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Traditional:
Pinyin zhè IPA [ʈʂɤ˥˩] Zhuyin ㄓㄜˋ
HSK 1 pronoun 代词 Book 1 · Lesson 8 freq #11

Meaning

The demonstrative 'this', pointing to something near the speaker; the opposite of 那 'that'. In fast speech it is often pronounced zhèi before a measure word.

Examples

听这个! tīng zhè ge Listen to this!
这不好。 zhè bù hǎo This isn't good.
这很好。 zhè hěn hǎo This is very good.

Other Pronunciations 多音字

[zhèi] (coll.) this beyond HSK 1 usage

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