Chinese word

她

Pronunciation

Pinyintā

Meaning

  • pronounshe

Example

她是我的朋友。tā shì wǒ de péng yǒu

She is my friend.

Illustration for 她 (she)

More examples

我们常常和她一起吃饭。wǒ men cháng cháng hé tā yì qǐ chī fàn

We often eat with her.

Core concept

A pointer that brings a female person into view without naming her.

Common phrases

  • 和她一起hé tā yì qǐ

    with her

  • 帮她bāng tā

    help her

Similar words

他tā: A third-person pronoun for a male person, used as the subject or object.
他们tā men: A third-person pronoun for a group of people, including mixed-gender or gender-unknown groups.
她们tā men: A third-person pronoun for a group made up entirely of female people.
它tā: A third-person pronoun for a thing or an animal, rather than a person.

Definition in Chinese

用于指代人称中的女性，表示第三人称，通常不用于指无生命物体或通常用‘它’的事物，复数为‘她们’。yòng yú zhǐ dài rén chēng zhōng de nǚ xìng biǎo shì dì sān rén chēng tōng cháng bú yòng yú zhǐ wú shēng mìng wù tǐ huò tōng cháng yòng tā de shì wù fù shù wèi tā men

Word origin

Modern written Chinese created 她 (tā, "she") from 他 (tā, "he") by substituting the female component 女 (nǚ, "female") for the person component.

Usage tips

  • Unlike English, Chinese does not change this pronoun when it is the subject or the object; sentence position shows its grammatical role.

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