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跳臺

简跳台 · 繁跳臺

Mandarin · pinyin tiào tái

diving platform
diving tower
landing platform

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跳: tiào · jump, leap, vault, bounce; dance
臺: Look up this written character
台: tái · platform; unit; term of address

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4–2 · tiao4 tai2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tiu3 toi4

Cantonese word readings for 跳臺. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

diving tower; diving platform

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