它 (taa1) — it (referring to a thing) in Cantonese
taaˉ¹它Mandarin Pinyin: ta1
Meaning of 它
nounit (referring to a thing)
nounused as a meaningless mock object, e.g. 好好睡它一覺.
Example Sentences with 它
肉是一種食物, 它取自動物。
Meat is a type of food, it comes from animals.
keoiˏ₅佢douˍ₆盜jungˍ₆用sanˉ¹身fanˍ₆份aakˉ¹呃jan4.人。
He's impersonating someone to cheat people.
keoiˏ₅佢douˍ₆盜jungˍ₆用zoˊ²咗ngoˏ₅我diˉ¹啲cin4.錢。
He embezzled my money.
keoiˏ₅佢gau˗₃構singˎ₄成jatˉ¹一go˗₃個waiˉ¹威sit6.脅。
It poses a threat.
keoiˏ₅佢jiu˗₃要siˎ₄時gaan˗₃間jyunˊ²演syun3.算。
It needs time to compute.
Words Containing 它
它們自己taa1 mun4 zi6 gei2/1
themselves (inanimate objects) | Cant.: 佢哋自己 | 它 is often used represent all non-human beings and may replace 祂 and 牠
它們的taa1 mun4 dik1
(neuter) their; theirs | Cant.: 佢哋嘅
其它kei4 taa1
other (referring to things)
它的taa1 dik1
its | Cant.: 佢嘅 | Note: "its" = 佢嘅; 它的; "it's" = 佢係; 它是
它本身taa1 bun2 san1
itself
它們taa1 mun4
them; they | Neuter gender third-person plural pronoun | Cant.: 佢哋
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