| 1 | 太 | 太 | tài | tai4 | highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely | | |
| 2 | 太阳 | 太陽 | tài yang | tai4 yang5 | sun; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 太太 | 太太 | tài tai | tai4 tai5 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 太平洋 | 太平洋 | tài píng yáng | Tai4 ping2 Yang2 | Pacific Ocean | | |
| 5 | 太多 | 太多 | tài duō | tai4 duo1 | too much | | |
| 6 | 老太太 | 老太太 | lǎo tài tai | lao3 tai4 tai5 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; Classifiers: 位 | | |
| 7 | 太阳系 | 太陽系 | tài yáng xì | tai4 yang2 xi4 | solar system | | |
| 8 | 太空 | 太空 | tài kōng | tai4 kong1 | outer space | | |
| 9 | 太阳光 | 太陽光 | tài yáng guāng | tai4 yang2 guang1 | sunlight | | |
| 10 | 太阳能 | 太陽能 | tài yáng néng | tai4 yang2 neng2 | solar energy | | |
| 11 | 犹太人 | 猶太人 | yóu tài rén | You2 tai4 ren2 | Jew | | |
| 12 | 太子 | 太子 | tài zǐ | tai4 zi3 | crown prince | | |
| 13 | 老太婆 | 老太婆 | lǎo tài pó | lao3 tai4 po2 | old woman (at times contemptuous) | | |
| 14 | 太平天国 | 太平天國 | tài píng tiān guó | Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2 | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) | | |
| 15 | 章太炎 | 章太炎 | zhāng tài yán | Zhang1 Tai4 yan2 | Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution | | |
| 16 | 太监 | 太監 | tài jiàn | tai4 jian4 | court eunuch; palace eunuch | | |
| 17 | 太平 | 太平 | tài píng | Tai4 ping2 | peace and security; place name | | |
| 18 | 犹太 | 猶太 | yóu tài | You2 tai4 | Jew; Jewish; Judea (in Biblical Palestine) | | |
| 19 | 太原 | 太原 | tài yuán | Tai4 yuan2 | Taiyuan prefecture level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省 in central north China | | |
| 20 | 唐太宗 | 唐太宗 | táng tài zōng | Tang2 Tai4 zong1 | Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民 (599-649), reigned 626-649 | | |
| 21 | 东太平洋海隆 | 東太平洋海隆 | dōng tài píng yáng hǎi lóng | Dong1 Tai4 ping2 Yang2 Hai3 long2 | East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica) | | |
| 22 | 太阳晒屁股 | 太陽曬屁股 | tài yáng shài pì gǔ | tai4 yang2 shai4 pi4 gu3 | to have overslept; Rise and shine! | | |
| 23 | 太平天国之乱 | 太平天國之亂 | tài píng tiān guó zhī luàn | Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2 zhi1 Luan4 | Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), which ultimately failed but caused massive upheaval and weakened the Qing dynasty | | |
| 24 | 慈安太后 | 慈安太后 | cí ān tài hòu | Ci2 an1 tai4 hou4 | Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing | | |
| 25 | 桃太郎 | 桃太郎 | táo tài láng | Tao2 tai4 lang2 | Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale; (Tw) Japanese person | | |