台 (臺) tái

1. 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')
2. 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)
3. tái noun desk; platform; terrace
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 檯 (ABC 2 'tái' 台 n; NCCED 1 '台' 2)
4. 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)
5. 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')
6. 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)
7. 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).
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)
9. tái noun official post
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Government
   Notes: Traditional: 臺 (Kroll 2015 '臺' 4; NCCED 1 '台' 7)
10. yí adjective eminent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 台 (Kroll 2015 '台')
11. tái noun elevated
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 臺; used to describe a tower-like object (Kroll 2015 '臺' 2)
12. 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)
13. tái noun capitulum
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 臺; a flower head (Kroll 2015 '臺' 4)

Contained in

• 登台表演(登臺表演) to go on stage
• 倒台(倒臺) to fall from power
• 台巴子 Taiwanese yokel (derog.)
• 台视(台視) Taiwan Television ; Taiwan Television (TTV)
• 潜台词(潛臺詞) unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext; implicit assertion
• 询问台(詢問台) information desk
• 章台柳(章臺柳) the willows of Zhangtai [prostitutes]; a brothel ; Zhangtai Liu
• 致电前台(致電前臺) reception desk
• 塌台(塌臺) to collapse
• 断头台(斷頭台) guillotine; scaffold
• 天文台 an astronomical observatory; an observatory
• 台湾戴菊(臺灣戴菊) flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi)
• 烛台(燭臺) a candlestick; a candle holder
• 展台(展臺) display counter; stand; booth
• 楼梯台(樓梯臺) staircase balcony; landing
• 窗台(窗臺) window sill
• 自由亚洲电台(自由亞洲電台) Radio Free Asia
• 锅台(鍋台) top of a kitchen range
• 广播电台(廣播電台) radio station ; radio station; broadcasting station
• 台词(臺詞) an actor's lines; script
• 收款台(收款臺) cash register
• 陈列台(陳列臺) stall
• 灯台(燈臺) lampstand
• 总台(總台) front desk; reception desk
• 拆台(拆臺) (theater) to dismantle the stage; to pull the rug out from under somebody's feet
• 台湾猕猴(台灣獼猴) Formosan rock macaque
• 打擂台(打擂臺) to fight on the leitai; to enter a contest
• 来台(來臺) to visit Taiwan

Also contained in

禹王台 、 兰台公子 、 多平台 、 坐台 、 台北县 、 奇台县 、 石台县 、 澹台灭明 、 台湾总督府立商业学校 、 烟台市 、 烟台 、 七台河市 、 玉台新咏 、 丰台区 、 台湾棕噪鹛 、 后台进程 、 天台山赋 、 汉台 、 台湾省 、 平台即服务 、 大沽口炮台 、 台江 、 莲台

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六十一　　　　表第一　　　宰相上 Volume 61 Tables 1: Chancellors 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 118
• 卷四　　　　　　本紀第四　則天皇后　中宗 Volume 4 Annals 4: Empress Wu Zetian, Zhongzong New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 86
• 卷一百二十一　列傳第八:　速不台 按竺邇 畏答兒 博羅歡 抄思 Volume 121 Biographies 8: Subutai, Anzhu'er, Weida'er, Boluohuan, Chaosi, History of Yuan 元史 — count: 60
• 卷三十二　本紀第三十二: 文宗一 Volume 32 Annals 32: Wenzong 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 47
• 卷一百二十　　列傳第七:　察罕 札八兒火者 朮赤台 鎮海 肖乃台 吾也而 曷思麥里 Volume 120 Biographies 7: Chahan, Zhaba'erhuozhe, Paichitai, Zhenhai, Xiaonaitai, Wuye'er, Hesimaili History of Yuan 元史 — count: 41
• 卷三十三　本紀第三十三: 文宗二 Volume 33 Annals 33: Wenzong 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 40
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 39
• 卷八十四　志第三十四: 　選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 38
• 卷三十四　本紀第三十四: 文宗三 Volume 34 Annals 34: Wenzong 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 32
• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 31