VividHanzi · Dictionary

太 tài

HSK 1 word

Meanings

• highest
• greatest
• too (much)
• very
• extremely

Characters

• 太 tài: highest

Grammar: "Too" with 太...了

太 + Adjective + 了

太 before an adjective, with 了 at the end, says "too much": 太贵了 is "too expensive". The same pattern is also used as praise, meaning "so" or "really": 太好了！ is "great!".

Example sentences

太好了！
Great!
Tatoeba #348004 by zhouj1955 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

太小了。
It's too small.
Tatoeba #349189 by zhouj1955 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

太多了。
That's too much.
Tatoeba #429439 by aliene (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).