牠
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Translingual
[edit]Han character
[edit]牠 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹手心木 (HQPD), four-corner 24512, composition ⿰牜也)
References
[edit]- Kangxi Dictionary: page 697, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19931
- Dae Jaweon: page 1109, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1803, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7260
Chinese
[edit]trad. | 牠/它* | |
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simp. | 它* |
Etymology
[edit]- it (all non-human objects)
In Qian Xuantong's discussion on the creation of new vernacular pronouns, advocates for this form intended to evoke the left radical of 物 (wù, “thing”) rather than having the semantic implications of 牛 (niú, “bovine”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): taa1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thaⁿ / tha / tho
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ta
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ta
- Wade–Giles: tʻa1
- Yale: tā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta
- Palladius: та (ta)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: taa1
- Yale: tā
- Cantonese Pinyin: taa1
- Guangdong Romanization: ta1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
Note:
- thaⁿ/tha - vernacular;
- tho - literary.
Definitions
[edit]牠
- (animal) it
- (obsolete) Synonym of 它
- 懂得世界勢力最大的語言⸺中國的國語⸺的人們!你應該怎樣培養牠,發揚牠? [MSC, trad.]
- From: 樂嗣炳 著:“世界勢力最大的語言”
- Dǒngdé shìjiè shìlì zuìdà de yǔyán ⸺ Zhōngguó de Guóyǔ ⸺ de rénmen! Nǐ yìnggāi zěnyàng péiyǎng tā, fāyáng tā? [Pinyin]
- Those who understand the most influential language in the world (that is, the national language of China)! How should you develop and promote it?
懂得世界势力最大的语言⸺中国的国语⸺的人们!你应该怎样培养它,发扬它? [MSC, simp.]
Usage notes
[edit]- In simplified Chinese, 它 (tā) is used instead for all non-human objects.
Compounds
[edit]See also
[edit]Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns | |||
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Person | Singular | Plural | |
1st | — | 我 (wǒ) | 我們/我们 (wǒmen) |
inclusive | 咱們/咱们 (zánmen) | ||
2nd | male/indefinite | 你 (nǐ) | 你們/你们 (nǐmen) |
female | 妳/你 (nǐ) | 妳們/你们 (nǐmen) | |
deity | 祢 (nǐ) | 祢們/祢们 (nǐmen) | |
polite | 您 (nín) | 你們/你们 (nǐmen) 您們/您们 (nínmen) | |
3rd | male/indefinite | 他 (tā) | 他們/他们 (tāmen) |
female | 她 (tā) | 她們/她们 (tāmen) | |
deity | 祂 (tā) | 祂們/祂们 (tāmen) | |
animal | 牠/它 (tā) | 牠們/它们 (tāmen) | |
inanimate | 它 (tā) | 它們/它们 (tāmen) |
References
[edit]- ^ 錢玄同: <「他」與「他們」兩個詞兒的分化之討論> 1922
- “牠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
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