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太阳

tài yang · tai yang

Traditional 太陽

HSK 2Old HSK 3Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. sun
  2. abbr. for 太陽穴 / 太阳穴 (tài yáng xué)
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Airing the quilt

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)太阳(tàiyang)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)要(yào)晒(shài)被子(bèizi)。

    The sun is great today. I will air my quilt.

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)主意(zhǔyi)。晒(shài)一(yī)天(tiān)，晚上(wǎnshang)很(hěn)香(xiāng)。

    Good idea. Sun it for a day, and it smells nice at night.

  3. Dengdeng

    被子(bèizi)晒(shài)好(hǎo)了(le)，你(nǐ)闻闻(wénwén)，有(yǒu)太阳(tàiyang)的(de)味道(wèidao)。

    The quilt is done. Smell it. It smells of the sun.

  4. Liangliang

    这(zhè)是(shì)太阳(tàiyang)的(de)味道(wèidao)，还是(háishi)隔壁(gébì)的(de)饭(fàn)味(wèi)？

    Is this the smell of the sun, or of the neighbour's cooking?

  5. Dengdeng

    嗯(ēn)，是(shì)红烧肉(hóngshāoròu)。

    Hmm, it is braised pork.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

由(yóu)于(yú)轨(guǐ)道(dào)是(shì)椭(tuǒ)圆(yuán)形(xíng)的(de)，行(xíng)星(xīng)和(hé)太(tài)阳(yang)之(zhī)间(jiān)的(de)距(jù)离(lí)不(bú)会(huì)总(zǒng)是(shì)相(xiāng)同(tóng)。

Since the orbits are elliptical, the planets do not always have the same distance from the Sun.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by Blair0113 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

海(hǎi)王(wáng)星(xīng)绕(rào)行(xíng)太(tài)阳(yang)一(yì)周(zhōu)要(yào)花(huā)一(yì)百(bǎi)六(liù)十(shí)五(wǔ)年(nián)。

It takes 165 years for Neptune to orbit around the sun.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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太
tài

highest; greatest

阳
yáng

positive (electric.); sun

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