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HSK
to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)
HSK 6
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
HSK 3
television station
HSK 3
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  *颱* | 颱* | *颱
typhoon
HSK 3
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  *檯* | 檯* | *檯
desk; table; counter
HSK 3
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  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
on stage
HSK 4
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
typhoon
HSK 5
balcony / porch
HSK 4
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
windowsill; window ledge
HSK 4
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
stage presence, poise
HSK 5
Taiwan compatriot
billiards
HSK 7-9
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
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
Taipei, capital of Taiwan
boxing ring
Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
this radio station
musical theater
runway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
in Taiwan (used attributively)
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese)
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
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
counter of a bar (pub)
maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
Taiwan Strait
observation tower / lookout tower
network platform
Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events
operating desk / control panel / console
Taiwan province (PRC term)
Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
off the stage / in the audience
Taiwan catty (weight equal to 0.6 kg)
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
Taiwan Island
Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents / Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit / abbr. for 台灣居民來往大陸通行證|台湾居民来往大陆通行证
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), founded in 1987 (abbr. for 台灣積體電路製造公司|台湾积体电路制造公司)
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
radio station
sales counter; front desk; bar / (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
HSK 7-9
China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局
front desk / reception desk
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
to fall from power; to collapse / downfall
variant of 陽臺|阳台
HSK 4
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
Sendai, city in northeast Japan
Tainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan
Taiwan Affairs Office
application platform (computing)
Taitung city in southeast Taiwan, capital of Taitung county
Taizhou, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
Taiwanese businessman / Taiwanese company
you (in a formal letter)
Hong Kong 香港, Macao 澳門|澳门 and Taiwan 臺灣|台湾
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (abbr.)
Taiwan independence / (of Taiwan) to declare independence
to appear on the same stage
local girl (referring to a Taiwanese benshengren 本省人)
billiards table
Huantai county in Zibo 淄博, Shandong
Taiwan
small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
astronomical observatory
(computing) platform as a service (PaaS)
stage play
control desk / console
National Taipei University of Technology
Tai-lo, romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien (abbr. for 臺灣閩南語羅馬字拼音方案|台湾闽南语罗马字拼音方案)
Taiwanese-style
(of an appliance) tabletop model / (of a computer) desktop model
one China and one Taiwan (policy)
table-tennis table
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县 in northeast Japan
floor / platform
the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948–2022), now a public park
Hong Kong and Taiwan
transfer desk / correspondence desk

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