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他

tā

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

他 (tā) means "he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 他 means

1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
2. bound formother; another; some other (as in {他日|tā rì} and {他人|tā rén})

Example sentences

• 杀了他
  Shā le tā
  Kill him.
• 他跑。
  He runs.
• 他吃。
  He eats.
• 他高。
  He is tall.
• 看他。
  Look at him.
• 他走。
  He leaves.

Words starting with 他

• 他们tā menthey; them
• 他人tā rénanother person; sb else; other people
• 他妈的tā mā de(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking
• 他乡tā xiāngforeign land; away from one's native place
• 他国tā guóanother country
• 他杀tā shāhomicide (law)
• 他日tā rì(literary) some day; (literary) days in the past
• 他用tā yòngother use; other purpose
• 他性tā xìngotherness
• 他信Tā xìnThaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006
• 他者tā zhěothers; (sociology, philosophy) the Other
• 他者性tā zhě xìngotherness
• 他者化tā zhě huàothering; otherization
• 他律tā lǜexternal regulation…
• 他乡遇故知tā xiāng yù gù zhīmeeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
• 他迁tā qiānto relocate; to move elsewhere
• 他加禄语Tā jiā lù yǔTagalog (language)
• 他喵的tā miāo dedrat; frick; (euphemistic variant of 他妈的
• 他山之石可以攻玉tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yùlit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom)…
• 他娘的tā niáng desame as 他妈的
• 他他米tā tā mǐsee 榻榻米

Words containing 他

• 其他qí tāother; (sth or sb) else; the rest
• 吉他jí tā(loanword) guitar
• 异国他乡yì guó tā xiāngforeign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
• 吉他手jí tā shǒuguitarist
• 维他命wéi tā mìng(loanword) vitamin
• 马耳他Mǎ ěr tāMalta
• 利他lì tāto benefit others; altruism
• 利他能Lì tā néngRitalin (brand name); methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD)…
• 利他行为lì tā xíng wéialtruistic behavior
• 安非他明ān fēi tā míngamphetamine (loanword)
• 管他guǎn tāno matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc)
• 管他的guǎn tā dedon’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever
• 别无他法bié wú tā fǎthere is no alternative
• 别无他物bié wú tā wùnothing else
• 利他主义lì tā zhǔ yìaltruism
• 马尔他Mǎ ěr tāMalta (Tw)
• 马尔他人Mǎ ěr tā rénMaltese (person)
• 马尔他语Mǎ ěr tā yǔMaltese (language)
• 南达科他Nán Dá kē tāSouth Dakota, US state
• 卡他kǎ tā(loanword; medicine) catarrh
• 克他命kè tā mìngketamine (loanword)
• 安非他命ān fēi tā mìngamphetamine (medical) (loanword)
• 排他pái tāexclusive; excluding
• 排他性pái tā xìngexclusiveness; exclusivity

Characters that look like 他

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 她tāshe
• 休xiūto rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease
• 池chípond; reservoir; moat
• 驰chíto run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax

Sounds the same

Read tā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 她she
• 它it
• 塌to collapse; to droop; to settle down
• 遢used in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà
• 祂(third-person pronoun for God in the Christian Bible)…
• 铊thallium (chemistry)
• 褟inner shirt; to sew onto clothing; see also 禢
• TAhe or she
• 溻(of clothes) to be soaked with sweat
• 踏see 踏实
• 趿see 趿拉
• 㐌variant of 它

Where 他 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Personal Pronouns (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 2 (HSK 1), Reading Short Dialogues (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tā correctly.
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