讲台 (jiǎng tāi) — platform, dais, rostrum (for speaking)

Definition

noun

platformdaisrostrum (for speaking)

Measure word · 个

讲台。
Lǎo shī zhàn zài jiǎng tāi shàng jiǎng kè.
The teacher stands on the platform to give a lecture.
讲台。
Tā bǎ shū fàng zài jiǎng tāi shàng.
He put the book on the rostrum.
讲台。
Jiào shì qián miàn yǒu yí gè jiǎng tāi.
There is a platform at the front of the classroom.

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.

台táiplatform

讲 means to speak or lecture, and 台 is a raised platform, giving a speaking platform.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 講; 讲 is its simplified writing.

言冓講

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

冓

冓gòu講jiǎng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 講 puts 言, say, beside 冓, which gave it its sound; the simplified 讲 is a later abbreviation.

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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