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tái

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tái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tái | tai2
English translation
platform; unit; term of address

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About tái

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

tái

Contains the radical

fēng

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

News  fēng delivered from a platform  Tái

Etymology of tái

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

風台

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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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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