# 彼等
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǐděng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^2$ dang$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǐděng [Phonetic: bíděng]
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǐděng
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^3$-têng$^3$
*** Yale: bǐ-děng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biideeng
*** Palladius: бидэн (bidɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^2$ dang$^2$
*** Yale: béi dáng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^2$ dang$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^2$ deng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³⁵ tɐŋ³⁵/

### Pronoun

彼等
* (archaic) they

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 彼, 之, 其, 渠等 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 他們 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 他們, 他這夥 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 他這些兒, 他乜些兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 他們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 伢都, 他底, 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 他的, 他們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 他們, 家們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 他們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 他們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 他們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 那們, 他們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 他們, 他家們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Xiakuojie) | 他哋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 他們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 他們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 他們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 他恁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 他們 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 佢哋, 佢人 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 佢俚 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 佢啲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 佢班人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 佢俚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 佢人 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 呢人 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 佢哋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 佢們, 佢個裡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 佢多 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 他俚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 佢等人 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 佢兜人 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 佢大家 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 厥兜人 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 厥兜 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 厥兜 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 厥哋 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 佢等 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 佢等 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 佢俚 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 佢俚 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 佢俚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 他兜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 佢兜儕, 佢兜人 |
| Hakka | Changting | 佢儕們 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 佢嫩人 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 佢嫩人 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 佢等人, 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 佢大沙, 佢大儕 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 佢等人, 佢多人 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 佢底 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 佢班人, 佢班 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 佢郎人 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 佢子人 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 佢人 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 佢們 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢等 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 佢等 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢等 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 厥等, 厥該兜人 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢這兜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 佢人 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 厥兜, 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 厥兜 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 佢俚 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 他們 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 佢人 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 佢大家人 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 佢哋, 佢啲人 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingjiao) | 佢人, 佢兜人 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 佢兜, 厥兜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 厥兜 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 佢儕 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 佢儕, 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 佢兜儕 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 佢人 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 他們 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 他們 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 他們 |
| Jin | Linhe | 他們 |
| Jin | Jining | 他們 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 他們 |
| Jin | Baotou | 他們 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 他們 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 他們 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 佢夥人, 佢人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 伊各儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 伊各儂 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 伊各儂 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 伊各儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 伊夥 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 伊儂, 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 伊儂, 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 伊儂, 伊阿眾 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 伊儂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 伊輩 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 𪜶 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 佢人 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 伊呀儂 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 佢哋 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 他哋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 伊拉 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 是渠拉 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 伊勒 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 俚篤, 俉篤 |
| Wu | Danyang | 他己 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 他們 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 渠拉, 渠 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 渠倈 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 渠浪 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 渠道 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 他們 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 他㑲 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 他哩 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 彼 | 等 |
| あれ Grade: S | ら Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a̠ɾe̞ɾa̠]

#### Pronoun

彼(あれ)等(ら) • (arera)
* those (referring to things distant from the speaker)

#### See also

| | ko- “this” (close to speaker) | so- “that” (close to listener) | a- “that over there” (far from both) | do- “which” (indeterminate, question) |
| Object | これ (kore) | それ (sore) | あれ (are) | どれ (dore) |
| Object | これら (korera) | それら (sorera) | あれら (arera) | — |
| Determiner | この (kono) | その (sono) | あの (ano) | どの (dono) |
| Determiner | これらの (korera no) | それらの (sorera no) | あれらの (arera no) | — |
| Kind | こんな (konna) | そんな (sonna) | あんな (anna) | どんな (donna) |
| Kind | こういう (kō iu) | そういう (sō iu) | ああいう (ā iu) | どういう (dō iu) |
| Place | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あそこ (asoko)* | どこ (doko) |
| Place | こっから (kokkara) | そっから (sokkara) | — | どっから (dokkara) |
| Direction / Human | こちら (kochira) | そちら (sochira) | あちら (achira) | どちら (dochira) |
| Direction / Human | こなた (konata) | そなた (sonata) | あなた (anata) | どなた (donata) |
| Direction | こっち (kotchi) | そっち (sotchi) | あっち (atchi) | どっち (dotchi) |
| Human | こいつ (koitsu)$^†$ | そいつ (soitsu)$^†$ | あいつ (aitsu)$^†$ | どいつ (doitsu)$^†$ |
| Manner | こう (kō) | そう (sō) | ああ (ā)** | どう (dō) |
| Degree | これくらい (kore kurai) | それくらい (sore kurai) | あれくらい (are kurai) | どれくらい (dore kurai) |
| Degree | これだけ (kore dake) | それだけ (sore dake) | あれだけ (are dake) | どれだけ (dore dake) |
| Degree | これほど (kore hodo) | それほど (sore hodo) | あれほど (are hodo) | どれほど (dore hodo) |
| * irregular ** regular (long vowel) † potentially rude or derogatory |||||

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 彼 | 等 |
| かれ Grade: S | ら Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 彼等 – see the following entry. :
| 【彼かれら】 | [pronoun] (literary) they |
(This term, 彼等, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :