高臺

Chinese

		high; tall	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (高臺/高台)		高	臺/台
simp. (高台)		高	台

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāotái

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄊㄞˊ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-thòi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāotái
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄊㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaotái
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-tʻai²
  - Yale: gāu-tái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautair
  - Palladius: гаотай (gaotaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-thòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ toi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ toi²
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ tʰoi̯¹¹/

Noun

高臺

tall platform; high building; towering building
(literary, figurative) parents (of a person)
(literary, figurative) capital of a country

Derived terms

高臺教 / 高台教 (Gāotáijiào)

Proper noun

高臺

(～神) Cao Đài, the supreme deity believed by Caodaists to have created the universe
(～縣) Gaotai (a county of Zhangye, Gansu, China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
高	臺

Proper noun

高臺

chữ Hán form of Cao Đài (“the supreme deity believed by Caodaists to have created the universe”)