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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How to pronounce 臺

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 5 months ago
+ ai2 final

In the airplane’s kitchen.

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臺 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
= ji + Ø2
lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9) / surname Ji / abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]
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= mi + Ø4
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
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zhì = zh + Ø4
to arrive / most / to / until
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Characters with 臺 as component

tái = t + ai2
desk / table / counter
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tái = t + ai2
Carex dispalatha
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tái = t + ai2
servant
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Words with 臺

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too uncouth to appear in public (idiom) / unfit for a public role
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully / to be put on the spot / to be embarrassed

Sentences with 臺

臺 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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