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

Additional PoS:

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 20392 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
See all 164 compounds (CantoDict reports 175 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 17 examples containing 太

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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