看台 (kàn tái) — grandstand; viewing platform; terrace

Definition

Seating structure for spectators at a sports venue. Unlike 平台 (a flat work surface) or 站台 (a train platform), 看台 is specifically the raised stands where an audience watches a game.

noun
grandstandviewing platformterrace
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 看台
    Bǐ sài kāi shǐ qián, guān zhòng yǐ jīng zuò mǎn le kàn tái.
    Before the game started, the audience had already filled the grandstand.
  • 看台
    Zhè ge jiàn zhù dǐng céng yǒu yí gè lù tiān kàn tái, kě yǐ kàn dào hǎi jǐng.
    There is an open-air viewing platform on the top floor of this building, where you can see the sea view.
  • 看台
    Tǐ yù chǎng xīn kuò jiàn de kàn tái néng róng nà wǔ wàn míng guān zhòng.
    The newly expanded grandstand of the stadium can accommodate fifty thousand spectators.

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