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吉他jí tā
guitar
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
吉他 | jítā | |
1. n. (musical instrument) guitar | ||
彈tán 吉他 - to play the guitar | ||
吉他 獨奏 - guitar solo | ||
English > Chinese | ||
guitar | ||
1. 吉他 | ||
Components | ||
吉 | jí | |
1. auspicious; lucky | ||
(ant, zh, 凶) | ||
吉利 - auspicious; lucky | ||
2. good | ||
3. (Cantonese, euphemistic) empty | ||
(syn, zh, 空) | ||
橫掂 有 間 房fong4-2 吉 咗 喺度,不如 租 畀 人 住 啊。 - Since there's an empty room, why don't we rent it out? | ||
交 吉 卷 - Hand out an unanswered (empty) exam paper | ||
4. (Cantonese, euphemistic) emptiness; nothingness | ||
勞碌 一生 得 個 吉 - A lifetime of laborious hardworking amounts to nothing | ||
5. Short for 吉林 (Jilin Province) | ||
6. (Taiwan, internet slang) to accuse; to sue; to file a lawsuit; to press charges | ||
這 我 一定 吉 - I will definitely sue for this | ||
7. (zh-div, 縣) place, zh, t=Ji County, county, prefecture-level city/Linfen, province/Shanxi, c/China | ||
他 | tā, tuō | |
1. (chiefly Mandarin Jin Xiang dialectal Wu originally gender-neutral; nowadays usually referring to males) he; him; she; her | ||
他 去 了。 - He went away. | ||
我 認識shi 他。 - I know him. | ||
2. (ng, A dummy pronoun. Compare another pronoun, m, zh, 之), that is also a topicalizer | ||
(zh-x, 睡 他 個 昏天黑地) | ||
(zh-alt-inline, 它) | ||
3. other; another | ||
別 無 他 求 - have no other request (formal) | ||
4. usage. (sense, personal pronoun) | ||
5. usage. * Originally gender-neutral before the 1910s, when the character she; her was coined; now usually refers to males (also occasionally refers to females). | ||
6. usage. ** However, 他/她/牠/它/祂 is only a written distinction; they are all still pronounced as tā. | ||
7. usage. * This term can refer to a person of unknown gender or there is no need to mention gender of the person referred to, while they (singular). | ||
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jí tā
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