臺
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See also: 台
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
臺 (radical 133 至+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土口月土 (GRBG), four-corner 40104, composition ⿳吉冖至)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 1002, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30161
- Dae Jaweon: page 1459, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2817, character 6
- Unihan data for U+81FA
Chinese[edit]
| trad. | 臺/台 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 台 | |
Glyph origin[edit]
| Historical forms of the character 臺
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (臺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 懛 | *tɯː |
| 儓 | *tʰɯːs, *dɯː |
| 臺 | *dɯː |
| 擡 | *dɯː |
| 薹 | *dɯː |
| 嬯 | *dɯː |
| 檯 | *dɯː |
| 籉 | *dɯː |
Originally probably a man (士) on a tower (高) from which he can shoot an arrow (至), hence meaning “watchtower”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): toi4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thòi
- Min Nan (POJ): tâi
- Wu (Wiktionary): de (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ
- Wade-Giles: t'ai2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tair
- IPA (key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: toi4
- Yale: tòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: toi4
- Guangdong Romanization: toi4
- IPA (key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thòi
- Hakka Romanization System: toiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: toi2
- IPA: /tʰo̯i¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: de (T3)
- IPA (key): /d̻e̞²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒哀切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/dʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/dəi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/dɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/dəj/ |
| Li Rong |
/dᴀi/ |
| Wang Li |
/dɒi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/dʱɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
tái |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
tái |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ doj › |
| Old Chinese |
/*lˤə/ |
| English | tower |
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
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| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 臺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12306 |
| Phonetic component |
臺 |
| Rime group |
之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
臺 |
| Old Chinese |
/*dɯː/ |
| Notes | 室高省，小徐之聲 |
Definitions[edit]
臺
- tower; lookout
- stage; platform
- support; stand; base
- station; broadcasting station
- Suffix for terms of address conveying respect for the addressee.
- Short for 臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān, “Taiwan”).
- Short for 臺語／台语 (táiyǔ, “Taiwanese Hokkien”).
- Classifier for machines, vehicles or electronic devices. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- † Alternative form of 薹 (tái, “sedge”).
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- 南山有臺，北山有萊。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 南山有台，北山有莱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's translation
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- Nán shān yǒu tái, běi shān yǒu lái. [Pinyin]
- On the hills of the south is the sedge,
On those of the north is the goosefoot.
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- A surname.
Usage notes[edit]
- Although use of the full traditional form 臺 is encouraged by the ROC Ministry of Education, the alternate form 台 is now more commonly used.[1]
References[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 臺
Japanese[edit]
| 台 | |
| 臺 |
Kanji[edit]
臺
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 台)
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Readings[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
臺 • (dae) (hangeul 대, revised dae, McCune-Reischauer tae, Yale tay)
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Compounds[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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