tai

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Noun

tai

  1. Thai language

[edit] Fijian

[edit] Etymology

Common Oceanian, compare Indonesian tasik

[edit] Noun

tai

  1. coast
  2. sea-shore

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tai
  • Rhymes: -ɑi
  • IPA: [tɑi]

[edit] Conjunction

tai

  1. (coordinating; in affirmative clauses) or:
    • Sinä tai minä.
      • You or me.

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

tai (hiragana たい)

  1. : body
  2. : condition
  3. : voice - active voice, passive voice
  4. : versus, anti
  5. : party, troop, band
  6. : belt, zone
  7. 他意: other intention
  8. : sea bream
  9. タイ: tie; Thai, Thailand

[edit] Lithuanian

[edit] Adverb

tai

  1. this

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Adverb

tai (Pinyin tài, traditional and simplified )

  1. excessively; too
  2. extremely; very
    he tai duo kafei dui shenti bu hao. "To drink coffee too much is bad for health."

[edit] Pinyin syllable

tai

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, tāi, tái, tǎi, or tài.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.


[edit] Maori

[edit] Noun

tai

  1. sea

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

tai

  1. first-person singular present tense form of tăia.
  2. first-person singular subjunctive form of tăia.
  3. second-person singular present tense form of tăia.
  4. second-person singular subjunctive form of tăia.

[edit] Swahili

[edit] Noun

tai

  1. eagle

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Noun

tai

  1. ear