<p>The sentence can be interpret as:  </p>

<p>該名步行到店鋪的男子，身材高大  </p>

<p>Where <code>該名</code> will be 'who' in the sentence</p>

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user3919509
<p>In English, when you say "something/someone, who/which has some characters, is abc/is doing xyz.", after translated to Chinese, usually it will be "some characters的something/someone is abc/is doing xyzor separate to two sentence, "something/someone has some character, (optional: 而且/and) is abc/is doing xyz."</p>

<p>In your sample, in addition to @user3919509's answer, you can also say "那个正往店铺走的男子很高". Since "The man" could be anyone, in this case you want to add "該名/那个". <strong>In another case, if everybody knows the man, say, we have his name, it will be little different</strong>. For example, "Tom, who is working in a big company, has two kids", you can say "汤姆在一个大公司工作，有两个小孩。“</p>

<p>Hope this helps.</p>

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So basically Chinese doesn't have them in the sense that English does?
theK_S
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@KevinSang yes, you are correct.
dumduke
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Internet points for you
theK_S
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2014-08-14T12:37:29.753Z
@kevin similar grammatical structure exists in Japanese as well.
deutschZuid
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dumduke
<p>Are there words for relative pronouns, for example:</p>

<p>The man, <strong>who</strong> was walking to the shop, was tall.</p>

<p>Is there a Chinese word for the bolded "who"?</p>

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thank you. I am copy editing a text written by a native speaker of Chinese in English and noticing how awkward the constructions are that require relational terms. Normally seems to be resolved by repetition of the subject in separate sentences. I have no prior knowledge of Chinese grammar but began to wonder!
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Are there relative pronouns in Chinese
# Are there relative pronouns in Chinese

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-13)

Are there words for relative pronouns, for example:

The man, **who** was walking to the shop, was tall.

Is there a Chinese word for the bolded "who"?

**Tags:** grammar

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: thank you. I am copy editing a text written by a native speaker of Chinese in English and noticing how awkward the constructions are that require relational terms. Normally seems to be resolved by repetition of the subject in separate sentences. I have no prior knowledge of Chinese grammar but began to wonder!  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-08-13. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

In English, when you say "something/someone, who/which has some characters, is abc/is doing xyz.", after translated to Chinese, usually it will be "some characters的something/someone is abc/is doing xyzor separate to two sentence, "something/someone has some character, (optional: 而且/and) is abc/is doing xyz."

In your sample, in addition to @username_2's answer, you can also say "那个正往店铺走的男子很高". Since "The man" could be anyone, in this case you want to add "該名/那个". **In another case, if everybody knows the man, say, we have his name, it will be little different**. For example, "Tom, who is working in a big company, has two kids", you can say "汤姆在一个大公司工作，有两个小孩。“

Hope this helps.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So basically Chinese doesn't have them in the sense that English does?  
> **username_3**: @KevinSang yes, you are correct.  
> **username_0**: Internet points for you  
> **username_4**: @kevin similar grammatical structure exists in Japanese as well.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-08-13. Score: 2

The sentence can be interpret as:

該名步行到店鋪的男子，身材高大

Where `該名` will be 'who' in the sentence


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