台湾
Tái wān
Pinyin

Definition

台湾
 - 
Tái wān
  1. Taiwan
台湾
 - 
Tái wān
  1. variant of 臺灣|台湾[Tái wān]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
台下
tái xià
  1. 1 off the stage
  2. 2 in the audience
台中
Tái zhōng
  1. 1 Taizhong or Taichung city and county in central Taiwan
台北
Tái běi
  1. 1 Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
台南
Tái nán
  1. 1 Tainan (city and county in Taiwan)
台商
Tái shāng
  1. 1 Taiwanese businessman
  2. 2 Taiwanese company
台山
Tái shān
  1. 1 Taishan county level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong
台州
Tāi zhōu
  1. 1 Taizhou prefecture level city in Zhejiang
台币
Tái bì
  1. 1 New Taiwan dollar
台式
tái shì
  1. 1 (of an appliance) tabletop model
  2. 2 (of a computer) desktop model
台独
Tái dú
  1. 1 Taiwan independence
  2. 2 (of Taiwan) to declare independence
台球
tái qiú
  1. 1 billiards
吧台
bā tái
  1. 1 counter of a bar (pub)

Idioms (11)

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
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
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
近水楼台先得月
jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè
  1. 1 the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from intimacy with an influential person

Sample Sentences

我是台湾人
wǒ shì táiwānrén
I am Taiwanese
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不是，我是台湾人。
búshi ，wǒ shì táiwānrén 。
No I am not, I am Taiwanese.
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台湾
Táiwān
Taiwan
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