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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *他* | 他* | *他
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人)
HSK 1
they; them
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!")
HSK 3
other / (sth or sb) else / the rest
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *与* | 与* | *与
(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) / (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手 "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同 "different from last year") / (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
HSK 6
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他誰也沒來|除了他谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語他也會法語|除了英语他也会法语 "in addition to English, he also knows French") / (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 + A + 就是 + B, "either A or B")
HSK 3
(loanword) guitar / CL:
HSK 7-9
exclusiveness; exclusivity
acoustic guitar
(taboo curse) damn it! / fucking
simvastatin
guitar strap
there is no alternative
lead guitar
Maltese (language)
another person; sb else; other people
HSK 7-9
no matter if / regardless of / don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter
(loanword) oseltamivir
others / (sociology, philosophy) the Other
exclusive / excluding
guitarist
(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
HSK 7-9
amphetamine (loanword)
who cares / no matter what / regardless of the consequences
Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006
electric guitar
other use / other purpose
guitar tablature
to get one's own task done by sb else
(loanword) vitamin
another country
altruism
Utah
to relocate / to move elsewhere
Valletta, capital of Malta (Tw)
lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
foreign land / away from one's native place
external regulation (e.g. by means of a regulatory body, as opposed to self-regulation 自律) / (ethics) heteronomy
to benefit others / altruism
homicide (law)
bass guitar
curse word / four-letter word / esp. the "national swear word" of China, namely 他媽的|他妈的
(literary) some day / (literary) days in the past
altruistic behavior
othering / otherization
amphetamine (medical) (loanword)
foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter / whatever / anyway
euphemistic equivalent of 他媽的|他妈的
otherness
nothing else
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怹* | 怹* | *怹
he / she / (courteous, as opposed to )
ketamine (loanword)
ketamine (C13H16ClNO) (slang)
methamphetamine
don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter / whatever / anyway
Malta (Tw)
Ritalin (brand name) / methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD) / also written 利他林
voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller
diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called voltaren 扶他林
otherness
South Dakota, US state
to wander far from home
Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java
(loanword) pentazocine (a synthetic opioid analgesic)
voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called 扶他林
Ritalin (brand name) / methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD)
Sunda Islands (Malay archipelago)
(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
metaxalone
Sunda language, used in West Java province in Indonesia
diclofenac painkiller / also called 扶他林
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
Tagalog (language)
North Dakota, US state
Malta
Utah
(Tw) (loanword) hantavirus
Maltese (person)
(loanword) (medicine) catarrh
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller) / also called voltaren 扶他林
Ritalin (brand name) / methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD) / also written 利他林
Jephthah (Hebrew: Yiftach) son of Gilead, Judges 11-foll.
drat / frick / (euphemistic variant of 他媽的|他妈的)


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