转台 (zhuàn tái) — revolving stage; turntable

Definition

noun

revolving stageturntable

Measure word · 台

转台。
Jù chǎng de zhuàn tái kě yǐ kuài sù gēng huàn chǎng jǐng.
The theater's revolving stage can quickly change scenes.
转台。
Tā mǎi le yí gè xīn de zhuàn tái lái fàng hēi jiāo chàng piàn.
He bought a new turntable to play vinyl records.
转台。
Gōng chǎng yòng zhuàn tái lái yùn shū líng jiàn.
The factory uses a turntable to transport parts.

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

转 means to turn, and 台 is a platform or table, making a turning 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 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

車專轉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jūcarriage

Sound part声符shēngfú

專

專zhuān轉zhuǎn

Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 is a later shorthand.

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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