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  *太* | 太* | *太
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
HSK 1
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  *颱* | 颱* | *颱
typhoon
HSK 3
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  *檯* | 檯* | *檯
desk; table; counter
HSK 3
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  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
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  *抬* | 抬* | *抬
to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry
HSK 5
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  *肽* | 肽* | *肽
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
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  *鈦* | 鈦* | *鈦
titanium (chemistry)
tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade
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  *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
(Tw) to pretend; to put on a false front (from Taiwanese 假仙, Tai-lo pr. [ké-sian])
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) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have); to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn])
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
steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泰* | 泰* | *泰
Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong / abbr. for Thailand
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  *泰* | 泰* | *泰
safe / peaceful / most / grand
Ninguang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
(Tw) benefit; advantage (from Taiwanese 好空, Tai-lo pr. [hó-khang])
another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 / Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls
(Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. [kòng-ku])
Tai Hang District, Hong Kong / Dakeng, the name of several places in Taiwan, notably a scenic hilly area of Taichung 台中
(Tw) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!")
(Tw) cross-eyed (from Taiwanese 挩窗, Tai-lo pr. [thuah-thang])
Tai-lo, romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien (abbr. for 臺灣閩南語羅馬字拼音方案|台湾闽南语罗马字拼音方案)
(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
Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
(Tw) southern Taiwan (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ē-káng])
to do tai chi / to practice kung-fu (or other martial art) / to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc)
Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
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)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
used in place names
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台
HSK 3
(Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē])
(Tw) wagui, a sticky rice pudding, usu. savory (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [uánn-kué])
(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)
(Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么)
Mt Tai 泰山 and Mt Hua 華山|华山 / another name for Mt Hua
(Tw) corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h])
(Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
Taiwan (abbr.)
(lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau]) / (Tw) (slang) to whine; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn!
Wong Tai Sin district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
(Tw) (coll.) indecisive; fussy; nitpicking (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo])
Ningyang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
(Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
(Tw) considerate; thoughtful (from Taiwanese 貼心, Tai-lo pr. [tah-sim])
small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么)
Tai'an county in Anshan 鞍山, Liaoning
(Tw) to catch an adulterous man in the act (from Taiwanese 掠猴, Tai-lo pr. [lia̍h-kâu])
(Tw) pineapple (from Taiwanese 王梨, Tai-lo pr. [ông-lâi])
(Tw) (slang) popular; hot (from Taiwanese , Tai-lo pr. [hang])
(Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苔* | 苔* | *苔
used in 舌苔
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苔* | 苔* | *苔
moss; lichen; liverwort
(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")
Din Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries
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
promoter / advocate / driving force / pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)
(Tw) (slang) to chat idly; to gossip (from Taiwanese 抐屎, Tai-lo pr. [lā-sái])
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè])
(Tw) calm; unperturbed (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [lāu-sîn-tsāi-tsāi])
(Tw) popular given name (one that will turn many heads if you shout it at a marketplace) (from Taiwanese 菜市仔名, Tai-lo pr. [tshài-tshī-á-miâ], where 菜市仔 means "marketplace")
(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
Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
(Tw) heibaiqie, side dish of ingredients selected from a range on display, sliced up and served together on a plate (from Taiwanese 烏白切, Tai-lo pr. [oo-pe̍h-tshiat], where 烏白 means "as one pleases")
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *忕* | 忕* | *忕
extravagant / luxurious
to practice tai chi / (fig.) to avoid responsibility / to pass the buck
(Tw) to defecate; to take a crap (from Taiwanese 放屎, Tai-lo pr. [pàng-sái])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炱* | 炱* | *炱
soot
Jade Emperor Peak on Mt Tai in Shandong
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
Tai'an county in Shandong
(Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má])
(Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ké-pai])
Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong
oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á])
(Tw) oyster omelette (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á-tsian])
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鮐* | 鮐* | *鮐
mackerel / Pacific mackerel (Pneumatophorus japonicus)
(Tw) obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí])
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
Tai Wan, a locality in Kowloon, Hong Kong
(Tw) trick (of the trade); clever move (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phiat-pōo])
lit. Mount Tai and the Big Dipper (idiom) / fig. an outstanding figure in one's field
biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖, Jiangsu
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
(Tw) (slang) authentic; genuine (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tsiànn-káng])
Tai'erzhuang district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市, Shandong
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
(of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu
(Tw) to build up a rapport; to cultivate a warm relationship (from Taiwanese 跋感情, Tai-lo pr. [pua̍h-kám-tsîng])
(Tw) (slang) don't; must not; won't do (from Taiwanese 毋通, Tai-lo pr. [m̄-thang], similar to Mandarin 不要 or 不行)
(Tw) (vulgar) cunt (from Taiwanese 膣屄, Tai-lo pr. [tsi-bai]) / (slang) to fuck around with; (used as an intensifier) fucking; fucked up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *岱* | 岱* | *岱
Mt Tai in Shandong / same as 泰山
Taishan district of Tai'an city 泰安市, Shandong

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