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HSK
(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
HSK 3
television station
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颱* | 颱* | *颱
typhoon
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *檯* | 檯* | *檯
desk; table; counter
HSK 3
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台
HSK 3
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
balcony / porch
HSK 4
windowsill; window ledge
HSK 4
variant of 陽臺|阳台
HSK 4
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
on stage
HSK 4
typhoon
HSK 5
stage presence, poise
HSK 5
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)
HSK 6
to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
HSK 6
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
writing desk
HSK 6
platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website
HSK 6
to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook
HSK 7-9
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
terrace / spectator's grandstand / viewing platform
HSK 7-9
billiards
HSK 7-9
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
variant of 櫃檯|柜台
HSK 7-9
sales counter; front desk; bar / (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
HSK 7-9
variant of 櫃檯|柜台
HSK 7-9
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
Taiqian, a county in Puyang City 濮陽市|濮阳市, Henan
in Taiwan (used attributively)
runway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海, now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
watchtower
opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), public broadcaster
you (in a formal letter)
script (of a play, movie, or television program)
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Taiwan
(loanword) teqball
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
Jintai District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市, Shaanxi
Taijiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Tainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan
Taipei, capital of Taiwan
variant of 臺灣|台湾
New Taiwan dollar (NTD)
Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese)
(polite) courtesy name
National Taipei University of Technology
Taiwanese businessman / Taiwanese company
New Taiwan dollar
astronomical observatory
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Sendai, city in northeast Japan
Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室)
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
Formosan leaf-nosed bat
variant of 臺中|台中
China and Taiwan
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 / Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
service desk / information desk / reception desk
radio station
Tai'an county in Anshan 鞍山, Liaoning
front of the stage
Taitung County in southeast Taiwan
Taiwan independence / (of Taiwan) to declare independence
radio station / broadcasting station / CL: 個|个,
tablecloth
Tiantai school of Buddhism
stovetop; rangetop
kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw)
Huantai county in Zibo 淄博, Shandong
balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace
Yutai County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
to change the channel (TV)
rotating stage / swivel table
Taiwan Strait
rooftop
Bügür nahiyisi or Luntai county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
US-China-Taiwan
abbr. for 台灣海峽|台湾海峡, Taiwan Strait
to appear on the same stage
guillotine / scaffold
desktop computer

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