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佢哋

佢哋

Chinese

he (dialectal) plural particle
simp. and trad.
(佢哋)

Pronoun

佢哋

  1. (Cantonese, vernacular) they, them
    佢哋學生 / 佢哋学生 [Guangzhou Cantonese]   Keoi5 dei6 hai6 hok6 saang1. [Jyutping]   They are students.
    唔好老鼠佢哋污糟邋遢 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    M4 hou2 mo2 di1 lou5 syu2 laa1, keoi5 dei6 gam3 wu1 zou1 laat6 taat3. [Jyutping]
    Don't touch the rats; they are so dirty.

Usage notes

Use of this word is limited to the Guangfu dialects of Cantonese, notably the Guangzhou, Foshan and Hong Kong dialects. It is not used in most other Cantonese dialects, including the nearby Siyi dialect. For example, the Taishanese word for "they" is 𠊬 (/kʰiak̚²¹/).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 他們 (“they”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 他們
Mandarin Beijing 他們
Taiwan 他們
Harbin 他們
Jinan 他們、他這伙
Muping 他這些兒、他乜些兒
Luoyang 他們
Wanrong 伢都、他底、
Xi'an 他的、他們
Xining 他們、家們
Xuzhou 他們
Yinchuan 他們
Ürümqi 他們、㑚們
Wuhan 他們、他家們
Chengdu 他們
Guiyang 他們
Liuzhou 他們
Yangzhou 他們
Nanjing 他們
Hefei 他們
Nantong 他恁
Malaysia 他們
Singapore 他們
Cantonese Guangzhou 佢哋
Hong Kong 佢哋
Dongguan 佢哋
Taishan 𠊬
Yangjiang 𠊬
Gan Nanchang 佢們、佢個裡
Lichuan 佢多
Pingxiang 他俚
Hakka Meixian 佢等人
Xingning 佢兜人
Huidong (Huizhou) 厥兜人
Qujiang 佢俚
Xiaosanjiang 佢俚
Changting 佢儕們
Pingyu 佢等人、佢兜
Wuping 佢嫩人
Liancheng 佢大沙、佢大儕
Ninghua 佢等人
Yudu 佢底
Ruijin 佢班人、佢班
Shicheng 佢郎人
Shangyou 佢子人
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 佢等、佢兜、佢兜人、佢兜儕
Liudui (S. Sixian) 佢等
Hsinchu (Hailu) 佢等、佢兜、佢兜人、佢兜儕
Dongshi (Dabu) 厥等、厥該兜人
Zhuolan (Raoping) 佢兜、佢兜人、佢兜儕、佢這兜
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 佢人
Hui Jixi 佢人
Jin Taiyuan 他們
Xinzhou 他們
Min Bei Jian'ou 佢伙人、佢人
Min Dong Fuzhou 伊各儂
Min Nan Quanzhou 𪜶
Xiamen 𪜶
Zhangzhou 𪜶
Taipei 𪜶
Kaohsiung 𪜶
Tainan 𪜶
Taichung 𪜶
Yilan 𪜶
Lukang 𪜶
Sanxia 𪜶
Kinmen 𪜶
Magong 𪜶
Hsinchu 𪜶
Malaysia 伊人
Singapore 伊人
Chaozhou 伊人
Shantou 伊人
Haikou 伊人
Leizhou 伊人、伊阿眾
Pinghua Nanning 佢哋
Wu Shanghai 伊拉
Suzhou 俚篤、唔篤
Hangzhou 他們
Wenzhou 渠倈
Chongming 伊勒
Danyang 他己
Jinhua 渠浪
Tangxi 渠道
Ningbo 渠拉、
Xiang Changsha 他們
Shuangfeng 他哩
Loudi 他㑲