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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 某個 | mǒu ge | indefinite pronoun | some, a certain | mǒu gè rén | |
| 每個人 | měi ge rén | indefinite pronoun | everyone, each person | měi gè rén dōu | |
| 沒有人 | méi yǒu rén | indefinite pronoun | nobody, no one | méi yǒu rén zài jiā | |
| 牠 | tā | Personal Pronoun | it (for animals) | tā | |
| 牠們 | tā men | Personal Pronoun | they (animals) | tā men | |
| 祂 | tā | Personal Pronoun | He/She (for deities) | tā | |
| 自己 | zìjǐ | Reflexive | oneself | wǒ zìjǐ lái | |
| 該 | gāi | Demonstrative Pronoun | this, that (said, aforementioned) | ||
| 誰 | shéi | Interrogative | who | tā shì shéi | |
| 諸位 | zhū wèi | personal pronoun (polite) | everyone (formal) | ||
| 這 | zhè | Demonstrative Pronoun | this | zhè shì wǒ de | |
| 這些 | zhè xiē | demonstrative pronoun | these | zhè xiē shū | |
| 這位 | zhè wèi | demonstrative pronoun | this person, this (polite) | ||
| 這個 | zhège | Demonstrative | this | zhège hěn hǎo | |
| 這裡 | zhè lǐ | Demonstrative Pronoun (Place) | here | ||
| 那 | nà | Demonstrative Pronoun | that | nà bù hǎo | |
| 那些 | nà xiē | demonstrative pronoun | those | nà xiē rén | |
| 那位 | nà wèi | demonstrative pronoun | that person, that (polite) | ||
| 那個 | nàge | demonstrative pronoun | that | nàge dōngxi hěn guì | |
| 那裡 | nà lǐ | Demonstrative Pronoun (Place) | there | ||
| 雙方 | shuāng fāng | pronoun | both sides |
