Hi I'm doing the Chapter 4 of chinese rocket language, and I saw
that they used "bie de" and "qi ta" to both mean other. If
someone could explain what the difference is I would greatly
appreciate it.
Difference between Bie de and qi ta

Robert-W75
March 19, 2015

nóng fū
March 22, 2015
According to my local expert, bié de and qí tā de are
equivalent and can be used interchangeably. Notice, both now
have the "de", which would allow an object to be referenced.
For example, qí tā de rén means "other people or other
person". Sometimes the "de" is omitted.
Nǐ hái xiǎng diǎn shénme qítā de cài?
A literal translation of the above sentence from 4.2 could be: " You still want to order what other dish?"
Nǐ hái xiǎng diǎn shénme qítā de cài?
A literal translation of the above sentence from 4.2 could be: " You still want to order what other dish?"