登臺

Chinese

		to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (登臺/登台)		登	臺/台
simp. (登台)		登	台

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēngtái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄊㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ toi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngtái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengtái
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-tʻai²
    • Yale: dēng-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengtair
    • Palladius: дэнтай (dɛntaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang¹ toi⁴
    • Yale: dāng tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹/

Verb

登臺

1. (literally) to appear on stage
2. (figuratively) to step into the political arena
3. (figuratively) to come out; to be published; to come on the scene; to come into being

Synonyms

• (to appear on stage):

• 上演 (shàngyǎn)
• 上臺／上台 (shàngtái)
• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 做戲／做戏 (zuòxì)
• 出演 (chūyǎn)
• 奏 (zòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 扮戲／扮戏 (bànxì)
• 搬戲／搬戏 (Hokkien)
• 演 (yǎn)
• 演出 (yǎnchū)
• 演唱 (yǎnchàng) (to perform a song)
• 演奏 (yǎnzòu)
• 演戲／演戏 (yǎnxì)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 表演 (biǎoyǎn)

 

• (to step into the political arena):

• 上臺／上台 (shàngtái) (figurative)
• 參政／参政 (cānzhèng)
• 從政／从政 (cóngzhèng)

 

• (to come out):

• 催生 (cuīshēng) (figurative)
• 出世 (chūshì)
• 問世／问世 (wènshì)
• 現世／现世 (xiànshì)
• 產生／产生 (chǎnshēng)
• 行世 (xíngshì) (literary)
• 誕生／诞生 (dànshēng)
• 面世 (miànshì)