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苔

tāi

Character

What 苔 means

1. used in {舌苔|shé tāi}

Other readings

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

• táimoss; lichen; liverwort

Example sentences

• 滚石不生苔。
  Gǔnshí bù shēngtái.
  A rolling stone gathers no moss.
• 让苔藓盖上我的坟墓吧。
  Ràng táixiǎn gàishang wǒ de fénmù ba.
  Let moss cover my grave.
• “滚石不生苔”是一句谚语。
  "Gǔn shí bù shēng tái" shì yī jù yànyǔ.
  "A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a saying.
• 今年四月，苔丝在教会集会上分享了她的经验。
  Tessa shared her experience in a chapel assembly this April.

Words starting with 苔

• 苔藓tái xiǎnmoss
• 苔原tái yuántundra

Words containing 苔

• 青苔qīng táimoss; lichen
• 海苔hǎi táinori
• 生苔shēng táimossy
• 绿苔lǜ táigreen algae
• 舌苔shé tāi(TCM) coating on the tongue (examined for the purpose of diagnosis)
• 叶苔yè táiliverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata)
• 银苔yín táimoss silver; silver in the form of fibers or branches
• 藓苔xiǎn táimoss
• 紫菜苔zǐ cài táivariant of 紫菜薹
• 蒜苔suàn táivariant of 蒜薹

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)
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 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 苔

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

• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 茜qiàn(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 荟huìto flourish; luxuriant growth
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 茁zhuóto display vigorous, new growth; to sprout
• 苜mùclover

Sounds the same

Read tāi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胎fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 台used in place names