Meaning of Lake Tai | Babel Free
/leɪk ˈtaɪ/Definitions
a large freshwater lake west of Shanghai in eastern China
Equivalents
日本語
太湖
Examples
“SOUTCHEOU, a city of the firſt rank, in the province of Kiangnan, in China, beautifully and agreeably ſituated on a river which communicates with the Lake Tai.”
“The village chosen for my investigation is called Kaihsienkung, locally pronounced kejiug’on. It is situated on the south-east bank of Lake Tai, in the lower course of the Yangtze River and about eighty miles west of Shanghai.”
Peasant Life in China
“At Lake Tai on the border of the wealthy coastal provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, water levels hit 4.49 metres on Wednesday, 0.69 metres above the official warning level, according to government data.[…] Though still short of the 4.97-metre record set in 1999, Lake Tai is on the rise. Nearby Shanghai is already taking precautions, opening its sluice gates to discharge excess floodwaters.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.