(qí tā) - other, the rest (of things) in Mandarin

qítā

Traditional: 其它

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Translation

other, the rest (of things)

Word origin

A compound of 其 (qí, that or its) and 它 (tā, it), the inanimate third-person pronoun. The form 其它 is used for other non-human things, paralleling 其他 for people.

Origin: compound
Root: 其 (qí, that) + 它 (tā, it)

Stroke order

其

它

Examples

。

I do not want any of the other things.

，。

Apart from this book, I have read all the others.

。

Let us look at the other options.

。

We will discuss the other questions later.

，旧jiù。

These are new, the rest are old.

其它 (qí tā) means other or the rest, used chiefly for things rather than people. It parallels 其他, which is preferred for people.

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This word is part of lesson 25.