柜台 (櫃檯)
guì tái
Pinyin

Definition

柜台 (櫃檯)
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guì tái
  1. sales counter
  2. front desk
  3. bar
  4. (of markets, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

台
tái
  1. 1 desk
  2. 2 table
  3. 3 counter
专柜
zhuān guì
  1. 1 sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)
掌柜
zhǎng guì
  1. 1 shopkeeper
书柜
shū guì
  1. 1 bookcase
台灯
tái dēng
  1. 1 desk lamp
  2. 2 table lamp

Idioms (2)

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
翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这是航空法规，总之，这把剪刀你是要自己放弃还是要回去报到柜台托运？
zhè shì hángkōng fǎguī ，zǒngzhī ，zhè bǎ jiǎndāo nǐ shì yào zìjǐ fàngqì háishi yào huíqu bàodào guìtái tuōyùn ？
This is an airline regulation, so in brief, do you want to throw away this pair of scissors or return to the check-in counter?
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姑娘，你讲这话也没用，要自愿放弃还是回去柜台托运？麻烦你做个决定吧。
gūniang ，nǐ jiǎng zhè huà yě méiyòng ，yào zìyuàn fàngqì háishi huíqu guìtái tuōyùn ？máfan nǐ zuò ge juédìng ba 。
Ms, all this talk is of no use. I need to urge you to make a decision on whether you want to throw it away voluntarily or go back to the check-in desk.
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女孩儿每次点完咖啡，就站在柜台前面，不发一语地看着秦宇制作她的咖啡，只有从秦宇手中接过咖啡时，才报以一个浅浅的微笑和一句谢谢，随即就离开了。
nǚháiēr měicì diǎn wán kāfēi ，jiù zhàn zài guìtái qiánmiàn ，bùfāyìyǔ de kàn zhe qínyǔ zhìzuò tā de kāfēi ，zhǐ yǒu cóng qínyǔ shǒu zhōng jiēguò kāfēi shí ，cái bàoyǐ yīgē qiǎnqiǎn de wēixiào hé yījù xièxie ，suíjí jiù líkāi le 。
Every time after ordering her coffee, she would stand in front of the counter and watch QinYu making her coffee silently. Only when she took her coffee from QinYu, she would give him a little smile and a “thank you”. Then she would leave the shop.
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来宾四十八号请到四号柜台，谢谢。
láibīn sì shí bā hào qǐng dào sì hào guìtái ，xièxie 。
Customer number forty eight, please come to counter four, thank you.
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离ATM机最近的那个银行的柜台。
lí ATM jī zuì jìn de nà gè yínháng de guìtái 。
The counter in the bank closest to the ATM.
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哪个柜台？
nǎ gè guìtái ？
What counter?
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那你明天带证件去柜台领取。
nà nǐ míngtiān dài zhèngjiàn qù guìtái lǐngqǔ 。
Then tomorrow bring your identification to the counter to claim it.
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一个商店里面，然后呢，我那天就跑进去，那个化妆品柜台的销售超级超级热情地跑过来跟我说：“哎呀，小姐，你的那个皮肤看上去真好，然后你的皮肤一定要好好地保养，然后的话，你看我们这个化妆水怎么样怎么样好，这个东西怎么好，你用了肯定好。”那个销售说：“要不要试一试？”我非常非常遗憾地看了她一眼，就说：“不好意思，小姐，请问，洗手间在哪里。”
yī gè shāngdiàn lǐmiàn ，ránhòu ne ，wǒ nà tiān jiù pǎo jìnqu ，nàge huàzhuāngpǐn guìtái de xiāoshòu chāojí chāojí rèqíng de pǎo guòlai gēn wǒ shuō ：“āiyā ，xiǎojie ，nǐ de nàge pífū kàn shangqu zhēn hǎo ，ránhòu nǐ de pífū yīdìng yào hǎohāo de bǎoyǎng ，ránhòu dehuà ，nǐ kàn wǒmen zhè ge huàzhuāngshuǐ zěnmeyàng zěnmeyàng hǎo ，zhè ge dōngxi zěnme hǎo ，nǐ yòng le kěndìng hǎo 。”nàge xiāoshòu shuō ：“yàobuyào shì yi shì ？”wǒ fēicháng fēicháng yíhàn de kàn le tā yī yǎn ，jiù shuō ：“bùhǎoyìsi ，xiǎojie ，qǐngwèn ，xǐshǒujiān zài nǎli 。”
So there's a shop, and one day I ran in there, and the salesperson at the cosmetics counter was super, super enthusiastic as she ran over to me. She said, "Oh, miss, your skin looks really nice! So you really need to protect your skin." And then it was about how great their toner is, and how great this other thing is, and if you use them the results are definitely going to be great. And then the salesperson said, "would you like to try them out?" I told her with an extremely regretful look, "I'm sorry, miss, but could you tell me where the restroom is?"
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