太[tài]

形

1. highest; greatest

♦ 太空

2. remotest

♦ 太古

3. more or most senior

♦ ~老伯 granduncle; great-uncle

副

1. excessively; too; over

♦ 你车开得~快, 不安全。 You're driving too fast for safety.

♦ 那~过分了。 That's going too far.

♦ 这座城市人口~多。 The city is over-populated.

2. (used to express admiration or exclamation with 了 at the end of the sentence)

♦ 她的发音~好了。 Her pronunciation is excellent.

♦ 长城~伟大了。 The Great Wall is really great.

♦ 我~感激你了。 I feel very much indebted to you.

3. (used before another adverb 不 to emphasize negation)

♦ 这~不好了。 It's very bad.

♦ 你~不虚心了。 You're being immodest.

4. (used after 不 to soften the tone of negation)

♦ 不~好 not very good

♦ 这车看起来不~漂亮, 可就是快。 The car isn't much to look at, but it's fast.

♦ 他不~愿意结交新朋友。 He's hesitant about making new friends.