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  toi4   jyutping
  tai2   pinyin
[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, is gradually replacing its traditional form in both Taiwan and HK.
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Stroke count: 5
Level: 1
Radical: (#30)

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

This word has been viewed 14783 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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detail  toi4 dyun1  tai2 duan1 = you (in a formal letter)
detail  toi4 gaa2  tai2 jia4 = building scaffold; platform
detail  toi4 kai2  tai2 qi3 = Please open (this letter); Used on envelope after recipient's name (formal)
detail  din6 toi4  dian4 tai2 = radio channel/station
detail  toi4 waan1  tai2 wan1 = Taiwan
detail  toi4 bak1  tai2 bei3 = Taipei
detail  haa6 toi4  xia4 tai2 = to go off the stage; to fall from a high position
detail  paau3 toi4  pao4 tai2 = fort; fortified battery
detail  ping4 toi4  ping2 tai2 = platform; terrace
detail  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)

Showing all 10 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.]
detail 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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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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