後臺

See also: 後台 and 后台

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (後臺/後檯/後台)		後	臺/檯/台
simp. (后台)		后	台

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòutái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ toi⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ǎu-tâi / āu-tâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ao⁶ tai⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gheu-de

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòutái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòutái
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-tʻai²
    • Yale: hòu-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howtair
    • Palladius: хоутай (xoutaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ toi⁴
    • Yale: hauh tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² tʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: ǎu-tâi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² tai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: āu-tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxdaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ tai²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ tai¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ tai²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ao⁶ tai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ău thâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gheu-de
    • MiniDict: gheu^去 de
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hheu-de
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɤ²² de⁴⁴/

Noun

後臺

1. backstage
2. (figurative) behind-the-scenes supporter
3. (computing) background (type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user)

   後臺運行／后台运行  ―  hòutái yùnxíng  ―  to run in the background

4. (finance) back office

Synonyms

• (backstage): (Hokkien) 鱟尾／鲎尾

Derived terms

• 後臺老闆／后台老板

 

See also

• 櫃檯／柜台 (guìtái)
• 中臺／中台 (zhōngtái)
• 前臺／前台 (qiántái)