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柜台

guì tái

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 櫃檯

柜台 (guì tái) means "variant of 柜台; sales counter; front desk". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 柜台 means

1. sales counter; front desk; bar
2. (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)

Other readings

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

• guì táivariant of {柜台|guì tái}
• guì táivariant of {柜台|guì tái}

The characters in 柜台

• 柜guìcupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台

Example sentences

• 结帐柜台在哪里?
  Jiézhàng guìtái zài nǎlǐ?
  Where's the checkout counter?
• 萨米走向了柜台。
  Sami walked up to the counter.
• 他独自坐在柜台旁。
  He was sitting at the counter by himself.
• 我可以在哪个柜台预约?
  Wǒ kěyǐ zài nǎge guìtái yùyuē?
  On which counter can I make my appointment?
• 我要去柜台打听这里附近有没有餐厅。
  Wǒ yào qù guìtái dǎting zhèlǐ fùjìn yǒuméiyǒu cāntīng.
  I am going to enquire at the service desk if there are any restaurants around here.
• 联合航空公司办理登机手续的柜台在哪里？
  Liánhé Hángkōng gōngsī bànlǐ dēngjī shǒuxù de guìtái zài nǎlǐ?
  Where is the United Airlines check-in counter?

Words containing 柜台

• 中转柜台zhōng zhuǎn guì táitransfer desk; correspondence desk
• 登机手续柜台dēng jī shǒu xù guì táicheck-in counter
• 证券柜台买卖中心Zhèng quàn Guì tái Mǎi mài Zhōng xīnGreTai Securities Market (GTSM)

Where 柜台 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Miscellaneous Objects, Places & Terms A (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guì tái correctly.
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