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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
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
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
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
in Taiwan (used attributively)
runway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
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
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), public broadcaster
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
astronomical observatory
Sendai, city in northeast Japan
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
radio station / broadcasting station / CL: 個|个,
stovetop; rangetop
kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw)
balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
to change the channel (TV)
rotating stage / swivel table
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
to appear on the same stage
guillotine / scaffold
display counter / stand / booth
table (for games using balls)
tripod head
Yutai County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
(Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai (title for an official responsible for supervising a circuit ), aka taotai and circuit intendant
to compete / to rival
meteorological office / weather forecasting office
start of play / opening of theatrical performance
launchpad / (radio, TV) transmitter
political arena
top of a kitchen range
Hantai District of Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市, Shaanxi
office desk
(dental implant) abutment
Purple Mountain Observatory
control desk / console
Qitai county or Guchung nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州, Xinjiang
variant of 講臺|讲台
garrison commander (old)
counter of a bar (pub)
fourth channel / (in Taiwan) cable TV, FTV
control tower
prism
Huantai county in Zibo 淄博, Shandong
Yuwangtai district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市, Henan
stage
to go to Taiwan / refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
provincial judge (in imperial China)
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
(of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
abutment (architecture)
stove top / hob
(theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet; to undermine sb's plans
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
used in place names
vanity unit
to come to Taiwan
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
Wutai township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
operating desk / control panel / console
Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
(computing) cross-platform

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