🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

这些

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhèxiē

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
These/ðiːz/
pronoundeterminerCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #300 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这些是我最喜欢的鞋子。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As pronoun
  1. 1

    Used to refer to specific items or people that are close in distance or time.

    "These are my favorite shoes."
As determiner
  1. 1

    Used to specify a particular group of items or people.

    "These apples are fresh."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'these' originates from Old English 'þis', which evolved from Proto-Germanic '*þizai', a demonstrative pronoun used to indicate specific items or people. Over time, it has maintained its function as a demonstrative, referring to plural nouns that are near in distance or time.

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