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抬

tái · tai

Traditional 擡

HSK 5Old HSK 4

Meaning

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tái 抬

  1. to lift
  2. to raise
  3. (of two or more persons) to carry

tái 擡

  1. variant of 抬 (tái)
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Whose door?

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，帮(bāng)我(wǒ)把(bǎ)沙发(shāfā)抬(tái)到(dào)新家(xīnjiā)。

    Liangliang, help me carry the sofa to my new home.

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，你(nǐ)抬(tái)那头(nàtóu)，我(wǒ)抬(tái)这头(zhètóu)。

    OK, you take that end, I take this end.

  3. Dengdeng

    一(yī)，二(èr)，三(sān)，抬(tái)！

    One, two, three, lift!

  4. Liangliang

    咦(yí)，门(mén)太(tài)小(xiǎo)了(le)，抬(tái)不进去(bùjìnqù)。

    Huh, the door is too small. We can't carry it in.

  5. Dengdeng

    等一下(děngyīxià)，这(zhè)不是(bùshì)我(wǒ)新家(xīnjiā)的(de)门(mén)！

    Wait, this isn't my new home's door!

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2 examples
01

她(tā)累(lèi)得(de)连(lián)脚(jiǎo)也(yě)抬(tái)不(bu)起(qǐ)来(lái)了(le)。

She was so tired that she couldn't lift her feet.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected; English translation revised.

02

咱(zán)把(bǎ)家(jiā)具(jù)抬(tái)上(shàng)楼(lóu)吧(ba)。

Let's carry the furniture upstairs.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected; English translation revised.

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