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它

tā

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

它 (tā) means "it". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 它 means

1. it

Other readings

它 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tāit (pronoun for an animal)

Example sentences

• 它吃。
  It is eating.
• 它多贵?
  How much is it?
• 别碰它。
  Don't touch it.
• 它很大。
  It's very big.
• 它说话。
  It speaks.
• 吃掉它。
  Eat it.

Words starting with 它

• 它们tā menthey; them
• 它本身tā běn shēnitself

Words containing 它

• 其它qí tā(adjective) other
• 吉它jí tāa guitar
• 管它guǎn tāno matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc)
• 维它命wéi tā mìngvariant of 维他命

Sounds the same

Read tā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 他(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 她she
• 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 它 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 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.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.