泉臺

Chinese

		fountain; spring	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (泉臺/泉台)		泉	臺/台
simp. (泉台)		泉	台

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quántái

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ toi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quántái
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuántái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-tʻai²
    • Yale: chywán-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuantair
    • Palladius: цюаньтай (cjuanʹtaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ toi⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ tʰɔːi̯²¹/

Noun

泉臺

1. (literary) grave

   • 泉臺上再設新房，地府陰司裡再覓那平陽門巷。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     泉台上再设新房，地府阴司里再觅那平阳门巷。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1957, Tang Ti-sheng, The Flower Princess (Cantonese opera)

     cyun⁴ toi⁴ soeng⁶ zoi³ cit³ san¹ fong⁴, dei² fu² jam¹ si¹ leoi⁵ zoi³ mik⁶ naa⁵ ping⁴ joeng⁴ mun⁴ hong⁶. [Jyutping]

     Let us build our home on our grave, and seek for reincarnation into an ordinary family in the hell.