义项
称人以外的事物
The third-person pronoun for anything that is not a person — an object or an animal. It is pronounced exactly like 他 and 她; only the written form differs.
pronoun
例句
- 这是我的猫，它叫小白。這是我的貓，它叫小白。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) māo, (first tone, high and level) tā (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling) Xiǎobái. (third tone, dipping)···
This is my cat; her name is Xiaobai.
- 这本书很好，我很喜欢它。這本書很好，我很喜歡它。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) běn (third tone, dipping) shū (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) hǎo, (third tone, dipping) wǒ (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) tā. (first tone, high and level)···
This book is very good — I like it a lot.
常见错误
不太对我买了它。
正确我买了。
Chinese usually leaves out the object pronoun for things once the topic is clear. Saying 它 in every sentence, as English says "it", sounds laboured.