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太阳

tài yang

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 太陽

太阳 (tài yang) means "sun". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 太阳 means

1. sun
2. sunlight; sunshine
3. temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for {太阳穴|tài yáng xué})

The characters in 太阳

• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
• 阳yángpositive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)

Example sentences

• 太阳下山了。
  The sun is going down.
• 太阳刚下山。
  The sun has just sunk below the horizon.
• 太阳出来了。
  Sunshine appeared.
• 太阳在西边落下
  Tàiyang zài xībiān luòxià
  The sun sets in the west.
• 太阳露出来了。
  The sun came out.
• 太阳升起来了。
  The sun is coming up.

Words starting with 太阳

• 太阳能tài yáng néngsolar energy
• 太阳穴tài yáng xuétemple (on the sides of human head)
• 太阳光tài yáng guāngsunlight
• 太阳镜tài yáng jìngsunglasses
• 太阳系tài yáng xìsolar system
• 太阳神tài yáng shénSun God; Apollo
• 太阳报Tài yáng BàoThe Sun (the name of various newspapers, notably in the UK and in Hong Kong)
• 太阳日tài yáng rìsolar day
• 太阳花tài yáng huāsunflower (Helianthus annuus); rose moss (Portulaca grandiflora)
• 太阳轮tài yáng lúnsolar plexus chakra
• 太阳风tài yáng fēngsolar wind
• 太阳活动tài yáng huó dòngsunspot activity; solar variation
• 太阳能板tài yáng néng bǎnsolar panel
• 太阳风暴tài yáng fēng bàosolar storm
• 太阳黑子tài yáng hēi zǐsunspot
• 太阳神计划tài yáng shén jì huàthe Apollo project
• 太阳黑子周tài yáng hēi zǐ zhōusunspot cycle
• 太阳电池tài yáng diàn chísolar cell
• 太阳能电池tài yáng néng diàn chísolar cell
• 太阳电池板tài yáng diàn chí bǎnsolar panel
• 太阳蛋tài yang dànfried egg; sunny-side-up egg
• 太阳窗tài yáng chuāngsun window; sun roof (of car)
• 太阳灯tài yáng dēngsunlamp
• 太阳眼镜tài yáng yǎn jìngsunglasses

Words containing 太阳

• 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)
• 小太阳xiǎo tài yángparabolic heater; heat dish
• 聚光太阳能jù guāng tài yáng néngconcentrating solar power (CSP)
• 火尾太阳鸟huǒ wěi tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) fire-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)
• 黑胸太阳鸟hēi xiōng tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
• 叉尾太阳鸟chā wěi tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)
• 黄腰太阳鸟huáng yāo tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
• 绿喉太阳鸟lǜ hóu tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)
• 蓝喉太阳鸟lán hóu tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
• 紫颊直嘴太阳鸟zǐ jiá zhí zuǐ tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis)

Where 太阳 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Nature & Environment (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tài yang correctly.
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