blakeus12 [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net to Learn the Chinese language@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · edit-27 months agoApologies for the overly specific question, but what is the proper way to refer to enby people in mandarin?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareApologies for the overly specific question, but what is the proper way to refer to enby people in mandarin?blakeus12 [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net to Learn the Chinese language@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
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?
minus-squareThe Free Penguin@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoI saw someone using 佢 for the neutral 3rd-person pronoun. It comes from Canto, where it is used regardless of gender. In a colloquial situation, Chinese netizens often just write “ta”
minus-squareblakeus12 [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 months agowrite out the letters t and a? also for 佢，would they still use ta for speaking? or use qu as the spoken word as well?
minus-squareThe Free Penguin@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months ago ye IDK, prolly the former
minus-squareblakeus12 [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agothank you!
I saw someone using 佢 for the neutral 3rd-person pronoun. It comes from Canto, where it is used regardless of gender.
In a colloquial situation, Chinese netizens often just write “ta”
write out the letters t and a?
also for 佢，would they still use ta for speaking? or use qu as the spoken word as well?
ye
IDK, prolly the former
thank you!