Chinese word

抬

Pronunciation

Pinyintái

Meaning

  • verblift

Example

请帮我抬一下这个箱子。qǐng bāng wǒ tái yí xià zhè ge xiāng zi

Please help me lift this box.

Illustration for 抬 (lift)

More examples

工人们一起把重物抬起来了。gōng rén men yì qǐ bǎ zhòng wù tái qǐ lái le

The workers lifted the heavy object together.

Core concept

Raises and supports a person or object, often while moving it to a nearby place.

Common phrases

  • 抬起来tái qǐ lái

    lift up

  • 抬头tái tóu

    raise one's head

  • 抬手tái shǒu

    raise one's hand

Similar words

拿ná: Hold something in the hand and carry it from one place to another.
提tí: Carry something by lifting it with the hand or arm, often by its handle.
搬bān: Move an object to another place by lifting and carrying it.
举jǔ: Raise something high with the hand or arm.

Definition in Chinese

用手把人或物抬起以改变位置或高度，可指短距离的搬运或对他人的帮助性抬举。yòng shóu bǎ rén huò wù tái qǐ yǐ gǎi biàn wèi zhì huò gāo dù kě zhǐ duǎn jù lí de bān yùn huò duì tā rén de bāng zhù xìng tái jǔ

Word origin

抬 (tái, "lift") combines 扌 (shǒu, "hand") + 台 (tái, "platform"), with the hand component pointing to a hand action and 台 mainly supplying the sound.

Usage tips

  • In a polite request, adding 一下 (yíxià, "briefly") after the verb presents the action as short and softens the request.

Other meanings

  • carryverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 抬高tái gāoraiseverb
  • 抬举tái jǔpromoteverb
  • 抬头tái tóuraise one's headverb

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