tai
noun
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major red tai, a food fish of Japan.
tai
1 American
[tahy]
/ taɪ /
noun
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tai
plural
TAI
1
British
abbreviation
Tai
2
British
/ taɪ /
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tai
1615–25; < Japanese ta ( w ) i, earlier tafi
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Rather than focusing on explosive, fast-paced movements, tai chi is generally composed of slow, smooth, continuous movements staying within a modest range of motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
As they say in tai chi: “The mind leads, the body follows.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The best part of her day is when she spends evenings practicing tai chi with a half dozen friends at a nearby park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Wind & Sea said in a comment it would share its mai tai recipe on its social media accounts before closing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The next morning when I arrived at school to do my tai chi, Holly van Arden asked if she could join me.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
A successful global campaign against Iran may require Washington "to provide incentives" to Beijing to join it, said Lim Tai Wei, a professor and East Asia expert at Japan's Soka University.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Li visited Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year earlier this year, months after a massive apartment blaze in the north-eastern Tai Po district claimed 168 lives.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Tai chi isn’t just for old folks, however.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
New hobbies equal new network: Perkins’s first real lead came from a five-minute chat with Bill Tai, an investor attending a conference in her hometown, Perth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Tai sin and Shae tended to the horses as usual, rubbing them down and feeding them.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
TAI is a major player in Turkey’s aerospace industry, designing, developing and manufacturing various aircraft for commercial and military use.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
The victims were named by Turkey's state-run news agency as TAI employees Cengiz Coskun, Zahide Guclu, Atakan Sahin Erdogan, Huseyin Canbaz, as well as taxi driver Murat Arslan.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
TAI is a key supplier for Turkey's military, providing its F-16 fighter jets.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
TAI is a key player in Turkey’s aerospace industry, designing, developing and manufacturing various aircraft for commercial and military use.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
Marry, I have here four angels, and fifteen shillings of white money: it's all I have, as I hope to be blest TAI.
From Every Man out of His Humour by Ben Jonson
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