tài
very
我太喜欢你了。
wǒ tài xǐhuan nǐ le.
I like you so much.
今天天气太好了。
jīntiān tiānqì tài hǎo le.
The weather is so good today.
这个菜太咸了。
zhège cài tài xián le.
This dish is too salty.
过分 (guòfèn)
excessive
太甚 (tàishèn)
too much
太过 (tàiguò)
too much
小 (xiǎo)
small
少 (shǎo)
few
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The Chinese character 太 (tài) is composed of two parts: 大 (dà), meaning "big" or "great", and 人 (rén), meaning "person". The character 太 originally meant "a great person" or "a person of great virtue". In ancient China, the character 太 was used as a title for high-ranking officials and nobles. Over time, the meaning of 太 expanded to include the meanings of "great", "excessive", and "too much".The character 太 is also used in Chinese to form compound words. For example, the word 太太 (tài tài) means "wife", and the word 太空 (tài kōng) means "space".The character 太 is pronounced tài in Mandarin Chinese and taai3 in Cantonese. It is a common character in both Mandarin and Cantonese, and it is used in a variety of contexts.
