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ta

/tɑː/

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interjection

谢谢, 感谢.

Examples :

"Ta for the cup of tea."

谢谢你的茶.

communication language linguistics

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interjection

拿，给 (儿语).

(baby talk) give (imperative)

Examples :

"Mommy needs the bottle back. Ta!"

妈妈要拿回奶瓶了。拿来! (ná lái!)

language family linguistics

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preposition

到，往，向

Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.

Examples :

"We are walking to the shop."

我们正往商店走去。

direction place

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preposition

给，为了

Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

Examples :

"He devoted himself to education."

他为了教育奉献了他自己。

language grammar

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preposition

到，成。

Used to indicate result of action.

Examples :

"His face was beaten to a pulp."

他的脸被打成了肉泥。

outcome action grammar language

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preposition

对于，为了

Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

Examples :

"Seeing her son's excellent report card, the mother felt pride ta relief. "

看到儿子优秀的成绩单，母亲感到自豪，也为之松了一口气。

emotion language

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preposition

地，似的。

Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

Examples :

"similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking."

类似于…, 和…有关, 适用于…, 我对他很好, 他对她很残忍, 我习惯于走路.

language grammar linguistics

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preposition

到，至。

Denotes the end of a range.

Examples :

"It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications."

处理典型的申请通常需要2到4周的时间。

range position point

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preposition

如同，像。

Examples :

"With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); took her to wife (took her as a wife); was sold to slave (was sold as a slave)."

以上帝为友 (把上帝如同朋友); 以魔鬼为敌 (把魔鬼当成敌人); 羔羊被宰杀如祭品 (羔羊被宰杀如同祭品); 娶她为妻 (娶她当作妻子); 被卖为奴 (被卖作奴隶).

grammar linguistics

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preposition

比，对比，较。

Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

Examples :

"I have ten dollars to your four."

我有十块钱，你只有四块，我比你多得多。

math statistics

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preposition

次方，幂。

Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

Examples :

"Three squared or three to the second power is nine."

三的平方，或者说三的二次方，等于九。

math technical number computing

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preposition

在...之前，...之前。

(time) Preceding.

Examples :

""Ta loma, we always have dinner together as a family." "

塔洛玛之前，我们总是一家人一起吃晚餐。

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preposition

由，用，以...制成

Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

Examples :

"The tea is made ta milk and honey. "

这茶是用牛奶和蜂蜜制成的。

language grammar

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preposition

在，于.

Examples :

"I will see you ta school tomorrow. "

我明天在学校见你。

position place time

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noun

降 si

In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.

Examples :

"The music teacher explained that the "ta" note is a flatted B. "

音乐老师解释说，这里的 "ta" 音，也就是降 si 音，是降 B 音。

music sound language