泰 — Chinese character
泰
tài
great, exalted, superior; calm; big
- Pinyin
- tài
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 氺
- Formation
- ideographic — Water 氺 contained by a dam
- Japanese
- 泰 as a kanji
Common words with 泰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国泰民安 (國泰民安) | guó tài mín ān | the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity |
| 泰迪 | tài dí | toy poodle with a teddy-bear cut |
| 泰和 | tài hé | calm and peaceful |
| 泰迪熊 | tài dí xióng | (loanword) teddy bear |
| 安泰 | ān tài | at peace; healthy and secure |
| 康泰 | kāng tài | safe and healthy |
| 泰斗 | tài dǒu | abbr. for 泰山北斗 (Tài shān Běi dǒu) |
| 景泰蓝 (景泰藍) | jǐng tài lán | cloisonne; cloisonné |
| 泰然 | tài rán | calm; self-composed |
| 否极泰来 (否極泰來) | pǐ jí tài lái | extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom) |
| 泰然自若 | tài rán zì ruò | cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves; perfectly composed |
| 重于泰山 (重於泰山) | zhòng yú Tài Shān | heavier than Mt Tai (idiom); fig. extremely serious matter |
English words written with 泰
泰 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 9 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 11 · Great Learning 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 29
- Analects 3.6
- Analects 7.25
- Analects 8.1
- Analects 9.3
- Analects 13.26
- Analects 20.2
- Mencius 3B.4
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