Pinyin: tái

measure word for machines

Example sentence

家里有两台电视。

Jiā lǐ yǒu liǎng tái diànshì.

There are two TVs at home.

What 台 means

(tái) is a Chinese word meaning “measure word for machines”. It belongs to the Numbers & Measure topic and appears at HSK 3 (and again in HSK 4), so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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