台

2 readings · tap one to hear it

(classical) you (in letters); variant of 臺|台[tai2]

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Components 厶口

platform · Heisig RSH #672

elbow + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一中一台	yī zhōng yī tái	"one China, one Taiwan" – the notion that China and Taiwan are separate political entities
台山市	Tái shān Shì	Taishan, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江門市\|江门市[Jiang1 men2 Shi4], Guangdong
台中市	Tái zhōng Shì	Taichung, a city in central Taiwan
天台县	Tiān tāi Xiàn	Tiantai, a county in Taizhou City 台州市[Tai1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
天台山	Tiān tāi Shān	Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興\|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台…
金台区	Jīn tái Qū	Jintai, a district of Baoji City 寶雞市\|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
台安县	Tái ān Xiàn	Tai'an, a county in Anshan City 鞍山市[An1 shan1 Shi4], Liaoning
高台县	Gāo tái Xiàn	Gaotai, a county in Zhangye City 張掖市\|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 Shi4], Gansu
三台县	Sān tái Xiàn	Santai, a county in Mianyang City 綿陽市\|绵阳市[Mian2 yang2 Shi4], Sichuan
台子	tái zi	desk; (pool etc) table
台子	tái zi	platform; stand
台大	Tái Dà	abbr. for 臺灣大學\|台湾大学[Tai2 wan1 Da4 xue2]
台山	Tái shān	see 台山市[Tai2 shan1 Shi4]
天文台	tiān wén tái	astronomical observatory
中台	Zhōng Tái	China and Taiwan
台中	Tái zhōng	variant of 臺中\|台中[Tai2 zhong1]
台中	Tái zhōng	Taichung, city in central Taiwan
地台	dì tái	floor; platform
台地	tái dì	tableland; mesa
台巴子	Tái bā zi	(derog.) Taiwanese; person from Taiwan

These characters use 台 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
台 sound part	tái	platform; unit; term of address
胎	tāi	embryo, fetus; car tire
始	shǐ	to begin, to start; beginning
抬	tái	to carry, to lift, to raise
怡	yí	gladness, joy, pleasure; harmony
苔	tái	moss, lichen
笞	chī	bamboo rod used for beatings
贻	yí	to hand down, to give to, to bequeath
怠	dài	idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect
殆	dài	almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger
饴	yí	syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake
眙	yí	to gaze at; a place name
鲐	tái	mackerel; Pneumatophorus japonicus
跆	tái	to trample, to kick
炱	tái	soot
绐	dài	to pretend, to fool, to cheat
诒	yí	to bequeath, to pass on
迨	dài	while, until; to seize, to arrest
邰	tái	a state in Shanxi province; surname