Meaning
his; her; its; theirs; that; such
Chinese: 他、它或其中的。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qi” becomes a different word in each tone. 其 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 其他qí tāother; (sth or sb) else; the rest
- 其中qí zhōngamong; in; included among these
- 其实qí shíactually; in fact; really
- 其次qí cìnext; secondly
- 尤其yóu qíespecially; particularly
Example Sentence
他对其他同学很友好。Tā duì qí tā tóng xué hěn yǒu hǎo.He is friendly to the other classmates.
他Tāhe对duìtoward其他qí tāother同学tóng xuéto study at the same schoo很hěnvery友好yǒu hǎofriendly。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Originally a pictograph of a winnowing basket (the sense now written 箕). Borrowed for the pronoun ‘his/her/its, their; that’ (其中, 其他).
A way to remember it
Once a basket; now ‘its / that’ (其中 among them).