HSK 3 · Time

其他 qítā “other” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 其他 means

  1. other
  2. else
  3. (sth or sb) else
  4. the rest

How to say 其他

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale其qí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale他tā1st tone, high and level

其他 in a sentence

  1. 其他学生都笑了。

    Qítā xuésheng dōu xiào le.

    The other students all laughed.

    Sentence #9453452 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 中文比其他外语难。

    Zhōngwén bǐ qítā wàiyǔ nán.

    Chinese is harder than other foreign languages.

    Sentence #10192345 from Tatoeba

  3. 学习其他国家的文化很有趣。

    Xuéxí qítā guójiā de wénhuà hěn yǒuqù.

    Learning about other countries’ cultures is very interesting.

    Sentence #471225 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 其他 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 其 (qí) with each of its parts in a different colour
其qíhis
  • 甘sweet · gān
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidDrawn from a winnowing basket. That meaning moved to 箕 (jī), and 其 came to mean “its, that”.

The character 他 (tā) with each of its parts in a different colour
他tāhe; him; his
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 也also · yě

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 也: he, or someone in general.

How to write 其他

其 8 strokes · 他 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

其他 (qítā) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 其他 (qítā). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 其他

Words with 其

其实qíshí · actually其次qícì · next其中qízhōng · among尤其yóuqí · especially极其jíqí · extremely其余qíyú · the rest与其yǔqí · rather than (与其 A，不如 B: B rather than A)名副其实míngfùqíshí · worthy of the name莫名其妙mòmíngqímiào · baffling

Words with 他

他tā · he他们tāmen · they

More words: Time

经常jīngcháng · often久jiǔ · long time马上mǎshàng · at once其实qíshí · actually秋qiū · autumn突然tūrán · sudden夏xià · summer一般yìbān · general

FAQs

其他 (qítā) means “other” or “else”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it qítā: qí with a 2nd tone, then tā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 其他 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qita with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 其他 from the suggestions. Typing qita into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
其他 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.