HSK 4 · Verbs

抬 tái “to lift” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 抬 means

  1. to lift
  2. to raise
  3. (of two or more persons) to carry

How to say 抬

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale抬tái2nd tone, rising

抬 in a sentence

  1. 帮我抬包裹。

    Bāng wǒ tái bāoguǒ.

    Help me lift this parcel.

    Sentence #5856739 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 咱把家具抬上楼吧。

    Zán bǎ jiājù tái shàng lóu ba.

    Let’s carry the furniture upstairs.

    Sentence #13008358 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 她抬头望向天空。

    Tā táitóu wàng xiàng tiānkōng.

    She looked up at the sky.

    Sentence #350705 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 抬 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 抬 (tái) with each of its parts in a different colour
抬táito lift
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 台platform · tāiSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 台 (tāi) hints at the sound. Compare it with tái.

How to write 抬

抬 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

抬 (tái) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 抬 (tái). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 抬

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

抬 (tái) means “to lift” or “to raise”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tái: tái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 抬 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 抬 from the suggestions. Typing tai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
抬 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.