太 tài

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Traditional form

太 tài

Contains the radical

大 dà

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

A giant 大 dà with a normal-sized man 丶 diǎn for scale

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿵大丶

Explanation

Addition of a dot to 大 dà (dà; big) to mean "very" or "extremely".

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 太 tài in different contexts.

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这 zhè 书 Shū 放 fàng 得 dé 太 tài 高 Gāo , 我 wǒ 够 gòu 不 bù 着 zhāo .

The book's too high -- I can't reach it.

人 rén 吃 chī 太 tài 饱 bǎo 听力 tīng lì 会 huì 变差?

After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.

那天 nà tiān 晚上 wǎnshang 早些 zǎo xiē 时候 shíhou 他 tā 的确 díquè 是 shì 吃 chī 了 le 太 tài 多 duō 香 xiāng 辣 là 咖喱 gā lí 鸡 jī 了 le .

He did have too much spiced curry chicken earlier that evening.

我 wǒ 太 tài 渴 kě 了 le ,竟然 jìngrán 喝 hē 了 le 一 yī 公升 gōng shēng 的 de 冰 bīng 茶 chá .

I was so thirsty that I drank a liter of iced tea.

他 tā 叫 jiào 我 wǒ 等 děng 得 dé 太 tài 久 jiǔ ,这是不 bù 合理 hélǐ 的 de .

He kept me waiting an unconscionable time.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 太 tài in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
太 tài	highest	太 tài
太阳 tàiyang	sun	太陽
太太 tàitai	Mrs.	太太 tàitai
太空 tàikōng	outer space	太空 tàikōng
犹太人 Yóu tài rén	Jew	猶太人
太平洋 Tài píng Yáng	Pacific Ocean	太平洋 Tài píng Yáng
太过 tài guò	too	太過
老太太 lǎo tài tai	esteemed mother	老太太 lǎo tài tai
犹太 Yóu tài	Jew	猶太
太子 tài zǐ	crown prince	太子 tài zǐ
亚太 Yà Tài	Asia-Pacific	亞太
太阳能 tài yáng néng	solar energy	太陽能
太平 Tài píng	place name	太平 Tài píng
太原 Tài yuán	Taiyuan prefecture level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省 Shān xī shěng in central north China	太原 Tài yuán
太后 tài hòu	Empress Dowager	太后 tài hòu
晒太阳 shài tài yáng	to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)	曬太陽
太监 tài jiàn	court eunuch	太監
太极 Tài jí	the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology	太極
老太婆 lǎo tài pó	old woman (at times contemptuous)	老太婆 lǎo tài pó
太湖 Tài Hú	Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫\|无锡 Wú xī , bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes	太湖 Tài Hú
太阳系 tài yáng xì	solar system	太陽系
太原市 Tài yuán shì	Taiyuan prefecture level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省 Shān xī shěng in central north China	太原市 Tài yuán shì
老太 lǎo tài	old lady	老太 lǎo tài
太守 tài shǒu	governor of a province	太守 tài shǒu
太空船 tài kōng chuán	spaceship	太空船 tài kōng chuán