太 (taai3 | tai4) : highest; great-grand; excessively

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太

taai3

tai4

[1] [adj] highest; greatest; remotest
[2] [adj] great-grand; senior (in generational hierarchy)
[3] [adv] excessively; too; over

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Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 大 (#37)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

太

Don't confuse with:
大犬丈

This word has been viewed 21828 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 tai4 tai5 = [1] Mrs.; [2] wife

太陽 taai3 joeng4 tai4 yang2 = sun

亞太 aa3 taai3 ya3 tai4 (Taiwan), ya4 tai4 (PRC) = Asia Pacific

太忙 taai3 mong4 tai4 mang2 = too busy

太白粉 taai3 baak6 fan2 tai4 bai2 fen3 = cornstarch / potato starch

太空 taai3 hung1 tai4 kong1 = space; universe

太子 taai3 zi2 tai4 zi3 = (crown) prince; Prince Edward (MTR station)

太陽系 taai3 joeng4 hai6 tai4 yang2 xi4 = Solar System

猶太 jau4 taai3 you2 tai4 = Jewish; Judaea

猶太教 jau4 taai3 gaau3 you2 tai4 jiao4 = Judaism

猶太人 jau4 taai3 jan4 you2 tai4 ren2 = Jew; a Jewish person

太平洋 taai3 ping4 joeng4 tai4 ping2 yang2 = Pacific Ocean

太空人 taai3 hung1 jan4 tai4 kong1 ren2 = astronaut; taikonaut

太過分 taai3 gwo3 fan6 tai4 guo4 fen4 = too much; over the top

太陽油 taai3 joeng4 jau4 tai4 yang2 you2 = sun cream, sun block, sun lotion

太陽能 taai3 joeng4 nang4 tai4 yang2 neng2 = solar energy; solar power

太監 taai3 gaam3 tai4 jian4 = eunuch

太平 taai3 ping4 tai4 ping2 = peaceful; tranquil; secure; pacific; name of places in Guangdong, Taiwan and Malaysia; (placename) Tai Ping

太平天國 taai3 ping4 tin1 gwok3 tai4 ping2 tian1 guo2 = the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)

太古 taai3 gu2 tai4 gu3 = Tai Koo (MTR station)

老太婆 lou5 taai3 po4*2 lao3 tai4 po2 = old woman (often not polite), term to refer to wife

太陽鏡 taai3 joeng4 geng3*2 = sunglasses

曬太陽 saai3 taai3 joeng4 = bask in the sun

老太 lou5 taai3*2 = old lady; your (my/his/etc.) mother

南太平洋 naam4 taai3 ping4 joeng4 nan2 tai4 ping2 yang2 = South Pacific Ocean

太古城 taai3 gu2 sing4 = Tai Koo Shing

太古菜 taai3 gu2 coi3 = Chinese flat cabbage

太極拳 taai3 gik6 kyun4 tai4 ji2 quan2 = taijiquan , tai chi chuan , Chinese shadow boxing

太陽菊 taai3 joeng4 guk1 = gerbera; transvaal daisy

太公 taai3 gung1 tai4 gong1 = the great-grandfather

太婆 taai3 po4/4*2 = the great-grandmother

太爺 taai3 je4 = paternal grandfather

老太爺 lou5 taai3 je4*2 = an elderly gentleman; my father

太座 taai3 zo6 = one's wife

太師椅 taai3 si1 ji2 = lounge chair with planks for footrest

太老爺 taai3 lou5 je4 = grandfather, formerly, address of magistrate ("Your Honor")

師太 si1 taai3*2 = a teacher's wife

過太 gwo3 taai3 = overbearing

姑太 gu1 taai3*2 = a married paternal aunt

太空船 taai3 hung1 syun4 tai4 kong1 chuan2 = spaceship

不太熟的 bat1 taai3 suk6 dik1 bu4 tai4 shu2 de5 = underdone 國

亞太國家 aa3 taai3 gwok3 gaa1 ya3 tai4 guo2 jia1 (Taiwan), ya4 tai4 guo2 jia1 (PRC) = Asian-Pacific country; Asian-Pacific nation

亞洲太平洋地區 aa3 zau1 taai3 ping4 joeng4 dei6 keoi1 ya3/4 (Taiwan/PRC) zhou1 tai4 ping2 yang2 di4 qu1 = Asia-Pacific region

亞洲與太平洋 aa3 zau1 jyu5 taai3 ping4 joeng4 ya3/4 (Taiwan/PRC) zhou1 yu3 tai4 ping2 yang2 = Asia-Pacific

亞洲與太平洋地區 aa3 zau1 jyu5 taai3 ping4 joeng4 dei6 keoi1 ya3/4 (Taiwan) zhou1 yu3 tai4 ping2 yang2 di4 qu1 = Asia-Pacific region

乙太 jyut3 taai3 yi3 tai4 = ether

乙太網路 jyut3 taai3 mong5 lou6 yi3 tai4 wang3 lu4 = Ethernet

太魯咭 taai3 lou5 kaat1 tai4 lu3 ji1 = tarot card 粵

太陽光 taai3 joeng4 gwong1 tai4 yang2 guang1 = sunlight

太長 taai3 coeng4 tai4 chang2 = oversize

太空飛船 taai3 hung1 fei1 syun4 tai4 kong1 fei1 chuan2 = space shuttle

太空站 taai3 hung1 zaam6 tai4 kong1 zhan4 = space station

太好了 taai3 hou2 liu5 tai4 hao3 le5 = very good

太多 taai3 do1 tai4 duo1 = too much

太陽蛋 taai3 joeng4 daan6*2 tai4 yang2 dan4 = sunny-side up egg

外太空 ngoi6 taai3 hung1 = outer space

太平間 taai3 ping4 gaan1 = a morgue

太平紳士 taai3 ping4 san1 si6*2 = justices of the peace

洗太平地 sai2 taai3 ping4 dei6 = hose washing of public places; (slang) to raid a building; to disrupt a business

太平山 taai3 ping4 saan1 tai4 ping2 shan1 = Tai Ping Shan (Victoria Peak)

太子黨 taai3 zi2 dong2 = princeling

太極 taai3 gik6 tai4 ji2 = Supreme Ultimate; shadow boxing

太極圖 taai3 gik6 tou4 tai4 ji2 tu2 = [n] diagram of the cosmological sceme; Yin-Yang symbol; ☯

太祖 taai3 zou2 tai4 zu3 = Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)

太奶奶 taai3 naai4 naai2 tai4 nai3 nai5 = a great-grandmother

太空穿梭機 taai3 hung1 cyun1 so1 gei1 = a spacecraft, a shuttle

太太平平 taai3 taai3 ping4 ping4 tai4 tai4 ping2 ping2 = peace and quiet

太平山頂 taai3 ping4 saan1 deng2 tai4 ping2 shan1 ding3 = Tai Ping Shan (Victoria Peak)

阿太 aa3 taai3 = great grandmother

太過 taai3 gwo3 = too much, excessive 粵

太平門 taai3 ping4 mun4 tai4 ping2 men2 = emergency door ; fire exit

天下太平 tin1 haa6 taai3 ping4 tian1 xia4 tai4 ping2 = world peace

耍太極 saa2 taai3 gik6 shua3 tai4 ji2 = play tai ji quan; prevaricate; evade the issue

陪太子讀書 pui4 taai3 zi2 duk6 syu1 = an outsider in a competition with no possible hope of winning

太空褸 taai3 hung1 lau5*1 = a down jacket (lit., "a space coat") 粵

太妃糖 taai3 fei1 tong4*2 tai4 fei1 tang2 = toffee, toffy

太傅 taai3 fu6 = grand minister (a Han Dynasty civil post)

太空漫步 taai3 hung1 maan6 bou6 tai4 kong1 man4 bu4 = spacewalk (e. g. by astronauts) [Syn.] 太空行走

太平清醮 taai3 ping4 cing1 ziu3 tai4 ping2 qing1 jiao4 = a Taoist ritual and festival

大耍太極 daai6 saa2 taai3 gik6 da4 shua3 tai4 ji2 = to avoid giving an answer; to try to get around giving an answer to sth., try to circumvent

闊太 fut3 taai3*2 kuo4 tai4 = rich woman 粵

渥太華 ak1 taai3 waa4 wo4 tai4 hua2 = Ottawa (the capital) of Canada

粉飾太平 fan2 sik1 taai3 ping4 fen3 shi4 tai4 ping2 = to pretend that everything is going well

太平洋漆樹 taai3 ping4 joeng4 cat1 syu6 tai4 ping2 yang2 qi1 shu4 = poison oak

太陽馬戲團 taai3 joeng4 maa5 hei3 tyun4 tai4 yang2 ma3 xi4 tuan2 = Cirque du Soleil

太過份 taai3 gwo3 fan6 tai4 guo4 fen4 = too much; over the top

迦太基 gaa1 taai3 gei1 jia1 tai4 ji1 = Carthage

太醫 taai3 ji1 tai4 yi1 = imperial doctor

欺人太甚 hei1 jan4 taai3 sam6 qi1 ren2 tai4 shen4 = push people too far

太古廣場 taai3 gu2 gwong2 coeng4 tai4 gu3 guang3 chang3 = Pacific Place (HK); Pacific Mall (Toronto)

太古輪船公司 taai3 gu2 leon4 syun4 gung1 si1 = Butterfield & Swire

交換以太網絡 gaau1 wun6 ji5 taai3 mong5 lok3 jiao1 huan4 yi3 tai4 wang3 luo4 = switched Ethernet

快速以太網絡 faai3 cuk1 ji5 taai3 mong5 lok3 kuai4 su4 yi3 tai4 wang3 luo4 = Fast Ethernet

以太 ji5 taai3 yi3 tai4 = Ether-

以太網 ji5 taai3 mong5 yi3 tai4 wang3 = Ethernet

以太網絡 ji5 taai3 mong5 lok3 yi3 tai4 wang3 luo4 = Ethernet

以太網絡幀 ji5 taai3 mong5 lok3 zing3 yi3 tai4 wang3 luo4 zheng4 = Ethernet frame

以太網絡端口 ji5 taai3 mong5 lok3 dyun1 hau2 yi3 tai4 wang3 luo4 duan1 kou3 = Ethernet port

高速乙太網路 gou1 cuk1 jyut3 taai3 mong5 lou6 gao1 su4 yi3 tai4 wang3 lu4 = fast Ethernet

亞太經合組織 aa3 taai3 ging1 hap6 zou2 zik1 ya4 tai4 jing1 he2 zu3 zhi1 = APEC (organization)

太原 taai3 jyun4 tai4 yuan2 = Taiyuan

太子港 taai3 zi2 gong2 tai4 zi3 gang3 = Port-au-Prince

太平洋週邊 taai3 ping4 joeng4 zau1 bin1 tai4 ping2 yang2 zhou1 bian1 = Pacific Rim

太湖 taai3 wu4 tai4 hu2 = Tai Hu Lake

太陽微系統公司 taai3 joeng4 mei4 hai6 tung2 gung1 si1 tai4 yang2 wei2 xi4 tong3 gong1 si1 = Sun Microsystems

太陽風 taai3 joeng4 fung1 tai4 yang2 feng1 = solar wind

太陽黑子 taai3 joeng4 hak1 zi2 tai4 yang2 hei1 zi3 = sunspot

加拉太書 gaa1 laai1 taai3 syu1 jia1 la1 tai4 shu1 = Galatians

亞洲太平洋經濟合作組織 aa3 zau1 taai3 ping4 joeng4 ging1 zai3 hap6 zok3 zou2 zik1 ya4 zhou1 tai4 ping2 yang2 jing1 ji4 he2 zuo4 zu3 zhi1 = Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

共享以太網絡 gung6 hoeng2 ji5 taai3 mong5 lok3 gong4 xiang3 yi3 tai4 wang3 luo4 = shared Ethernet

太白 taai3 baak6 tai4 bai2 = Taibai (place in Shaanxi)

太保 taai3 bou2 tai4 bao3 = Taipao (city in Taiwan)

太倉 taai3 cong1 tai4 cang1 = Taicang (city in Jiangsu)

太谷 taai3 guk1 tai4 gu3 = Taigu (place in Shanxi)

太康 taai3 hong1 tai4 kang1 = Taikang (place in Henan)

太麻里鄉 taai3 maa4 lei5 hoeng1 tai4 ma2 li3 xiang1 = Taimali (village in Taiwan)

太仆寺旗 taai3 puk1 zi6 kei4 tai4 pu1 si4 qi2 = Taipusi qi (place in Inner Mongolia)

太和 taai3 wo4 tai4 he2 = Taihe (place in Anhui); Tai Wo

亞太工商研究所 aa3 taai3 gung1 soeng1 jin4 gau3 so2 ya3 tai4 gong1 shang1 yan2 jiu4 suo3 (Taiwan), ya4 ta4 gong1 shang1 yan2 jiu1 suo3 (PRC) = Asia-Pacific Institute of Business

乙太網路數據機 jyut3 taai3 mong5 lou6 sou3 geoi3 gei1 = Ethernet modem

太古股份有限公司 taai3 gu2 gu2 fan6*2 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 = Swire Pacific Ltd.

宿霧太平洋航空 suk1 mou6 taai3 ping4 joeng4 hong4 hung1 = Cebu Pacific

芝加哥太陽時報 zi1 gaa1 go1 taai3 joeng4 si4 bou3 = Chicago Sun Times

越南太平洋 jyut6 naam4 taai3 ping4 joeng4 = Pacific Airlines

哈姆太郎 haa1 mou5 taai3 long4 = Hamutaro (Japanese cartoon characer)

猶太國家 jau4 taai3 gwok3 gaa1 = Jewish state

歐洲太空總署 au1 zau1 taai3 hung1 zung2 cyu5 = European Space Agency (ESA)

美國太空總署 mei5 gwok3 taai3 hung1 zung2 cyu5 = NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

國際太空站 gwok3 zai3 taai3 hung1 zaam6 = International Space Station

太魯閣 taai3 lou5 gok3 tai4 lu3 ge2 = Taroko Gorge

亞太地區 aa3 taai3 dei6 keoi1 ya3 tai4 di4 qu1 (Taiwan), ya4 tai4 di4 qu1 (PRC) = Asia-Pacific region

猶太人散居地 jau4 taai3 jan4 saan2 geoi1 dei6 = Jewish Diaspora (lit., "Jews living scattered across the Earth")

陳氏太極拳 can4 si6 taai3 gik6 kyun4 chen2 shi4 tai4 ji2 quan2 = Chen family-style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan)

楊氏太極拳 joeng4 si6 taai3 gik6 kyun4 yang2 shi4 tai4 ji2 quan2 = Yang family-style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan)

孫氏太極拳 syun1 si6 taai3 gik6 kyun4 sun1 shi4 tai4 ji2 quan2 = Sun family-style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan)

吳氏太極拳 ng4 si6 taai3 gik6 kyun4 wu2 shi4 tai4 ji2 quan2 = Wu (Ng) family-style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan)

武氏太極拳 mou5 si6 taai3 gik6 kyun4 wu3 shi4 tai4 ji2 quan2 = Wu family-style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan)

太陽報 taai3 joeng4 bou3 tai4 yang2 bao4 = Sun newspaper

太平洋聯合鐵路 taai3 ping4 joeng4 lyun4 hap6 tit3 lou6 tai4 ping2 yang2 lian2 he2 tie3 lu4 = Union Pacific railroad

慈禧太后 ci4 hei1 taai3 hau6 ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4 = Empress Dowager Cixi

太歲 taai3 seoi3 tai4 sui4 = Tai Sui

犯太歲 faan6 taai3 seoi3 fan4 tai4 sui4 = Offends Tai Sui

安太歲 on1 taai3 seoi3 an1 tai4 sui4 = Appeasing the God of Planet Jupiter

太陽劇團 taai3 joeng4 kek6 tyun4 tai4 yang2 ju4 tuan2 = Cirque du Soleil

香港太空館 hoeng1 gong2 taai3 hung1 gun2 xiang1 gang3 tai4 kong1 guan3 = Hong Kong space museum

太行山 taai3 hang4 saan1 tai4 hang2 shan1 = Taishan Mountains

姜太公釣魚，願者上釣 goeng1 taai3 gung1 diu3 jyu4*2 jyun6 ze2 soeng5 diu3 jiang1 tai4 gong1 diao4 yu2 yuan4 zhe3 shang4 diao4 = one would do something voluntarily if that's what he wants to do.

太守 taai3 sau2 tai4 shou3 = governor of a commandery

太鼓 taai3 gu2 tai4 gu3 = Taiko

太公分豬肉 taai3 gung1 fan1 zyu1 juk6 = everyone gets a share 粵

太極劍 taai3 gik6 gim3 tai4 ji2 jian4 = taiji sword, tai chi sword

太極刀 taai3 gik6 dou1 tai4 ji2 dao1 = taiji broad sword, taiji broadsword, tai chi broadsword

太極棍 taai3 gik6 gwan3 tai4 ji2 gun4 = taiji staff, tai chi staff

太陽穴 taai3 joeng4 jyut6 tai4 yang2 xue2 = temple (of the head)

加拿大太平洋航空公司 gaa1 naa4 daai6 taai3 ping4 joeng4 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1 = Canadian Pacific Airline Ltd

太古船公司 taai3 gu2 syun4 gung1 si1 tai4 gu3 chuan2 gong1 si1 = Butterfield & Swire

太古海洋開發公司 taai3 gu2 hoi2 joeng4 hoi1 faat3 gung1 si1 = Swire Pacific Co Ltd

太石村 taai3 sek6 cyun1 tai4 shi2 cun1 = Taishi village (in Guangdong province)

太陽公司 taai3 joeng4 gung1 si1 tai4 yang2 gong1 si1 = Sun corporation

帛琉亞太航空公司 baak6 lau4 aa3 taai3 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1 = Palau Asia Pacific Air, Inc

第一太平有限公司 dai6 jat1 taai3 ping4 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 = First Pacific Co. Ltd.

第一太平銀行 dai6 jat1 taai3 ping4 ngan4 hong4 = First Pacific Bank Ltd.

太子道 taai3 zi2 dou6 = Prince Edward Road

橋本龍太郎 kiu4 bun2 lung4 taai3 long4 qiao2 ben3 long2 tai4 lang2 = Hashimoto, Ryutaro (prime minister of Japan)

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其實我想去，不過我有太多功課。
Actually I want to go, but I have too much homework.

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.]

我飲咗太多茶粵
I drank too much tea.
[Lit. I drink-already too much tea]

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.]

能見到你真是太好了。國
It was nice meeting you.

如果我唔係太攰，我會去買嘢。粵
If I'm not too tired, I will go shopping.

你每次都吃太多！國
You always eat too much food!

我們家裡有太多好吃的東西了國
We have so much nice food in the house.

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.]

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