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他
tā
1. he or him
2. (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
3. (used before sb's name for emphasis)
4. (used as a meaningless mock object)
5. other
6. another
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

他
tā
other, another; he, she, it
HSK 1 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

他人
tārén
another
他信
Tāxìn
Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006
他们
tāmen
they
他国
tāguó
another country
他杀
tāshā
homicide (law)
他迁
tāqiān
to relocate
他乡
tāxiāng
foreign land
其他
qítā
other
HSK 3
利他
lìtā
to benefit others
吉他
jítā
guitar (loanword)
排他
páitā
exclusive
犹他
Yóutā
Utah
K他命
ktāmìng
ketamine (C13H16ClNO) (slang)
他娘的
tāniángde
same as [[他媽的|他妈的<tāmāde>]]
他妈的
tāmāde
(taboo curse) damn it!
克他命
kètāmìng
ketamine (loanword)
利他林
Lìtālín
Ritalin (brand name)
利他能
Lìtānéng
Ritalin (brand name)
利他灵
Lìtālíng
Ritalin (brand name)
吉他手
jítāshǒu
guitar player

Example Sentences (10)

那个拿着碗吃饭的人是你哥哥吗？他和你长得真像。
Nà ge ná zhe wǎn chī fàn de rén shì nǐ gē ge ma?tā hé nǐ zhǎng de zhēn xiàng.
Is the person eating from a bowl your older brother? He really looks like you.
Text 3
刚结婚的时候，我丈夫是中学老师，他喜欢每天早上起床后，一边吃早饭一边看报纸。
Gāng jiéhūn de shíhou, wǒ zhàngfu shì zhōngxué lǎoshī, tā xǐhuan měitiān zǎoshang qǐchuáng hòu, yì biān chī zǎofàn yì biān kàn bàozhǐ.
When we had just gotten married, my husband was a middle school teacher. He liked to eat breakfast while reading the newspaper every morning after getting up.
Text 4
李老师邀请咱们去他家做客，给他带点儿什么礼物好呢？
Lǐ lǎoshī yāoqǐng zánmen qù tā jiā zuòkè, gěi tā dài diǎnr shénme lǐwù hǎo ne?
Teacher Li invited us to his home. What gift should we bring him?
Text 3
小丽，那个高高的男人是你们公司的吗？你对他了解吗？
Xiǎo Lì,nàge gāogāo de nánrén shì nǐmen gōngsī de ma?Nǐ duì tā liǎojiě ma?
Xiaoli, is that tall man from your company? Are you familiar with him?
Text 2
李老师邀请咱们去他家做客，给他带点儿什么礼物好呢？
Lǐ lǎoshī yāoqǐng zánmen qù tā jiā zuòkè, gěi tā dài diǎnr shénme lǐwù hǎo ne?
Teacher Li invited us to his home. What gift should we bring him?
Text 3
他很喜欢葡萄酒，我们就给他买两瓶葡萄酒吧。
Tā hěn xǐhuan pútáo jiǔ, wǒmen jiù gěi tā mǎi liǎng píng pútáo jiǔ ba.
He really likes wine, so let's buy him two bottles of wine.
Text 3
没有，他还在教室学习呢。
méiyǒu, tā hái zài jiàoshì xuéxí ne.
No, he's still studying in the classroom.
Text 1
太好了！他什么时候开始上班？
Tài hǎo le! Tā shénme shíhou kāishǐ shàngbān?
Great! When does he start work?
Text 3
本来是小李负责的，但是他突然生病住院了，所以就交给我来做了。
Běnlái shì Xiǎo Lǐ fùzé de, dànshì tā tūrán shēngbìng zhùyuàn le, suǒyǐ jiù jiāogěi wǒ lái zuò le.
It was originally Xiao Li's job, but he suddenly got sick and was hospitalized, so it was given to me to do.
Text 2
他去北京了。
Tā qù Běijīng le.
He went to Beijing.
Text 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
9
Word Frequency Rank
7 of 84,292