06.03.04

Chinese Word of the Day


- Ta1 - She, Her

James points out that in writing, there is a separate character for she or her: .


3 Feedbacks zu "她"

isis

also,
它 it
祂 for GOD.
牠 for non-human animals.( but I think sometimes 牠 just represents anthropocentrism and specism of human in chinese.)



isis

btw,
你 for male
妳 for female

but it\’s ok to use 你 for \”YOU\”.



steve

Wow, so many. I did a bit of searching, and found some reference pages:

Chinese pronouns

formal personal pronouns

Both of these pages suggest what Jenny has been telling me: All these \”fancy\” versions of He and You are relatively recent inventions, and due to western influence.



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