舞台

See also: 舞臺

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 舞台 – see 舞臺 (“stage; arena”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 舞臺).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舞	台
ぶ Grade: S	たい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
舞臺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶたい [búꜜtàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ta̠i]

Noun

舞(ぶ)台(たい) • (butai) 

1. (theater) stage
2. setting of a story

Synonyms

• ステージ (sutēji)

References

• “舞台”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025