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臺 (Simplified: 台)HSK 4
Pinyin: tái
English Definition: platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines; Taiwan (abbr.)
Chinese Definition:
①高平的建筑物：亭台楼阁。
②像台的东西，器物的座子：井台。窗台。灯台。
③敬辞，用于称呼对方或与对方有关的事物：台鉴。台甫。
④量词：一台戏。
⑤台湾省的简称：台胞。台币。
⑥桌子、案子：写字台。
⑦发生在太平洋西部热带海洋上的一种极猛烈的风暴，称“台风”。
⑧姓氏。
Total strokes: 14; Radical: 至
Ideographic:A man 吉 standing on a raised 至 dais 冖
Character Formation:
  • ⿳ Above to middle and below
    • 吉 [ jí ] lucky, propitious, good
    • 冖 [ mì ] cover
    • 至 [ zhì ] reach, arrive; very, extremely
Similar Characters: 畫
Example Words
臺灣 tái wān Taiwan
臺階HSK 5 tái jiē steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology)
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Example Sentences
1
wǒ yǒu
我有
yī tái
一台
shǒu jī
手机
。
I have a mobile phone.
2
wǒ yǒu
我有
yī tái
一台
diàn nǎo
电脑
。
I have a computer.
3
zhè
这
tái
台
diàn shì
电视
hěn xiǎo
很小
。
This TV is very small.
4
wǒ yào mǎi
我要买
yī zhǎn
一盏
tái dēng
台灯
。
I want to buy a desk lamp.
5
wǒ
我
zhǐ yǒu
只有
yī tái
一台
diàn shì
电视
。
I only have one TV.
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