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台

tái

1. noun platform; console

   演员走上了舞台。

   Yǎnyuán zǒu shàng le wǔtái.

   The actors walked onto the stage.

2. suffix broadcasting/observing station

   他在电视台当记者。

   Tā zài diànshìtái dāng jìzhě.

   He works as a reporter at a TV station.

3. measure word measure word for machines and performances

   家里买了一台洗衣机。

   Jiā lǐ mǎi le yī tái xǐyījī.

   The family bought a washing machine.

4. noun abbreviation for Taiwan

   台胞们跨越海峡回到大陆探亲。

   Tái bāo men kuàyuè hǎixiá huí dào dàlù tànqīn.

   Taiwanese compatriots crossed the strait back to the mainland to visit relatives.

5. honorific classical honorific for the other party or things related to them

   台启

   Tái qǐ

   To be opened by the addressee (formal letter recipient)

6. measure word table (dialectal measure word in Cantonese/Fujianese and commercial contexts)

   服务员，我们这台再加两个菜。

   Fúwùyuán, wǒmen zhè tái zài jiā liǎng gè cài.

   Waiter, please add two more dishes to our table.

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