台 tái typhoon; platform


Used as component 台 in :始 shǐ Made up of [口 kǒu mouth radical 30, 厶 sī private; secret; selfish radical 28]; 治 zhì ; 抬 tái
Made with 5 strokes.

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Also uses 口 kǒu component: 吧 bā (supposition or suggestion) 唱 chàng (to sing) ; 超 chāo (to exceed) ; 吃 chī (to eat) ; 船 chuán (boat) ; 啡 fēi (coffee) ; 富 fù (rich) ; 福 fú (good fortune) ; 告 gào (to tell) ; 各 gè (each) ; 宫 gōng (palace) ; 狗 gǒu (dog) ; 古 gǔ (ancient) ; 咳 hāi (sound of sighing) ; 号 hào (name) ; 和 hé (together) ; 合 hé (to close) ; 喝 hē (drink) ; 亨 hēng (prosperous) ; 后 hòu (behind) ; 回 huí (to circle) ; 或 huò (maybe) ; 吉 jí (lucky) ; 叫 jiào (called) ; 京 jīng (capital) ; 咎 jiù (fault) ; 句 jù (sentence) ; 局 jú (office) ; 君 jūn (monarch) ; 咖 kā (coffee) ; 可 kě (can) ; 另 lìng (other) ; 吗 mǎ (?) ; 命 mìng (life) ; 名 míng (name) ; 鸣 míng (to call (birds)) ; 呢 ne (and you?) ; 啤 pí (hops) ; 品 pǐn (article) ; 如 rú (as) ; 尚 shàng (still) ; 事 shì (matter) ; 史 shǐ (history) ; 虽 suī (although) ; 唐 táng (Tang) ; 听 tīng (to listen) ; 同 tóng (same) ; 问 wèn (ask) ; 喜 xǐ (to be fond of) ; 兄 xiōng (elder brother) ; 咬 yǎo (to bite) ; 右 yòu (right) ; 语 yǔ (language) ; 员 yuán (person) ; 曰 yuē (to speak) ; 占 zhān (to observe) ; 只 zhī (one) ; 知 zhī (to know) ; 周 zhōu (circuit) ; 足 zú (foot)
Also uses 厶 sī component: 公 gōng (public) 么 me (what) ; 能 néng (to be able to) ; 去 qù (go) ; 雄 xióng (male) ; 云 yún (cloud) ; 至 zhì (to arrive)

Sounds same

抬 tái (to lift)

Different tone

太 tài (too) ; 泰 tài

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Pronunciation

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Cities

邢台 Xingtai, Hebei
七台河 Qitaihe, Heilongjiang
台山 Taishan, Guangdong
烟台 Yantai, Shandong
台州 Taizhou, Zhejiang

Proverbs

近水楼台先得月 jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè An allusion to the wisdom of having friends in high circles that often results in benefits.

Also

台湾 Táiwān Taiwan
台北市 Táiběi Shì Taipei