tā
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
fú
(classical) this, that
he, she, they
(exclamatory final particle)
(initial particle, introduces an opinion)
rén jia
other people
sb else
he, she or they
I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
hé
and
together with
with
sum
union
peace
harmony
Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and" or "with"
Hé
surname He
Japanese (food, clothes etc)
hè
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
to join in the singing
to chime in with others
hé
to close
to join
to fit
to be equal to
whole
together
round (in battle)
conjunction (astronomy)
1st note of pentatonic scale
old variant of 盒[he2]
hé
river
CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
hé
variant of 核[he2]
to investigate
hé
pit
stone
nucleus
nuclear
to examine
to check
to verify
hé qián tǐng
nuclear submarine
abbr. for 核動力潛艇|核动力潜艇[hé dòng lì qián tǐng]
hè
brown
gray or dark color
coarse hemp cloth
Taiwan pr. [he2]
hè
to scare
to intimidate
to threaten
(interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
(interjection showing astonishment)
hè
gully
ravine
Taiwan pr. [huo4]
Hé
Holland
the Netherlands
abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[He2 lan2]
hè
to carry on one's shoulder or back
burden
responsibility
Hè Lóng
He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution
Bái Qiú ēn
Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
gàn shén me
what are you doing?
what's he up to?
Zhū gě Liàng
Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period
the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius
mastermind
Hè
surname He
abbr. for Herz Hz 赫茲|赫兹[He4 zi1]
hè
awe-inspiring
hertz
abbr. for herz hz 赫茲|赫兹[He4 zi1] (cycles per second)
Hǎi hé
Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
Sòng Chǔ yú
James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党
hé
raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki)
also pr. [hao2]
qú
he (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他[ta1]
Xīn chéng qū
new town district
Xincheng district of Xi'an city 西安市[Xī ān shì], Shaanxi
Xincheng district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特市[Hū hé hào tè shì], Inner Mongolia
Hé xiàn
He county in Chaohu 巢湖[Chao2 hu2], Anhui
gè qǔ suǒ xū
each takes what he needs (idiom)
Zhèng Hé
Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
Hè Zǐ zhēn
He Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife
Xī dé
West Germany
German Federal Republic 德意志·聯邦·共和國|德意志·联邦·共和国[Dé yì zhì · Lián bāng · Gòng hé gúo]
Zhāng Huà
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician
Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank
other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
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