(tài bàng le) - that's great, awesome in Mandarin

tàibàngle

Traditional: 太棒了

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Translation

that's great, awesome

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Word origin

An exclamatory phrase: 太 (tài) 'too', 棒 (bàng) 'excellent, a stick' and the particle 了 (le). 太 is 大 (big) with an extra stroke; 棒 has 木 (wood) radical with 奉 as phonetic; 了 marks change of state. Together they mean 'that's great'.

Origin
compound
Root
太 (tài, too) + 棒 (bàng, excellent: 木 wood + 奉 phonetic) + 了 (le)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 太

太

Stroke order for 棒

棒

Stroke order for 了

了

Examples

,!

You passed the exam - that's great!

,!

That's awesome, we won!

。

This news is awesome.

!

Your new house is fantastic!

。

Today's performance was brilliant.

太棒了 (tài bàng le) means that's great, awesome. It is used as an expression in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 7: 太棒了, 并且, 否则 and 7 more words.