tái
verb HSK 5 #2,321

Meanings

  1. 1 to lift; to raise
  2. 2 to carry (something heavy, together with others)

Examples

Qǐng dàjiā yīqǐ tái zhè zhāng zhuōzi.
Please everyone lift this table together.
Tā tái qǐ tóu kànzhe tiānkōng.
He raised his head and looked at the sky.
Wùjià yòu táigāo le.
Prices have gone up again.

Tips

usage
often implies cooperative lifting (two or more people carrying something together) or raising something upward. = to raise prices. (táigàng) = to argue for the sake of arguing.

Stroke Order

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