TranslingualEdit
Glyph originEdit
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 女 (“female, woman”) + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ).
Originally a variant of 姐 (jiě, “elder sister”). Later repurposed as a feminine third-person pronoun influenced by European languages, with the glyph being the result of replacing the 人 (“person”) radical in 他 (tā) with 女 (“woman”). Linguist Liu Bannong is credited with coining this use around the 1910s (Bi, 2013).
Etymology 1Edit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
Note:
- thaⁿ/tha - vernacular;
- tho - literary.
Wu
DefinitionsEdit
她
- she, her [from 1910s]
- 她去了。 ― Tā qù le. ― She went away.
- 我認識她。 / 我认识她。 ― Wǒ rènshi tā. ― I know her.
教我如何不想她! [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad. and simp.]- From: 1920, Liu Bannong
- Jiào wǒ rúhé bù xiǎng tā! [Pinyin]
- How can I stop missing her! (lit., "how can one make me not think of her!")
那人說:「你所賜給我、與我同居的女人,她把那樹上的果子給我,我就吃了。」 [MSC, trad.]
那人说:“你所赐给我、与我同居的女人,她把那树上的果子给我,我就吃了。” [MSC, simp.]- From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 3:12
- Nà rén shuō: “Nǐ suǒ cì gěi wǒ, yǔ wǒ tóngjū de nǚrén, tā bǎ nà shù shàng de guǒzi gěi wǒ, wǒ jiù chī le.” [Pinyin]
- And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Usage notesEdit
- Occasionally, 他 (tā) may be used for both genders.
No major Chinese language distinguishes between “he”, “she” and “it” in spoken form, and Mandarin 他/她/牠/它/祂 (tā) is the only instance where such a distinction is made in written form. Thus see the table below for words for “she” in other varieties of Chinese.
Dialectal synonyms of
他 (“he”)
[map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
|
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Classical Chinese
|
伊1, 彼, 其, 厥, 渠, 夫, 之 object, 乃
|
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
他
|
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Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
他, 怹 honorific
|
---|
Taiwan
|
他
|
Tianjin
|
他
|
Ulanhot
|
他
|
Tongliao
|
他
|
Chifeng
|
他
|
Bayanhot
|
他
|
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
他
|
Harbin
|
他
|
Shenyang
|
他
|
Muping
|
他
|
Weifang (Weicheng)
|
他
|
Weifang (Fangzi)
|
他
|
Weifang (Hanting)
|
他
|
Changyi
|
他
|
Gaomi
|
他
|
Zhucheng
|
他
|
Anqiu
|
他
|
Changle
|
他
|
Linqu
|
他
|
Qingzhou
|
他
|
Shouguang
|
他
|
Wulian
|
他
|
Jinan
|
他
|
Luoyang
|
他
|
Wanrong
|
他, 伢
|
Xi'an
|
他
|
Dingbian
|
他
|
Yinchuan
|
他
|
Lanzhou
|
他, 那
|
Xining
|
家, 他
|
Ürümqi
|
他
|
Wuhan
|
他, 他家
|
Chengdu
|
他
|
Guiyang
|
他
|
Kunming
|
他
|
Guilin
|
他
|
Liuzhou
|
他
|
Nanning (Xiakuojie)
|
他
|
Nanning (Fujian)
|
他
|
Nanning (Wuming)
|
他
|
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)
|
他
|
Binyang (Nanjie)
|
他
|
Qinzhou (Longmengang)
|
他
|
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
|
他
|
Xuzhou
|
他
|
Yangzhou
|
他
|
Xinghua
|
他
|
Nanjing
|
他
|
Hefei
|
他
|
Nantong
|
他
|
Changle (Qinjiang)
|
他
|
Yanping
|
他
|
Malaysia
|
他
|
Singapore
|
他
|
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
他
|
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
|
他
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
佢
|
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Hong Kong
|
佢
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
佢
|
Macau
|
佢
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
佢
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
佢
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
佢
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
佢
|
Foshan
|
佢
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
佢
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
佢
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
佢
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
佢
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
佢
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
佢
|
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
佢
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
佢
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
佢
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
佢
|
Taishan
|
佢
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
佢
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
佢
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
佢
|
Dongguan
|
佢
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
佢
|
Qingyuan
|
佢
|
Fogang
|
佢
|
Yingde (Hanguang)
|
佢
|
Yangshan
|
佢
|
Lianshan (Butian)
|
佢
|
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
佢
|
Shaoguan
|
佢
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
佢
|
Renhua
|
佢
|
Lechang
|
佢
|
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
佢
|
Sihui
|
佢
|
Guangning
|
佢
|
Deqing
|
佢
|
Huaiji
|
佢
|
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
佢
|
Yunfu
|
佢
|
Xinxing
|
佢
|
Luoding
|
佢
|
Yunan (Pingtai)
|
佢
|
Yangjiang
|
佢
|
Xinyi
|
佢
|
Lianjiang
|
佢
|
Nanning
|
佢
|
Wuzhou
|
佢
|
Yulin
|
佢
|
Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
佢
|
Baise
|
佢
|
Qinzhou
|
佢
|
Beihai
|
佢
|
Beihai (Nankang)
|
佢
|
Beihai (Yingpan)
|
佢
|
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
佢
|
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
佢
|
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
佢
|
Danzhou
|
佢
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
佢
|
Penang (Guangfu)
|
佢
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
佢
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
佢
|
Móng Cái
|
佢
|
Yangon (Taishan)
|
佢
|
Mandalay (Taishan)
|
佢
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
渠
|
---|
Lichuan
|
渠
|
Pingxiang
|
他
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
佢
|
---|
Xingning
|
佢
|
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
佢
|
Huiyang
|
佢
|
Huidong (Daling)
|
佢
|
Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
佢
|
Boluo (Bendihua)
|
佢
|
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
佢
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
佢
|
Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
佢
|
Wuhua (Meilin)
|
佢
|
Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
佢
|
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
佢
|
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
佢
|
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
佢
|
Nanxiong (Zhuji)
|
佢
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
佢
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
佢
|
Liannan
|
佢
|
Conghua (Lütian)
|
佢
|
Jiexi
|
佢
|
Changting
|
佢
|
Wuping
|
佢
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
佢
|
Liancheng
|
佢
|
Ninghua
|
佢
|
Yudu
|
佢
|
Ruijin
|
佢
|
Shicheng
|
佢
|
Shangyou
|
佢
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
佢
|
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)
|
佢
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)
|
佢
|
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)
|
佢
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)
|
佢
|
Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)
|
佢
|
Hong Kong
|
佢
|
Luchuan
|
佢
|
Bobai (Shahe)
|
佢
|
Bobai (Longtan)
|
佢
|
Bobai (Lingping)
|
佢
|
Bobai (Lingjiao)
|
佢
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
佢
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
佢
|
Kuching (Hepo)
|
佢
|
Singkawang
|
佢
|
Bangkok (Meixian)
|
佢
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
渠
|
---|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
他
|
---|
Xinzhou
|
他
|
Taibus (Baochang)
|
他
|
Linhe
|
他
|
Jining
|
他
|
Hohhot
|
他
|
Baotou
|
他
|
Dongsheng
|
他
|
Haibowan
|
他
|
Min Bei
|
Jian'ou
|
佢
|
---|
Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
佢
|
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
佢
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
佢
|
Min Dong
|
Fuzhou
|
伊1
|
---|
Fuqing
|
伊1
|
Matsu
|
伊1
|
Manjung (Gutian)
|
伊1
|
Min Nan
|
Xiamen
|
伊1
|
---|
Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
伊1
|
Quanzhou
|
伊1
|
Zhangzhou
|
伊1
|
Zhangpu
|
伊1
|
Zhao'an
|
伊1
|
Taipei
|
伊1
|
Taipei (Wanhua)
|
伊1
|
Kaohsiung
|
伊1
|
Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
伊1
|
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
伊1
|
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
伊1
|
Yilan
|
伊1
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
伊1
|
Taichung
|
伊1
|
Taichung (Wuqi)
|
伊1
|
Tainan
|
伊1
|
Taitung
|
伊1
|
Hsinchu
|
伊1
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
伊1
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
伊1
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
伊1
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
伊1
|
Medan (Hokkien)
|
伊1
|
Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
他, 伊1
|
Guilin (Biyange)
|
伊1
|
Chaozhou
|
伊1
|
Shantou
|
伊1
|
Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
伊1
|
Jieyang
|
伊1
|
Haifeng
|
伊1
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
伊1
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
伊1
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
伊1
|
Pontianak (Teochew)
|
伊1
|
Leizhou
|
伊1
|
Wenchang
|
伊1
|
Haikou
|
伊1
|
Qionghai
|
伊1
|
Singapore (Hainanese)
|
伊1
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
伊1
|
---|
Xianyou
|
伊1
|
Min Zhong
|
Yong'an
|
佢
|
---|
Sanyuan
|
佢
|
Shaxian
|
佢
|
Yanping (Wangtai)
|
佢
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
佢
|
---|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
他
|
---|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
伊2
|
---|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
伊2
|
Suzhou
|
俚, 俚倷, 唔倷
|
Danyang
|
他
|
Hangzhou
|
他
|
Ningbo
|
渠, 渠儂
|
Wenzhou
|
渠
|
Jinhua
|
渠
|
Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
渠, 渠儂
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
他
|
---|
Loudi
|
他
|
Shuangfeng
|
他
|
Quanzhou
|
他
|
Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns
|
---|
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)
|
---|
- 妳/你 (nǐ, “(feminine) you”)
CompoundsEdit
她
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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- On (unclassified): ち (chi); じ (ji); しゃ (sha); た (ta); い (i)
- Kun: あざる (azaru, 她る)
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
她: Hán Nôm readings: tha
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