它 (tā): it, it (pronoun for an animal)
它 (tā) is a Chinese character meaning “it.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 宀 (structural) and 匕 (structural). It ranks #107 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- it
- it (pronoun for an animal)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 它
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其它 | qí tā | (adjective) other |
| 吉它 | jí tā | a guitar |
| 它本身 | tā běn shēn | itself |
| 管它 | guǎn tā | no matter if |
| 维它命 | wéi tā mìng | variant of 維他命|维他命[wei2 ta1 ming4] |
它 appears in 6 compound words: 33 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 它 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
我想了很久,终于决定接受这个新的挑战。
Wǒ xiǎng le hěn jiǔ, zhōngyú juédìng jiēshòu zhè gè xīn de tiǎozhàn.
I thought about it for a long time and finally decided to accept this new challenge.
中年男注意!“它”加速老化、害人惨罹癌
zhōng nián nán zhù yì ! tā jiā sù lǎo huà , hài rén cǎn 罹 ái
Attention middle-aged man!" It "accelerates aging and causes cancer."
加州年薪六位数生活还不如它州
jiā zhōu nián xīn liù wèi shǔ shēng huó hái bù rú tā zhōu
California's six-figure annual salary is not as good as other states
麦芽糖醇属于无糖食品吗?它算不算国标定义的“糖”
mài yá táng chún shǔ yú wú táng shí pǐn ma ? tā suàn bù suàn guó biāo dìng yì de táng
Is maltitol a sugar-free food? Is it considered "sugar" as defined by the national standard
日本民众票选“CP值最高商务饭店”是它!日媒:给人一种安心感
rì běn mín zhòng piào xuǎn C P zhí zuì gāo shāng wù fàn diàn shì tā ! rì méi : gěi rén yī zhǒng ān xīn gǎn
It is the "business hotel with the highest CP value" voted by the Japanese people! Japanese media: It gives people a sense of security
你不可以把它延迟到明天吗?
Nǐ bù kěyǐ bǎ tā yánchí dào míngtiān ma?
Can't you put it off until tomorrow?
如果你有一百万円,你会用它来做什么?
Rúguǒ nǐ yǒu yī bǎi wàn yuán, nǐ huì yòng tā lái zuò shénme?
Supposing you had one million yen, what would you do with it?
您在教室里吃它吗?
Nín zài jiàoshì lǐ chī tā ma?
Do you eat it in the classroom?
你能把它送到这个地址吗?
Nǐ néng bǎ tā sòng dào zhège dìzhǐ ma?
Please deliver it to this address.
Character Family
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