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The character "您", functioning as a polite second-person pronoun, is structurally composed of "你" meaning "you" placed above "心" meaning "heart", forming a compound that conceptually implies a respectful address emanating from sincerity. Its origins lie in northern Chinese vernacular speech, where it initially served as a plural form of "you" during the medieval period before gradually specializing to convey singular respect. This semantic shift from plural to honorific singular occurred over several centuries, with the term eventually being adopted into formal written language and losing its original plural sense, thereby cementing its role as a standard marker of deference in modern Chinese.
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您最近好吗？
请您稍等一下。
您能帮我一个忙吗？
您觉得这个计划怎么样？
您需要我为您做什么？
您是否同意这个建议？
您可以在表格上签名吗？
您是否考虑过我们的提议？