台

台
tái = t + ai2
(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台[tai2]
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tái = t + ai2
desk / table / counter
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tái = t + ai2
Taiwan (abbr.)
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tái = t + ai2
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
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tái = t + ai2
typhoon
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How to pronounce 台

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= t initial

T is for Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee.

By Matthias • updated 10 days ago
+ ai2 final

In the airplane’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 10 days ago

台 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
厶
mǒu = m + ou3
old variant of 某[mou3]
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厶
sī = s + Ø1
old variant of 私[si1]
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口
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 台 as component

始
shǐ = sh + Ø3
to begin / to start / then / only then
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治
zhì = zh + Ø4
to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research
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抬
tái = t + ai2
to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry
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Words with 台

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stage / arena / fig. in the limelight
an actor's lines / dialogue / Taiwanese word

Sentences with 台

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台
tái

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