他們 ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙

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jid...@jidanni.org

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May 10, 2008, 7:31:23 PM5/10/08
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$ perl -ln011we 'print if /^...們\s.*ㄊㄚ/' /usr/share/libchewing3/chewing/dict.dat
它們 2136 ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙
她們 1835 ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙
牠們 889 ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙
他們 23296 ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣˊ

Why doesn't 他們 have the same pronunciation as the others?
If the number means ranking, please make sure 他們 is the first
choice.

P.S., 感謝 Wiz Chen 解決我一切漢語拼音問題。欲設渠為首頁:-)

shelandy

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May 10, 2008, 8:25:10 PM5/10/08
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Good question.
1. For the same word, there will be different pronunciations, depending
on the location and context. I was wondering there should a entry

他們 for the sound ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙


2. I think there is no infection in Chinese, we add extra words when
they are needed to modify context.
The original meaning of 她 is the mother or the sister.
When people tried to translate "she" to Chinese, they created the new
meaning of 她.
們 is the plural for people. So people create a new word 她們, which
resembles to "Elles" in French.
Ironically, I do not think there is such a word in English.

I personally almost never use 她 or 她們 . I think that's not
necessary. since 他 is the singular 3rd person and Chinese does not
emphasize gender in default. But that is only my personal opinion. I
only use 她 when the other expect me to use it.

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