Etymology

tai

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Chinese 邰
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tai · noun1

From Japanese 鯛 (たい, tai).

Tai · proper noun2

  1. Chinese · borrowed from邰
  2. English todayTai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 邰 (Tái) and 斄 /𭤎 (Tái).

Tai · proper noun3

  1. Chinese · borrowed from代
  2. English todayTai

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 代 (dài).

Tai · proper noun4

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from戴
  2. English todayTai

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 戴 (Dài), as well as from its Cantonese pronunciation Daai³.

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