他
tā
he; him
Type: PronounsHSK 1
Radical 亻 (person) + 也 (phonetic). The third-person masculine pronoun.
In spoken Chinese, 他, 她 and 它 (animal/object) are all pronounced tā. They differ only in writing. This sometimes causes confusion when translating into gendered languages.
亻rénperson
也yěalso
他是我的老师。
Tā shì wǒ de lǎoshī.
He is my teacher.
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