Wo
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '我' n 2)
  6. noun self; atman; attan
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ātman, Pali: attan; Japanese: ga, Tibetan: nyar 'dzin pa'am nga rgyal; the agent controlling the mind and body that passes from lifetime to lifetime. The Buddhist concept of ātman is in contrast to the Hindu concept that is a permanent soul, which is one with Brahman (BCSD '我', p. 518; BL 'ātman', p. 78; Dasgupta 2009, pp. 45-48; FGDB '我'; Heehs 2002, p. 59; Mahāvyutpatti 'ahaṃkāraḥ'; MW 'ahaṃkāra'; SH '我', p. 238)
  7. foreign ga
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ga; see 哦 (FGDB '哦')
  8. pronoun I; aham
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: aham; first person pronoun. See Egenes for declention table of different endings. Common forms are: aham, nominative singular 'I'; mām, accusative singular 'me'; mama, genitive singular 'my' (BCSD '我', p. 518; Egenes 2011, p. 128; MW 'aham'; SH '我', p. 238).

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