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抬

tái

HSK 4 Character

What 抬 means

1. to lift
2. to raise
3. (of two or more persons) to carry

Other readings

抬 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• táivariant of {抬|tái}

Example sentences

• 帮我抬包裹。
  Help me lift the package.
• 抬头，挺胸。
  Chin up, chest out.
• 把你的腿抬起来
  Bǎ nǐ de tuǐ táiqǐ lái
  Raise your leg.
• 她抬头看着他。
  Tā táitóu kàn zhe tā.
  She lifted up her head and looked at him.
• 他抬头望着天空。
  Tā táitóu wàng zhe tiānkōng.
  He was looking upward to the sky.
• 她抬头望向天空。
  Tā táitóu wàng xiàng tiānkōng.
  She looked up at the sky.

Words starting with 抬

• 抬头tái tóuto raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth…
• 抬起tái qǐto lift up
• 抬高tái gāoto raise (price etc)
• 抬杠tái gàngto bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing; to carry on poles (together with sb else)
• 抬举tái juto lift sth up; to elevate sb; to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc)
• 抬爱tái àito hold in high regard
• 抬显tái xiǎnhead-up display (HUD) (abbr. for 抬头显示
• 抬轿子tái jiào zito carry sb in a sedan chair; flatter; sing praises
• 抬秤tái chènglarge steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to…
• 抬头不见低头见tái tóu bù jiàn dī tóu jiàn(idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly

Words containing 抬

• 拉抬lā tái(Taiwan) to pull sth up; (fig.) to give a boost to; to support
• 高抬gāo táito speak highly of sb
• 担架抬dān jià táistretcher (for the injured)
• 龙抬头lóng tái tóuthe second day of the second lunar month, traditionally observed as the Longtaitou…
• 不识抬举bù shí tái jǔfail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors
• 高抬贵手gāo tái guì shǒuto be generous (idiom); to be magnanimous; Give me a break!
• 哄抬hōng táito artificially inflate; to bid up (the price)
• 八抬大轿bā tái dà jiàopalanquin with eight carriers; (fig.) lavish treatment
• 低头不见抬头见dī tóu bù jiàn tái tóu jiànsee 抬头不见低头见

Characters built on 台

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

• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 苔tāiused in 舌苔
• 怠dàiidle; lazy; negligent
• 殆dài(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 跆táito trample, to kick
• 邰Táisurname Tai; name of a feudal state
• 绐dàito cheat; to pretend; to deceive
• 炱táisoot

Characters that look like 抬

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

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 按ànto press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 抢qiǎngto fight over; to rush; to scramble
• 拮jiéantagonistic; laboring hard; pressed
• 拈niānto nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with

Sounds the same

Read tái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 台(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台
• 苔moss; lichen; liverwort
• 跆to trample, to kick
• 炱soot
• 薹Carex dispalatha
• 鲐mackerel; Pacific mackerel (Pneumatophorus japonicus)
• 骀tired; worn out horse
• 儓servant
• 斄ancient place name (a Han dynasty town in Shaanxi); variant of 邰
• 邰surname Tai; name of a feudal state
• 枱old variant of 台
• 炲variant of 炱