太阳
tài yang 4–5
sun; abbr. for 太阳穴
- Characters
- 2
- 太 · 阳
- Syllables
- 2
- tài yang
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 2,001
Part of speech: n
Character by character
- 太tài4 strokesHSK 1very, too, much; big; extreme
- 阳yáng6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 陽'male' principle; light; sun
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
太阳刚下山。
Tài yang gāng xià shān
The sun has just sunk below the horizon.
太阳下山了。
Tài yang xià shān le
The sun is going down.
太阳之下无新事。
Tài yang zhī xià wú xīn shì
Nothing new under the sun.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 太阳. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 太tàiHSK 1
highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 阳光yáng guāngHSK 3
sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny)
- 太空tài kōngHSK 5
outer space
- 太太tài taiHSK 2
married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife
- 阳性yáng xìngHSK 7
positive; masculine
- 阳台yáng táiHSK 4
balcony; porch
- 老太太lǎo tài taiHSK 3
elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother
- 太阳能tài yáng néngHSK 6
solar energy
- 太平tài píngHSK 7
peace and security
- 晒太阳shài tài yángHSK 7
to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
- 夕阳xī yáng
sunset; the setting sun
- 太极tài jíHSK 7
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
- 太极拳tài jí quánHSK 7
shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation; a martial art
- 不太bù tàiHSK 2
Not too
- 重阳节chóng yáng jié
Double Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month