台 (toi4) — platform; stage; rostrum in Cantonese

toiˎ₄台

Mandarin Pinyin: tai2

Meaning of 台

nounplatform; stage; rostrum

nounwhole set (of certain machinery)

nounterrace; tower; lookout

nounyou; your (a title of respect)

nounshort for Taiwan

nounstation; channel; network

nounstand; support; base

nounstage; platform/broadcasting station/abbr. for Taiwan

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Example Sentences with 台

你嘅帽喺檯上面

Your hat is on the table.

請小心月台空隙

Please mind the gap

請小心列車與月台間之空隙

Please mind the gap between the train and the platform

mˎ₄唔houˊ²好bukˍ₆伏haiˊ²喺toiˊ²檯soengˍ₆上minˍ₆面taiˊ²睇syuˉ¹書!

Don't bend over the desk to read!

年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。

I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.

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Words Containing 台

即興台詞zik1 hing3 toi4 ci4

throwaway line (ad lib)

港台gong2 toi4

Hong Kong and Taiwan, short for RTHK (香港電台)

台劇toi4 kek6

Taiwanese drama; Taiwanese TV soaps / series [Var.] 臺劇

觀景台gun1 ging2 toi4

觀景臺

下台階haa6 toi4 gaai1

a step to back down from the podium

台版toi4 baan2

Taiwan, ROC edition (DVD, books, ...)

下台haa6 toi4

to step down (from office, etc.)

台北toi4 bak1

Taipei, the capital of Taiwan; also written as 臺北

電台節目主持人din6 toi4 zit3 muk6 zyu2 ci4 jan4

railway platform | Syn.: 月台

調音台tiu4 jam1 toi4

mixing console [Var.] 調音臺 [Syn.] 調音器, 混音台, 混音器, 合成器

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