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Tái

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Tái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Tái | Tai2
English translation
Taiwan (abbr.)
surname Tai
(classical) you (in letters)
variant of tái
> Tái [tái]
desk
table
counter
platform
stage
terrace
stand
support
station
broadcasting station
classifier for vehicles or machines
typhoon
platform; unit; term of address

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About Tái

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

tái

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Etymology of Tái

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Positional decomposition

厶口

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value. In simplified Chinese Tái is also used to mean "table; counter", while in tradition

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Example sentences using Tái

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de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

灯光 dēng guāng Cóng 那边 nà bian zhào 进来 jìn lái ,照亮 zhào liàng le 舞台 wǔ tái .

The light shines on from over there and illuminates the stage.

kān 那用手指 shǒuzhǐ 台布 tái bù biān de 样子 yàngzi ,可以 kěyǐ 断定 duàndìng shì 多么 duōme 紧张 jǐnzhāng .

You can tell how nervous she is by the way her fingers worry at the edge of the tablecloth.

Cóng 台阶 táijiē shǎng diē xià lái , le 小腿 xiǎo tuǐ shǎng de .

He fell down the steps and barked his shins.

官方 guānfāng Huán jiè 违反 wéifǎn 条例 tiáo lì 其他 qítā 规定 guīdìng děng 问题 wèntí , Xiàng 反对派 fǎn duì pài de 报纸 bàozhǐ 电台 diàntái zhǎo chà .

Fire code and other violations were found against opposition newspaper and radios.

Words with Tái

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Tái stage tái
舞台 wǔ tái stage舞臺
台湾 Tái wān Taiwan台灣
平台 píng tái platform平臺
台上 tái shàng on stage臺上
电视台 diàn shì tái television station電視臺
出台 chū tái to appear on stage出臺
台词 tái cí dialogue臺詞
电台 diàntái transmitter-receiver電臺
上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics)上台 shàng tái
后台 hòu tái backstage area後台
阳台 yángtái balcony陽臺
台阶 táijiē steps臺階
柜台 guìtái bar櫃檯
台风 táifēng hurricane颱風
台北 Tái běi Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan台北 Tái běi
前台 qián tái stage前臺
站台 zhàn tái platform (at a railway station)站台 zhàn tái
中央电视台 Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network中央電視台
下台 xià tái to go off the stage下臺
看台 kàn tái terrace看台 kàn tái
台球 tái qiú billiards台球 tái qiú
台商 Tái shāng Taiwanese businessman台商 Tái shāng

Tái Decomposition & Compounds

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Tái Decomposition

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Tái Compounds

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  • Tái
    • zhì
      • ,
    • shǐ , tāi , tái , tái , tái , , dài , dài , , chī , , , tái , hāi , dài , shǐ , tái , tái , , , , dài , tái , dài , tái , , , , , , , , 紿, , , , , , , , tái , , , ,
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