太 tài
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tài
adverb
very; too; extremely
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison , Concept: Degree 程度
Notes: 太 may be used in this sense as an adverb of degree in both modern and Literary Chinese (CC-CEDICT '太'; Guoyu '太' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '太' 1b, p. 441; Norman 1988, p. 127; Unihan '太; XHZD '太' 1, p. 725) -
tài
adverb
most
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: At an extreme point (Guoyu '太' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '太' 1a, p. 441; XHZD '太' 2, p. 725) -
tài
adjective
grand
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '太' adj; Kroll 2015 '太' 1, p. 441; XHZD '太' 3, p. 725) -
tài
bound form
tera
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 10**12 (XHZD '太' 5, p. 725) -
tài
adjective
senior
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '太' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '太' 2, p. 441) -
tài
adjective
most senior member
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '太' n)
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- 太空梭 space shuttle
- 蓝喉太阳鸟(藍喉太陽鳥) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
- 反犹太主义(反猶太主義) antisemitism
- 太平盛世 peace and prosperity
- 小太太 concubine; mistress
- 太极剑(太極劍) a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
- 太阴(太陰) the Moon ; a lair for evil spirits ; a path within the body
- 太多 too much / too many
- 太岁(太歲) Tai Sui, God of the year
- 太阳镜(太陽鏡) sunglasses
- 太阳日(太陽日) solar day
- 太阳活动(太陽活動) sunspot activity; solar variation
- 太亲(太親) excessive affection
- 环太平洋地震带(環太平洋地震帶) Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
- 太极拳(太極拳) taiji
- 老太公 aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term)
- 太阳电池(太陽電池) solar cell
- 别太客气(別太客氣) no excessive politeness; Don't mention it!; You're welcome!; Please don't stand on ceremony.
- 太公兵法 Three Strategies of Huang Shigong
- 太爷(太爺) paternal grandfather ; a respectful form of address for a senior government official
- 太客气了(太客氣了) too polite
- 太阳系(太陽系) Solar System
- 太阳窗(太陽窗) sun window; sun roof (of car)
- 太空行走 spacewalk
- 欺人太甚 to bully intolerably
- 太公钓鱼(太公釣魚) Tai Gong catches fish
Also contained in
太常寺 、 太子丹 、 太和区 、 魏太武帝 、 太原市 、 太白县 、 杨太真外传 、 好太王 、 太仆寺旗 、 太延 、 潘太克斯 、 太液池 、 太史公 、 太甲 、 太平公主 、 姜太公 、 太康 、 唐太宗 、 麻生太郎 、 太子港 、 亚太经济合作组织 、 皇太极 、 孝庄太后 、 太康县 、 太史令
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