Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Entry: tai Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 273, Entry 03 Pronounced tai According to the Expanded Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun) and the Collected Rites (Jiyun), the pronunciation is tai. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means slow or dull; the term ta tai describes this as well. According to the Long Annotations (Changjian), ta tai is a dialect from Zhejiang Province meaning foolish or stupid. A is the entering tone, dai is the level tone. One source says it means a fool. Also, according to the Collected Rites (Jiyun), pronounced tai. Identical to tai. Bei tai means a servant.