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他
tā
he / him
他是我的老师。
He is my teacher.
formalinformal
Third‑person singular pronoun referring to a male person or used as a generic third‑person pronoun.
他昨天去了图书馆。
He went to the library yesterday.
In written Mandarin, gender is distinguished (他 for males, 她 for females). In spoken Mandarin, gender is often inferred from context.
formalinformal
Used in compounds to mean “other” or “another”, as in 其他 (qítā) meaning “other, the rest”.
我们还有其他的计划。
We have other plans.
Here 他 functions as a component meaning “other”.
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