太 — meaning, pinyin & examples

Meanings

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tài

1.highest
2.greatest
3.too (much)
4.very
5.extremely

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1.too; so (modifying adjectives; often used with 了 (le) at the end of the sentence for emphasis)
2.very; quite
3.most; utmost
4.highest; greatest
5.senior; noble
6.great-
7.only used in 太末
8.soybean
9.big; large
10.great; extensive
11.extreme; greatest
12.exalted; honourable; superior
13.good; excellent
14.safe; peaceful; stable
15.excessively; overly
16.11th hexagram of the I Ching
17.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): a differentiated form of 大 (OC *daːds, *daːds, “big; great”) with a 丶 added to represent 太 (OC *tʰaːds, “too big”). Compare 泰, which is also a differentiated form with 廾 and 水 added instead. A superlative derivative of 大 (OC *daːds, *daːds, “big”) – be too great, very great, excessive.

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Components

太大㇔

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Example sentences

太早了。
It's too soon.
太快了。
That was fast.
太难了。
It's so hard.
太早了。
It's so early.
太熱了。
It's too hot.
太早了。
It's too early.

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