Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry

Chinese: 举起、扬起。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “tai” becomes a different word in each tone. 抬 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 抬头tái tóuto raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth
  • 抬起tái qǐto lift up
  • 抬高tái gāoto raise (price etc)
  • 高抬gāo táito speak highly of sb
  • 拉抬lā tái(Tw) to pull sth up; (fig.) to give a boost to; to support

Example Sentence

我们一起把这张桌子抬过去。Wǒ men yì qǐ bǎ zhè zhāng zhuō zi tái guò qù.Let us carry this table over together.

我们Wǒ menwe一起yì qǐ(in) the same place(marks the object)zhèthiszhāngto open up桌子zhuō zitabletáito lift过去guò qù(in the) past