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台

tái · tai/Tái · tai

Traditional 檯 / 臺 / 颱

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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tái 檯

  1. desk; table; counter

tái 臺

  1. platform
  2. stage
  3. terrace
  4. stand
  5. support
  6. station
  7. broadcasting station
  8. classifier for vehicles or machines

tái 颱

  1. typhoon

Tái 台

  1. Taiwan (abbr.)
  2. surname Tai

Tái 臺

  1. Taiwan (abbr.)

tái 台

  1. (classical) you (in letters)
  2. variant of 臺 / 台 (tái)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)在(zài)那(nà)商(shāng)店(diàn)花(huā)低(dī)价(jià)买(mǎi)了(le)台(tái)录(lù)像(xiàng)机(jī)。

I got a video cassette recorder cheap at that shop.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)买(mǎi)了(le)台(tái)很(hěn)高(gāo)级(jí)的(de)相(xiàng)机(jī)。

Tom bought a very good camera.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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