HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Pronouns

这些 zhèxiē “these” in Chinese

Traditional 這些

What 这些 means

  1. these

How to say 这些

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale这zhè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale些xiē1st tone, high and level

这些 in a sentence

  1. 我认识这些学生。

    Wǒ rènshi zhèxiē xuésheng.

    I know these students.

    Sentence #3537985 from Tatoeba

  2. 这些是我的铅笔。

    Zhèxiē shì wǒ de qiānbǐ.

    These are my pencils.

    Sentence #2779416 from Tatoeba

  3. 这些是你从哪里买的？

    Zhèxiē shì nǐ cóng nǎlǐ mǎi de?

    Where did you buy these?

    Sentence #11768312 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 这些 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.

The character 些 (xiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or
  • 此this · cǐSound part
  • 二two · èrMeaning part

二 hints at the meaning (two); 此 (cǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiē.

Memory aidThis 此 (cǐ) gives the sound; two 二 underneath suggests more than one: some, a few.

How to write 这些

这 7 strokes · 些 8 strokes

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

Words related to 这些

Words with 这

这zhè · this这儿zhèr · here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

Words with 些

些xiē · some哪些nǎxiē · which ones?那些nàxiē · those有些yǒuxiē · some一些yīxiē · some

More words: People, Body & Health

它们tāmen · they (for inanimate objects)她们tāmen · they有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)有些yǒuxiē · some那个nàge · that one这个zhège · this one看病kànbìng · to visit a doctor服务员fúwùyuán · waiter

FAQs

这些 (zhèxiē) means “these”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it zhèxiē: zhè with a 4th tone, then xiē with a 1st 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, 这些 is written 這些. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhexie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 这些 from the suggestions. Typing zhexie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
这些 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older 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.