上臺

See also: 上台

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (上臺/上台)		上	臺/台
simp. (上台)		上	台

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngtái

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ toi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-tâi / chiǔⁿ-tâi / chiōⁿ-tâi / siōng-tâi / siāng-tâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngtái
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngtái
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tʻai²
    • Yale: shàng-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtair
    • Palladius: шантай (šantaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ toi⁴
    • Yale: séuhng tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxdaai
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ tai²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-tâi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² tai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixdaai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ tai¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngdaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngdaai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ tai¹³/

Verb

上臺

1. (literally) to mount the platform; to appear on the stage
2. (figuratively) to come to power; to rise to power
3. (Hong Kong, telephony) to join a mobile data plan

   手機上台／手机上台 [Cantonese]  ―  sau² gei¹ soeng⁵ toi⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (to appear on the stage):

• 上演 (shàngyǎn)
• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 做戲／做戏 (zuòxì)
• 出演 (chūyǎn)
• 奏 (zòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 扮戲／扮戏 (bànxì)
• 搬戲／搬戏 (Hokkien)
• 演 (yǎn)
• 演出 (yǎnchū)
• 演唱 (yǎnchàng) (to perform a song)
• 演奏 (yǎnzòu)
• 演戲／演戏 (yǎnxì)
• 登臺／登台 (dēngtái)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 表演 (biǎoyǎn)

 

• (to come to power):

• 參政／参政 (cānzhèng)
• 從政／从政 (cóngzhèng)
• 登臺／登台 (dēngtái) (figurative)

 

Related terms

• 掌權／掌权 (zhǎngquán)