| | highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely | HSK 1 |
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| | (classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台 | HSK 3 |
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| | desk; table; counter | HSK 3 |
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| | platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines | HSK 3 |
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| | typhoon | HSK 3 |
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| | to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry | HSK 5 |
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| | fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai | |
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| | (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]) | |
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| | (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) | |
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| | peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH) | |
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| | Taiwan (abbr.) | |
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| | small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么) | |
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| | Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong / abbr. for Thailand | |
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| | safe / peaceful / most / grand | |
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| | (of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu | |
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| | Mt Tai in Shandong / same as 泰山 | |
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| | (Tw) benefit; advantage (from Taiwanese 好空, Tai-lo pr. [hó-khang]) | |
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| | to discard / to eliminate | |
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| | titanium (chemistry) | |
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| | Wong Tai Sin district of Kowloon, Hong Kong | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | to do tai chi / to practice kung-fu (or other martial art) / to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) | |
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| | uptight; obstinate; to awkwardly force oneself to do sth (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [king], often written as ㄍㄧㄥ, no generally accepted hanzi form) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 | |
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| | Taishan district of Tai'an city 泰安市, Shandong | |
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| | Xintai, county-level city in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong | |
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| | tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade | |
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| | (Tw) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô]) | |
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| | Tai'an county in Anshan 鞍山, Liaoning | |
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| | Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong | |
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| | surname Tai / name of a feudal state | |
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| | (bound form) / appearance / shape / form / state / attitude / (grammar) voice | |
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| | (Tw) (vulgar) semen (from Taiwanese 潲, Tai-lo pr. [siâu]) | |
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| | moss; lichen; liverwort | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | (Tw) pineapple (from Taiwanese 王梨, Tai-lo pr. [ông-lâi]) | |
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| | Ninguang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong | |
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| | 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]) | |
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| | promoter / advocate / driving force / pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi) | |
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| | extravagant / luxurious | |
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| | (dialect) non-local in one's speaking accent | |
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| | (Tw) oyster omelette (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á-tsian]) | |
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| | (dialect) hen; prostitute / (Tw) (adjective) interfering; nosy; (noun) busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô]) | |
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| | Tai'an, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省 | |
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| | Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 | |
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| | (Tw) calm; unperturbed (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [lāu-sîn-tsāi-tsāi]) | |
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| | (Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. [kòng-ku]) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | (Tw) wagui, a sticky rice pudding, usu. savory (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [uánn-kué]) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses | |
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| | to propitiate the god of the current year, Tai Sui 太歲|太岁 | |
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| | Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong | |
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| | to trample, to kick | |
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| | Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong | |
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| | Xintai, county-level city in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong | |
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| | Tai'erzhuang district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市, Shandong | |
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| | Ningyang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong | |
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| | golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg | |
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| | (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) | |
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| | heavier than Mt Tai (idiom); fig. extremely serious matter | |
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| | to ward off (in tai chi) | |
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| | Feicheng, county-level city in Tai'an 泰安市, Shandong | |
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| | mackerel / Pacific mackerel (Pneumatophorus japonicus) | |
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| | (Tw) to wander about; to roam around freely (from Taiwanese 拋拋走, Tai-lo pr. [pha-pha-tsáu]) | |
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| | (Tw) (slang) popular; hot (from Taiwanese 烘, Tai-lo pr. [hang]) | |
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| | tired / worn out horse | |
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| | biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖, Jiangsu | |
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| | Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes | |
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| | as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death) | |
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| | soot | |
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| | (Tw) trick (of the trade); clever move (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phiat-pōo]) | |
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| | (Tw) considerate; thoughtful (from Taiwanese 貼心, Tai-lo pr. [tah-sim]) | |
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| | oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á]) | |
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| | (Tw) child; youngster (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [gín-á]) | |
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| | phthalein (chemistry) | |
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| | servant | |
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| | lit. Mount Tai and the North Star (idiom) / fig. an outstanding figure in one's field | |
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| | (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") | |
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| | (Tw) (slang) to chat idly; to gossip (from Taiwanese 抐屎, Tai-lo pr. [lā-sái]) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | (Tw) (coll.) indecisive; fussy; nitpicking (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo]) | |
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| | (lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau]) / (Tw) (slang) to whine; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn! | |
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| | (Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ké-pai]) | |
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| | (Tw) French kissing; to waggle one's tongue around (from Taiwanese 抐舌, Tai-lo pr. [lā-tsi̍h]) | |
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| | ancient place name (a Han dynasty town in Shaanxi) / variant of 邰 | |
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| | (Tw) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!") | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | (Tw) cross-eyed (from Taiwanese 挩窗, Tai-lo pr. [thuah-thang]) | |
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| | (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") | |
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| | (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) | |
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| | (Tw) to pretend; to put on a false front (from Taiwanese 假仙, Tai-lo pr. [ké-sian]) | |
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| | (Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么) | |
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