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  toi4 toi4*2 ji4   jyutping
  tai2 hu2   pinyin
[1] [n] tower; lookout; observatory [2] [n] terrace; stage; platform; stand; elevated platform [3] a title of respect [4] short for Taiwan [5] a Chinese family name

is now commonly used as a simpler Traditional Chinese form of
Stroke count: 5
Level: 2
Radical: (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Nov 2009 05:17

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detail  din6 toi4  dian4 tai2 = radio channel/station
detail  toi4 waan1  tai2 wan1 = Taiwan
detail  toi4 bak1  tai2 bei3 = Taipei
detail  paau3 toi4  pao4 tai2 = battery
detail  toi4 gaai1  tai2 jie1 = steps; a flight of steps
detail  jyut6 toi4  yue4 tai2 = (railway) platform
detail  zung1 gong2 toi4  zhong1 gang3 tai2 = China - Hong Kong - Taiwan
detail  din6 si6 toi4  dian4 shi4 tai2 = television station/network
detail  hei3 toi4   = [n] stage
detail  soeng5 toi4  shang4 tai2 = to go up to the stage
See all 135 compounds (CantoDict reports 145 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 9 examples containing 台
detail 英文  ? 
Turn on English radio.
[Lit. Open English channel. [台 is an abbreviation of 電台.]]
detail 英文  ? 
Listen to English radio.
detail 鐘意台灣歌手就係盧廣仲
My favourite Taiwanese singer is Crowd Lu.
detail 香港先進台灣
Hong Kong is more advanced than Taiwan.
[Lit. Hong Kong advanced surpass Taiwan]
detail audio 小心月台空隙
Please mind the gap
[MTR announcement]
detail 小心列車月台空隙
Please mind the gap between the train and the platform
[MTR announcement]
detail 男仔露台欄河似乎跳樓
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.
detail 雖然只係上台分享自己經歷唔知點自然覺得怯場
Although merely sharing my experiences on stage, I do not know why I would naturally get stage fright.
detail 如果真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話一定要多啲香港
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio.
[Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]

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