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CHINESE CHARACTER

tài

太

太

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too

HSK 1
Numbered pinyin
tai4
English meanings
excessively, too, extremely, very

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from above structure

Enclosed from above arrangement: outside 大; inside 丶.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿵大丶

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这běn本shū书tài太hǎo好le了。

    This book is really good.

  2. 02

    tiānqì天气tài太rè热le了。

    It's too hot.

  3. 03

    nǐ你tài太kèqi客气le了。

    You're too polite.

  4. 04

    bùyào不要tài太wǎn晚shuìjiào睡觉。

    Don't go to bed too late.

  5. 05

    zhèlǐ这里tài太chǎo吵le了。

    It's too noisy here.

  6. 06

    tā他tài太máng忙le了。

    He is too busy.

Related words

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