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[1] [adj] highest; greatest; remotest [2] [adj] great-grand; senior (in generational hierarchy) [3] [adv] excessively; too; over  Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: 大 (#37)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 大犬丈 |
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This word has been viewed 21829 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jun 2013 14:52 |
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太太
taai3 taai3*2 = [1] Mrs.; [2] wife
太陽
taai3 joeng4 = sun
亞太
aa3 taai3 = Asia Pacific
太忙
taai3 mong4 = too busy
太白粉
taai3 baak6 fan2 = cornstarch / potato starch
太空
taai3 hung1 = space; universe
太子
taai3 zi2 = (crown) prince; Prince Edward (MTR station)
太陽系
taai3 joeng4 hai6 = Solar System
猶太
jau4 taai3 = Jewish; Judaea
猶太教
jau4 taai3 gaau3 = JudaismSee all 164 compounds (CantoDict reports 175 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 17 examples containing 太
太多嘢食喇！ 粵
Too much food! [If it is obvious that food is being talked about, the more general 太多嘢喇！ would probably be preferred.]
我唔鐘意太濃嘅茶 粵
I don't like tea that's too strong. [Lit. I not like too strong [possessive particle] tea.]
她用橙色的蠟筆來畫太陽 國
She uses an orange crayon to draw the sun. [來 here means "in order to" or "to". Marked as unsure: Can an editor please fix the jyutping?]
佢曬太陽曬到黑猛猛 粵
He sunbathed so much he got a great tan. [Lit. he shine-sun shine-arrive pitch black. 佢曬到黑猛猛 is okay too.]
哪裡，我的漢語不太好。 國
No, my Chinese isn't that good. [Usage of 哪裡's definition [2], for example to reply to a compliment such as 「你的漢語很好。」]
你加水太少,就會煲燶飯㗎。 粵
If you add too little water, you will burn the rice. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225] |
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Unicode code for this character: U+592a (off-site link)
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