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sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *太* | 太* | *太
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
HSK 1
elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:
HSK 3
married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL: 個|个,
HSK 2
shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan / traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation / a martial art
HSK 7-9
outer space
HSK 5
to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
HSK 7-9
Ethereum
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
mortuary / morgue
Asia-Pacific
The Sun (the name of various newspapers, notably in the UK and in Hong Kong)
Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武
Gospel according to St Matthew
SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
(bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998
(bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
very good
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
HSK 7-9
sunlight
spaceship
the Jews / Judea
solar energy
HSK 6
Asian area / the Far East / Asia Pacific region
Ethernet
Asia-Pacific region
sunflower (Helianthus annuus) / rose moss (Portulaca grandiflora)
(loanword) fentanyl
spacesuit
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民 (599-649), reigned 626-649
Taihe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
switched Ethernet
peace and security
HSK 7-9
peace and prosperity (idiom)
sunlamp
Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 (599-649), reigned 626-649
(loanword) (film) montage
great-grandmother
diagram of cosmological scheme / Yin-Yang symbol ☯
Wanbolin district of Taiyuan city 太原市, Shanxi
Pacific Ocean
title of respect for taoists
Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
Jew
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *并* | 并* | *并
short name for Taiyuan 太原
Mt Taibai in Shaanxi
Sun God / Apollo
solar cell
posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤 (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 (from 1616)
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后
lit. no excessive politeness / Don't mention it! / You're welcome! / Please don't stand on ceremony.
ministerial title in imperial China (in the Qin and Han dynasties, the minister responsible for the imperial stables)
Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan 太原市 (abbr. to 晉|晋)
Taimali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
solar panel
princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
space shuttle
solar cell
Taicang, a county-level city in Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市, Jiangsu
governor of a province
astronaut
elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father
concentrating solar power (CSP)
Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡, Shaanxi / Venus
crown prince
Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
Sun Microsystems
Ottawa, capital of Canada
synagogue
sunspot activity / solar variation
lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom) / fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
Hubble Space Telescope
sunspot
APEC (organization)
fried egg; sunny-side-up egg
parabolic heater; heat dish
(idiom) to bully intolerably
outer space
concubine
solar wind
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
not so good / not too well
APEC (Asia Pacific economic cooperation)
Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi Province 山西省
solar plexus chakra
coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后 ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
Indo-Pacific (from 印度洋 and 太平洋)
Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
Venus (planet)
cornstarch / potato starch
space exploration

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