这 zhè this
怎么记住“这”: 辶 walking + 文 culture = this. On a walking tour deep into a foreign culture, the hungry traveller points at the menu and says "I'll have this!"
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 辵 + 言
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
这 = 辶 walking + 文 culture
- 辶 walking meaning
- 文 culture shape only
On a walking tour deep into a foreign culture, the hungry traveller points at the menu and says "I'll have this!"
How it came to be
The full form joins walking for the meaning and words for the sound; it first meant to meet and came to mean this through a slip in handwriting.
用法
- Points at what's near: 这个 (zhège) this one, 这里 / 这儿 (zhèlǐ / zhèr) here.
- Pairs against 那 (nà, that/there) as the near-vs-far demonstrative set: 这个还是那个? this one or that one?
- In fast speech often said zhèi, especially before a measure word: 这本书 (zhèi běn shū) this book.
含“这”的词语
例句
- 这是我家。 Zhè shì wǒ jiā.This is my house.
- 这道菜很好吃。 Zhè dào cài hěn hǎochī.This dish is delicious.
- 这件衣服怎么样？ Zhè jiàn yīfu zěnmeyàng?How do you like this dress?
- 我不知道这件事。 Wǒ bù zhīdào zhè jiàn shì.I didn't know about that.