台风 (tái fēng) — stage presence, poise (of a performer on stage)

Definition

台风 (táifēng) is 'stage presence' — the magnetic charisma a performer projects on stage. 风采 is more literary, 风度 stresses elegant demeanor, and 姿态 covers both physical bearing and figurative attitude.

noun
stage presencepoise (of a performer on stage)
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Examples

  • 台风
    Tā de tái fēng hěn hǎo, guān zhòng dōu hěn xǐ huan tā.
    His stage presence is great, and the audience likes him very much.
  • 台风
    Zuò wéi yì míng yǎn yuán, tái fēng fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    As an actor, stage presence is very important.
  • 台风
    Tā jīng guò duō nián liàn xí, zhōng yú yǒu le zì rán de tái fēng.
    After years of practice, she finally developed a natural stage presence.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

táistage

The 台, 'stage', and 风, 'style', describe a performer's bearing on stage.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 臺; 台 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 台 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (窗台, 电视台) it is 臺; in others (台灯, 台球) (台风) it is 檯 or 台 or 颱.

The traditional form 臺 is the 喬 + 室 form; earlier versions combined a sound part with 室, and an old reading saw it as a watch tower.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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