抬 (tái): meaning and stroke order
抬 (tái) means to lift, to raise, (of two or more persons) to carry, variant of 抬.
抬
- Simplified
- 抬
- Traditional
- 抬, 擡
- Pinyin
- tái
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Stroke order of 抬
抬
- tái to lift; to raise
- tái variant of 抬[tai2]
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 擡
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Meaning of 抬
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tái
- to lift
- to raise
- (of two or more persons) to carry
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tái
Traditional 擡
- variant of 抬[tai2]
Radical and structure
- 抬
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 8 strokes · 扌 on the left, 台 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 抬
- 抬头 tái tóu to raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth
抬 in our stories
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天快黑的时候，他抬头看见墙上那只早就不走了的老挂钟：舅公每天都要看它好几次，可它的时间从来不对。
tiān kuài hēi de shíhou tā tái tóu kànjiàn qiáng shàng nà zhī zǎo jiù bù zǒu le de lǎo guàzhōng jiùgōng měitiān dōu yào kàn tā hǎo jǐ cì kě tā de shíjiān cónglái bú duì
As it was getting dark he looked up at the old wall clock that had stopped long ago: his great-uncle looked at it several times a day, yet it never showed the right time.
From the story Great-uncle's wooden box HSK 6
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乐广听说后，回到那天喝酒的地方，抬头一看，墙上挂着一张弓，弓上画着蛇的花纹，影子正好映在酒杯里。
Yuè Guǎng tīngshuō hòu huídào nà tiān hē jiǔ de dìfang tái tóu yí kàn qiáng shàng guà zhe yì zhāng gōng gōng shàng huà zhe shé de huāwén yǐngzi zhènghǎo yìng zài jiǔbēi lǐ
When Yue Guang heard, he went back to where they had been drinking and looked up: on the wall hung a bow painted with a snake pattern, and its reflection fell right into the wine cup.
From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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祝英台出嫁那天，花轿经过梁山伯的坟墓，突然狂风大作，轿子怎么也抬不动了。
Zhù Yīngtái chūjià nà tiān huājiào jīngguò Liáng Shānbó de fénmù tūrán kuángfēngdàzuò jiàozi zěnme yě tái bú dòng le
On Zhu Yingtai's wedding day, as the bridal sedan passed Liang Shanbo's grave, a violent wind suddenly rose and the sedan could no longer be carried.
From the story The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 抬
- Great-uncle's wooden box HSK 6
- The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).