HSK 4 · Function Words

台 tái “measure word for machines (a TV” in Chinese

Traditional 臺

What 台 means

  1. measure word for machines (a TV, a computer)
  2. platform
  3. stage
  4. terrace
  5. stand
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • support
  • station

How to say 台

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale台tái2nd tone, rising

台 in a sentence

  1. 我买了台新电视机。

    Wǒ mǎi le tái xīn diànshìjī.

    I bought a new television.

    Sentence #785933 from Tatoeba

  2. 这台电视很重。

    Zhè tái diànshì hěn zhòng.

    This television is very heavy.

    Sentence #2915889 from Tatoeba

  3. 他让我在舞台上唱歌。

    Tā ràng wǒ zài wǔtái shàng chànggē.

    He made me sing on the stage.

    Sentence #801957 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 台 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 台 (tái) with each of its parts in a different colour
台táiyou
  • 厶private · sī
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 台

台 5 strokes

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台 (tái) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 台 (tái). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 台

Words with 台

电台diàntái · radio station台阶táijiē · steps阳台yángtái · balcony柜台guìtái · sales counter台风táifēng · typhoon

More words: Particles & Connectors

顺序shùnxù · sequence随便suíbiàn · as one wishes随着suízhe · along with所有suǒyǒu · all挺tǐng · quite完全wánquán · complete往往wǎngwǎng · usually无论wúlùn · no matter what or how

FAQs

台 (tái) means “measure word for machines (a TV, a computer)” or “platform”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tái: tái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 台 is written 臺. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 台 from the suggestions. Typing tai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
台 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.