- 台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.); surname Tai台 tāi: 台 tai1: used in place names台 tái: 台 tai2: (classical) you (in letters)台 tái: 台 tai2: desk; table; counter台 tái: 台 tai2: platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.)台 tái: 台 tai2: typhoon
- jargon; language of the trade
- bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
- bamboo mat; bed mat
- technical ability; skill
- to exchange toasts
- to invert
- lamentable; sad(ly)
- feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
- to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings)
- adultery; to commit adultery
- decency; public morals; to weather (rocks); wind erosion
- to meet with misfortune; to fall into dire straits
- to instigate (rebellion etc); incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp)
- one's wife and children
- temporary; provisional; for the time being
- friendly regard; affection
- to leave; to exit
- to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon
- (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however
- 迫 pò: 迫 po4: to persecute; to oppress; embarrassed迫 pǎi: 迫 pai3: used in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pai3 ji1 pao4]迫 pò: 迫 po4: to force; to compel; to approach or go towards; urgent; pressing
- maid escorting bride to new home; concubine
- adultery
- hot-headed; impulsive; reckless
- (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
- to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking
- to claim (as one's property); to adopt (a child); to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own)
- see 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu : 4 mao4 zi5]
- cowardice; timid
- gloomy; depressed
- adulterous couple
- (idiom) to have an affinity with each other; to find each other congenial
- soon; at an early date; the early days; the past
- trouble spot; sketchy area
- long delay
- male adulterer