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其

qí

Traditional: 其

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Translation

his, her, its, their; that (literary; in 其他, 其实, 其中)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 其

其

Examples

。

Actually, I don't know either.

口kǒu味wèi。

I like the other flavours.

。

One of them is my friend.

丰fēng富fù。

Its contents are very rich.

。

Among them is one problem.

其 (qí) is a literary third-person pronoun meaning his, her, its, or their. In modern Mandarin it mainly survives in fixed compounds like 其他 (other), 其实 (actually), and 其中 (among them).

Related words

其实

actually, in fact, as a matter of fact

其他

other, the rest, else

其他人

other people, the others

其中

among them, in it, of which

Appears in 4 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 其.

其他qí tāother, the rest, else其实qí shíactually, in fact, as a matter of fact其中qí zhōngamong them, in it, of which其他人qí tā rénother people, the others

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