炮臺

See also: 砲臺, 砲台, and 炮台

Chinese

		cannon; gun; firecracker	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (炮臺/炮台/砲臺/砲台)		炮/砲	臺/台
simp. (炮台)		炮	台

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pàotái

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ ㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paau³ toi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phàu-tâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): pao³ tai⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phau-de

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pàotái
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ ㄊㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pàotái
  - Wade–Giles: pʻao⁴-tʻai²
  - Yale: pàu-tái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pawtair
  - Palladius: паотай (paotaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paau³ toi⁴
  - Yale: paau tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paau³ toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pao³ toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³³ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: phàu-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phao'daai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ tai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ tai²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pao³ tai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phàu thâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰai⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵phau-de
  - MiniDict: phau^去 de
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phau-de
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰɔ³³ de⁴⁴/

Noun

炮臺

(military) barbette; battery
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “築”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 557:
  
  新築的炮臺 [Teochew, trad.]
  新筑的炮台 [Teochew, simp.]
  sing¹ dog⁴ gai⁵ pao³ tai⁵ [Peng'im]
  the newly made fort