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
- 太监(太監) palace eunuch
- 晒太阳(曬太陽) to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put something in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
- 太阳神经丛(太陽神經叢) solar plexus chakra
- 犹太法典(猶太法典) the Talmud
- 太极拳(太極拳) taiji
- 太平洋区域(太平洋區域) the Pacific Region; the Pacific Rim
- 太什(太甚) very; extremely
- 太平洋潜鸟(太平洋潛鳥) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
- 老太爷(老太爺) elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father
- 太子党(太子黨) princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
- 太空行走 spacewalk
- 聚光太阳能(聚光太陽能) concentrating solar power (CSP)
- 绿喉太阳鸟(綠喉太陽鳥) green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)
- 太阳能板(太陽能板) solar panel
- 黑胸太阳鸟(黑胸太陽鳥) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
- 反犹太主义(反猶太主義) antisemitism
- 太太 wife ; madam [wife of a senior official]
- 太鲁阁族(太魯閣族) Taroko, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
- 加拿大太平洋铁路(加拿大太平洋鐵路) Canadian Pacific Railway
- 王太后 Queen Dowager (in Europe); widowed queen; Queen mother
- 环太平洋火山带(環太平洋火山帶) Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
- 正太控 shotacon
- 快速以太网络(快速以太網絡) Fast Ethernet
- 太平门(太平門) emergency exit
- 太阳花(太陽花) sunflower ; rose moss
- 太阳穴(太陽穴) temple (on the sides of human head)
- 提摩太 Timothy
- 太阳雨(太陽雨) sunshower
- 太公钓鱼(太公釣魚) Tai Gong catches fish
- 太空站 space station
- 太初历(太初曆) Grand Inception Calendar System
- 太阳冕洞(太陽冕洞) Sun spot
- 太阳系(太陽系) Solar System
- 东太平洋(東太平洋) East Pacific
Also contained in
太史 、 麻生太郎 、 太师 、 蒙太奇 、 杨太真 、 晋太康 、 太上皇 、 太武 、 太子港 、 太平市 、 皇太极清太宗 、 以太网路 、 皇太子 、 太史公书 、 太山 、 太平真君 、 太湖
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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
- 卷七十四 志第二十五: 祭祀三 Volume 74 Treatises 27: Offerings 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 93
- 卷三十 志第十一: 禮三 宗廟 禘袷 朝享、時享儀 Volume 30 Treatises 11: Rites 3 - Ancestral Temples, Dijia, Worshipping, Seasonal Rituals History of Jin 金史 — count: 89
- 卷七十六 志第二十七上: 祭祀五 Volume 76 Treatises 29: Offerings 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 74
- 卷七十五 志第二十六: 祭祀四 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Offerings 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 72
- 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
- 卷二十六 志第六: 禮儀六 Volume 26 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 64
- 卷三十四 志第十五: 禮七 社稷 風雨雷師 嶽鎮海瀆 Volume 34 Treatises 15: Rites 7 - Gods of Earth and Grain; Masters of Wind, Rain, and Thunder; Mountains, Cities, Seas, and Rivers History of Jin 金史 — count: 58
- 卷十二 志第二 禮樂二 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Rites and Music 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 54
- 卷一百〇八 志第六十一 禮十一 Volume 108 Treatises 61: Rites 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 51