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柜台 guìtái

柜台 guìtái Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 柜台 guìtái .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
guìtái | gui4 tai2
English translation
sales counter
front desk
bar
over the counter

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Traditional form

櫃檯

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 柜台 guìtái

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guì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of guì .

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

木巨

Number of Strokes

8
Tái

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

Positional decomposition

厶口

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 柜台 guìtái

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Bān 布尔先生 Xiānsheng yòng de téng zhàng 轻轻 qīng qīng qiāo le xià 柜台 guìtái .

Mr Bumble tapped with his cane on the counter several times.

qún 顾客 gùkè tuī sǎng de dào 百货公司 bǎi huò gōng sī de 展示 zhǎnshì 柜台 guìtái qián .

A throng of shoppers pushed against one another to the display tables of the department store.

wèi 顾客 gùkè Qián rēng zài 柜台 guìtái shǎng jiù 离开 líkāi le .

The customer cast his money on the counter and left.

但是 dànshì ,顾客 gùkè 早已 zǎo yǐ shǒu 抬到柜台 guìtái 上面 shàng miàn lái le .

But the customer raised his hand above the counter.

经过 jīngguò de 身边 shēn biān Xiàng mài jiǔ de 柜台 guìtái yìng 挤过去

He barged past me to get to the bar.

柜台 guìtái Decomposition

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柜台 guìtái Compounds

See all 47 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 柜台 guìtái in their composition.

  • guì
    • 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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