太 (tài) means Too (very - highest - great). Below are 24 of the 192 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
我说：“ 太 贵了。”
wǒ shuō:" tài guì le / liǎo / liào."
I said, "That's too expensive."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
早上有 太 阳，不冷也不热。
zǎoshang yǒu tàiyáng, bù lěng yěbù rè.
There was sun in the morning; it wasn't cold or hot.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
朋友说我 太 舍不得东西了。
péngyou shuō wǒ tài shě / shè bùdé dōngxī le / liǎo / liào.
My friend says I'm too attached to things.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
我的汉语不 太 好，丽丽常常帮我。
wǒ de(possessive) hànyǔ bù tài hǎo / hào, lí lí chángcháng bāng wǒ.
My Chinese isn't very good, and Lili often helps me.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
她今年八十三岁了，眼睛不 太 好。
tā jīnnián bāshí sān suì le / liǎo / liào, yǎnjīng bù tài hǎo / hào.
She's eighty-three this year and her eyes aren't good.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
她说：“不用不用， 太 麻烦你了。”
tā shuō:" búyòng búyòng, tài máfan nǐ le / liǎo / liào."
She said, "No, no, it's too much trouble."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
医生说我睡眠 太 少，让我至少休息两个星期。
yīshēng shuō wǒ shuìmián tài shǎo / shào, ràng wǒ zhìshǎo xiūxi liǎng gè xīngqī.
The doctor said I was badly short of sleep and told me to rest for at least two weeks.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
然后， 太 阳慢慢地出来了，山上的风景美极了。
ránhòu, tàiyáng mànmàn dì / de chūlai le / liǎo / liào, shānshàng de / dì fēngjǐng měi jí le / liǎo / liào.
Then the sun came up slowly, and the view was stunning.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
他们说：“三十岁了，现在开始会不会 太 晚？”
tāmen shuō:" sānshí suì le / liǎo / liào, xiànzài kāishǐ huìbùhuì tài wǎn?"
They said, "You're thirty — isn't it a bit late to start now?"
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
From the travel phrasebook
我身体不 太 好。
Wǒ shēntǐ bú tài hǎo.
My health isn't great.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
太 appears in 192 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 太
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 太
How is 太 used in a sentence?
This page shows 192 sentences using 太 (tài, "Too (very - highest - great)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 太 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 太 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 太 an HSK word?
Yes — 太 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 太?
The dictionary page for 太 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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