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台
Tái
1. Taiwan (abbr.)
2. surname Tai
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 5 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

台
tái
platform; unit; term of address
HSK 4 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

三台
Sāntái
Santai county in Mianyang [[綿陽|绵阳<Miányáng>]], north Sichuan
上台
shàngtái
to rise to power (in politics)
下台
xiàtái
to go off the stage
中台
ZhōngTái
China and Taiwan
九台
Jiǔtái
Jiutai county level city in Changchun [[長春|长春]], Jilin
五台
Wǔtái
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou [[忻州<Xīnzhōu>]], Shanxi
亭台
tíngtái
pavilion
仙台
Xiāntái
Sendai, city in northeast Japan
仙台
Xiāntái
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture [[宮城縣|宫城县<Gōngchéngxiàn>]] in northeast Japan
来台
láiTái
to visit Taiwan (esp. from PRC)
倒台
dǎotái
to overthrow
兄台
xiōngtái
brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
出台
chūtái
to officially launch (a policy, program etc)
前台
qiántái
front platform
印台
Yìntái
Yintai District of Tongchuan City [[銅川市|铜川市<TóngchuānShì>]], Shaanxi
印台
yìntái
ink pad
去台
qùTái
to go to Taiwan
丛台
Cóngtái
Congtai district of Handan city [[邯鄲市|邯郸市<Hándānshì>]], Hebei
台下
táixià
off the stage
台中
Táizhōng
Taizhong or Taichung city and county in central Taiwan

Alternate Entries

台
tái
(classical) you (in letters) / variant of [[臺|台<tái>]]
HSK 4
台
tái
desk / table / counter
HSK 4
台
Tái
Taiwan (abbr.)
HSK 4
台
tái
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 4
台
tái
typhoon
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
387
Word Frequency Rank
928 of 84,292