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太太

tài tai

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个、位

太太 (tài tai) means "married woman, wife, Mrs.". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 太太 means

1. married woman
2. Mrs.
3. Madam
4. wife

The characters in 太太

• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)

Example sentences

• 他太太。
  His woman.
• 你太太怎幺样？
  How is your wife?
• 老太太皱着眉头。
  Lǎotàitai zhòu zhe méitóu.
  The old woman knitted her brows.
• 你太太在生你的气。
  Your wife is mad at you.
• 她让座给一位老太太。
  Tā ràngzuò gěi yī wèi lǎotàitai.
  She made room for an old lady.

Words containing 太太

• 老太太lǎo tài taielderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother
• 姨太太yí tài taiconcubine
• 小太太xiǎo tài taiconcubine; mistress

Where 太太 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Marriage, Death & Negotiations (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tài tai correctly.
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