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He (him - another - other)

Full dictionary entry HSK 1 239 sentences

他 (tā) means He (him - another - other). Below are 24 of the 239 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

在学中文。

Tā zài xué Zhōngwén.

He is studying Chinese.

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是我的朋友。

Tā shì wǒ de péngyou.

He is my friend.

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九岁。

Tā jiǔ suì.

He is nine years old.

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在读书。

Tā zài dú shū.

He is reading.

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会开车。

Tā huì kāichē.

He can drive.

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比我高。

Tā bǐ wǒ gāo.

He is taller than me.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

在看电视。

Tā zài kàn diànshì.

He is watching TV.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 电视

在我后面。

Tā zài wǒ hòumiàn.

He is behind me.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 后面

从北京来。

Tā cóng Běijīng lái.

He comes from Beijing.

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去学校了。

Tā qù xuéxiào le.

He went to school.

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From the graded readers

还要了一些菜。

tā háiyāo le / liǎo / liào yīxiē cài.

He also ordered some vegetables.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant

给我开了一些药。

tā gěi wǒ kāile yīxiē yào.

He prescribed me some medicine.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor

我给 钱, 不要。

wǒ gěi tā qián, tā bùyào.

I offered him money; he wouldn't take it.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost

我爸爸是老师, 很忙。

wǒ bàba shì lǎoshī, tā hěn máng.

My dad is a teacher and he's very busy.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family

我把事情跟 说了一遍。

wǒ bǎ shìqing gēn tā shuōle yī biàn.

I explained the situation to him.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs

第二天 连谢谢都没说。

dì'èr tiān tā lián xièxie dōu méi shuō.

The next day he didn't even say thank you.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No

王老师很好, 说话很慢。

wáng lǎoshī hěnhǎo, tā shuōhuà hěn màn.

Mr Wang is very good — he speaks slowly.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese

From the grammar library

是谁?

Tā shì shéi?

Who is he?

Grammar library · HSK 1 · Question words stay in place

是老师。

Tā shì lǎoshī.

He is a teacher.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · 是 sentences and 很 with adjectives

学习汉语。

Tā xuéxí Hànyǔ.

He studies Chinese.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object

是个好人。

Tā shì ge hǎo rén.

He is a good person.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · 的 for possession and description

还没吃饭。

Tā hái méi chīfàn.

He hasn't eaten yet.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · 不 vs 没 — the two negations

星期一来。

Tā xīngqīyī lái.

He's coming on Monday.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go

昨天来了。

Tā zuótiān lái le.

He came yesterday.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 了 — completed action and change of state

他 appears in 239 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Words that contain 他

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Questions about 他

How is 他 used in a sentence?

This page shows 239 sentences using 他 (tā, "He (him - another - other)"), 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 他 inside a longer word?

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

Is 他 an HSK word?

Yes — 他 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 他?

The dictionary page for 他 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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