- mandarin - What is the difference between 他, 它, and 她 - Chinese . . .
What is the difference between 他, 她, and 它? I want to know when you use one and when not to It seems pretty basic language because I hear 他, 她, and 它 everywhere in Chinese language Anything else
- How gender specific in writing is the character 他
A couple of years ago I wrote this comment below an answer: On mainland China 他 is used for both male and female I've only seen 她 used as a stylistic thing for advertising and some old formal
- Is 不错 used only to mean good and never mean not bad?
Some compound word's extended meaning is more prominent than the literal one Take 不错 for example, '不'= not; '错' = wrong; therefore '不错' literally means 'not wrong' in other word: 'right'
- etymology - How old are 她，他，它？ - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
The characters 她 and 它 exist in old Chinese, but they were not third person pronouns and were not pronounced "ta"
- grammar - Using 也 (ye3) vs. 又 (you4)? - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Both 也 and 又 can mean "also" (也 is more literary, 又 is more colloquial) (既~也~) is a common structure that connect two verb or adjective phrases
- meaning - What is the difference between 呀 and 啊? - Chinese Language . . .
ABC's entry for 呀 says: 呀 ya5 (replacing a (啊) when preceding word ends in a, e, i, o, or (y)u) 快来呀! Kuài lái
- Is there any specifically masculine character for 他
The pronoun 他 (ta1) for he she it has been used since at least the Ming dynasty and has had a number of variants, such as 牠 for animals and 祂 for deities In the 20th century the feminine version 她
- how do i know when someone says 他 or 她 in a conversation?
她 means she, and 他 which means he, (they a are both pronounced ta) how can I tell the difference between the two in a conversation without any writing
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