太

The character "太" has 4 strokes. "太" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "太" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "太" are "tài" . View the stroke order of "太">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "太"

adj.: highest; greatest; senior (in generational hierarchy); great-grand; remotest

adv.: excessively; too; over; quite

• highest : adj.最高的；（high的最高级）
• greatest : adj.最好的；最伟大的；最大的；（great的最高级）
• remotest : adj.遥远的；偏僻的；疏远的；远程的；（remote的最高级）
• excessively : adv.过分地；过度地；极度地
• too : adv.太；过于；过度；另外；也；非常；而且；再者
• over : prep.直接向上延伸的；在…的上方；在…的上空；通过；过；高于；在…之上；超过；关于；在…方面
• quite : adv.完全；全部；绝对；相当；或多或少；非常；一直；实际上；确实；真正地

Form words with "太"

太古代 Archean (Era); Archaeozoic Era

说话太絮烦 be too long-winded

占用太大篇幅 take up too much space

Example phrases using "太"

• 游戏太简单了就没什么来头儿了。

  If the game is too simple, it’ll lose much of its fun.

• 打开一扇窗户吧，这儿太气闷。

  Shall we open a window?It’s very close/stuffy here.

• 我不能出差，我的孩子小，太缠手。

  I cannot go on a business trip; my child is too young for me to get away.

• 我们这个月钱太窄巴，不能去度假。

  We are too badly off to go on holiday this month.

• 就其年龄而言，她的衣服太花哨了。

  Her dress is too loud for her age.

• 父母不希望他把婚事办得太操切了。

  His parents didn’t want him to have the wedding hastily.

• 穿着不要太洋气，还是朴素一点好。

  Don’t be too trendy. It would be better to dress simply.

• 他办事太乌涂，当不了好领导。

  He’s too indecisive to make a good leader.

• 不要太过敏，我只不过是在开玩笑。

  Don’t be so sensitive; I was only joking.

• 他们太虚弱了，以至需要特殊治疗。

  They were emaciated to such an extent that they needed special treatment.