太
tài HSK1

very

太 tài
too adverb
excessively; more than enough; too much; used before an adjective or verb to indicate an extreme degree

我说，你来得太晚了！

wǒ shuō, nǐ lái de tài wǎn le!

I said you're too late!

电视声音太大了吗？

diàn​shì shēng​yīn tài dà le ma?

Is the TV too loud?

[senior/supreme] affix
(bound form) highest; supreme; greatest; used to refer to people of the highest rank or seniority
not very adverb
used after the negative word 不 bù to soften the tone of a negative statement, meaning "not very" or "not particularly"

她说她不太可能会赢。

tā shuō tā bù tài kě​néng huì yíng.

She said she wasn't likely to win.

我不太了解他，但我喜欢他。

wǒ bù tài liǎo​jiě tā, dàn wǒ xǐ​huan tā.

I do not know him well, but I like him.

extremely adverb
very; really; used in the tài...了 le pattern to express a high degree of enthusiasm or appreciation

她太爱自己的父亲了。

tā tài ài zì​jǐ de fù​qīn le.

She loved her father too much.

这场派对太棒了！

zhè chǎng pài​duì tài bàng le!

This party is amazing!

surname
a Chinese surname
[remote past]
(bound form) most ancient; remote past; primordial; remote; as in 太古 tài​gǔ or 太初 tài​chū

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Frequency
Character
Written text
240th most common 932.7 per million
Movie subtitles
94th most common 1726.9 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1942.1 per million appears in 99% of films
Written text
820.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+592A

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)