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)
Contained in
- 太空步 moonwalk (dance)
- 太平洋 Pacific Ocean
- 太空 outer space
- 正太控 shotacon
- 太好了 very good
- 太空船 spaceship
- 老太婆 old woman
- 太古宙 Archaean
- 太空人 astronaut
- 黄腰太阳鸟(黃腰太陽鳥) crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
- 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩(太公釣魚，願者上鉤) Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook
- 太白粉 cornstarch; potato starch
- 欺人太甚 to bully intolerably
- 太客气了(太客氣了) too polite
- 太平鸟(太平鳥) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
- 太极剑(太極劍) a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
- 太平盛世 peace and prosperity
- 天下太平 the whole world at peace; peace and prosperity
- 正太 young, cute boy
- 马太福音(馬太福音) Gospel according to St Matthew
- 太阳窗(太陽窗) sun window; sun roof (of car)
- 太阳永不落(太陽永不落) (on which) the sun never sets
- 太公钓鱼(太公釣魚) Tai Gong catches fish
- 太阳轮(太陽輪) solar plexus chakra
- 太平洋区域(太平洋區域) the Pacific Region; the Pacific Rim
- 提摩太前书(提摩太前書) First epistle of St Paul to Timothy
- 不太好 not so good; not too well
- 仰天太息 look up at the sky and gasp
- 太虚(太虛) sky ; a void
- 太古洋行 Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank)
- 绿喉太阳鸟(綠喉太陽鳥) green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)
- 太初 the absolute beginning ; the Way ; ancient; early period ; Taichu
- 亚太区(亞太區) Asia Pacific region
- 太仆寺卿(太僕寺卿) Minister of imperial stud
- 姨太太 a concubine; a mistress
- 太平洋战争(太平洋戰爭) Pacific War
- 外太空 outer space
Also contained in
魏太武帝 、 麻生太郎 、 太平洋联合铁路 、 太康 、 太平兴国 、 太甲 、 晋太康 、 太阿 、 慈禧太后 、 太昌 、 太液池 、 以太 、 太原 、 太和县
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- 卷七十三 志第二十四: 祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 66
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