| 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 | 太阳系 | 太陽系 | tài yáng xì | tai4 yang2 xi4 | solar system | | |
| 7 | 太空 | 太空 | tài kōng | tai4 kong1 | outer space | | |
| 8 | 太阳光 | 太陽光 | tài yáng guāng | tai4 yang2 guang1 | sunlight | | |
| 9 | 太阳能 | 太陽能 | tài yáng néng | tai4 yang2 neng2 | solar energy | | |
| 10 | 太子 | 太子 | tài zǐ | tai4 zi3 | crown prince | | |
| 11 | 太平天国 | 太平天國 | tài píng tiān guó | Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2 | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) | | |
| 12 | 太监 | 太監 | tài jiàn | tai4 jian4 | court eunuch; palace eunuch | | |
| 13 | 太平 | 太平 | tài píng | tai4 ping2 | place name; peace and security | | |
| 14 | 太原 | 太原 | tài yuán | Tai4 yuan2 | Taiyuan prefecture level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省 in central north China | | |
| 15 | 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 | | |
| 16 | 太牢 | 太牢 | tài láo | tai4 lao2 | (in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig) | | |
| 17 | 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! | | |
| 18 | 太长 | 太長 | tài cháng | tai4 chang2 | Minister of Ceremonies in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 ; oversize | | |
| 19 | 太仓稊米 | 太倉稊米 | tài cāng tí mǐ | tai4 cang1 ti2 mi3 | very small portion of sth. (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 太仓市 | 太倉市 | tài cāng shì | Tai4 cang1 shi4 | Taicang county level city in Suzhou 苏州 , Jiangsu | | |
| 21 | 太白星 | 太白星 | tài bái xīng | Tai4 bai2 xing1 | Venus (planet) | | |
| 22 | 太白县 | 太白縣 | tài bái xiàn | Tai4 bai2 Xian4 | Taibai County in Baoji 宝鸡 , Shaanxi | | |
| 23 | 太古代 | 太古代 | tài gǔ dài | Tai4 gu3 dai4 | Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago) | | |
| 24 | 太谷县 | 太谷縣 | tài gǔ xiàn | Tai4 gu3 xian4 | Taigu county in Jinzhong 晋中 , Shanxi | | |
| 25 | 太祖 | 太祖 | tài zǔ | tai4 zu3 | Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) | | |