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它

Mandarin · pinyin tā

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它: tā · it; other

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1 · ta1

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taa1 · to1

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third-person singular pronoun for inanimate objects; it
(chiefly simplified Chinese) third-person singular pronoun for animals; it
(obsolete) general third-person singular pronoun; he; she; they (singular); it
A dummy pronoun.
crooked; evil
a surname

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used in 它它藉藉／它它借借
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 駝 /驼 (tuó)

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only used in 它它

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