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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tā | ta1
English translation
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
other, another; he, she, it

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Learning hint

An additional, "also"   person  rén

Etymology of

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻也

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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回到 huí dào 家里 jiā lǐ shí 情绪 qíngxù 非常 fēicháng hǎo .

He felt in excellent spirits when he arrived home.

相当 xiāngdāng 克制 kèzhì 自己 zìjǐ ,声张 shēng zhāng de fēn le shǒu .

He was so moderate as to leave her without noise.

老师 lǎoshī de 学生 xuésheng men dōu Xiè chū 那道.

Neither the teacher nor his students know how to work out the problem.

de 行为 xíngwéi jìn 疯狂 fēngkuáng .

His conduct borders on madness.

开动 kāi dòng 脑筋 nǎo jīn , xiǎng lòng dǒng 这个 zhè ge 问题 wèntí .

His mind reached after an understanding of the problem.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
he or him
他们 tā men they他們
其他 qítā other其他 qítā
他妈的 tā mā de fucking他媽的
他人 tā rén another他人 tā rén
吉他 jí tā guitar (loanword)吉他 jí tā
维他命 wéi tā mìng vitamin (loanword)維他命
他国 tā guó another country他國
犹他州 Yóu tā zhōu Utah猶他州
马耳他 Mǎ ěr tā Malta馬耳他
犹他 Yóu tā Utah猶他
利他 lì tā altruism利他 lì tā
别无他法 bié wú tā fǎ there is no alternative別無他法
南达科他州 Nán Dá kē tā zhōu South Dakota, US state南達科他州
安非他明 ān fēi tā míng amphetamine (loanword)安非他明 ān fēi tā míng
他乡遇故知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)他鄉遇故知
他乡 tā xiāng foreign land他鄉
北达科他州 Běi Dá kē tā zhōu North Dakota, US state北達科他州
异国他乡 yì guó tā xiāng foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate異國他鄉

Decomposition & Compounds

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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