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tái

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tái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tái | tai2
English translation
moss, lichen

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About tái

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

tái

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of tái

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹台

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Tái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and Tái represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tái

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苔丝直哭得声咽气 yàn qì jiē ,肝肠断绝 duànjué ;因为 yīnwèi biē le 这些 zhè xiē tiān le , dào 今天 jīntiān cái 一齐 yī qí dōu 发泄 fā xiè 出来 chū lái .

Tess was convulsed with weeping, the tension of so many days having relaxed at last.

shì tái 西已经 yǐjīng jià gěi 托姆·布坎南 Bù kǎn nán , ér 他们 tā men shì 之家”.

But Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan; and they are'the very rich '.

qǐng 告诉 gàosu 舌苔 Hēi shì huí shì ?

Is asking coated tongue please turning black why returns to a thing?

[ yàn ] zhuǎn Shí shēng tái ;[]转业 zhuǎn yè 不聚 cái .

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

舌苔厚腻.

One's tongue is coated.

Words with tái

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tái coating (of tongue) tái
苔藓 tái xiǎn moss苔蘚
青苔 qīng tái moss青苔 qīng tái
海苔 hǎi tái nori海苔 hǎi tái
蒜苔 suàn tái garlic shoots (cookery)蒜苔 suàn tái
紫菜苔 zǐ cài tái purple cabbage紫菜苔 zǐ cài tái

tái Decomposition & Compounds

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