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tài = t + ai4
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
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How to pronounce 太

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= t initial

T is for Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

太 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
zhǔ = zhu + Ø3
"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]
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dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Characters with 太 as component

tài = t + ai4
(bound form) / appearance / shape / form / state / attitude / (grammar) voice
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tài = t + ai4
to discard / to eliminate
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tài = t + ai4
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
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Words with 太

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married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
sun / CL:個|个[ge4] / abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2]

Sentences with 太

qīng
 
 
tài
qīng

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tài

highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely

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