tái

platform; stage; stand

Character data

Radical ⼝ (30.2)
Strokes 5
TRADITIONAL , , ,
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

台 tái
  1. 1. platform
  2. 2. stage
  3. 3. stand
  4. 4. support
  5. 5. station
  6. 6. broadcasting station
  7. 7. table
  8. 8. desk
  9. 9. counter
  10. 10. Taiwan (abbr.)
  11. 11. terrace
  12. 12. classifier for vehicles or machines
  13. 13. typhoon
  14. 14. surname Tai
  15. 15. (classical) you (in letters)
  16. 16. variant of tái

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Words containing 台

Word Meaning
(winner's) podium
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
to get into confrontation
star performer; mainstay; pillar
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou xīn zhōu, Shanxi
Taizhong or Taichung city in central Taiwan
ring competition; winner-stays-on contest
Gaotai county in Zhangye zhāng yè, Gansu
(of a computer) desktop model
(fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet
ink stone; ink slab
diving platform; diving tower; landing platform
table-tennis table
tablecloth
weather forecasting office; meteorological office
gain advantage from being close to power
Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Taiwan independence; (of Taiwan) to declare independence
(fig.) to enter a contest; (old) to fight on the leitai
control panel; console; operating desk
stove top; hob
stylobate (architecture)
pedestal
Taijiang district of Fuzhou city fú zhōu shì, Fujian