人称 (rén chēng) — grammatical person (first, second, third person); appellation, name by which someone is known
Definition
In Chinese, 人称 covers two distinct senses: in grammar, it means 'grammatical person' (the person system, with pronouns like 我, 你, 他 as examples — that's also how it's used in the common compound 人称代词).
noun
grammatical person (first, second, third person)appellationname by which someone is known
Examples
- 人称“”“”“”。Hàn yǔ zhōng de rén chēng dài cí yǒu "wǒ" "nǐ" "tā" děng.Personal pronouns in Chinese include 'I', 'you', and 'he' etc.
- 人称——“”。Zhè wèi lǎo rén yǒu gè yǒu qù de rén chēng —— "lǎo wán tóng".This old man has an interesting nickname — 'old rascal'.
- ，人称“you”。Zài yīng yǔ zhōng, dì èr rén chēng dài cí zhǐ yǒu "you" zhè yí gè xíng shì.In English, the second-person pronoun only has the form 'you'.
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