台 is also the simplified spelling of 檯, 臺, 颱.
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台
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- 台
- tái · platform; unit; term of address
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Mandarin tones
1 · tai1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 10 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ji4 · toi1 · toi4
Cantonese word readings for 台. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 怡 (yí, “happy, pleased”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) I, me
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) what
- a surname
character · Etymology 5
- Used in place names.
character · Etymology 6
- used in 三台 (“name of a star”)
- historical placename in modern Shandong
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, polite, honorific) used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
character · Etymology 8
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 嗣 (sì)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 始 (shǐ)
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