塌臺

Chinese

		collapse	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (塌臺/塌台)		塌	臺/台
simp. (塌台)		塌	台

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tātái

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄊㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taap³ toi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thap-tâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tātái
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tatái
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-tʻai²
    • Yale: tā-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tatair
    • Palladius: татай (tataj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taap³ toi⁴
    • Yale: taap tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taap⁸ toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tab³ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːp̚³ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thap-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: thap-tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tapdaai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰap̚³²⁻⁵ tai¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰap̚⁵⁻²⁴ tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰap̚³²⁻⁴ tai²⁴/

Verb

塌臺

1. (figuratively) to fall from power; to collapse

Synonyms

• 倒冧 (dou² lam³) (Cantonese)
• 倒塌 (dǎotā)
• 傾覆／倾覆 (qīngfù)
• 凹陷 (āoxiàn)
• 坍塌 (tāntā)
• 垮 (kuǎ)
• 垮臺／垮台 (kuǎtái) (figurative)
• 塌 (tā)
• 塌方 (tāfāng)
• 塌落 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 塌頭／塌头 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 崩坍 (bēngtān)
• 崩塌 (bēngtā)
• 崩敗／崩败 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 崩潰／崩溃 (bēngkuì)
• 崩裂 (bēngliè)
• 崩陷 (Hokkien, literary)
• 瓦解 (wǎjiě)
• 窞肚 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 解體／解体 (jiětǐ)
• 陷落 (xiànluò)