这项 (zhè xiàng) — this (formal item, project, policy, task)

Definition

Pronoun meaning 'this (item, project, task, policy)' — used in formal or written contexts to single out one item among several. Distinct from 这个, which is the everyday all-purpose 'this one'.

pronoun
this (formal item, project, policy, task)

Examples

  • 这项。
    zhè xiàng Zhèng cè duì dà jiā dōu yǒu hǎo chù.
    This policy benefits everyone.
  • 这项。
    zhè xiàng Gōng zuò de nán dù hěn dà.
    The difficulty of this work is very high.
  • 这项。
    zhè xiàng Rèn wu xū yào sān tiān wán chéng.
    This task needs to be completed in three days.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 這; 这 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
言
言yán這zhè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 這, 辶 (walk) combines with 言 for the sound. The character first meant “to meet” and was later used for “this”.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 項; 项 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
工
工gōng項xiàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 項 combines 工 as a sound part with 頁, meaning head; the simplified 项 is a later shorthand.

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