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It

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 16 sentences

它 (tā) means It. Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

狗在门外, 想进来。

Gǒu zài mén wài, tā xiǎng jìnlai.

The dog is outside the door; it wants to come in.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

这是我的猫, 叫小白。

Zhè shì wǒ de māo, tā jiào Xiǎo Bái.

This is my cat; it is called Xiao Bai.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

From the graded readers

今年三岁了。

tā jīnnián sān suì le / liǎo / liào.

He's three this year.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat

不大,也不小。

tā búdà, yěbù xiǎo.

He isn't big and he isn't small.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat

睡在我的椅子上。

tā shuì zài wǒ de(possessive) yǐ zǐ shàng.

He sleeps on my chair.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat

然后 摇起了尾巴。

ránhòu tā yáo qǐle wěiba.

Then it began to wag its tail.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home

我有一只猫, 叫小白。

wǒ yǒu yī zhī māo, tā jiào xiǎo bái.

I have a cat called Xiaobai.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat

我们家有一只猫, 叫小白。

wǒmen jiā yǒu yī zhī māo, tā jiào xiǎo bái.

We have a cat called Xiaobai.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family

妈妈做鱼的时候, 就来了。

māma zuò yú de / dì shíhou, tā jiù lái le / liǎo / liào.

The moment mum cooks fish, he shows up.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat

在四楼,每天上楼有点儿累。

tā zài sì lóu, měitiān shàng lóu yǒudiǎn ér lèi / léi / lěi.

It's on the fourth floor, so going up is a bit tiring.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room

我很喜欢小白, 是我的好朋友。

wǒ hěn xǐhuan xiǎo bái, tā shì wǒ de(possessive) hǎo / hào péngyou.

I love Xiaobai. He's my good friend.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat

我看书的时候, 也在我的桌子上。

wǒ kànshū de / dì shíhou, tā yě zài wǒ de(possessive) zhuōzi shàng.

When I'm reading, he's on my desk too.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat

小白不喜欢水,可是 很喜欢吃鱼。

xiǎo bái bù xǐhuan shuǐ, kěshì tā hěn xǐhuan chī yú.

Xiaobai doesn't like water, but he loves eating fish.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat

我还买了几张照片,把 们放在了墙上。

wǒ hái / huán mǎile jǐ / jī zhāng zhàopiàn, bǎ tāmen fàng zài le / liǎo / liào qiáng shàng.

I also bought a few photos and put them on the wall.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room

后来我给他买了一块地毯,他把 放在了房间里。

hòulái wǒ gěi tā mǎile yīkuài dìtǎn, tā bǎ tā fàng zài le / liǎo / liào fángjiān lǐ.

Afterwards I bought him a rug, and he put it down in the room.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs

最后我把 打开了,里面全是我上大学时的照片和信。

zuìhòu wǒ bǎ tā dǎkāile, lǐmiàn quán shì wǒ shàng dàxué shí de / dì zhàopiàn hé xìn.

In the end I opened it: inside were all my photographs and letters from university.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House

Questions about 它

How is 它 used in a sentence?

This page shows 16 sentences using 它 (tā, "It"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 它 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 它 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 它 an HSK word?

Yes — 它 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 它?

The dictionary page for 它 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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