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太

tài

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What 太 means

1. highest
2. greatest
3. too (much)
4. very
5. extremely

Example sentences

• 太棒了
  Awesome.
• 太忙！
  Busy!
• 太贵了！
  It's too expensive!
• 太多了。
  That's too much.
• 太小了。
  It's too small.
• 太热了。
  It's too hot.

Words starting with 太

• 太阳tài yangsun; sunlight; sunshine; temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太阳穴
• 太太tài taimarried woman; Mrs.; Madam
• 太极拳tài jí quánshadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or…
• 太空tài kōngouter space
• 太平洋Tài píng YángPacific Ocean
• 太子tài zǐcrown prince
• 太平tài píngpeace and security
• 太监tài jiàncourt eunuch; palace eunuch
• 太极Tài jíthe Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some…
• 太后tài hòuEmpress Dowager
• 太守tài shǒugovernor of a province
• 太阳能tài yáng néngsolar energy
• 太湖Tài HúLake Tai near Wuxi City 无锡
• 太阳穴tài yáng xuétemple (on the sides of human head)
• 太阳光tài yáng guāngsunlight
• 太古tài gǔimmemorial
• 太白Tài báiTaibai County in Baoji 宝鸡; Venus
• 太原市Tài yuán ShìTaiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi Province 山西省
• 太阳镜tài yáng jìngsunglasses
• 太虚tài xūgreat emptiness; the void; heaven
• 太平间tài píng jiānmortuary; morgue
• 太祖tài zǔGreat Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
• 太爷tài yé(respectful for) one's grandfather; sb's father; older people
• 太阳系tài yáng xìsolar system

Words containing 太

• 老太太lǎo tài taielderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother
• 犹太人Yóu tài rénJew
• 老太lǎo tàiold lady
• 晒太阳shài tài yángto be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
• 老太婆lǎo tài póold woman (at times contemptuous)
• 犹太Yóu tàithe Jews; Judea
• 亚太Yà TàiAsia-Pacific
• 慈禧太后Cí xǐ tài hòuEmpress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
• 渥太华Wò tài huáOttawa, capital of Canada
• 亚太地区Yà Tài dì qūAsia-Pacific region
• 皇太后huáng tài hòuempress dowager
• 姨太太yí tài taiconcubine
• 犹太教Yóu tài jiàoJudaism
• 老太爷lǎo tài yéelderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father
• 唐太宗Táng Tài zōngEmperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民
• 皇太子huáng tài zǐcrown prince
• 马太Mǎ tài(Protestantism) Matthew
• 亚太区Yà Tài qūAsian area; the Far East; Asia Pacific region
• 以太yǐ tài(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
• 蒙太奇méng tài qí(loanword) (film) montage
• 天下太平tiān xià tài píngthe whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
• 皇太极Huáng Tài jíHong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努尔哈赤; posthumous name 清太宗
• 正太zhèng tàiyoung, cute boy; derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控
• 不太好bù tài hǎonot so good; not too well

Characters that look like 太

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 犬quǎn(literary) dog; Kangxi radical 94
• 女nǚfemale; woman; daughter
• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

Sounds the same

Read tài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 态(bound form); appearance; shape
• 泰safe; peaceful; most
• 汰to discard; to eliminate
• 肽peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 钛titanium (chemistry)
• 酞phthalein (chemistry)
• 忕extravagant; luxurious
• 忲variant of 忕