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. a variant spelling of Thai

Word History and Origins

Origin of tai¹

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

Example Sentences

Tai received 10 years while Wong received more than four years.

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Activists Benny Tai and Joshua Wong were among the so-called Hong Kong 47 group involved in a plan to pick opposition candidates for local elections.

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Tai, a former law professor who came up with the plan for the unofficial primary, received the longest sentence.

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On Tuesday a court will hand out jail sentences for some of Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy icons, including Joshua Wong and Benny Tai, in a controversial national security case.

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One of the main organisers of the 2020 primary, Mr Tai has been labelled by China as a “hardcore troublemaker” for allegedly advocating Hong Kong independence and describing the Communist Party’s rule as a “dictatorship”.

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