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Decomp. 大丶
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Mandarin tài
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Pinyin tai4
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Level 1
 tài highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
Results beginning with 太
 tài duō too much
 tài yang sun / CL:個|个[ge4] / abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2]
 tài guò excessively / too
 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
 Tài yuán Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3] in central north China
 tài kōng outer space
 tài píng peace and security
 tài zǐ crown prince
 tài jiàn court eunuch / palace eunuch
 tài cháng oversize
 tài hòu Empress Dowager
 tài máng too busy
 tài zǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
 tài bǎo a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents
 tài gǔ immemorial
 Tài zōng posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
 tài shàng title of respect for taoists
 tài shī imperial tutor
 tài xū great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos
 Tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area
 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate
 tài yī imperial physician
 tài yīn the Moon (esp. in Daoism)
 tài cháng Minister of Ceremonies in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
 tài gōng great-grandfather / (old) grandfather / father
 Tài xué Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty
 Tài bái Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shaanxi / Venus
 tài bàn more than half / a majority / most / mostly
 Tài cāng Taicang, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
 tài chū the absolute beginning
 Tài gǔ Taigu county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
 Tài hé Taihe County in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳[Fu4 yang2], Anhui / Taihe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
 Tài Hú Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
 Tài jí the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
 Tài kāng Taikang county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhou1 kou3], Henan
 tài láo (in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)
 tài mèi girl delinquent / tomboy / schoolgirl tough
 tài pó great-grandmother
 tài pú Grand Servant in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
 tài shǒu governor of a province
 Tài tián Ohta or Ōta (Japanese surname)
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 Tài píng Yáng Pacific Ocean
 tài yáng néng solar energy
 tài jí quán shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan / traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation / a martial art
 tài yáng xì solar system
 tài yáng xué temple (on the sides of human head)
 tài yáng jìng sunglasses
 tài yáng shén Sun God / Apollo
 tài yáng guāng sunlight
 Tài háng shān Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi
 Tài yáng Bào The Sun (the name of various newspapers, notably in the UK and in Hong Kong)
 tài kōng chuán spaceship
 tài kōng rén astronaut
 tài píng jiān mortuary / morgue
 Tài shàng huáng Taishang Huang / Retired Emperor / father of the reigning emperor / fig. puppet master
 Tài bái Shān Mt Taibai in Shaanxi
 Tài jí tú diagram of cosmological scheme / Yin-Yang symbol ☯
 tài kōng zhàn space station
 tài kōng cāng space capsule / ejection capsule (cabin)
 tài yáng fēng solar wind
 tài jí jiàn a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
殿 Tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2]
 tài zǐ dǎng princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
 tài yáng zào solar
 Tài gōng Wàng see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]
 tài kōng suō space shuttle
 tài bái fěn cornstarch / potato starch
 tài kōng yóu space tourism
 Tài zǐ gǎng Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti
 tài yáng fān solar sail
 tài píng mén emergency exit
  Metonic cycle
  toffee gun
 Tài bái Xiàn Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shaanxi
 Tài bái xīng Venus (planet)
 Tài bǎo shì Taibao or Taipao City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
 Tài cāng shì Taicang, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
 tài fēi táng toffee (loanword)
 tài fū rén (old) dowager / old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official)
 Tài gǔ dài Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago)
 Tài gǔ xiàn Taigu county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
 Tài gǔ zhòu Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago)
 tài hǎo le very good
 Tài hé qū Taihe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
 Tài hé xiàn Taihe County in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳[Fu4 yang2], Anhui
 Tài hú xiàn Taihu county in Anqing 安慶|安庆[An1 qing4], Anhui
 Tài kāng xiàn Taikang county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhou1 kou3], Henan
 tài kōng bù moonwalk (dance)
 tài kōng fú spacesuit
 Tài lǔ gé Taroko gorge national park in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 Xian4], Taiwan / Taroko ethnic group Taiwan
 Tài má lǐ Taimali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
 tài píng niǎo (bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
 Tài píng qū Taiping district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning
 Tài píng shì Taiping City in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 Xian4], Taiwan
 Tài pú sì Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding / Taibus banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
 tài shí cūn Taishi village (in Guangdong province)
 Tài shǐ gōng Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]
 tài shǐ lìng grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han)
 tài xuán jīng Tai
 tài yáng bǐng suncake (small round cake made with flaky pastry and a maltose filling, originally from Taichung, Taiwan)
 tài yáng chuāng sun window / sun roof (of car)
 tài yang dàn fried egg / sunny-side-up egg
 tài yáng dēng sunlamp
 tài yáng huā sunflower (Helianthus annuus) / rose moss (Portulaca grandiflora)
 tài yáng jué Sun angle
 tài yáng lún solar plexus chakra
 tài yáng rì solar day
 tài yáng wō temple (on the sides of human head)
 tài yáng yì solar panel
 tài yáng yǔ sunshower
 Tài yè chí area to the west of the Forbidden City, now divided into Zhongnanhai and Beihai
 Tài yuán shì Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3] in central north China
 Tài zǐ Dān Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 / (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC
 Tài píng Tiān guó Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
 tài yáng hēi zǐ sunspot
 tài yáng diàn chí solar cell
 tài píng shèng shì peace and prosperity (idiom)
 tài yáng huó dòng sunspot activity / solar variation
  Helios
  solar oblateness
  space weaponry
  solar facula
 Tài gōng Bīng fǎ alternative name for 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China
 Tài gǔ Yáng háng Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank)
 Tài jí Tú shuō philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤|周敦颐[Zhou1 Dun1 yi2], starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes
 tài kōng fēi chuán spaceship / spacecraft
 tài kōng jìng sài space race
 tài kōng màn bù space walk
 tài kōng tàn suǒ space exploration
 tài kōng wǔ bù moonwalk (dance)
 tài kōng xíng zǒu spacewalk
 Tài lǔ gé zú Taroko, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
 Tài má lǐ xiāng Taimali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
 tài pān shé shǔ taipan
 Tài píng gōng zhǔ Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty
广 Tài píng Guǎng jì Extensive records of the Taiping era (978), fictional history edited by Li Fang 李昉
 tài píng shēn shì Justice of the Peace (JP)
 Tài píng Yù lǎn Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era, general Song dynasty encyclopedia compiled during 977-983 under Li Fang 李昉[Li3 Fang3], 1000 scrolls
 Tài pū sì qí Taibus banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
 Tài pú sì qīng Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding
 tài yáng cháng shù solar constant
 tài yáng dì guó Empire
 tài yáng fú shè solar radiation
 tài yáng gōng sī Sun corporation
 tài yáng guāng zhù solar pillar / sun pillar (atmospheric optics)
 tài yáng lǐ lùn solar theory / sunspot theory
 tài yáng néng bǎn solar panel
 tài yáng néng chí solar pond
 tài yáng néng zào solar oven
 tài yáng rè néng solar thermal energy
Approximate Results for 太
 Yà Tài Asia-Pacific
 lǎo tài old lady
 Yóu tài Jew / Jewish / Judea (in Biblical Palestine)
 yǐ tài Ether-
 Mǎ tài Matthew (name)
 Yìn Tài Indo-Pacific (from 印度洋[Yin4 du4 yang2] and 太平洋[Tai4 ping2 Yang2])
 yǐ tài variant of 以太[yi3 tai4]
 zhèng tài young, cute boy / derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zheng4 tai4 kong4]
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 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:位[wei4]
 Yǐ tài wǎng Ethernet
 Yóu tài rén Jew
 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous)
 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
 huáng tài zǐ crown prince
 huáng tài hòu empress dowager
 wài tài kōng outer space
 lǎo tài yé elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father
 Yóu tài jiào Judaism
 Wò tài huá Ottawa, capital of Canada
 méng tài qí montage (film) (loanword)
 yí tài tai concubine
 Míng Tài zǔ Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
 Jiāng Tài gōng see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]
 Jiā tài jī Carthage
 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person
 Wáng tài hòu Queen Dowager (in Europe) / widowed queen / Queen mother
 bù tài hǎo not so good / not too well
  Asia and Pacific Branch
 ān Tài suì to propitiate the god of the current year, Tai Sui 太歲|太岁[Tai4 sui4]
 dǎ tài jí to practice tai chi / (fig.) to avoid responsibility / to pass the buck
 fēn tài ní fentanyl (loanword)
 Huáng Tài jí Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[Da4 Qing1] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor / posthumous name 清太宗[Qing1 Tai4 zong1]
 hú tài hòu Empress
 lǎo tài gōng aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term)
 Mǎ tài gōu Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县[Ping2 luo2 xian4], Shizuishan 石嘴山[Shi2 zui3 shan1], Ningxia
 nào tài tào (Internet slang) transcription of "not at all" &ndash / English words in a song promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sung by Huang Xiaoming 黃曉明|黄晓明[Huang2 Xiao3 ming2], who became a laughing stock in China because his pronunciation was perceived as embarrassingly bad / to be a laughing stock / to make a fool of oneself (i.e. equivalent to 鬧笑話|闹笑话[nao4 xiao4 hua5])
 Qīng tài zōng posthumous title of Hong Taiji 皇太極|皇太极[Huang2 Tai4 ji2] (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[Da4 Qing1] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor
 Qīng Tài zǔ posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4] (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] (from 1616)
 Sòng Tài zǔ Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 / (927-976), reigned from 960
 Táng Tài zōng Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民[Li3 Shi4 min2] (599-649), reigned 626-649
 tí mó tài Timothy
 xiǎo tài tai concubine / mistress
 Yà Tài qū Asian area / the Far East / Asia Pacific region
 Yǐ tài fáng Ethereum
 Yuán Tài zǔ posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227)
 Zhāng Tài léi Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
 Zhāng Tài yán Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
 zhèng tài cháng oversize frame / giant
 zhèng tài kòng shotacon (Japanese loanword) / manga or anime genre depicting young boys in an erotic manner
 Cí xǐ tài hòu Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
西 xī Tài píng Yáng the western Pacific Ocean
 shài shài tài yáng to leave out in the sun / to share files
 Gài shì tài bǎo Gestapo
 bī rén tài shèn to push sb too far / to go too far (in oppressing people)
 fěn shì tài píng to pretend that everything is going well
 qī rén tài shèn to bully intolerably (idiom)
 tiān xià tài píng the whole world at peace (idiom) / peace and prosperity
  eutrophication
  alfentanil
  Centre for Asia and the Pacific
  sufentanil
 bā xún lǎo tài eighty year old lady
 bié tài kè qi lit. no excessive politeness / Don't mention it! / You're welcome! / Please don't stand on ceremony.
 bù tài míng bai (question is) not completely clear / I don't get it
 Cháo xiǎn Tài zōng King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
 Cí ān tài hòu Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing
 dōng Tài píng yáng east Pacific
 Duō nǎ tài luó Donatello (c. 1386-1466) / Donato di Niccolò / di Betto Bardi, famous early Renaissance painter and sculptor
 Huán Tài píng yáng Pacific Rim
 Jiā lā tài shū Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians
 lián yì jiàn tài Kenta
 lóng yù tài hòu Empress
 Má shēng Tài láng ASŌ / Tarō / (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008
 Mǎ tài Fú yīn Gospel according to St Matthew
 Mǎ tài gōu zhèn Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县[Ping2 luo2 xian4], Shizuishan 石嘴山[Shi2 zui3 shan1], Ningxia
 méi tài dé lín Methedrine
 nán tài píng yáng South Pacific
 níng jìng tài yáng quiet sun
 Pān tài kè sī Pentax (brand name)
 Sān bǎo tài jiàn Sanbao Eunuch, official title of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] / also written 三保太監|三保太监
 Shèng dé Tài zǐ Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代[Fei1 niao3 Shi2 dai4], proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint
 sòng shàng tài kōng to launch into space
 xiǎo tài píng niǎo (bird species of China) Japanese waxwing (Bombycilla japonica)
 Xuě shān tài zǐ Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan / also written 梅里雪山[Mei2 li3 Xue3 shan1]
 Yān Tài zǐ Dān Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[Qin2 Ying2 Zheng4] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC
 yà tài guó jiā Asian-Pacific country / Asian-Pacific nation
 yǐ tài wǎng lù Ethernet
 Yǐ tài wǎng lù Ethernet
 Yǐ tài wǎng luò Ethernet
 Yóu tài fǎ diǎn the Talmud
 Yóu tài huì táng synagogue / Jewish temple
 Yóu tài jiào táng synagogue
 yóu tài jì sī Judas
·  ASŌ / Tarō / (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008
  Work the Pacific
  African, Caribbean and Pacific States / ACP States
  Jewish settlement / Israeli settlement
  Ottawa Declaration
  Ottawa process
  Ottawa Group
  thiofentanyl
 chā wěi tài yáng niǎo (bird species of China) fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)
 fǎ guó huáng tài zǐ Dauphin
 fǎn Yóu tài zhǔ yì antisemitism
 fēi yuè tài kōng shān Space
 guó jì tài kōng zhàn International Space Station
 hēi xiōng tài yáng niǎo (bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
 huáng yāo tài yáng niǎo (bird species of China) crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
 huǒ wěi tài yáng niǎo (bird species of China) fire-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)
 jù guāng tài yáng néng concentrating solar power (CSP)
 lán hóu tài yáng niǎo (bird species of China) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
绿 lu:4 hóu tài yáng niǎo (bird species of China) green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)
 Má shēng · Tài láng ASŌ / Tarō / (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008
 píng jūn tài yáng rì mean solar day
 Qiáo běn Lóng tài láng HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō / (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998
 Shí yuán Shèn tài láng Ishihara Shintarō / (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo 1999-2012
 Sī mǎ Liáo tài láng SHIBA Ryotarō / (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
 sì zuò fēn tài ní alfentanil
 Tí mó tài hòu shū Second Epistle of St Paul to Timothy
 Tí mó tài qián shū First epistle of St Paul to Timothy
 Yà Tài jīng hé huì APEC (Asia Pacific economic cooperation)
 yà tài shuǐ lùn tán Asia-Pacific Water Forum
 yà tài xīn wén wǎng Asian-Pacific News Network
 yǐ tài wǎng luò zhèng Ethernet frame
 Zhōng yuǎn Tài píng yáng COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company
3-甲 3-jiǎ jī fēn tài ní 3-methylfentanyl
2000年  Asia-Pacific 2000 Initiative
 Yóu tài fù guó zhǔ yì Zionism
  Asia-Pacific Mountain Network
  Canadian Space Agency
  Asian and Pacific Convention on Rehabilitation
  New Jewish Agenda
  Asia-Pacific Call for Action
  Asia and Pacific Development Strategy
  Asia-Pacific Women's Watch
  fentanyl citrate
  Network of Asia Pacific Youth
  North Pacific drift
  South Pacific Conference
  Asian and Pacific Population Conference
  para-fluorofentanyl
广  Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
  Vergina Sun
 dìng xiàng tài yáng néng pàn directional panel
 Dōng Tài píng Yáng Hǎi lóng East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
 Dōng Tài píng yáng lóng qǐ East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
 gāo sù yǐ tài wǎng lù fast Ethernet
 gòng xiǎng yǐ tài wǎng luò shared Ethernet
 guó jì tài yáng zǔ zhī HELIO International
 Huáng tài jí Qīng tài zōng Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[Da4 Qing1] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor
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