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颱

tái

typhoon

Strokes
14
Radical
風
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 台

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 台, the simplified form of 颱. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 他上电台了。

    Tā shàng diàn tái le

    He is on the radio.

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  • 台风走了。

    Tái fēng zǒu le

    The typhoon is gone.

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  • 我有一台电脑。

    Wǒ yǒu yī tái diàn nǎo

    I have a computer.

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  • 他换台了。

    Tā huàn tái le

    He changed the channel.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 台

  • 台tái 2platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines
  • 舞台wǔ tái 3–2 (lit. and fig.) stage; arena
  • 电视台diàn shì tái 4–4–2television station
  • 电台diàn tái 4–2 transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station
  • 台上tái shàng 2–4 on stage
  • 阳台yáng tái 2–2 balcony; porch
  • 台阶tái jiē 2–1 steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology)
  • 窗台chuāng tái 1–2 window sill; window ledge
  • 柜台guì tái 4–2 sales counter; front desk; bar; (of markets, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
  • 台风tái fēng 2–1 stage presence, poise
  • 平台píng tái 2–2 platform; terrace; flat-roofed building
  • 上台shàng tái 4–2 to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater)