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(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
HSK 3
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 officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
windowsill; window ledge
HSK 4
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
balcony / porch
HSK 4
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
HSK 3
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
multi-platform (computing)
Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
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
rooftop
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
railway platform
(winner's) podium
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Hong Kong and Taiwan
pavilion
to fall from power; to collapse / downfall
checkout counter / cashier's desk
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
vendor's stall
China and Taiwan
Hong Kong 香港, Macao 澳門|澳门 and Taiwan 臺灣|台湾
ink stone / ink slab / CL:
to appear on the same stage
to work as a hostess in a bar or KTV
to go to Taiwan / refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
display counter / stand / booth
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县 in northeast Japan
fort / battery
this radio station
service desk / information desk / reception desk
to be put on the spot / to find oneself in an awkward situation
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
runway (for a fashion show etc) / catwalk
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully / to be put on the spot / to be embarrassed
software platform
signal station
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
to return to Taiwan
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (abbr.)
to visit Taiwan
(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.)
fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
Yintai District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市, Shaanxi
ink pad / stamp pad
(old) to fight on the leitai / (fig.) to enter a contest
Xinglongtai district of Panjin city 盤錦市|盘锦市, Liaoning
lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
lampstand
maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
(of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
fourth channel / (in Taiwan) cable TV, FTV
brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
start of play / opening of theatrical performance
(dental implant) abutment
to collapse
control desk / console
stove top / hob
to visit Taiwan
radio station / broadcasting station / CL: 個|个,
defensive tower / lookout tower / enemy radio station
Jintai District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市, Shaanxi
Observatory or Bureau of Astronomy (official title) from the Tang dynasty onwards
platform; podium; rostrum / lectern / (teacher's) desk
observation tower / lookout tower
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
commode / dressing table / sink
launchpad / (radio, TV) transmitter
tripod head
balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace
(dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
observatory / observation platform
(coll.) to fall through / to result in failure / (of a relationship) to break up
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
candlestick / candle holder
candlestick / candle holder
stage
elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring
to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948–2022), now a public park
diving platform / diving tower / landing platform
Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海, now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
hardware platform
boxing ring
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Australian state-run broadcaster
provincial judge (in imperial China)
lotus seat
prism
Chagatai (died 1241), a son of Genghis Khan

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