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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *太* | 太* | *太
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颱* | 颱* | *颱
typhoon
HSK 3
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  *檯* | 檯* | *檯
desk; table; counter
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抬* | 抬* | *抬
to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擡* | 擡* | *擡
variant of
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胎* | 胎* | *胎
fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *□* | □* | *□
uptight; obstinate; to awkwardly force oneself to do sth (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [king], often written as ㄍㄧㄥ, no generally accepted hanzi form)
(Tw) A-choy, or Taiwanese lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. sativa) (from Taiwanese 萵仔菜, Tai-lo pr. [ue-á-tshài] or [e-á-tshài])
(Tw) to cram; to study (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè-su], lit. to gnaw a book, similar to Mandarin 啃書|啃书)
Ninguang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *肽* | 肽* | *肽
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
Daiyue district of Tai'an city 泰安市, Shandong
small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泰* | 泰* | *泰
Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong / abbr. for Thailand
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泰* | 泰* | *泰
safe / peaceful / most / grand
lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact
(Tw) benefit; advantage (from Taiwanese 好空, Tai-lo pr. [hó-khang])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鈦* | 鈦* | *鈦
titanium (chemistry)
South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山 / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace
to do tai chi / to practice kung-fu (or other martial art) / to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc)
Dabu County in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong / Tai Po district of New Territories, Hong Kong / Dabu or Tabu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *岱* | 岱* | *岱
Mt Tai in Shandong / same as 泰山
Xintai, county-level city in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蚵* | 蚵* | *蚵
(Tw) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])
Tai'an county in Anshan 鞍山, Liaoning
Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *邰* | 邰* | *邰
surname Tai / name of a feudal state
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *態* | 態* | *態
(bound form) / appearance / shape / form / state / attitude / (grammar) voice
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洨* | 洨* | *洨
(Tw) (vulgar) semen (from Taiwanese , Tai-lo pr. [siâu])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苔* | 苔* | *苔
used in 舌苔
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苔* | 苔* | *苔
moss; lichen; liverwort
Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星 / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area
ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân])
promoter / advocate / driving force / pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *忕* | 忕* | *忕
extravagant / luxurious
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呔* | 呔* | *呔
(dialect) non-local in one's speaking accent
(Tw) oyster omelette (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á-tsian])
(dialect) hen; prostitute / (Tw) (adjective) interfering; nosy; (noun) busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô])
Tai'an, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
(Tw) calm; unperturbed (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [lāu-sîn-tsāi-tsāi])
(Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. [kòng-ku])
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan
(Tw) wagui, a sticky rice pudding, usu. savory (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [uánn-kué])
steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses
to propitiate the god of the current year, Tai Sui 太歲|太岁
Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *汰* | 汰* | *汰
to discard / to eliminate
Xintai, county-level city in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Tai'erzhuang district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市, Shandong
Ningyang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
(Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掤* | 掤* | *掤
to ward off (in tai chi)
Feicheng, county-level city in Tai'an 泰安市, Shandong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鮐* | 鮐* | *鮐
mackerel / Pacific mackerel (Pneumatophorus japonicus)
(Tw) to wander about; to roam around freely (from Taiwanese 拋拋走, Tai-lo pr. [pha-pha-tsáu])
(Tw) (slang) popular; hot (from Taiwanese , Tai-lo pr. [hang])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *駘* | 駘* | *駘
tired / worn out horse
biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖, Jiangsu
Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
(Tw) trick (of the trade); clever move (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phiat-pōo])
(Tw) considerate; thoughtful (from Taiwanese 貼心, Tai-lo pr. [tah-sim])
oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á])
(Tw) child; youngster (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [gín-á])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *酞* | 酞* | *酞
phthalein (chemistry)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *儓* | 儓* | *儓
servant
lit. Mount Tai and the Big Dipper (idiom) / fig. an outstanding figure in one's field
(Tw) (slang) to rattle on; to carp; stop whining!; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn! (from Taiwanese 哭爸, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-pē], "to cry over one's dad's death")
(Tw) (coll.) indecisive; fussy; nitpicking (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo])
(lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau]) / (Tw) (slang) to whine; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn!
(Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ké-pai])
(Tw) French kissing; to waggle one's tongue around (from Taiwanese 抐舌, Tai-lo pr. [lā-tsi̍h])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斄* | 斄* | *斄
ancient place name (a Han dynasty town in Shaanxi) / variant of
(Tw) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!")
lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炱* | 炱* | *炱
soot
(Tw) cross-eyed (from Taiwanese 挩窗, Tai-lo pr. [thuah-thang])
(Tw) (neologism c. 2010) to speak one's mind directly (face to face with the person with whom one has an issue) (from Taiwanese 出來講, Tai-lo pr. [tshut-lâi kóng], with "tshut-lâi" pronounced in contracted form as "tshòai")
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炲* | 炲* | *炲
variant of
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry; apologetic; embarrassed; shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin)
(Tw) to pretend; to put on a false front (from Taiwanese 假仙, Tai-lo pr. [ké-sian])
(Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么)
(Tw) to have been dealt a hard lot in life (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-miā])
Din Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries
Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
used in place names
(slang) (Tw) coward; paper tiger; a nobody (from Taiwanese 卒仔, Tai-lo pr. [tsut-á])
(Tw) naive and innocent (girl or boy); underage prostitute (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [iù-khí])
(last line of the poem 望岳 by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山) / (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place
(Tw) obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí])
(Tw) (coll.) matter; thing (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tāi-tsì], equivalent to Mandarin 事情)

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