I am aware that 他 and 她 are pronounced the same, but written it is an issue. Is 他们 or 她们 appropriate at all?

  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    Taiwanese doesn’t exist as a language, it is just traditional Mandarin Chinese, as the CPC modernized, refined, and greatly simplified Mandarin. The things you are pointing out essentially arise from attempting to add even more complexity into a very antiquated and complex writing system.

    • GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      Oh for sure, I just had no idea what to call the character set with the addition complexity Taiwanese people tried to add lmao