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阳台yáng tái
balcony
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 阳台 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 陽臺 | ||
| 陽臺 | yángtái | |
| 1. n. balcony | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| balcony | ||
| 1. 阳台 | ||
| Components | ||
| 阳 | ||
| 1. Variant of 陽 | ||
| 陽 | yáng | |
| 1. (philosophy) “male” principle; yang in yin-yang | ||
| 2. sun | ||
| 太陽 - the Sun | ||
| 陽曆 - solar calendar | ||
| 夕陽 - setting sun | ||
| 3. male genitals | ||
| 陽物 - penis | ||
| 陽痿 - to be impotent | ||
| 4. open; overt | ||
| 陽溝 - open drain, ditch | ||
| 5. positive | ||
| 陽離子 - cation; positive ion | ||
| 陽性 反應 - positive result (in a medical test) | ||
| 6. (neologism) to be tested positive for COVID-19 | ||
| 7. 陽 過 - to have recovered from COVID-19 (a pun of Yang Guo, a character in Jin Yong's novels), lit=was tested positive | ||
| 8. convex; in relief | ||
| 陽文 - characters cut in relief | ||
| 9. human world; this world | ||
| 陽世 - human world; world of the living | ||
| 陽壽 - lifespan | ||
| 10. (Chinese phonetics, of a syllable) closed with a nasal consonantal coda | ||
| 11. south side of mountain or north side of river | ||
| 洛陽 - Luoyang | ||
| 12. (literary) to feign; to pretend | ||
| (Alternative form 佯) | ||
| 台 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 臺 | ||
| 2. Simplified form of 颱 | ||
| 3. Simplified form of 檯 | ||
| 非 台yí 小子 敢 行 稱 亂。 - It is not I, the little child, who dare to raise a rebellion. | ||
| 4. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 5. The surname (zh-m, 台, tr=Yí) is different from the surname zh-m, 臺*, tr=Tái. Note that 臺 has been simplified to 台 in mainland China. | ||
| 6. Used in place names | ||
| 7. (zh-used, 三台, name of a star) | ||
| 8. historical placename in modern Shandong | ||
| (Alternative form 邰) | ||
| 9. Variant of 鮐 | ||
| 10. Alternative form of 嗣 | ||
| 11. Alternative form of 始 | ||
| 檯 | tái | |
| 1. table; desk | ||
| 臺 | tái | |
| 1. tower; lookout | ||
| 烽火臺 - beacon tower | ||
| 2. stage; platform | ||
| 講臺 - lectern; rostrum | ||
| 舞臺 - stage (for performing) | ||
| 臺 上 有 兩 個 演員。 - There are two actors on stage. | ||
| 3. support; stand; base | ||
| 燈臺 - lampstand | ||
| 窗臺 - windowsill | ||
| 4. station | ||
| 天文臺 - observatory (place where celestial bodies are observed) | ||
| 氣象臺 - meteorological observatory | ||
| 電視臺 - television station | ||
| 5. (specifically) broadcasting station or channel; television station or channel | ||
| 6. 臺標 - television station logo | ||
| 7. 換臺 - to change the television channel | ||
| 8. 北京-臺 - Beijing TV | ||
| 9. 芒果臺 - Hunan TV | ||
| 10. 今晚 看 哪個 臺？ - Which channel shall we watch? | ||
| 11. (specifically, Internet) live stream | ||
| 12. 開臺 - to livestream | ||
| 13. terrace (raised ground) | ||
| 14. (Suffix for terms of address conveying respect for the addressee.) | ||
| 兄臺 - brother; friend | ||
| 15. Short for 臺灣/台灣/台湾 (Taiwan) | ||
| 乙未 割 臺 - Cession of Taiwan in 1895 | ||
| 來 臺 旅客 - tourists to Taiwan | ||
| 16. Short for 臺語/台語/台语, Taiwanese Hokkien | ||
| 一 臺 電腦 - a computer | ||
| 一 臺 望遠鏡 - a telescope | ||
| 一 臺 戲 - a stage performance | ||
| 17. Alternative form of 檯 (table; desk) | ||
| 18. (mahjong) points | ||
| 19. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 20. Simplified form of 檯 | ||
| 颱 | tái | |
| 1. typhoon | ||
| 鮐 | tái | |
| 1. mackerel | ||
| 2. old person | ||
| 3. pufferfish; blowfish | ||
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Pronunciation
yáng tái
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