tai
[tahy]
- any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai), a food fish of Japan.
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Origin of tai
1615–25; < Japanese ta(w)i, earlier tafi
Tai
[tahy, tah-ee]
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Tai.
- Thai.
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Examples from the Web for tai
Contemporary Examples
Last April, Kishinets invited every Donetsk lover of a healthy lifestyle, as he put it, to do Tai Bo exercises in Lenin Square.
[Laughs] Man of Tai Chi also, of course, deals with fighting.
Keanu Reeves Dishes On Kung Fu, Amazon Drones, Directing ‘Man of Tai Chi,’ And MoreMarlow Stern
December 6, 2013
Tai chi is primarily used for stress management, and to achieve mental clarity.
These days, when I go to Beijing, no matter how short the stay, I try to visit the Din Tai Fung near the embassies.
The dancer Tai Lihua, who choreographed the dance of “Buddha with 1,000 hands.”
Historical Examples
And 'tain't as if hushin' her up was something we couldn't well afford.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
You know what you hold, and if 'tain't a hand to lay down, it must be a hand to raise on.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Tain't in natur' she'll have the feelin' for me she would for her own,' I says; but I b'lieve she has, an' more too.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
If I'm off enjoyin' myself 'tain't fair as you should be up here a-workin'.
The Widow O'Callaghan's BoysGulielma Zollinger
Yet the Emperor Tai Dsung then offered a prayer of thanks to heaven.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
Tai
- a variant spelling of Thai
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TAI
- International Atomic Time
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