Standard Lemma guide

yee

intj · name · pron · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /jiː/
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  • rhymes with -iː
  • CMU ARPABET: Y IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

yes, yeah

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, especially, slang

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Chinese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

pron

Meaning 3

You (the people being addressed); alternative spelling of ye.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Geordie, personal, pronoun

Qualifier: otherwise archaic

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4

pron

Meaning 4

Obsolete form of ye.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, emphatic, obsolete, personal, pronoun

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History

Etymology

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