台北
Tái běi
Pinyin

Definition

台北
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Tái běi
  1. Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
台北
 - 
Tái běi
  1. Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

北
běi
  1. 1 north
  2. 2 (classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
  1. 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
  2. 2 Peking
  3. 3 PRC government
台
Tái
  1. 1 Taiwan (abbr.)
  2. 2 surname Tai
台湾
Tái wān
  1. 1 variant of 臺灣|台湾[Tái wān]
平台
píng tái
  1. 1 platform
  2. 2 terrace
  3. 3 flat-roofed building
舞台
wǔ tái
  1. 1 stage
  2. 2 arena
  3. 3 fig. in the limelight
上台
shàng tái
  1. 1 to rise to power (in politics)
  2. 2 to go on stage (in the theater)
下台
xià tái
  1. 1 to go off the stage
  2. 2 to fall from position of prestige
  3. 3 to step down (from office etc)
  4. 4 to disentangle oneself
  5. 5 to get off the hook
出台
chū tái
  1. 1 to officially launch (a policy, program etc)
  2. 2 to appear on stage
  3. 3 to appear publicly
  4. 4 (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
前台
qián tái
  1. 1 stage
  2. 2 proscenium
  3. 3 foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.)
  4. 4 front desk
  5. 5 reception desk
  6. 6 (computing) front-end
  7. 7 foreground
北上
běi shàng
  1. 1 to go up north
北京人
Běi jīng rén
  1. 1 Beijing resident
  2. 2 Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhōu kǒu diàn], Beijing
北京市
Běi jīng Shì
  1. 1 Beijing
  2. 2 capital of People's Republic of China
  3. 3 one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhí xiá shì]
北国
běi guó
  1. 1 the northern part of the country
  2. 2 the North
北大
Běi Dà
  1. 1 Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
北平
Běi píng
  1. 1 Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
北爱
Běi Ài
  1. 1 abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Běi Ài ěr lán], Northern Ireland
北斗
Běi dǒu
  1. 1 Great Bear
  2. 2 Big Dipper
  3. 3 Peitou town in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
北方
běi fāng
  1. 1 north
  2. 2 the northern part a country
  3. 3 China north of the Yellow River
北极
běi jí
  1. 1 the North Pole
  2. 2 the Arctic Pole
  3. 3 the north magnetic pole

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
  1. 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
  1. 1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
  1. 1 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
唱对台戏
chàng duì tái xì
  1. 1 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
  2. 2 to get into confrontation
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
泰山北斗
Tài shān Běi dǒu
  1. 1 as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom); a giant among men
稳坐钓鱼台
wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
台上一分钟，台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng
  1. 1 ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
走马章台
zǒu mǎ zhāng tái
  1. 1 to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
近水楼台
jìn shuǐ lóu tái
  1. 1 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor

Sample Sentences

我什么音乐都听。这次是她出道以来第一次来台北开演唱会，说什么也想去看看。
wǒ shénme yīnyuè dōu tīng 。zhècì shì tā chūdào yǐlái dì yī cì lái Táiběi kāi yǎnchànghuì ，shuō shénme yě xiǎng qù kànkan 。
I listen to all kinds of music. This will be the first time she's held a concert in Taipei since she debuted. Whatever happens I really want to go and see it.
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我的地址是台北市大安区大学路100号8楼
wǒ de dìzhǐ shì Táiběishì Dàānqū dàxué lù 100 hào 8 lóu
My address is 8th floor, No. 100, University Road, Da An District, Taipei City.
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我住在台北101旁边。
wǒ zhù zài Táibéi 101 pángbiān 。
I live next to Taipei 101 (the skyscraper).
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台北
Táiběi
Taipei
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是啊，北京冬天是冰天雪地，台北冬天是细雨绵绵。
shì a ，Běijīng dōngtiān shì bīngtiānxuědì ，Táiběi dōngtiān shì xì yǔ miánmián 。
Really, Beijing is an ice palace in winter, it drizzles continuously in Taipei in winter.
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台北的气候真是太让人抓狂啦！忒潮湿呀！让人心烦气躁。
Táiběi de qìhòu zhēn shì tài ràngrén zhuākuáng la ！tè cháoshī ya ！ràngrén xīnfánqìzào 。
The weather in Taipei really does drive you crazy! It's so humid! It really makes you irritable.
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哈哈，不过北京就真的是四季分明，不像台北似乎只有两个季节。
hāhā ，bùguò Běijīng jiù zhēnde shì sì jì fēnmíng ，bù xiàng Táiběi sìhu zhǐyǒu liǎng gè jìjié 。
Haha, but Beijing really has a clear difference between the four seasons, not like Taipei were it seems like there are only two seasons.
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今年的第九号台风大象台风已经形成，从卫星云图上，可以看到台风的中心位置在台北的东北东方，大约三百三十公里的海面上。
jīnnián de dì jiǔ hào táifēng dàxiàng táifēng yǐjīng xíngchéng ，cóng wèixīngyúntú shàng ，kěyǐ kàndào táifēng de zhōngxīn wèizhi zài Táiběi de dōngběidōng fāng ，dàyuē sānbǎi sānshí gōnglǐ de hǎimiàn shàng 。
The ninth typhoon of this year Typhoon Chan-hom has already taken form. As you can see from the satellite image of the cloud patterns, the typhoon's center is located east-northeast of Taipei, at around 330 kilometers out to sea.
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四月二十一号台北飞上海已经没有票了，但是二十二日有早上十点十分和晚上八点的。
sìyuè èrshíyī hào Táiběi fēi Shànghǎi yǐjīng méiyǒu piào le ，dànshì èrshí èr rì yǒu zǎoshàng shífēnshídiǎn hé wǎnshang bādiǎn de 。
There are currently no tickets left from Taipei to Shanghai on April 21, but there is a flight at 10:10 am and 8 pm on April 22.
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台北到上海。
Táiběi dào Shànghǎi 。
Taipei to Shanghai.
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