登台 (dēng tāi) — to go on stage; to appear publicly for a perfor…

Definition

登台 literally means 'to mount a stage' and covers both performing publicly and (figuratively) entering a public role or arena, like a CEO's debut.

verb

to go on stageto appear publicly for a performance or speech(figurative) to enter a public role or arenato take the stage

登台。
Tā jīn wǎn dēng tāi biǎo yǎn jīng jù.
He is going on stage tonight to perform Peking opera.
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Zhè wèi gē shǒu yǐ jīng dēng guò hěn duō cì tái, jīng yàn hěn fēng fù.
This singer has been on stage many times and is very experienced.
CEO登台。
Xīn rèn CEO gāng gāng dēng tāi jiù tuī chū le xīn jì huà.
The new CEO just took the stage and launched a new plan.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

台táiplatform

登 'mount' and 台 'platform' combine to mean going up onto the stage.

Characters in this word

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

癶豆登

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

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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