{"id":3236,"date":"2019-11-07T20:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/chinese-grammar-expressing-quot-excessively-quot-with-quot-tai-quot\/"},"modified":"2019-11-07T20:10:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:10:40","slug":"chinese-grammar-expressing-quot-excessively-quot-with-quot-tai-quot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/chinese-grammar-expressing-quot-excessively-quot-with-quot-tai-quot\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese grammar:Expressing &quot;excessively&quot; with &quot;tai&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">The simplest structure for expressing too in the sense of excessively in Chinese uses the word \u592a (t&agrave;i).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Structure<\/strong><br style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\" \/>  \u592a+Adjective+\u4e86<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">As in English, this can express that something really is excessive, or can colloquially express the meaning of so or very. Note that in Chinese, you can say &quot;\u592a\u597d\u4e86&quot; which just means &quot;very good&quot; (wheras in English the phrase &quot;too good&quot; sometimes makes it sound like there&#8217;s reason for suspicion).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; width: 517px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\">Subject<\/th>\n<th style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u592a<\/em><\/th>\n<th style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\">Adjective<\/th>\n<th style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u4e86<\/em><\/th>\n<th style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\">Translation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u4ed6<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u592a<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u91cd<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u4e86<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u3002<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">He is too heavy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u7c73\u996d<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u592a<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u5c11<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u4e86<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u3002<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">There is too little rice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u5927\u8c61<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u592a<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u5927<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u4e86<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u3002<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">The elephant is too big.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u4f60<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u592a<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u597d<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u4e86<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u3002<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">You are &quot;too good&quot; [so great].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u4ed6<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u592a<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u9ad8<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u4e86<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u3002<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">He is too tall.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u5c0f\u732b<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u592a<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\u53ef\u7231<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\"><em style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;\">\u4e86<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">\uff01<\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em;\">The panda is too cute!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; 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