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Meaning: Formal third-person possessive pronoun and lexical formative in written Chinese
本公司及其子公司均已遵守相关法规。
Běn gōngsī jí qí zǐgōngsī jūn yǐ zūnshǒu xiāngguān fǎguī.
Both this company and its subsidiaries have fully complied with relevant regulations.
在他的众多作品中,这部小说最具其代表性。
Zài tā de zhòngduō zuòpǐn zhōng, zhè bù xiǎoshuō zuì jù qí dàibiǎoxìng.
Among his numerous works, this novel is the most representative of his style.
我们参观了五个城市,其中北京给我印象最深。
Wǒmen cānguānle wǔ ge chéngshì, qízhōng Běijīng gěi wǒ yìnxiàng zuì shēn.
We visited five cities, among which Beijing left the deepest impression on me.
•“其” belongs to formal written registers and cannot stand alone as a grammatical subject; it must precede a noun or appear in compounds (及其, 其中); distinguish 其中 from 其他.
⚠️ Common Mistakes:
•Incorrect: 其去了北京 → Correct: 他去了北京 (其 cannot be used as an independent subject pronoun in colloquial speech).
•Incorrect: 公司及其 → Correct: 公司及其子公司 (其 must be followed by a noun to specify what it refers to).
•Confusing 其中 (among which) with 其他 (other / else): use 其中
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与其抱怨,不如行动。
Yǔqí bàoyuàn, bùrú xíngdòng.
Rather than complaining, it is much better to take decisive action.
•Incorrect: 比起抱怨，不如行动 → Correct: 与其抱怨，不如行动 (correlative structure requires 与其 to pair with 不如).
