Chinese Notes

台 (臺) tái yí

tái measure word unit
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
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 地理学 , 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 , Subdomain: Architecture 建筑学
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 , Subdomain: Architecture 建筑学
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 大自然 , 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 , Subdomain: Architecture 建筑学
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 媒体
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 政府
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)

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台湾(台灣) Taiwan ; Taiwan
出台(出臺) to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly
平台(平臺) balcony / terrace ; plateau ; flat-roofed building
电视台(電視臺) television station ; television station
钻井平台(鑽井平台) oil drilling platform
舞台(舞臺) stage / arena
台球(檯球) billiards
跳台(跳臺) diving platform
台阶(臺階) steps / stairs
控制台(控制臺) control desk / console
台词(臺詞) an actor's lines / script
砚台(硯台) an ink stone ; an inkstone
后台(後台) background ; backstage / support work
电台(電臺) transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station ; radio station / broadcasting station
窗台 window sill
柜台(櫃檯) sales counter / front desk / bar
前台(前臺) foreground ; front desk / reception desk
茅台酒(茅臺酒) maotai
上台 to take up an official post
台风(颱風) hurricane / typhoon
下台(下臺) to step down from the stage / to step down from an official post
观象台(觀象臺) observatory / observation platform
致电前台(致電前臺) reception desk
收款台(收款臺) cash register
中央电视台(中央電視台) China Central Television (CCTV)
垮台(垮臺) to fall from power / to collapse / to demise
台基 a platform
台座 a pedestal
台湾(台灣) Taiwan ; Taiwan
镇台(鎮臺) a brigade general

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