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transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
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  *台* | 台* | *台
desk; table; counter
HSK 3
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  *台* | 台* | *台
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
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  *台* | 台* | *台
typhoon
HSK 3
(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
HSK 3
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  *台* | 台* | *台
(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台
HSK 3
television station
HSK 3
HSK 3
on stage
HSK 4
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
stage presence, poise
HSK 5
typhoon
HSK 5
writing desk
HSK 6
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
desk lamp / table lamp
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
to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)
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
terrace / spectator's grandstand / viewing platform
HSK 7-9
billiards
HSK 7-9
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
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
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
variant of 櫃檯|柜台
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
Purple Mountain Observatory
pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)
desk clock
runway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
(bird species of China) Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus)
Taiqian county in Puyang 濮陽|濮阳, Henan
an actor's lines; dialogue / Taiwanese word
Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese)
Taiwanese food
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Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai
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used in place names
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Taiwan (abbr.)
guillotine / scaffold
detailed record or log
transfer desk / correspondence desk
tripod head
astronomical observatory (old)
Tiantai school of Buddhism
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
Taiwan
The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai
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
rooftop
(computing) cross-platform
defensive tower / lookout tower / enemy radio station
abbr. for 台灣海峽|台湾海峡, Taiwan Strait
elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring
Yuhuatai district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
Sendai, city in northeast Japan
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县 in northeast Japan
Tainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan
hardware platform
desk / (pool etc) table
platform / stand
Tai'an county in Anshan 鞍山, Liaoning
Wutai city in Shanxi
desk calendar
to change the channel (TV)
rotating stage / swivel table
to appear on the same stage
Sudetenland
to fall from power; to collapse / downfall
Taiwanese businessman / Taiwanese company
Taiwanese-style
(of an appliance) tabletop model / (of a computer) desktop model
Taiwan catty (weight equal to 0.6 kg)
(bird species of China) Taiwan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis)
maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake
display counter / stand / booth
Hantai District of Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市, Shaanxi
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
Hong Kong and Taiwan
staircase balcony / landing
(derogatory for Taiwanese) Jap lover
Tai'erzhuang district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市, Shandong
Jintai District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市, Shaanxi
railway platform

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