yeh
[jɛ]
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narrowly[jɛ]
yeh is the alternative form of yeah.
yeh is the pronunciation spelling of you.
Meaning of yeah
Interjection
- Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.
- Yeah! We did it!
Meaning of you
Pronoun
you (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective, possessive determiner your, possessive pronoun yours, singular reflexive yourself, plural reflexive yourselves)
- The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
- Both of you should get ready now.
- (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
- If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
- I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.c. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII
- The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
- You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
- The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
- You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 208
- A person's favorite sports team.
- I get that you're from Southeast Michigan, but I'm still surprised that you're a Detroit Lions fan. You have been on the receiving end of losing seasons for a while now.
Proper noun capitalized: Yeh
Yeh (plural Yehs)
- A surname from Chinese [in turn from Mandarin].
- THE most conspicuous example of a single gift to modern education in China by an individual is that of Mr. Yeh Ching-chong of Shanghai. Himself a man of humble origin and scant education, he came from Ningpo (Chinhai) to Shanghai in his youth and shared in the splendid prosperity of this rapidly...1904 June, John C. Ferguson, “Educational Benefactions of Wealthy Chinese.”, in The East of Asia Magazine, Shanghai: North-China Herald Office, page 24
Forms of yeh
| plural | Yehs |
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Origin of yeh
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 葉／叶 (Yeh⁴).
Phrases with yeh
Questions about yeh
- What does yeh mean?
- Yeh means a surname from Chinese [in turn from Mandarin].
- What is yeh the alternative form of?
- Yeh is the alternative form of yeah.
- What part of speech is yeh?
- Yeh is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yeh?
- Yeh is pronounced [jɛ].
Words near yeh in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yeh (page history and authors); Yeh (page history and authors); yeah (page history and authors); you (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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