台 (檯)
tái
Pinyin

Definition

台 (檯)
 - 
tái
  1. desk
  2. table
  3. counter

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

台
tái
  1. 1 desk
  2. 2 table
  3. 3 counter
台灯
tái dēng
  1. 1 desk lamp
  2. 2 table lamp
柜台
guì tái
  1. 1 sales counter
  2. 2 front desk
  3. 3 bar
  4. 4 (of markets, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
乒乓球台
pīng pāng qiú tái
  1. 1 table-tennis table
写字台
xiě zì tái
  1. 1 writing desk

Idioms (1)

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

Sample Sentences

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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