高；大tall; large

极；最extremely

身份最高的；辈分最高的senior; most senior in the generational hierarchy

• 太老伯

  great-uncle

• 太老师

  one's teacher's father

过分too

• 太天真

  too naive

• 质量太差。

  The quality is too poor.

• 水太烫。

  The water is too hot.

• 这可太糟了。

  This is just awful.

• 这孩子实在太聪明了。

  This child is too clever!

• 这太过分了！

  This is too much!

• 这太奇怪了！

  This is too strange!

• 这太不像话了。

  This is outrageous!

• 这家伙太滑头。

  That guy is too sly.

• 太无自知之明了。

  This is a shameless lack of self-awareness.

• 你太谦虚了。

  You are too modest.

• 他的话太多。

  He talks too much.

• 价钱太贵了。

  It is too expensive.

• 衣服穿得太脏了。

  The clothes are too dirty.

• 这太平常了，何必奇怪。

  This is totally normal. Why the fuss?

• 这太简单了，没有什么难的。

  This is really simple; There is nothing tricky about it.

• 你太客气了，我真过意不去。

  You are too polite; I really don't deserve it.

很very

• 太好啦！

  Great!

• 这办法太好了。

  This method is great.

• 她唱得太好了。

  She sang wonderfully.

• 他不太聪明。

  He is not very clever.

• 我太满意了。

  I am totally satisfied.

• 能见到你，我太高兴啦！

  I am delighted to see you!

前面加“不”，表示委婉的否定used to soften a negation

• 不太高兴

  not very happy

• 不太对头

  not all that correct