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(qí tā) - other, the rest, else in Mandarin

Traditional: 其他

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HSK 3
#321 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

other, the rest, else

Word origin

其他 (qí tā) combines 其 (qí), 'that' or 'its', with 他 (tā), 'other' or 'he', where 他 is the person radical 亻 plus 也 as phonetic. The pair means 'other' or 'the rest'.

Origin
compound
Root
其 (qí, that) + 他 (tā, other, 亻person radical + 也 phonetic)

Stroke order

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Examples

Everyone else has left.

Are there any other questions?

Please put away the other things.

The other classmates have already gone home.

其他 (qí tā) - other, the rest, else.

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This word is part of lesson 7.