態

简 态 · 繁 態
Mandarin · pinyin tài

Meanings

  1. (bound form)
  2. appearance
  3. shape
  4. form
  5. state
  6. attitude
  7. (grammar) voice
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態
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态
tài · manner, bearing, attitude
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4 · tai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

taai3

Cantonese word readings for 態. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

  1. condition; state
  2. form; shape
  3. manner; bearing; attitude
  4. situation; posture
  5. (grammar) voice; diathesis

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