Chinese

		instructions; directions; guide	pronoun
trad. (指示代名詞)		指示	代名詞
simp. (指示代名词)		指示	代名词

Noun

指示代名詞

1. (grammar) Synonym of 指示代詞／指示代词 (zhǐshì dàicí, “demonstrative pronoun”).

Japanese

Etymology

From 指示 (しじ) ‎(shiji, “demonstrative”): + 代名詞 (だいめいし) ‎(daimeishi, “pronoun”).

Noun

指示代名詞 ‎(hiragana しじだいめいし, romaji shiji daimeishi)

1. (grammar) demonstrative pronoun

See also

• あれ ‎(are): (pronoun) that (Mostly in Japanese, the thing is far from the speaker physically)
• これ ‎(kore): (pronoun) this (Mostly in Japanese, the thing is near to the speaker physically)
• それ ‎(sore): (pronoun) it, that (Mostly in Japanese, the thing is pointed by a gesture or the previous sentences)
• どれ ‎(dore): (pronoun) which one