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
- 正太控 shotacon
- 太阳冕洞(太陽冕洞) Sun spot
- 太阳饼(太陽餅) suncake
- 太阳永不落(太陽永不落) (on which) the sun never sets
- 太半 more than half; a majority; most; mostly
- 姨太太 a concubine; a mistress
- 太平气象(太平氣象) peaceful weather
- 太田 Ohta or Ōta (Japanese surname)
- 太阳风(太陽風) solar wind
- 太阳轮(太陽輪) solar plexus chakra
- 欺人太甚 to bully intolerably
- 太白粉 cornstarch; potato starch
- 太清 the sky ; the principle of heaven ; Heaven of Great Clarify ; Heaven of Great Clarify
- 太平洋周边(太平洋週邊) Pacific Rim
- 太阳黑子周(太陽黑子周) sunspot cycle
- 黄腰太阳鸟(黃腰太陽鳥) crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
- 太多 too much / too many
- 莲花三太子(蓮花三太子) Third Lotus Prince
- 东方红,太阳升(東方紅,太陽升) The east is red, the sun is rising.
- 太仆寺卿(太僕寺卿) Minister of imperial stud
- 加拉太书(加拉太書) Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians
- 太好了 very good
- 太爷(太爺) paternal grandfather ; a respectful form of address for a senior government official
- 太阳日(太陽日) solar day
- 太空 outer space
- 太空船 spaceship
- 太极拳(太極拳) taiji
- 太阳眼镜(太陽眼鏡) sunglasses
- 老太太 elderly lady ; mother
- 犹太会堂(猶太會堂) synagogue; Jewish temple
- 绿喉太阳鸟(綠喉太陽鳥) green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)
- 太阳能电池(太陽能電池) solar cell
- 太平洋战争(太平洋戰爭) Pacific War
Also contained in
太石村 、 太鲁阁 、 元太祖 、 太平兴国 、 麻生太郎 、 太傅 、 太史令 、 灵太后 、 章敬吴太后 、 亚太经济合作组织 、 中远太平洋有限公司 、 太子港 、 太师 、 唐太宗 、 太学 、 太谷县 、 司马辽太郎 、 太保
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- 卷二十五 志第五: 禮儀五 Volume 25 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 93
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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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