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态

tài

HSK 4 Character Traditional 態

What 态 means

1. bound form
2. appearance
3. shape
4. form
5. state
6. attitude
7. (grammar) voice

Example sentences

• 你是个变态!
  Nǐ shì gè biàntài!
  You're a sicko!
• 他状态真的很好。
  He's really in good shape.
• 状态已经崩溃了。
  My mood is shot.
• 我对他的态度变了。
  My attitude towards him changed.
• 社会变态者喜欢说谎。
  Shèhuì biàntài zhě xǐhuan shuōhuǎng.
  Sociopaths like telling lies.
• 社会变态者是冷漠的。
  Shèhuì biàntài zhě shì lěngmò de.
  A sociopath is cold.

Words starting with 态

• 态度tài dumanner; bearing; attitude
• 态势tài shìposture; situation
• 态子tài zistate of matter (solid, liquid or gas)
• 态样tài yàngform; pattern
• 态射tài shè(math) morphism
• 态叠加tài dié jiāsuperposition of states (quantum mechanics)

Words containing 态

• 状态zhuàng tàicondition; state; state of affairs
• 心态xīn tàiattitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking
• 动态dòng tàimovement; motion; development
• 生态shēng tàiecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment)…
• 姿态zī tàiattitude; posture; stance
• 形态xíng tàishape; form; pattern
• 神态shén tàiappearance; manner; bearing
• 表态biǎo tàito declare one's position; to say where one stands
• 事态shì tàisituation; existing state of affairs
• 变态biàn tàito metamorphose (biology); abnormal; perverted
• 意识形态yì shí xíng tàiideology
• 病态bìng tàimorbid or abnormal state
• 静态jìng tàistatic; sedate; quiet
• 体态tǐ tàifigure; physique; posture
• 常态cháng tàinormal state
• 失态shī tàito forget one's manners; to forget oneself; to lose self-control (in a situation)
• 情态qíng tàispirit; mood; (linguistics) modal
• 仪态yí tàibearing; deportment
• 千姿百态qiān zī bǎi tài(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
• 一反常态yī fǎn cháng tàicomplete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic…
• 液态yè tàiliquid (state)
• 业态yè tài(retail industry) format
• 生态学shēng tài xuéecology
• 生态系统shēng tài xì tǒngecosystem

Characters built on 太

These share the phonetic component 太 (tài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 汰tàito discard; to eliminate
• 钛tàititanium (chemistry)
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 酞tàiphthalein (chemistry)
• 呔dāi(interjection) hey!; Taiwan pr. tai

Characters that look like 态

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

• 总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
• 杰jié(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person
• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 怠dàiidle; lazy; negligent

Sounds the same

Read tài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 太highest; greatest; too (much)
• 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