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其

qí
pronoun HSK 5 #982

Meanings

  1. 1 his; her; its; their
  2. 2 that; such
  3. 3 (literary possessive/demonstrative)

Examples

其实我不知道。
Qíshí wǒ bù zhīdào.
Actually, I don't know.
其他人呢？
Qítā rén ne?
What about the other people?
尤其是中国菜。
Yóuqí shì Zhōngguó cài.
Especially Chinese food.

Tips

usage
其 is literary but very common in set phrases: 其实 (actually), 其他 (other), 其中 (among them), 尤其 (especially), 其次 (secondly). It functions as a possessive pronoun in classical Chinese, equivalent to 他的/她的/它的.

Stroke Order

其 qí