泉臺
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Chinese
[edit]fountain; spring | (measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station | ||
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trad. (泉臺/泉台) | 泉 | 臺/台 | |
simp. (泉台) | 泉 | 台 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cyuántái
- Wade–Giles: chʻüan2-tʻai2
- Yale: chywán-tái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuantair
- Palladius: цюаньтай (cjuanʹtaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]泉臺
- (literary) grave
- 泉臺上再設新房,地府陰司裡再覓那平陽門巷。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- 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.
泉台上再设新房,地府阴司里再觅那平阳门巷。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
- (literary) netherworld; underworld