Pronouns are the quiet fixers of everyday Traditional Chinese – they keep your sentences from sounding like a broken record of repeated names and objects. Without them, you’re stuck saying ‘Ming went to Ming’s house’ instead of ‘He went to his house,’ and life’s too short for that. This reference rounds up around 71 of the most practical pronouns you’ll actually need, whether you’re texting a friend, chatting about your day, or just trying to sound less like a walking dictionary.
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| Pronoun | Pinyin | Type | Meaning | Example Pinyin | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 多少 | duōshǎo | interrogative pronoun | how much / how many | ||
| 大家 | dàjiā | Indefinite Pronoun | everyone | dàjiā hǎo | |
| 她 | tā | personal pronoun | she / her | tā hěn lèi | |
| 她們 | tā men | personal pronoun (female plural) | they (female) | ||
| 她的 | tā de | possessive pronoun | her / hers | ||
| 它 | tā | Personal Pronoun | it | tā hěn dà | |
| 它們 | tā men | Personal Pronoun | they (inanimate) | tā men | |
| 它的 | tā de | possessive pronoun (neuter) | its | ||
| 幾 | jǐ | interrogative pronoun | how many; several | ||
| 彼此 | bǐ cǐ | reciprocal pronoun | each other | bǐ cǐ bāngzhù | |
| 後者 | hòu zhě | Demonstrative Pronoun | the latter | ||
| 怎麼 | zěn me | Interrogative Pronoun | how | zěn me | |
| 您 | nín | personal pronoun | you (polite) | nín hǎo | |
| 我 | wǒ | personal pronoun | I / me | wǒ hěn hǎo | |
| 我們 | wǒmen | personal pronoun | we / us | wǒmen dōu hěn kuàilè | |
| 我們的 | wǒ men de | possessive pronoun | our, ours | wǒ men de jiā | |
| 我的 | wǒ de | Possessive | my, mine | zhè shì wǒ de | |
| 我自己 | wǒ zì jǐ | reflexive pronoun | myself | wǒ zì jǐ lái | |
| 有些 | yǒuxiē | indefinite pronoun | some (existential) | ||
| 有人 | yǒurén | Indefinite | someone, somebody | yǒurén lái le | |
| 有的 | yǒu de | Indefinite Pronoun | some | yǒu de | |
| 本人 | běnrén | personal pronoun (formal) | oneself (formal) | ||
| 本身 | běn shēn | reflexive pronoun | itself; oneself | ||
| 某 | mǒu | indefinite pronoun | some, a certain (indefinite) | Mǒu rén gàosu wǒ le. | |
| 某些 | mǒuxiē | indefinite pronoun | some (plural) |
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