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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颱* | 颱* | *颱
typhoon
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *檯* | 檯* | *檯
desk; table; counter
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
balcony / porch
HSK 4
windowsill; window ledge
HSK 4
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
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
boxing ring
this radio station
runway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
in Taiwan (used attributively)
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
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
Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
counter of a bar (pub)
maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
observation tower / lookout tower
network platform
operating desk / control panel / console
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
radio station
sales counter; front desk; bar / (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
HSK 7-9
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
application platform (computing)
Hong Kong 香港, Macao 澳門|澳门 and Taiwan 臺灣|台湾
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (abbr.)
to appear on the same stage
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
astronomical observatory
control desk / console
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
meteorological office / weather forecasting office
terrace / spectator's grandstand / viewing platform
HSK 7-9
software platform
workbench / work station
HSK 3
pavilion
(of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
pinball
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
used in place names
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台
HSK 3
checkout counter; cashier's desk
hardware platform
commode / dressing table / sink
lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
runway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
abutment (architecture)
stovetop; rangetop
Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia
Radio Free Asia
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
Taiwan (abbr.)
tripod head
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
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), public broadcaster
display counter / stand / booth
a turntable
control tower
(old) to fight on the leitai / (fig.) to enter a contest
signal station
lookout / viewing platform / observation deck
(computing) cross-platform
top of a kitchen range
operating table
elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring
(coll.) to fall through / to result in failure / (of a relationship) to break up
watchtower
Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海, now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions
prism
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
to return to Taiwan

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