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tài

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tài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tài | tai4
English translation
manner, bearing, attitude

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About tài

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

tài

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

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Etymology of tài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

能心

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Néng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and tài represents the sound. Simplified form of tài .

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Words with tài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
状态 zhuàngtài state狀態
态度 tàidu manner態度
变态 biàn tài abnormal變態
生态 shēngtài ecology生態
心态 xīntài mentality心態
动态 dòngtài movement動態
形态 xíngtài shape形態
姿态 zītài attitude姿態
表态 biǎotài to declare one's position表態
tài shape tài
事态 shìtài situation事態
态势 tài shì posture態勢
病态 bìng tài morbid or abnormal state病態
意识形态 yì shí xíng tài ideology意識形態
失态 shī tài to forget oneself失態
静态 jìng tài static靜態
液态 yè tài liquid (state)液態
神态 shéntài appearance神態
常态 cháng tài normal state常態
体态 tǐ tài figure體態
生态系统 shēng tài xì tǒng ecosystem生態系統
精神状态 jīng shén zhuàng tài mental state精神狀態
固态 gù tài solid state (physics)固態
紧急状态 jǐn jí zhuàng tài state of emergency緊急狀態
形态学 xíng tài xué morphology (in biology or linguistics)形態學

tài Decomposition & Compounds

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