| 台 | tái | typhoon; platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines; Taiwan (abbr.); (classical) you (in letters); surname Tai |
| 台湾 | Tái wān | Taiwan |
| 电台 | diàn tái | transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station; CL:个,家 |
| 舞台 | wǔ tái | stage; arena; fig. in the limelight |
| 台上 | tái shàng | on stage |
| 平台 | píng tái | platform; terrace; flat-roofed building |
| 上台 | shàng tái | to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) |
| 烟台 | Yān tái | Yantai prefecture level city in Shandong |
| 台风 | tái fēng | hurricane; typhoon |
| 广播电台 | guǎng bō diàn tái | radio station; broadcasting station; CL:个,家 |
| 台阶 | tái jiē | flight of steps (leading up to a house); step (over obstacle); bench; fig. way out of an embarrassing situation |
| 电视台 | diàn shì tái | television station; CL:个 |
| 炮台 | pào tái | fort; battery |
| 下台 | xià tái | to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc) |
| 垮台 | kuǎ tái | to fall from power; to collapse; to demise |
| 戏台 | xì tái | stage |
| 后台 | hòu tái | backstage; the area behind a theatrical stage; backstage supporter |
| 柜台 | guì tái | sales counter; front desk; bar |
| 三台 | Sān tái | Santai county in Mianyang 绵阳, north Sichuan |
| 气象台 | qì xiàng tái | meteorological office; weather forecasting office |
| 邢台 | Xíng tái | Xingtai prefecture level city in Hebei; also Xingtai county |
| 台子 | tái zi | table; desk |
| 台前 | Tái qián | Taiqian county in Puyang 濮阳, Henan; front of the stage |
| 台北 | Tái běi | Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan |
| 阳台 | yáng tái | balcony; porch |
| 写字台 | xiě zì tái | writing desk |
| 丰台 | Fēng tái | Fengtai inner district of southwest Beijing |
| 五台 | Wǔ tái | Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi |
| 跳台 | tiào tái | diving platform; diving tower; landing platform |
| 窗台 | chuāng tái | window sill; window ledge |
| 台中 | Tái zhōng | Taizhong or Taichung city in central Taiwan; Taizhong or Taichung city and county in central Taiwan |
| 控制台 | kòng zhì tái | control desk; console |
| 月台 | yuè tái | railway platform |
| 看台 | kàn tái | terrace; spectator's grandstand; viewing platform |
| 天文台 | tiān wén tái | observatory |
| 前台 | qián tái | front platform; front of theatrical stage; foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.); front desk; reception desk |
| 台安 | Tái ān | Tai'an county in Anshan 鞍山, Liaoning |
| 倒台 | dǎo tái | to overthrow; downfall; to fall from power; to go bankrupt |
| 台词 | tái cí | an actor's lines; script |
| 台地 | tái dì | tableland; mesa |
| 操作台 | cāo zuò tái | operating desk; control panel; console |
| 楼台 | lóu tái | balcony; high building (esp. in poetry); tower |
| 站台 | zhàn tái | platform (at a railway station) |
| 茅台酒 | máo tái jiǔ | maotai (a Chinese liquor); CL:杯,瓶 |
| 台灯 | tái dēng | desk lamp; table lamp |
| 球台 | qiú tái | table (for games using balls) |
| 棱台 | léng tái | prism |
| 五台山 | Wǔ tái shān | Mt Wutai in Shanxi, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊 |
| 石台 | Shí tái | Shitai county in Chizhou 池州, Anhui |
| 观象台 | guān xiàng tái | observatory; observation platform |
