太

tài

adverb HSK 1 #67

Meanings

1 too (much)
2 very
3 extremely

Characters

too; very; extremely; greatest

Examples

太好了！

Tài hǎo le!

Great! / Wonderful!

这个太贵了。

Zhège tài guì le.

This is too expensive.

太谢谢你了！

Tài xièxie nǐ le!

Thank you so much!

Tips

grammar

太...了 is the common pattern. It can mean 'too' (negative: 太贵了 — too expensive) or 'so/very' (positive: 太好了 — so great!).

mistakes

太 usually needs 了 at the end: 太好了, not just 太好. The exception is negative sentences: 不太好 (not very good) — no 了 needed.

Stroke Order

太 tài