台 (臺) tái
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tái
measure word
unit
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: Traditional: 臺; measure word for 1. performances and 2. electrical appliances, such as computers, televisions, machines, and instruments (ABC 1 'tái' 台 mw; NCCED 3 '台'; Unihan '台') -
tái
proper noun
Taiwan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography , Concept: Province 省
Notes: Traditional: 台; abbreviation for 台湾 (ABC 1 'tái' n 台 4; NCCED 1 '台' 10) -
tái
noun
desk; platform; terrace
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 檯 (ABC 2 'tái' 台 n; NCCED 1 '台' 2) -
tái
noun
platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 臺 (ABC 1 tái 台 n 1; Kroll 2015 '臺' 1; NCCED 1 '台' 2) -
tái
noun
typhoon
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature , Concept: Weather 天气
Notes: Traditional: 颱; as part of the word 台风 (ABC 4 tái 台; NCCED 2 '台') -
tái
noun
desk; platform; terrace
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 台 (ABC 1 tái 台 n 2; Kroll 2015 '台' 2; NCCED 1 '台' 5) -
yí
pronoun
you
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 台; first person pronoun used in preclassical Chinese (ABC 3 tái 台 pronoun; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 76; NCCED 1 '台' 8). -
tái
noun
station; broadcasting station
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Media
Notes: Traditional: 臺 (ABC 1 tái 台 n 3; NCCED 1 '台' 6) -
tái
noun
official post
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Government
Notes: Traditional: 臺 (Kroll 2015 '臺' 4; NCCED 1 '台' 7) -
yí
adjective
eminent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 台 (Kroll 2015 '台') -
tái
noun
elevated
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 臺; used to describe a tower-like object (Kroll 2015 '臺' 2) -
tái
noun
tribunal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 臺; used as a suffix for state managed organizations in historic times (Kroll 2015 '臺' 3) -
tái
noun
capitulum
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 臺; a flower head (Kroll 2015 '臺' 4)
Contained in
- 手工台(手工檯) workbench
- 地台 floor; platform
- 臬台(臬臺) provincial judge (in imperial China)
- 台球桌 billiards table
- 前台(前臺) foreground ; front desk; reception desk
- 本台(本臺) this radio station
- 中国国际广播电台(中國國際廣播電台) China Radio International
- 台山话(台山話) Taishanese
- 主席台(主席臺) rostrum; platform
- 天文台 an astronomical observatory; an observatory
- 台伯河 Tiber (river in Italy, the main watercourse of Rome)
- 询问台(詢問台) information desk
- 电台(電臺) broadcasting station; radio station
- 歌台 getai
- 下不来台(下不來臺) to be put on the spot; to find oneself in an awkward situation
- 政治舞台 political arena
- 债台高筑(債臺高築) lit. build a high desk of debt; heavily in debt
- 拆台(拆臺) (theater) to dismantle the stage; to pull the rug out from under somebody's feet
- 中央人民广播电台(中央人民廣播電台) China National Radio
- 花台(花臺) flower bed; flower terrace; flower stand
- 台地(臺地) a tableland; a mesa
- 伸展台(伸展臺) runway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
- 台客 stereotypical Taiwanese person (often derogatory)
- 登台表演(登臺表演) to go on stage
- 台风(颱風) hurricane; typhoon
- 拳击台(拳擊臺) boxing ring
- 台子(檯子) desk; (pool etc) table ; platform; stand
- 上台 to take up an official post
- 台前 Taiqian ; front of the stage
- 港澳台(港澳臺) Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan
Also contained in
台北市立高级商业职业学校 、 英国广播电台 、 九台 、 汉台区 、 台山市 、 古观象台 、 台州市 、 台湾省立台北商业学校 、 也先台吉 、 东台 、 司天台 、 台湾县 、 灵台 、 台湾白喉噪鹛 、 兴隆台区 、 台东县 、 双台子 、 天台山赋 、 大沽口炮台 、 台东 、 台江
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