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台北市
Tái běi shì
Pinyin
Definition
台北市
-
Tái běi shì
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
台北市
-
Tái běi shì
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Character Decomposition
台
厶
口
北
北
市
亠
巾
Related Words
(20)
北
běi
1
north
2
(classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
1
Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
2
Peking
3
PRC government
台
Tái
1
Taiwan (abbr.)
2
surname Tai
台湾
Tái wān
1
variant of 臺灣|台湾[Tái wān]
城市
chéng shì
1
city
2
town
3
CL:座[zuò]
市区
shì qū
1
urban district
2
downtown
3
city center
市场
shì chǎng
1
marketplace
2
market (also in abstract)
市民
shì mín
1
city resident
舞台
wǔ tái
1
stage
2
arena
3
fig. in the limelight
超市
chāo shì
1
supermarket
2
abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场
3
CL:家[jiā]
上台
shàng tái
1
to rise to power (in politics)
2
to go on stage (in the theater)
上市
shàng shì
1
to hit the market (of a new product)
2
to float (a company on the stock market)
上海市
Shàng hǎi shì
1
Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
下台
xià tái
1
to go off the stage
2
to fall from position of prestige
3
to step down (from office etc)
4
to disentangle oneself
5
to get off the hook
佛山市
Fó shān shì
1
Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng]
出台
chū tái
1
to officially launch (a policy, program etc)
2
to appear on stage
3
to appear publicly
4
(of a bar girl) to leave with a client
利市
lì shì
1
business profit
2
auspicious
3
lucky
4
small sum of money offered on festive days
前台
qián tái
1
stage
2
proscenium
3
foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.)
4
front desk
5
reception desk
6
(computing) front-end
7
foreground
副市长
fù shì zhǎng
1
deputy mayor
北上
běi shàng
1
to go up north
Idioms
(20)
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
1
to live miles apart (idiom)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
1
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
1
better kept under the table (idiom)
2
not to be disclosed
3
too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
1
too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
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
lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
2
a cool head in a crisis
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
1
chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
1
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
1
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
2
fig. a blessing in disguise
3
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
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
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
唱对台戏
chàng duì tái xì
1
to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
2
to get into confrontation
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
1
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
1
north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
2
(fig.) all over China
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
1
to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
泰山北斗
Tài shān Běi dǒu
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
lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
2
a cool head in a crisis
绑赴市曹
bǎng fù shì cáo
1
to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
Sample Sentences
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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