Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Vietnamese Pronounced Pron. /tʰaːj˧˦/, /tʰaːj˨˩˦/, /tʰaːj˦˥/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sino-Vietnamese 太 (thái) meaning "very, extreme", 泰 (thái) meaning "big, large, great" or 彩 (thái) meaning "colour".