How to say 'Which' in Japanese | どっち

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The Japanese word for Which is 'Dotchi', written as どっち in Japanese.

word

どっち

Meaning

Which

Reading

Dotchi

Explanation

The Japanese noun 'どっち' is a casual and colloquial way to ask 'which' between two options. It is often used in informal conversations and is interchangeable with 'どちら', though 'どちら' is more polite. 'どっち' is typically used when the speaker is comparing two things or choices. For example: Which one do you want?「どっちがほしい？」(どっちがほしい？). Which is better?「どっちがいい？」(どっちがいい？). Note that 'どっち' is not used for more than two options; in such cases, 'どれ' or 'どの' would be more appropriate.

Part Of Speech

noun

Frequency

1712

Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

Hiragana in the Word どっち

This word contains 3 Hiragana characters :

hiragana

ど

Reading

hiragana

ち

Reading

Chi

hiragana

つ

Reading

Tsu

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'Dotchi' means 'Which' .

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