抬 (tái): to lift, to raise, (of two or more persons) to carry
抬 (tái) is a Chinese character meaning “to lift.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 台 (phonetic). It ranks #1378 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 抬 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to lift
- to raise
- (of two or more persons) to carry
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 抬
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抬高 | tái gāo | to raise (price etc) |
| 抬举 | tái ju | to lift sth up |
| 抬杠 | tái gàng | to bicker |
| 高抬贵手 | gāo tái guì shǒu | to be generous (idiom) |
| 哄抬 | hōng tái | to artificially inflate |
| 低头不见抬头见 | dī tóu bù jiàn tái tóu jiàn | see 抬頭不見低頭見|抬头不见低头见[tai2 tou2 bu4 jian4 di1 tou2 jian4] |
| 抬头不见低头见 | tái tóu bù jiàn dī tóu jiàn | (idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly |
| 不识抬举 | bù shí tái jǔ | fail to appreciate sb's kindness |
| 抬起 | tái qǐ | to lift up |
| 高抬 | gāo tái | to speak highly of sb |
| 抬爱 | tái ài | to hold in high regard |
| 拉抬 | lā tái | (Tw) to pull sth up |
| 抬显 | tái xiǎn | head-up display (HUD) (abbr. for 抬頭顯示|抬头显示[tai2 tou2 xian3 shi4]) |
| 担架抬 | dān jià tái | stretcher (for the injured) |
| 八抬大轿 | bā tái dà jiào | palanquin with eight carriers |
抬 appears in 18 compound words: 56 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 抬 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
to fail to appreciate somebody's kindness; to be unable to appreciate favors; to not recognize a favor
Example Sentences
请抬起头来，让医生检查一下你的喉咙。
Qǐng tái qǐ tóu lái, ràng yīshēng jiǎnchá yīxià nǐ de hóulóng.
Please lift your head and let the doctor check your throat.
查塑胶袋有无哄抬 桃检连假首日率队市场联合稽查
chá sù jiāo dài yǒu wú hōng tái táo jiǎn lián jiǎ shǒu rì lǜ duì shì chǎng lián gě jī chá
...又受伤! 林佳纬二军盗垒伤退 面露痛苦遭抬下场
. . . yòu shòu shāng ! lín jiā wěi èr jūn dào lěi shāng tuì miàn lù tòng kǔ zāo tái xià chǎng
中东纷扰通膨蠢动》减产抬价?台塑化急澄清
zhōng dōng fēn rǎo tōng péng chǔn dòng jiǎn chǎn tái jià ? tái sù huà jí chéng qīng
蔡英文揪团登山拉抬民进党选情 赖清德 : 下海的我来
蔡 yīng wén jiū tuán dēng shān lā tái mín jìn dǎng xuǎn qíng lài qīng dé : xià hǎi de wǒ lái
Tsai Ing-wen leads a hiking group to boost the DPP’s election prospects; Lai Ching-te: “I’ll take the plunge.”
台中市長初選,李四川合體拉抬他?被問羨慕新北整合嗎,江啟臣曝內心願望
tái zhōng shì 長 chū 選 , lǐ sì chuān gě 體 lā tái tā ? bèi 問 羨 mù xīn běi zhěng gě 嗎 , jiāng 啟 chén pù 內 xīn 願 wàng
Taichung mayoral primary: Is Li Sichuan teaming up to boost him? When asked if he envies New Taipei's consolidation, Jiang Qichen reveals his inner wish.
警察小心翼翼地抬起箱子。
Jǐngchá xiǎoxīnyìyì de táiqǐ xiāngzi.
The policeman lifted the box carefully.
我父亲无法抬起它。
Wǒ fùqīn wúfǎ táiqǐ tā.
My father can't lift it up.
她累得连脚也抬不起来了。
Tā lèi de lián jiǎo yě tái bù qǐlai le.
She was so tired that she couldn't walk.
这块石头太重了无法抬起来。
Zhè kuài shítou tài zhòng le wúfǎ táiqǐ lái.
This stone is too heavy to lift.
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