| 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely |
| 太太 | tài tai | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife; CL:个,位 |
| 太平洋 | Tài píng yáng | Pacific Ocean |
| 太后 | tài hòu | Empress Dowager |
| 太平天国 | Tài píng Tiān guó | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) |
| 太原 | Tài yuán | Taiyuan prefecture level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省 in central north China |
| 太平 | tài píng | peace and security; place name |
| 太阳系 | tài yáng xì | solar system |
| 太阳能 | tài yáng néng | solar energy |
| 太子 | tài zǐ | crown prince |
| 太祖 | tài zǔ | Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) |
| 太原市 | Tài yuán shì | Taiyuan prefecture level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省 in central north China |
| 太极 | Tài jí | the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology |
| 太守 | tài shǒu | governor of a province |
| 太爷 | tài yé | (respectful for) one's grandfather; sb's father; older people; the head of the house (used by servants); a district magistrate |
| 太湖 | Tài hú | Taihu lake near Wuxi City 无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest fresh water lakes, currently heavily polluted |
| 太极拳 | tài jí quán | shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation; a martial art |
| 太监 | tài jiàn | court eunuch; palace eunuch |
| 太平广记 | Tài píng Guǎng jì | Extensive records of the Taiping era (978), fictional history edited by Li Fang 李昉 |
| 太和 | Tài hé | Taihe County in Fuyang 阜阳, Anhui; Taihe district of Jinzhou city 锦州市, Liaoning |
| 太学 | Tài xué | Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty |
| 太阳活动 | tài yáng huó dòng | sunspot activity; solar variation |
| 太古 | tài gǔ | immemorial |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space |
| 太平门 | tài píng mén | emergency exit |
| 太康 | Tài kāng | Taikang county in Zhoukou 周口, Henan |
| 太阳电池 | tài yáng diàn chí | solar cell |
| 太师 | tài shī | imperial tutor |
| 太白 | Tài bái | Taibai county in Bǎojī 宝鸡, Shǎnxī; Venus |
| 太保 | tài bǎo | a very high official in ancient China; juvenile delinquents; Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi county 嘉义县, west Taiwan |
| 太公 | tài gōng | great-grandfather |
| 太阳穴 | tài yáng xué | temple (on the sides of human head) |
| 太仓 | Tài cāng | Taicang county level city in Suzhou 苏州, Jiangsu |
| 太虚 | tài xū | great emptiness; the void; heaven; the skies; universe; cosmos; original essence of the cosmos; Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947) |
| 太阳日 | tài yáng rì | solar day |
| 太阳 | tài yáng | sun; CL:个 |
| 太上 | tài shàng | title of respect for taoists |
| 太上皇 | Tài shàng huáng | Taishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master |
| 太保市 | Tài bǎo shì | Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi county 嘉义县, west Taiwan |
| 太仓市 | Tài cāng shì | Taicang county level city in Suzhou 苏州, Jiangsu |
| 太仆 | Tài Pú | Grand Servant in Imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 |
| 太仆寺 | Tài pú sì | Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding; Taibus banner in Xilin Gol league 锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia |
| 太仆寺卿 | Tài pú sì qīng | Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding |
| 太仆寺旗 | Tài pū sì qí | Taibus banner in Xilin Gol league 锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia |
| 太公兵法 | Tài gōng bīng fǎ | alternative name for ”Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 |
太公钓鱼，
愿者上钩 | tài gōng diào yú ,
yuàn zhě shàng gōu | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose |
| 太初 | tài chū | the absolute beginning |
| 太半 | tài bàn | more than half; a majority; most; mostly |
| 太古代 | Tài gǔ dài | Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago) |
| 太古宙 | Tài gǔ zhòu | Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago) |
