太 (taai3) — highest; greatest; remotest in Cantonese

taai˗₃太

Mandarin Pinyin: tai4

Meaning of 太

nounhighest; greatest; remotest

nounexcessively; too; over

noungreat-grand; senior (in generational hierarchy)

noun(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)/Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =/wife; 2. Mrs.

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Example Sentences with 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.

未免太過份

go a bit too far; be rather too presumptuous

哪裡，我的漢語不太好。

No, my Chinese isn't that good.

能見到你真是太好了。

It was nice meeting you.

如果我唔係太攰，我會去買嘢。

If I'm not too tired, I will go shopping.

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Words Containing 太

迦太基gaa1 taai3 gei1

Carthage

太陽鏡taai3 joeng4 geng2

an elderly gentleman; my father

太極刀taai3 gik6 dou1

taiji broad sword, taiji broadsword, tai chi broadsword

乙太網路jyut3 taai3 mong5 lou6

Ethernet

太空人taai3 hung1 jan4

refers to an emigre from Hong Kong who maintains business ties to Hong Kong and thus spends a lot of time "in the air" flying back and forth between Hong Kong and the place in which they settled.

太老爺taai3 lou5 je4

grandfather, formerly, address of magistrate ("Your Honor")

亞太經合組織aa3 taai3 ging1 hap6 zou2 zik1

Ottawa (the capital) of Canada

太極圖taai3 gik6 tou4

diagram of the cosmological sceme; Yin-Yang symbol; ☯

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