上臺

See also: 上台

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (上臺/上台)		上	臺/台
simp. (上台)		上	台

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngtái

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ toi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-tâi / chiǔⁿ-tâi / chiōⁿ-tâi / siōng-tâi / siāng-tâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngtái
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngtái
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tʻai²
  - Yale: shàng-tái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtair
  - Palladius: шантай (šantaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ toi⁴
  - Yale: séuhng tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxdaai
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ tai²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-tâi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² tai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixdaai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ tai¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngdaai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngdaai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ tai¹³/

Verb

上臺

(literally) to mount the platform; to appear on the stage
(figuratively) to come to power; to rise to power
(Hong Kong, telephony) to join a mobile data plan
手機上台／手机上台 [Cantonese] ― sau² gei¹ soeng⁵ toi⁴ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

(to appear on the stage):

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上演 (shàngyǎn)
串 (literary, or in compounds)
做戲／做戏 (zuòxì)
出演 (chūyǎn)
奏 (zòu) (literary, or in compounds)
扮戲／扮戏 (bànxì)
搬戲／搬戏 (Hokkien)
演 (yǎn)
演出 (yǎnchū)
演唱 (yǎnchàng) (to perform a song)
演奏 (yǎnzòu)
演戲／演戏 (yǎnxì)
登臺／登台 (dēngtái)
耍 (shuǎ)
表演 (biǎoyǎn)

(to come to power):

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參政／参政 (cānzhèng)
從政／从政 (cóngzhèng)
登臺／登台 (dēngtái) (figurative)

Related terms

掌權／掌权 (zhǎngquán)