彼等

Chinese

		that; those; (one) another)	class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on
trad. (彼等)		彼	等
simp. #(彼等)		彼	等

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐděng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² dang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐděng [Phonetic: bíděng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐděng
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-têng³
    • Yale: bǐ-děng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biideeng
    • Palladius: бидэн (bidɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² dang²
    • Yale: béi dáng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² dang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² deng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ tɐŋ³⁵/

Pronoun

彼等

1. (archaic) they

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 他們 (“they”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		彼, 之, 其, 渠等
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		他們
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	他們
	Taiwan	他們
	Ulanhot	他們
	Tongliao	他們
	Chifeng	他們
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	他們
	Harbin	他們
	Shenyang	他們
	Malaysia	他們
	Singapore	他們
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	他們, 他這夥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	他這些兒, 他乜些兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	他們
	Wanrong	伢都, 他底, 他
	Xi'an	他的, 他們
	Xining	他們, 家們
	Xuzhou	他們
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	他們
	Bayanhot	他們
	Lanzhou	那們, 他們
	Ürümqi	他們
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	他們
	Wuhan	他們, 他家們
	Guiyang	他們
	Kunming	他們
	Guilin	他們
	Liuzhou	他們
	Nanning (Xiakuojie)	他哋
	Nanning (Wuming)	他們
	Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)	他們
	Binyang (Nanjie)	他們
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	他們
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	他們
	Yangzhou	他們
	Nantong	他恁
	Hefei	他們
Cantonese	Guangzhou	佢哋
	Hong Kong	佢哋
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	佢哋, 佢人
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	佢哋
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	佢俚
	Macau	佢哋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	佢哋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	佢哋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	佢啲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	佢班人
	Foshan	佢哋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	佢哋
	Foshan (Shunde)	佢哋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	佢哋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Huancheng)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Xiaolan)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Henglan)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Dongfeng)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Nantou)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Fusha)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Shalang)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Gangkou)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Huangpu)	佢俚
	Zhongshan (Sanjiao)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Minzhong)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Guzhen)	㑢
	Zhongshan (Banfu)	佢哋
	Zhongshan (Tanzhou)	佢哋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	佢哋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	佢哋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	㑢
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	㑢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	㑢
	Taishan	㑢
	Kaiping (Chikan)	㑢
	Enping (Niujiang)	㑢
	Heshan (Yayao)	佢
	Dongguan	佢哋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	佢哋
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	佢哋
	Shaoguan	佢哋
	Yunfu	佢哋
	Yangjiang	㑢
	Xinyi	佢哋
	Lianjiang	佢哋
	Nanning	佢哋
	Wuzhou	佢哋
	Yulin	佢人
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	呢人
	Baise	佢哋
	Qinzhou	佢哋
	Beihai	佢哋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	佢哋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	佢哋
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	佢哋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	佢哋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	佢哋
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	佢哋
Móng Cái	佢哋
Gan	Nanchang	佢們, 佢個裡
	Lichuan	佢多
	Pingxiang	他俚
Hakka	Meixian	佢等人
	Xingning	佢兜人
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	佢大家
	Huidong (Daling)	厥兜人
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	厥兜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	厥兜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	厥哋
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	佢兜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	佢兜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	佢兜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	佢兜
	Wuhua (Meilin)	佢兜
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	佢等
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	佢俚
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	佢俚
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	他兜
	Changting	佢儕們
	Wuping	佢嫩人
	Wuping (Pingyu)	佢等人, 佢兜
	Liancheng	佢大沙, 佢大儕
	Ninghua	佢等人
	Yudu	佢底
	Ruijin	佢班人, 佢班
	Shicheng	佢郎人
	Shangyou (Shexi)	佢子人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢等
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	佢等
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢等
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	厥等, 厥該兜人
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢這兜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	佢人
	Hong Kong	厥兜
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	他們
	Bobai (Shahe)	佢人
	Bobai (Longtan)	佢大家人
	Bobai (Lingping)	佢哋, 佢啲人
	Bobai (Lingjiao)	佢人, 佢兜人
	Sabah (Longchuan)	佢兜, 厥兜
	Senai (Huiyang)	厥兜
	Kuching (Hepo)	佢儕
	Singkawang	佢兜儕
Huizhou	Jixi	佢人
Jin	Taiyuan	他們
	Xinzhou	他們
	Taibus (Baochang)	他們
	Linhe	他們
	Jining	他們
	Hohhot	他們
	Baotou	他們
	Dongsheng	他們
	Haibowan	他們
Northern Min	Jian'ou	佢夥人, 佢人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	伊各儂
	Fuqing	伊各儂
	Matsu	伊各儂
	Singapore (Fuqing)	伊各儂
Southern Min	Xiamen	𪜶
	Quanzhou	𪜶
	Zhangzhou	𪜶
	Zhangpu	𪜶
	Taipei	𪜶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𪜶
	Kaohsiung	𪜶
	Yilan	𪜶
	Changhua (Lukang)	𪜶
	Taichung	𪜶
	Tainan	𪜶
	Hsinchu	𪜶
	Kinmen	𪜶
	Penghu (Magong)	𪜶
	Penang (Hokkien)	伊儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	伊儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	𪜶
	Longyan	伊儂
	Zhangping	伊儂
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	伊儂
	Datian	伊夥
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	伊儂
	Chaozhou	伊儂, 𪜶
	Shantou	伊儂, 𪜶
	Jieyang	伊儂
	Haifeng	伊儂
	Singapore (Teochew)	伊儂
	Pontianak (Teochew)	伊儂
	Leizhou	伊儂, 伊阿眾
	Wenchang	伊儂
	Haikou	伊儂
	Singapore (Hainanese)	伊儂
Puxian Min	Putian	伊輩
	Xianyou	𪜶
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	佢人
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	伊呀儂
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	伊儂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	佢哋
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	他哋
Wu	Shanghai	伊拉
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	是渠拉
	Shanghai (Chongming)	伊勒
	Suzhou	俚篤, 俉篤
	Danyang	他己
	Hangzhou	他們
	Ningbo	渠拉, 渠
	Wenzhou	渠倈
	Jinhua	渠浪
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	渠道
Xiang	Changsha	他們
	Loudi	他㑲
	Shuangfeng	他哩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彼	等
あれ Grade: S	ら Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾe̞ɾa̠]

Pronoun

彼(あれ)等(ら) • (arera) 

1. those (referring to things distant from the speaker)

See also

Japanese demonstratives

	ko- “this” (close to speaker)	so- “that” (close to listener)	a- “that over there” (far from both)	do- “which” (indeterminate, question)
Object	これ (kore)	それ (sore)	あれ (are)	どれ (dore)
	これら (korera)	それら (sorera)	あれら (arera)	—
Determiner	この (kono)	その (sono)	あの (ano)	どの (dono)
	これらの (korera no)	それらの (sorera no)	あれらの (arera no)	—
Kind	こんな (konna)	そんな (sonna)	あんな (anna)	どんな (donna)
	こういう (kō iu)	そういう (sō iu)	ああいう (ā iu)	どういう (dō iu)
Place	ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あそこ (asoko)*	どこ (doko)
	こっから (kokkara)	そっから (sokkara)	—	どっから (dokkara)
Direction / Human	こちら (kochira)	そちら (sochira)	あちら (achira)	どちら (dochira)
	こなた (konata)	そなた (sonata)	あなた (anata)	どなた (donata)
Direction	こっち (kotchi)	そっち (sotchi)	あっち (atchi)	どっち (dotchi)
Human	こいつ (koitsu)	そいつ (soitsu)	あいつ (aitsu)	どいつ (doitsu)
Manner	こう (kō)	そう (sō)	ああ (ā)**	どう (dō)
Degree	これくらい (kore kurai)	それくらい (sore kurai)	あれくらい (are kurai)	どれくらい (dore kurai)
	これだけ (kore dake)	それだけ (sore dake)	あれだけ (are dake)	どれだけ (dore dake)
	これほど (kore hodo)	それほど (sore hodo)	あれほど (are hodo)	どれほど (dore hodo)
* irregular ** regular (long vowel)

The kanji 此(こ) (ko), 其(そ) (so), 彼(あ) (a), and 何(ど) (do) can be used for determiners, but they are almost always spelled in hiragana.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
彼	等
かれ Grade: S	ら Grade: 3
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 彼等 – see the following entry.

【彼かれら】 [pronoun] (literary) they

(This term, 彼等, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)