Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
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【本义】: 负担
【造字法】: 本作“佗”。形声。从人,“它”省声。
【义】
1. Refers to a third person besides you and me, generally meaning a male; sometimes it can refer to any gender:
- 例: 他们 (could include males and females). 他杀 (murder by him).
2. Other, additional:
- 例: 他人 (other people). 他日 (another day). 他乡 (another place). 他山之石,可以攻玉 (the stones from other hills can be used to sharpen one's own jade). 其他 (the others).
3. Virtual reference:
- 例: 睡他一觉 (take a nap).
【引】
1. From "The Book of Rites - Ceremony of Marriage": 某以非他故. Note: "a term of intimacy."
2. From "The Book of Rites - Record of the Official Proclamation": 他用刚日.
【例】
1. 例: 他家 (his or her family); 他每 (they, he or she); 他爹 (father in dialect); 他俩 (the two of them). Used when there is no need to distinguish gender or when gender is unclear.
2. 如: 他谁 (who, equivalent to "何人"); 他适 (referring to a woman remarrying someone else).
【义】
2. Indicates reference, equivalent to "other" or "additional," in contrast to "this":
- 例: 他山 (mountains elsewhere); 他心 (other intentions; different mind); 他志 (different thoughts or ambitions); 他故 (other reasons; matters); 他室 (another room); 他途 (another route, often referring to an improper way); 他处 (elsewhere); 他肠 (different intentions, malice); 他意 (other intentions; different mind).
【义】
3. Virtual reference:
- 例: 吃他一顿 (give him a meal); 打他个措手不及 (hit him unexpectedly).
*(引自繁体辞典解释)*
(* The pronunciation in another reading.)