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她 是 谁?Who is she?
tā shì shéi?
她 是 我 的 妈妈。She is my mother.
tā shì wǒde māma.
他 是 谁?Who is he?
tā shì shéi?
他 是 我 的 爸爸。He is my father.
tā shì wǒde bàba.

Dialogue

A:
shìshéi?

Who is he?

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B:爸爸
shìdebà ba.

He is my father.

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A:
shìshéi?

Who is she?

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B:妈妈
shìdemāma.

She is my mother.

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A:
shìshéi?

Who is she?

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B:女儿
shìdenǚ'ér.

She is my daughter.

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A:什么名字
jiàoshénmemíngzi?

What is her name?

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B:露露
jiàoLù lù?

Her name is Lulu.

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A:
shìshéi?

Who is she?

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B:老婆
shìdelǎopó.

She is my wife.

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A:
shìshéi?

Who is he?

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B:儿子
shìdeérzi.

He is my son.

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Expansion

CharactersPinyinMeaning
爸爸bà bafather
妈妈mā mamother
女儿nǚ érdaughter
儿子ér zison
老婆lǎo pówife
老公lǎo gōnghusband
哥哥gē geelder brother
弟弟dì diyounger brother
姐姐jiě jieelder sister
妹妹mèi meiyounger sister
表哥biǎo gēelder male cousin
表弟biǎo dìyounger male cousin
表姐biǎo jiěolder female cousin
表妹biǎo mèiyounger female cousin
外婆wài pómaternal grandma
外公wài gōngmaternal grandpa
奶奶nǎi nɑipaternal grandma
爷爷yé yepaternal grandpa
舅舅jiù jiùuncle
舅妈jiù māaunt

Grammar

1) Expressing he/him or she/her with tā (他/她)
In Chinese, both he/him and she/her are all pronunced the same tā, but please note that the male he/him and the female she/her are not written the same.

The structure is:

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shì
He is
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( )
shì
She is?
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For example:

Petar。
shìPetar。
He is Petar.
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医生。
shìyī shēng.
She is a doctor.
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2) Expressing possission with "wǒ/nǐ/tā + de" structure
In Chinese, we can use the personal pronoun such as 我(wǒ), 你(nǐ) and 他/她(tā) plus the particle "de" to express my, your and his or her.
+ 的我的my
dewǒde
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+ 的你的your
denǐde
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他/她+ 的他/她的his/her
dede
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For example:

我的朋友Myfriend
wǒ depéng you
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你的老师Yourteacher
nǐdelǎo shī
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她的Herfamily
tā dejiā
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他的Hismoney
tā deqián
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Besides, you can also change 我(wǒ), 你(nǐ) and 他/她(tā) to other person or object or place to express that the noun belongs to the person, object or place.

陈平的Chenping's book
chén píng deshū
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北京的夏天Beijing's summer
běi jīng dexià tiān
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房间的Room's door
fáng jiān demén
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3) Expressing Who or Whom with 谁 (shéi)
The way to use 谁 is the same as to use other Wh-question word such as what, which, when, where, why and How. That is to work out its answer first and then to replace the "asked part" with the coppresponding question word. Here is the logic to think about it: