泉臺

Chinese

		fountain; spring	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (泉臺/泉台)		泉	臺/台
simp. (泉台)		泉	台

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quántái

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ toi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quántái
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuántái
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-tʻai²
  - Yale: chywán-tái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuantair
  - Palladius: цюаньтай (cjuanʹtaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun⁴ toi⁴
  - Yale: chyùhn tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ tʰɔːi̯²¹/

Noun

泉臺

(literary) grave
- 泉臺上再設新房，地府陰司裡再覓那平陽門巷。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  泉台上再设新房，地府阴司里再觅那平阳门巷。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1957, Tang Ti-sheng, The Flower Princess (Cantonese opera)
  cyun⁴ toi⁴ soeng⁶ zoi³ cit³ san¹ fong⁴, dei² fu² jam¹ si¹ leoi⁵ zoi³ mik⁶ naa⁵ ping⁴ joeng⁴ mun⁴ hong⁶. [Jyutping]
  Let us build our home on our grave, and seek for reincarnation into an ordinary family in the hell.
(literary) netherworld; underworld