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Definition 2024

上臺

上臺

See also: 上台

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (上臺/上台)		上	臺/台
simp. (上台)		上	台

Verb

上臺

to mount the platform; to appear on the stage
to come to power; to rise to power

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shàngtái

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ toi⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chiūⁿ-tâi / chiǔⁿ-tâi / chiōⁿ-tâi / siōng-tâi / siāng-tâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngtái
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtair
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ toi⁴
  - Yale: séuhng tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ toi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxdaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiũ²²⁻²¹ taɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiũ³³⁻¹¹ taɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiũ³³⁻²¹ taɪ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-tâi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiũ²² taɪ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixdaai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ taɪ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngdaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ taɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² taɪ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngdaai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ taɪ¹³/