HSK 1 · Pronouns

这 zhè “this” in Chinese

Traditional 這

What 这 means

  1. this
  2. (pronoun) this
  3. these
  4. (bound form) this
  5. the (followed by a noun)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • these (followed by a classifier)

How to say 这

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale这zhè4th tone, falling

这 in a sentence

  1. 这是我最喜欢的颜色。

    Zhè shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de yánsè.

    This is my favourite colour.

    Sentence #11235967 from Tatoeba

  2. 你知道这是谁的字吗？

    Nǐ zhīdao zhè shì shéi de zì ma?

    Do you know whose handwriting this is?

    Sentence #4887572 from Tatoeba

How 这 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 这 (zhè) with each of its parts in a different colour
这zhèthis; these
  • 文script · wén
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò

Memory aidPicture walking 辶 up to the writing 文 right in front of you: this.

How to write 这

这 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

这 (zhè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 这 (zhè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 这

Words with 这

这儿zhèr · here这些zhèxiē · these这个zhège · this one这边zhèbiān · this side这里zhèlǐ · here这么zhème · so much这样zhèyàng · this kind of

More words: Pronouns

你nǐ · you他tā · he她tā · she我们wǒmen · we那nà · that您nín · you (polite)它tā · it每měi · every

FAQs

这 (zhè) means “this” or “(pronoun) this”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it zhè: zhè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 这 is written 這. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 这 from the suggestions. Typing zhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
这 is an HSK 1 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.