Vocabulary - Pronouns

Before we form a sentence, it is important to know the pronouns first.

Here are some important pronouns in Chinese language.

I/You/He/She/It

	I, me	我	wŏ
	You	你	nĭ
	You (female)	妳	nĭ
	You (polite)	您	nín
	He, him	他	tā
	She, her	她	tā
	It	它	tā
	We, us	我们	wŏ men
	You all	你们	nĭ men
	They, them	他们	tā men

Note that in Chinese, the written form of “you”, "he/she" and "him/her" is slightly different between male and female. However, their pronunciation is the same.

Actually in written form, you can write a female as “你，他”or “妳，她”, but you cannot write a male as “妳，她”. Practically the word “你，他”are commonly used even when we are referring to female.

Why male can't use “妳，她”? It is because these words' radical “女” means "female".

So now you have learnt the Chinese word of "female". Lets learn the word "male" as well.

	female	女	nǚ
	male	男	nán

This/These/That/Those

	this, these	这	zhè
	that, those	那	nà

Note that both singular/plural (this/these or that/those) are the same in Chinese.