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泰

tài

HSK 6 Character

What 泰 means

1. safe
2. peaceful
3. most
4. grand

Other readings

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

• TàiMt Tai {泰山|Tài Shān} in Shandong; abbr. for Thailand

Example sentences

• 否极泰来。
  Pǐjítàilái.
  After a storm comes a calm.
• 我是泰国人。
  I am Thai.
• 我来自泰国。
  I'm from Thailand.
• 台湾不是泰国。
  Táiwān bù shì Tàiguó.
  Taiwan is not Thailand.
• 泰国菜怎幺样？
  How about Thai food?
• 泰国不是台湾。
  Thailand is not Taiwan.

Words starting with 泰

• 泰国Tài guóThailand
• 泰山Tài shānTarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle)…
• 泰晤士报Tài wù shì BàoTimes (newspaper)
• 泰坦尼克号Tài tǎn ní kè HàoRMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912
• 泰戈尔Tài gē ěrRabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer
• 泰铢Tài zhūThai baht
• 泰然tài ráncalm; self-composed
• 泰晤士河Tài wù shì HéRiver Thames
• 泰然自若tài rán zì ruòcool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves; perfectly composed
• 泰北Tài běinorthern Thailand
• 泰半tài bànmore than half; a majority; most
• 泰和tài hécalm and peaceful
• 泰坦Tài tǎnTitan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc)
• 泰式Tài shìThai-style (of food, massage etc)
• 泰文Tài wénThai (language)
• 泰东Tài dōngthe Far East; East Asia
• 泰水tài shuǐ(literary) mother-in-law; wife's mother
• 泰尔Tài ěrTyre (city in Lebanon)
• 泰华Tài HuàMt Tai 泰山 and Mt Hua 华山; another name for Mt Hua
• 泰西Tài xī(old) the West; the Occident
• 泰语Tài yǔThai (language)
• 泰迪tài dítoy poodle with a teddy-bear cut
• 泰达Tài dáTEDA (Tianjin Economic Development Area)
• 泰阿Tài ēname of a famous sword mentioned in ancient texts

Words containing 泰

• 国泰Guó tàiCathay Pacific (Hong Kong airline)
• 景泰蓝jǐng tài láncloisonne; cloisonné
• 安泰ān tàiat peace; healthy and secure
• 康泰kāng tàisafe and healthy
• 通泰tōng tài(dialect) clear (i.e. thoroughly understood); (literary) comfortable; at ease; unburdened
• 史泰博Shǐ tài bóStaples Inc., US office supply store
• 新泰市Xīn tài ShìXintai, a county-level city in Tai'an City 泰安市
• 新马泰Xīn Mǎ TàiSingapore, Malaysia and Thailand (abbr. for 新加坡
• 星马泰Xīng Mǎ TàiSingapore, Malaysia and Thailand (abbr. for 新加坡
• 长泰区Cháng tài QūChangtai, a district of Zhangzhou City 漳州市
• 阿尔泰Ā ěr tàiAltai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk
• 不识泰山bù shí Tài Shāncan't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
• 否极泰来pǐ jí tài láiextreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
• 国泰民安guó tài mín ānthe country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
• 国泰航空Guó tài Háng kōngCathay Pacific, Hong Kong-based airline
• 安如泰山ān rú Tài Shānas secure as Mount Taishan; as solid as a rock
• 稳如泰山wěn rú Tài Shānsteady as Mt Tai; as safe as houses
• 重于泰山zhòng yú Tài Shānheavier than Mt Tai (idiom); fig. extremely serious matter
• 阿勒泰市Ā lè tài ShìAltay, a county-level city in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地区
• 阿尔泰山Ā ěr tài ShānAltai mountain range in Xinjiang and Siberia
• 阿尔泰语Ā ěr tài yǔAltaic language
• 加泰罗尼亚Jiā tài luó ní yàCatalonia
• 斯泰恩谢尔Sī tài ēn xiè ěrSteinkjær (city in Trøndelag, Norway)
• 施泰尔马克Shī tài ěr mǎ kèStyria (Steiermark), province of Austria

Characters that look like 泰

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

• 春chūnspring (season); gay; joyful
• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 鹿lùdeer
• 秦Qínsurname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇; short name for 陕西
• 眷juàn(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and…
• 孬nāo(dialect) contracted form of 不好

Sounds the same

Read tài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 太highest; greatest; too (much)
• 态(bound form); appearance; shape
• 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