高台 (Gāo tái) — high platform, terrace, stage

Definition

noun

high platformterracestage

Measure word · 座

高台，。
Wǒ men dēng shàng le Gāo tái, kàn dào le yuǎn chù de shān.
We climbed up the high platform and saw the distant mountains.
高台。
Zhè ge gōng yuán lǐ yǒu yí gè hěn gāo de Gāo tái.
There is a very high terrace in this park.
高台。
Yǎn yuán men zhèng zài Gāo tái shàng biǎo yǎn.
The actors are performing on stage.

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

高 gives high, and 台 gives platform, so the term means a high platform.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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.