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title: "Chinese pronouns: 43 Everyday Pronouns by Kind, With Pinyin and Audio"
description: "43 everyday Chinese pronouns by kind (personal pronouns, this and that, question words, each and some), each with pinyin, meaning and sound, and where they go in a sentence. Keep them in one press or print them as flashcards."
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Free · 43 pronouns

# Chinese pronouns

Personal pronouns, this and that, and the question words, most common first.

[Print as flashcards](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-flashcards?level=mine&words=%E6%88%91%20%E4%BD%A0%20%E4%BB%96%20%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%20%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%20%E5%A5%B9%20%E4%BB%96%E4%BB%AC%20%E5%AE%83%20%E6%82%A8%20%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6%20%E4%BD%A0%E4%BB%AC%20%E5%88%AB%E4%BA%BA%20%E5%AE%83%E4%BB%AC%20%E5%92%B1%E4%BB%AC%20%E5%A5%B9%E4%BB%AC%20%E8%BF%99%20%E9%82%A3%20%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%20%E8%BF%99%E6%A0%B7%20%E8%BF%99%E4%BA%9B%20%E8%BF%99%E4%B9%88%20%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88%20%E8%BF%99%E9%87%8C%20%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%20%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA%20%E9%82%A3%E9%87%8C%20%E9%82%A3%E6%A0%B7%20%E8%BF%99%E5%84%BF%20%E9%82%A3%E5%84%BF%20%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%20%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%20%E5%87%A0%20%E8%B0%81%20%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%20%E5%93%AA%20%E5%A4%9A%E5%B0%91%20%E5%93%AA%E9%87%8C%20%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7%20%E5%93%AA%E4%B8%AA%20%E5%93%AA%E5%84%BF%20%E6%AF%8F%20%E5%90%84%20%E6%9F%90)

## Personal pronouns

- [我wǒI; me](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%88%91)
- [你nǐyou](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BD%A0)
- [他tāhe; him](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BB%96)
- [我们wǒmenwe; us](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC)
- [自己zìjǐoneself (myself, yourself etc.)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1)
- [她tāshe; her](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A5%B9)
- [他们tāmenthey; them](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BB%96%E4%BB%AC)
- [它tāit](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%AE%83)
- [您nín(polite) you](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%82%A8)
- [大家dàjiāeveryone; everybody](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6)
- [你们nǐmenyou (plural)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BD%A0%E4%BB%AC)
- [别人biérénother people; others; someone else](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%88%AB%E4%BA%BA)
- [它们tāmenthey; them (for things or animals)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%AE%83%E4%BB%AC)
- [咱们zánmenwe; us (including the listener)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%92%B1%E4%BB%AC)
- [她们tāmenthey; them (female)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A5%B9%E4%BB%AC)

## This and that

- [这zhèthis](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%99)
- [那nàthat](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%82%A3)
- [这个zhègethis; this one](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA)
- [这样zhèyànglike this; this way](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%99%E6%A0%B7)
- [这些zhèxiēthese](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%99%E4%BA%9B)
- [这么zhèmeso; such; this way; like this](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%99%E4%B9%88)
- [那么nàmeso; like that; that way](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88)
- [这里zhèlǐhere; this place](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%99%E9%87%8C)
- [那些nàxiēthose](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B)
- [那个nàgethat; that one](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA)
- [那里nàlǐthere; that place](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%82%A3%E9%87%8C)
- [那样nàyàngthat way; like that; such](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%82%A3%E6%A0%B7)
- [这儿zhèrhere](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%99%E5%84%BF)
- [那儿nàrthere; over there](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%82%A3%E5%84%BF)

## Question words

- [什么shénmewhat](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88)
- [怎么zěnmehow](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88)
- [几jǐhow many; how much](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%87%A0)
- [谁shéiwho](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%B0%81)
- [为什么wèishénmewhy; for what reason](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88)
- [哪nǎwhich](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%93%AA)
- [多少duōshaohow many; how much](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%9A%E5%B0%91)
- [哪里nǎlǐwhere](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%93%AA%E9%87%8C)
- [怎么样zěnmeyànghow; how about](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7)
- [哪个nǎgewhich; which one](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%93%AA%E4%B8%AA)
- [哪儿nǎrwhere](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%93%AA%E5%84%BF)

## Each and some

- [每měieach; every](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%AF%8F)
- [各gèeach; every; all](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%90%84)
- [某mǒusome; a certain (as in 某人, 某天)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9F%90)

## Do Chinese pronouns change for he, she and it?

Not in speech: he, she and it are all tā. Only the writing differs: 他 (he), 她 (she) and 它 (it). Add 们 for the plural (我们, we), and 的 for the possessive (我的, my), though close family and home drop it: 我妈妈 (my mum). 我 is both “I” and “me”.

## What is the difference between 我们 and 咱们?

咱们 (zánmen) always includes the person you are talking to: “you and me”. 我们 (wǒmen) can leave them out. 咱们 is more common in the north and in speech.

## How do question words work in Chinese?

A question word sits where the answer will go, and the sentence keeps its order: 你去哪儿？(nǐ qù nǎr, where are you going?) is answered 我去北京 (I’m going to Beijing). A question with a question word takes no 吗.

## More words

- [Chinese particles](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-particles)
- [Chinese conjunctions](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-conjunctions)
- [Family members in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-family-members)

Ordered by our own count of Chinese web text (FineWeb-2, ODC-By). Meanings from our own dictionary.