其 as a particle?

[dim notch]

Would like to confirm this as while I was trying to read an article in G Translated mandarin, I have been seeing 其being used in that way. But I wasn't sure of how to use it.

[dusty mural]

examples?

[dim notch]

高架建筑物是建筑物之间的连接建筑物，其建造目的是漂浮在地面之上

For context, I'm reading a building code

(I'm not sure if the sentence is correct as I again read it from G Translate)

[foggy falcon]

其 can refer to any noun that showed up before

高架建筑物是建筑物之间的连接建筑物，其建造目的是漂浮在地面之上

what 其 is referring is marked as itallic

[dim notch]

so, it works like "that is" or "which is"?

[foggy falcon]

pretty much

[amber socket]

Not exactly

It's a direct referral to the aforementioned subject

其 equivalent to that of

[foggy falcon]

in this sentence it means whose

[amber socket]

You can't use whose for an inanimate object

Think before spreading misinfo

[dim notch]

so in that sentence it'd be "that of which"?

[amber socket]

Yes something like that

It can also be used as an extension before a subject noun such as「其人」，「其涉嫌犯」, so it would mean "that" in those cases

[foggy falcon]

well... first time to hear this

[amber socket]

Well you don't refer to a building structure with "who"

[dim notch]

I see...
All this time I've been using similar words like 尤其 in sentences but this is the first time I see 其 being used standalone like this 😂

[wind violet]

"Whose" can be used for inanimate objects, though some people try to avoid it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/whose-used-for-inanimate-objects

[wind violet]

I find it simpler to think of it as a third person pronoun. He, she, it, they, or his, her, its, their.

[wind violet]

Or rather, ta (men) (de)

[hollow bramble]

其 is just used for referencing the previous subjective. It also represents the following thing/characteristic is owned by the previous subjective.