Basic Rules of Hanyu Pinyin – Pronouns
- Men indicates the plural and is linked with the noun in front of it. For example:
- wǒmen (we/us), 我们
- tāmen (they/them) 他们
- Demonstrative pronouns zhè, nà and the interrogative demonstrative pronoun nǎ are separated from the nouns that follow them.
- zhè (ge) rén (this person), 这个人
- zhè zhī chuán (this boat), 这只船
- nǎ zhāng bàozhǐ (which newspaper?) 哪张报纸？
zhè, nà, nǎ are linked with xiē, me, yàng, bān, lǐ, biān, huǐr, ge
- zhèxiē (these), 这些
- zhège (this one), 这个
- nàyàng (that way/then), 那样
- zhèhuǐr (at this moment) 这会儿
- Gè, měi, mǒu, běn, gāi, wǒ, nǐ, and so forth are separated from the nouns or measure words that follow them. For example:
- gè guó (each country), 各国
- gè gè (each, every), 各个
- měi nián (every year), 每年
- gāi gōngsī (this/that company) 该公司
