他 (taa1 | ta1) : other

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他

taa1

ta1

other, another, different, elsewhere, future
[國] he, she, him, her

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

他

This word has been viewed 23037 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:43

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他心 taa1 sam1 ta1 xin1 = insincerity

其他 kei4 taa1 qi2 ta1 = other; else

他們 taa1 mun4 ta1 men5 = they; them 國

他的 taa1 dik1 ta1 de5 = his 國

他們的 taa1 mun4 dik1 ta1 men5 de5 = their; theirs 國

他人 taa1 jan4 ta1 ren2 = other people

彈結他 taan4 git3 taa1 = to play a guitar 粵

吉他 gat1 taa1 ji2 ta1 = guitar 國

結他 git3*6 taa1 = guitar (Cantonese transliteration) 粵

其他人 kei4 taa1 jan4 qi2 ta1 ren2 = other people
See all 59 compounds (CantoDict reports 61 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 22 examples containing 他

他是否本地人？國
Is he a local?

他是不是中國人？國
Is he Chinese?
[Canto: 佢係唔係中國人？]

仲有冇其他問題？粵
Any further questions?
[Lit. still have-don't-have other questions?]

他已經清醒過來國
He has regained consciousness

不要跟他一般見識! 國
don't lower yourself to their level!
[lit. don't follow them in being so common/basic/primitive]

他把好些書存放在我這兒了。國
He has left a number of books with me.

對他的錯誤不能遷就。國
We mustn't pass over his mistakes.

對於他這種地位的人來說, 這樣的行為是不莊重的。國
Such conduct is undignified for a person of his position.

他的名聲已經開始傳開傳了。國
His reputation has already begun to spread.

他興奮地去圖書館。國
He goes to the library with excitement.
[地 is used as an adjunct after a word (pinyin: de5)]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 他
Unicode code for this character: U+4ed6 (off-site link)

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