Chinese Notes

太 tài

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)

太蚤 too early
安享太平 to enjoy peace
太虚(太虛) sky ; a void
太空舱(太空艙) space capsule; ejection capsule (cabin)
太阳轮(太陽輪) solar plexus chakra
芬太尼 fentanyl
太阳鸟(太陽鳥) Aethopyga [birds]
太极图(太極圖) diagram of cosmological scheme; Yin-Yang symbol; ☯
犹太复国主义(猶太復國主義) Zionism
加拉太书(加拉太書) Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians
太极剑(太極劍) a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
东太平洋隆起(東太平洋隆起) East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
亚太(亞太) Asia-Pacific region
太乙金华宗旨(太乙金華宗旨) The Secret of the Golden Flower, a classic of Chinese Taoism published in the late 17th century
太阳从西边出来(太陽從西邊出來) the sun rises in the west; hell freezes over; pigs can fly
太阳能板(太陽能板) solar panel
太阳黑子(太陽黑子) sunspot
太空人 astronaut
太阳同步轨道(太陽同步軌道) a heliosynchronous orbit; a Sun-synchronous orbit
太谦(太謙) too modest
太平门(太平門) emergency exit
太阳永不落(太陽永不落) (on which) the sun never sets
王太后 Queen Dowager (in Europe); widowed queen; Queen mother
老太爷(老太爺) elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father

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