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台

tái

HSK 4 Character

What 台 means

1. (classical) you (in letters)
2. variant of {台|tái}

Other readings

台 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• táidesk; table; counter
• táiplatform; stage; terrace
• táityphoon
• tāiused in place names
• TáiTaiwan (abbr.); surname Tai
• TáiTaiwan (abbr.)

Example sentences

• 去露台。
  Qù lùtái.
  Go to the patio.
• 台风走了。
  The typhoon is gone.
• 他换台了。
  He changed the channel.
• 我来自台北.
  Wǒ láizì Táiběi.
  I come from Taipei.
• 你来自台北.
  Nǐ láizì Táiběi.
  You come from Taipei.
• 我在阳台上。
  I'm on the balcony.

Words starting with 台

• 台湾Tái wānTaiwan
• 台阶tái jiēsteps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle)
• 台风tái fēngstage presence, poise
• 台上tái shàngon stage
• 台北Tái běiTaipei, capital of Taiwan
• 台下tái xiàoff the stage; in the audience
• 台独Tái dúTaiwan independence; (of Taiwan) to declare independence
• 台词tái cían actor's lines; dialogue; Taiwanese word
• 台商tái shāngTaiwanese businessperson or company (esp. one operating overseas, often in mainland China)
• 台灯tái dēngdesk lamp; table lamp
• 台子tái zidesk; (pool etc) table
• 台前tái qiánfront of the stage
• 台币Tái bìNew Taiwan dollar
• 台球tái qiúbilliards
• 台面tái miàntabletop; countertop; (fig.) public view
• 台中Tái zhōngTaichung, city in central Taiwan
• 台南Tái nánTainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan
• 台北市Tái běi ShìTaibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
• 台湾海峡Tái wān Hǎi xiáTaiwan Strait
• 台式tái shì(of an appliance) tabletop model; (of a computer) desktop model
• 台胞Tái bāoTaiwan compatriot
• 台湾省Tái wān shěngTaiwan province (PRC term)
• 台式机tái shì jīdesktop computer
• 台东Tái dōngTaidong or Taitung city and county in Taiwan

Words containing 台

• 阳台yáng táibalcony; porch
• 柜台guì táisales counter; front desk; bar; (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC…
• 电台diàn táitransmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station
• 舞台wǔ tái(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
• 平台píng táiplatform; terrace; flat-roofed building
• 电视台diàn shì táitelevision station
• 出台chū táito officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear on stage; to appear publicly
• 上台shàng táito rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater)
• 中央电视台Zhōng yāng Diàn shì táiChina Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
• 讲台jiǎng táiplatform; podium; rostrum; lectern; (teacher's) desk
• 站台zhàn táiplatform (at a railway station); (Taiwan) (of an influential person) to publicly endorse…
• 港台Gǎng TáiHong Kong and Taiwan
• 后台hòu táibackstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end
• 窗台chuāng táiwindowsill; window ledge
• 前台qián táistage; proscenium; foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.)
• 看台kàn táiterrace; spectator's grandstand; viewing platform
• 下台xià táito go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc)
• 主席台zhǔ xí táirostrum; platform
• 写字台xiě zì táiwriting desk
• 月台yuè táirailway platform
• 服务台fú wù táiservice desk; information desk; reception desk
• 广播电台guǎng bō diàn táiradio station; broadcasting station
• 展台zhǎn táidisplay counter; stand; booth
• 丰台区Fēng tái QūFengtai, an inner district of southwest Beijing

Characters that look like 台

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure
• 曲qǔtune; song
• 旬xún(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month…
• 勿wùdo not
• 匆cōnghurried; hasty
• 毋wú(literary) no; don't; to not have

Sounds the same

Read tái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 抬to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 苔moss; lichen; liverwort
• 跆to trample, to kick
• 炱soot
• 薹Carex dispalatha
• 鲐mackerel; Pacific mackerel (Pneumatophorus japonicus)
• 骀tired; worn out horse
• 儓servant
• 斄ancient place name (a Han dynasty town in Shaanxi); variant of 邰
• 邰surname Tai; name of a feudal state
• 枱old variant of 台
• 炲variant of 炱