mandarin - What is the difference between 他, 它, and 她 - Chinese ...
Feb 16, 2015 · In Old Chinese 它 was also used to write 蛇 ("snake"), which was sometimes a perfect homophone of 它 (although this pronunciation is no longer used for snake in any variety), which led to 它 being used for non-humans, and eventually only for non-living things. Later, usage for non-human animals was reintroduced in simplified Chinese.
etymology - How old are 她，他，它？ - Chinese Language Stack …
Aug 5, 2022 · Using 她 and 它 as pronouns is indeed a rather recent development, mainly by the cohort of May Fourth Movement as a way to mordernise Chinese and make translation of English works easier. The usage of 她 as female third person pronoun was suggested in 1917-1918 by poet Liu Bannong(刘半农) .
grammar - Would it be correct to use “它” in a sentence like this ...
Oct 31, 2017 · you should replace 它 with 天。 外面 is used as adv or adj, so 外面 itself is ok. No need 在. the sentence order; you could consider 外面 as 外面(的)天， so 天(S) + 下雪(V)+ 了(C) . 外面（的） serves as an adj. to modify 天. So, either 外面(的)天下雪了 or 外面下雪了 works.
Should I use 她 or 它 for 中国? (and/or other countries)
Mar 6, 2024 · 之: 1. 指代人或事物的名称，相当于他、她、它、他们 [he;her;it;they;them] 2. 指示代词，相当于“其”、“他的”、“其他的” [its;his;other] I have never made an exhaustive study of 其, but it seems to me 其 is at least mostly used in phrases where Western languages would use an oblique case form.
What is the word for "they/them"? - Chinese Language Stack …
Sep 17, 2014 · 牠 and 它 were merged together. 牠 refers to animals, as you can tell by the radical 牛 (cow). And 它 refers to inanimate objects. And 们 men makes the subject/noun plural. So, in the context of your sentence, No they don't; they only sell stationary, you would use 它们.
How gender specific in writing is the character 他
Feb 20, 2014 · 亻simply means "person" so 他 is neutral. 她/衪/牠/它 were all originated from the west in the modern times and they can be used to target a specified group of people. In places other than mainland China, such as Taiwan and HK they do not differentiate them as in languages like English. 他 is usually used for all gender. –
What is the difference between using 叫 and 叫做
Jul 4, 2017 · [他/她/它] is the object, which is needed in a complete sentence. 为 acts as the conjunction 'as' (without antecedent) in the degree, manner 称为 is more literal; 叫做 is more colloquial
"She" (她) for inanimate objects in Chinese (?)
Apr 17, 2016 · Chinese do not have gender for pronoun generally until some writers tried to copy European languages and did some experience on new type of Chinese writing around 1910s and afterwards. In tradition writing, 她 does not exist and everyone writes 他 or its variant 它 for He/She/It/(They). 她 is new invention of that time.
difference - Is there an old way of pronouncing 牠? - Chinese …
Jul 5, 2020 · 但今天"牠"被作为"它"的异体字，又已渐被淘汰， And "牠" appeared from early vernacular in modern times, using "牛" as ideograms, using "也" as phonogram. And "也"'s ancient pronunciation was "tuo1", so "牠"'s ancient pronunciation shoule be "tuo1" too. And nowadays it's as "它"'s variant character and rarely be used.
word choice - Differences: 别的 vs 其他 vs 另外 (other) - Chinese …
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