泰 (tài): Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, abbr. for Thailand, safe
泰 (tài) is a Chinese character meaning “mt tai 泰山 in shandong.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氺 (structural). It ranks #1310 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 泰 water 氺 contained by a dam. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong
- abbr. for Thailand
- safe
Etymology & Origin
ideographicWater 氺 contained by a dam
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泰勒proper-noun | tài lè | Taylor (name) |
| 泰国proper-noun | tài guó | Thailand |
| 泰迪 | tài dí | toy poodle with a teddy-bear cut |
| 泰坦尼克号 | tài tǎn ní kè hào | RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 |
| 泰山proper-noun | tài shān | Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 |
| 泰坦proper-noun | tài tǎn | Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) |
| 泰晤士报proper-noun | tài wù shì bào | Times (newspaper) |
| 托尔斯泰proper-noun | tuō ěr sī tài | Tolstoy (name) |
| 伏尔泰proper-noun | fú ěr tài | Voltaire (1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer and philosopher |
| 国泰民安phrase | guó tài mín ān | the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom) |
| 泰然自若phrase | tài rán zì ruò | cool and collected (idiom) |
| 泰然处之phrase | tài rán chǔ zhī | to handle the situation calmly (idiom) |
| 永泰proper-noun | yǒng tài | see 永泰縣|永泰县 |
| 泰文noun | tài wén | Thai (language) |
| 泰语noun | tài yǔ | Thai (language) |
泰 appears in 100 compound words: 61 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 24 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 泰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (19)
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
extreme adversity marks the beginning of fortune; when worse comes to the worst, things will turn for the better
being calm and composed even under the most stubborn and difficult of situations
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
extreme adversity marks the beginning of fortune; when worse comes to the worst, things will turn for the better
being calm and composed even under the most stubborn and difficult of situations
Showing 12 of 19 idioms containing 泰.
Example Sentences
站在桥上望去，泰水缓缓向东流去。
zhàn zài qiáo shǎng wàng qù , tài shuǐ huǎn huǎn xiàng dōng liú qù .
Standing on the bridge, the Tai River flows gently eastward.
...赢?律师揭中工夺权2关键:断通路商后路避泰山案
. . . yíng ? lǜ shī jiē zhōng gōng duó quán 2 guān jiàn : duàn tōng lù shāng hòu lù bì tài shān àn
... Win? The lawyer revealed the key to the seizure of power by the workers: the case of cutting off the channel merchant's way to avoid Mount Tai
永泰云向未来两日开放示位予VIP参观 不排除...
yǒng tài yún xiàng wèi lái liǎng rì kāi fàng shì wèi yú V I P cān guàn bù pái chú . . .
Yongtai Cloud will open its seats to VIPs in the next two days It is not ruled out...
中钢举办新春开泰祈福典礼 董事长:“稳定获利”是今年最重...
zhōng gāng jǔ bàn xīn chūn kāi tài qí fú diǎn lǐ dǒng shì cháng : wěn dìng huò lì shì jīn nián zuì chóng . . .
China Steel held a New Year blessing ceremony Chairman: "Stable profit" is the heaviest this year...
民众党疑122条款恐使我失出口优势 卓荣泰:台美谈妥ART就是最好方案
mín zhòng dǎng yí 1 2 2 tiáo kuǎn kǒng shǐ wǒ shī chū kǒu yōu shì zhuó róng tài : tái měi tán tuǒ A R T jiù shì zuì hǎo fāng àn
The People's Party suspects that Clause 122 may cause me to lose my export advantage Zhuo Rongtai: Taiwan and the United States negotiating ART is the best solution
出国荷包失血!泰国六大机场6月起国际离境费大涨53%
chū guó hé bāo shī xiě ! tài guó liù dà jī chǎng 6 yuè qǐ guó jì lí jìng fèi dà zhǎng 5 3
Blood loss in the wallet abroad! Thailand's six major airports have seen a 53% increase in international departure fees since June
英国首都伦敦在泰晤士河畔。
Yīngguó shǒudū Lúndūn zài Tàiwùshì Hé pàn.
London, the capital of England, is on the Thames.
泰国在北边接壤缅甸和老挝。
Tàiguó zài běibiān jiērǎng Miǎndiàn hé Lǎowō.
Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos.
你们会讲加泰罗尼亚语吗？
Nǐmen huì jiǎng Jiātàiluóníyà yǔ ma?
Do you speak Catalan?
我虽然在虎口里，却是安如泰山。
Wǒ suīrán zài hǔkǒu lǐ, quèshì ānrú Tài Shān.
Though I am in the tiger's mouth, I am as calm as Mount Tai.
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