| 其 | 243C10 20.80 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄑㄧˊ [qi2] (-*ㄐㄧ [ji1] ). | ||
| Fin. part. | ([ji0]) (AC) interrogative particle: 夜如何其，夜未央 How is the night? It is not dawn yet. | |||||
| Pron. | (1) (Possessive pron.) his, her, its, their: 其子 his son; 其貌不揚 his face is ugly; 其心可誅 his motive is execrable; 不得其門而入 could not find its entrance or proper approach. (2) In Chinese sentence construction: (a) the use of 其 as “its” often follows a n. clause, which describes the antecedent first: 鳥之將死; 其鳴也哀 when a bird is dying, its cry is pitiful; 周雖舊邦，其命維新 although Chou is an old country, its destiny (mandate) is new; (b) “its” is used often to denote place or time: 其先 in the beginning; 其前 in front of it; 其後 later, or behind. (3) That: 其何以堪 can one stand that? 其奈我何 can I be stopped by that? | |||||
| Adj. | (1) (Demonstrative) that: 其人其事 that man and that business; 其父其子 a chip off the old block. (2) (AC) 其 often stands for “it is”, following directly the antecedent n.: 北風其涼 the north wind－it's cold; 雨雪其雱 it snows－and it is heavy snow. | |||||
| Adv. & Conj. | (1) (Interrogative) 其…乎 can it be …? (=豈乎…): 一之為甚，其可再乎 once is bad enough, must it happen a second time? (2) (Optative) or: 誠愛趙乎，其憎趙乎 does he really love the Jauh country, or rather doesn't he hate it? (3) (Emphatic) indeed: 然乎，不其然乎 is it so? is it not so? 才難，不其然乎 talent is rare to come by, isn't it so indeed? (4) (Imperative) in an order, like English “let”: 其以沛為朕沐邑 let Paih be designated as my resort town; 其各凜遵 let all obey this order carefully; 其毋 let not. | |||||
| Words | 1. 其間 [qi2jian1], prep. phr. & n., (relationship) in between; that interval; the inside (aspect). 2. 其中 [qi2zhong1], prep. phr. & n., among (a group); inside (a situation). 3. 其內 [qi2nei4], n. & adv. phr., inside: 車錢也在其內 (or 在內) transportation expenses included. 4. 其實 [qi2shi2], adv. phr., in reality, as a matter of fact. 5. 其他 [qi2ta1] (coll. [qi2tuo1]), phr., and others, often 及其他 and others; the other (persons, things): 其他作品 and other works. 6. 其次 [qi2ci4], n. & adv., next in importance: 費用還在其次 money expenses are a minor consideration. 7. 其外 [qi2wai4], n. & adv. phr., outside, extra (persons, things) ＝此外: 其外概不收費 but for this there are no charges. 8. 其餘 [qi2yU2], n. & adj., the remaining, the rest: 舉一以概其餘 just mention one example which serves for the rest. | |||||