他
Meanings · taa1
- he or him
- (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
- (used before sb's name for emphasis)
- (used as a meaningless mock object)
- other
- another
Meanings · to1
- he or him
- (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
- (used before sb's name for emphasis)
- (used as a meaningless mock object)
- other
- another
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Mandarin ↔ Cantonese
- Cantonese佢keoi5 / heoi5↔Mandarin他tā
Source note
CC-Canto line 1445: Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
CC-Canto line 1446: Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
Only equivalences a source states in its own words (“Mandarin equivalent”, “particle equivalent to”). Not a translation table: usage, register and senses can differ.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 他 tā CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tā rì and 他人 tā rén)
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ta1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
taa1 · to1
Cantonese word readings for 他. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, Xiang, dialectal Wu, originally gender-neutral; nowadays usually referring to males) he; him; she; her
- A dummy pronoun. Compare object pronoun 之 (zhī)
- other; another
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- Used in transcription.
character · Etymology 3
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 馱 /驮
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