台 (toi4 | tai2) : terrace; platform; stand; Taiwan; your

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台

toi4

tai2

[1] terrace; tower; lookout
[2] platform; stage; rostrum
[3] stand; support; base
[4] station; channel; network
[5] you; your (a title of respect)
[6] short for Taiwan
[7] [classifier] whole set (of certain machinery)

Though generally regarded as simplified or variant form, 台 is gradually replacing its traditional form 臺 in both Taiwan and HK.

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

台

This word has been viewed 17315 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Sep 2016 17:36

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台端 toi4 dyun1 tai2 duan1 = you (in a formal letter)

台架 toi4 gaa2 tai2 jia4 = building scaffold; platform

台啓 toi4 kai2 tai2 qi3 = Please open (this letter); Used on envelope after recipient's name (formal) 國

電台 din6 toi4 dian4 tai2 = radio channel/station

台灣 toi4 waan1 tai2 wan1 = Taiwan

台北 toi4 bak1 tai2 bei3 = Taipei

下台 haa6 toi4 xia4 tai2 = to go off the stage; to fall from a high position 國

炮台 paau3 toi4 pao4 tai2 = fort; fortified battery

平台 ping4 toi4 ping2 tai2 = platform; terrace

台階 toi4 gaai1 tai2 jie1 = steps; a flight of steps
See all 145 compounds (CantoDict reports 154 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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開英文台 ?
Turn on English radio.
[Lit. Open English channel. [台 is an abbreviation of 電台.]]

聽英文台 ?
Listen to English radio.

我最鐘意嘅台灣歌手就係盧廣仲粵
My favourite Taiwanese singer is Crowd Lu.

香港先進過台灣粵
Hong Kong is more advanced than Taiwan.
[Lit. Hong Kong advanced surpass Taiwan]

請小心月台空隙
Please mind the gap
[MTR announcement]

請小心列車與月台間之空隙
Please mind the gap between the train and the platform
[MTR announcement]

有個男仔坐喺露台欄河度，似乎想跳樓噃粵
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.

雖然只係上台分享下自己嘅經歷，但唔知點解好自然會覺得怯場。粵
Although merely sharing my experiences on stage, I do not know why I would naturally get stage fright.

如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台粵
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.]

小心月台空隙。
Watch out for the (train) platform gap.(warning)
[Watch out for the (train)platform gap.(warning) Common public announcement at train / transit stations.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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