這

See also: 这

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Etymology[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 辶 (“walk”) + phonetic 言

The character was originally a verb meaning "to meet", whose modern pronunciation is yàn. It was later borrowed for the proximal demonstrative "this/here", by a confusion in handwriting with 遮. 遮箇 and 遮個 are found in old texts.

Han character[edit]

這 (radical 162 辵+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜一口 (YYMR), four-corner 3030₆, composition ⿺辶言)

References[edit]

KangXi: page 1258, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38889
Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3844, character 5
Unihan data for U+9019

Chinese[edit]

		-
trad.		這
simp.		这

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhè, zhèi (zhe⁴, zhei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˋ, ㄓㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze²
Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): liá
Min Nan (POJ): che
Wu (WT Romanisation): tse (T2); tseq (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhè
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ
  - Wade-Giles: chê⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
  - (file)
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄟˋ
  - Wade-Giles: chei⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jey
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂeɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze²
  - Yale: jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³⁵/
Hakka
- Romanisations:
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liá
  - IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /li̯a³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che
  - Tâi-lô: tse
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se³⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - WT Romanisation: tse (T2); tseq (T4)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sᴇ³⁴/, /t͡səʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (這, reconstructed)
Character (這), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 魚變切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋiᴇn^H/	/ŋi̯ɛn^H/	/ŋiɛn^H/	/ŋiɛn^H/	/ŋian^H/	/ŋĭɛn^H/	/ŋjæn^H/

Old Chinese pronunciation (這, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	No.	Phonetic component	Rime group	Rime subdivision	Corresponding MC rime	Old Chinese	Notes
這	14270	言	元	1	彥	/*ŋrans/	今表近指另爲適（之石切）省文

Definitions[edit]

(Beginning Mandarin) this, these

這不是你的書，這是我的書。 [MSC, trad.]

这不是你的书，这是我的书。 [MSC, simp.]

Zhè bù shì nǐ de shū, zhè shì wǒ de shū. [Pinyin]

This is not your book, it's mine.

這個就很好，就買這個吧。 [MSC, trad.]

这个就很好，就买这个吧。 [MSC, simp.]

Zhè ge jiù hěn hǎo, jiù mǎi zhè ge ba. [Pinyin]

This is really good. Buy this one.
- Dàshuǐ Guòhòu (After the Flood)
  
  這是一個老故事。 [MSC, trad.]
  
  这是一个老故事。 [MSC, simp.]
  
  Zhè shì yī ge lǎo gùshì. [Pinyin]
  
  This is an old story.
看這本書。 [MSC, trad.]

看这本书。 [MSC, simp.]

Kàn zhè běn shū. [Pinyin]

Read this book.