which
Pronunciation: [hwitʃ]
Average Rank: 105
Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICTpron. 哪一个, 那一个
Detailed Explanations:
- a. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
- a. A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and
- adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer
- to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which
- man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route
- he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under
- What, pron., 1.
- pron. A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an
- antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is
- specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause
- (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has
- preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used
- of persons.
- pron. A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for
- any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and
- the like; as, take which you will.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Word Frequency Rankings
Wikipedia
#25Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage
Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus
TV & Movie Scripts
#265Conversational and colloquial usage
Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus
Project Gutenberg
#24Classical and literary usage
Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus
Insights
This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.
Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.