tai

¹

[ tahy ]

noun

, plural tai.

1. any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major red tai, a food fish of Japan.

Tai

²

[ tahy, tah-ee ]

noun

1. a group of languages spoken in SE Asia, including Thai, Lao, and Shan.
2. Thai.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Tai.
2. Thai.

TAI

¹

abbreviation for

1. International Atomic Time

Tai

²

/ taɪ /

adjective

1. See Thai
   a variant spelling of Thai

Word History and Origins

Origin of tai¹

1615–25; < Japanese ta ( w ) i, earlier tafi

Example Sentences

The law professor, Benny Tai, urged the students to “retreat and take the spirit of the Umbrella Movement into the community.”

From The Daily Beast

Last April, Kishinets invited every Donetsk lover of a healthy lifestyle, as he put it, to do Tai Bo exercises in Lenin Square.

From The Daily Beast

In 1996, the Muang Tai Army surrendered to the Burmese army, but not every member laid down their arms.

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He joined the Muang Tai Army, a former resistance group in Myanmar, and fought against the military junta.

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[Laughs] Man of Tai Chi also, of course, deals with fighting.

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He can't talk much, though; 'tain't good fur him; his lungs is out er kilter.

From Project Gutenberg

Likewise 'tain't safe to buy mine stock till you know there's a mine.

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I don't jest sense what it is, but I know 'tain't all them things that makes a sure 'nough lady.

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"'Tain't nothin'," she choked out, and she turned hurriedly ahead of him down the path.

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"'Tain't no fair thing for the whole police force to keep worrying at a little boy like me," he said, in shame-faced apology.

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