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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

太 [tài]
  1. 1. adjective [高或大] highest
    太空
    space
  2. 2. adjective [指辈分高] senior
    太爷爷
    great-grandfather
  3. 3. adverb [指程度过分] too
    这部电影太长。
    This film is too long.
  4. 4. adverb [指程度极高] so
    我太高兴了。
    I am so happy.
  5. 5. adverb [用于否定] that
    她跑得不太快。
    She's not that fast a runner.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

太 [tài]
  1. 1. adjective highest; greatest
    太空
    the firmament; outer space
  2. 2. adjective remotest
    太古
    remote antiquity
  3. 3. adjective more or most senior
    太老伯
    granduncle; great-uncle
    我的太爷爷已经故去三十多年了。
  4. 4. adverb excessively; too; over
    你车开得太快，不安全。
    You're driving too fast for safety.
    那太过分了。
    That's going too far.
    这座城市人口太多。
    The city is over-populated.
    水太热，你现在还不能喝。
    他的错误太严重了。
    这件衣服太贵，我买不起。
  5. 5. adverb used to express admiration or exclamation with 了 at the end of the sentence
    她的发音太好了。
    Her pronunciation is excellent.
    长城太伟大了。
    The Great Wall is really great.
    我太感激你了。
    I feel very much indebted to you.
    这首曲子太动听了。
    喜马拉雅山太雄伟了 。
    我们太对不起你了，郑重向你道歉。
  6. 6. adverb used before another adverb 不 to emphasize negation
    这太不好了。
    It's very bad.
    你太不虚心了。
    You're being immodest.
    他太不像话了。
  7. 7. adverb used after 不 to soften the tone of negation
    不太好
    not very good
    这车看起来不太漂亮，可就是快。
    The car isn't much to look at, but it's fast.
    他不太愿意结交新朋友。
    He's hesitant about making new friends.
    你这么做不太好吧。
    这个厂家的产品性能不太稳定。
    周围好多人都不太喜欢和他一起玩。
    孩子的心理还不太成熟。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

太 [tài]
  1. 1. 形 大;高
    太空。
    太学。太湖。
    太湖。
  2. 2. 形 身份最高的;辈分更高的
    太子。
    太医。
    太老师(老师的父亲或父亲的老师)。
    太夫人(旧时对别人母亲的尊称)。
  3. 3. 形 极久远的
    太古。
    太初。
  4. 4. 副 a)表示程度最高(多用于赞叹)
    不太好。
    不太满意。
    这样做不太合适吧。
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Examples

生活太困苦了，现实太残酷了，我也不想活了。 → 困苦
这桌子放在门口太碍事了。
This table is too close to the door, it gets in the way. → 碍事
在你面前班门弄斧，太不好意思了。
I'm making a fool of myself trying to show off before an expert like you. → 班门弄斧
这把锄头太笨重。
This is an awkward hoe. → 笨
这大柜子太笨重了。
This cabinet is too large and clumsy. → 笨
这话可太没边儿了。
That's just absurd. → 边
他这个人太不堪了。
He is impossible. → 不堪
这事太复杂，一时很难裁处。
This is too complicated a matter to be settled right away. → 裁处
他这样对待老年人，太残忍了。
It's really cruel of him to treat old people like that. → 残忍
这件事你做得太草率了。
You did a sloppy job. → 草率
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Character Decomposition

大
[dà]		 + 丶
[diǎn,zhǔ]

Stroke Order

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nciku Note

The adverb indicate degree

An adverb is used to modify the adjective or verb as an adverbial adjunct, it should be put before them. Verbs or even nouns ending with character "地" and functioning as adverbs remain to be regarded as adjectives. Some adverbs can indicate degree as well, such as "很", "极", "挺", "怪", "太","非常"，"极其", "最", "更", "相当", "稍微", "略"， "比较", "有点", "多么"，”几乎”, and so on.

e.g. （1）他的想法很独特。 （2）当时我觉得怪不好意思的。 （3）这件衣服有点贵。 （4）你是最棒的。 （5）这道菜稍微咸了一点。

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