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Expressing "excessively" with "tai"
In Chinese, the simplest structure for expressing "too" in the sense of "excessively" is by using the word 太 (tài). Don't forget to also add 了 (le) after the adjective to keep your Chinese sounding natural.
- Keywords
- 太 · 了 · too · very
- Used for
- Expressing quality · Emphasizing
- Classification
- HSK1
Examples (10)
米饭太多了。
现在太晚了。
老板太忙了。
老师太累了。
这个厕所太脏了。
你太好了。
他太帅了。
这个女孩太漂亮了。
小猫太可爱了！
你的孩子太聪明了。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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