佢

qú
pronoun

Meanings

  1. 1 he; she; it (Cantonese third-person pronoun)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yuèyǔ de " keoi⁵ " jiùshì pǔtōnghuà de " tā ".
Cantonese 佢 is Mandarin 他, 'he'.
HSK 7-9
Yuèyǔ lǐ, keoi⁵ dei⁶ shì " tāmen " de yìsi.
In Cantonese, 佢哋 means 'they'.

Tips

register
A Cantonese word, not Mandarin. It is the everyday third-person pronoun in Guangdong and Hong Kong speech - the rough equivalent of Mandarin 他 / 她 / 它. Add 哋 (dei⁶) to make it plural ('they'). The Mandarin reading qú is rarely heard; in Cantonese it is keoi⁵.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person (left-side form of 人)
The person radical, side form of 人. It marks this as a word about a human - appropriate for a personal pronoun referring to someone.
phonetic
巨 jù
huge; giant
Supplies the shape and a loose sound link. Standalone 巨 means 'huge'; here it carries no meaning, only serving as the writable body the Cantonese pronoun was built on.

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Stroke Order

佢 qú