彼等
Chinese
| that; those; (one) another) | class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (彼等) | 彼 | 等 | |
| simp. #(彼等) | 彼 | 等 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bǐděng [Phonetic: bíděng]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄥˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǐděng
- Wade–Giles: pi3-têng3
- Yale: bǐ-děng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biideeng
- Palladius: бидэн (bidɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bei2 dang2
- Yale: béi dáng
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei2 dang2
- Guangdong Romanization: béi2 deng2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pei̯³⁵ tɐŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Pronoun
彼等
- (archaic) they
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 他們 (“they”) [map]
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 彼 | 等 |
| あれ Grade: S |
ら Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a̠ɾe̞ɾa̠]
Pronoun
彼等 • (arera)
- those (referring to things distant from the speaker)
See also
| ko- “this” (close to speaker) |
so- “that” (close to listener) |
a- “that over there” (far from both) |
do- “which” (indeterminate, question) | |
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| Object | これ (kore) | それ (sore) | あれ (are) | どれ (dore) |
| これら (korera) | それら (sorera) | あれら (arera) | — | |
| Determiner | この (kono) | その (sono) | あの (ano) | どの (dono) |
| これらの (korera no) | それらの (sorera no) | あれらの (arera no) | — | |
| Kind | こんな (konna) | そんな (sonna) | あんな (anna) | どんな (donna) |
| こういう (kō iu) | そういう (sō iu) | ああいう (ā iu) | どういう (dō iu) | |
| Place | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あそこ (asoko)* | どこ (doko) |
| こっから (kokkara) | そっから (sokkara) | — | どっから (dokkara) | |
| Direction / Human | こちら (kochira) | そちら (sochira) | あちら (achira) | どちら (dochira) |
| こなた (konata) | そなた (sonata) | あなた (anata) | どなた (donata) | |
| Direction | こっち (kotchi) | そっち (sotchi) | あっち (atchi) | どっち (dotchi) |
| Human | こいつ (koitsu)† | そいつ (soitsu)† | あいつ (aitsu)† | どいつ (doitsu)† |
| Manner | こう (kō) | そう (sō) | ああ (ā)** | どう (dō) |
| Degree | これくらい (kore kurai) | それくらい (sore kurai) | あれくらい (are kurai) | どれくらい (dore kurai) |
| これだけ (kore dake) | それだけ (sore dake) | あれだけ (are dake) | どれだけ (dore dake) | |
| これほど (kore hodo) | それほど (sore hodo) | あれほど (are hodo) | どれほど (dore hodo) |
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 彼 | 等 |
| かれ Grade: S |
ら Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 彼等 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 彼等, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |