上
台

To rise to power (in politics) in Chinese: 上台 (shàng tái)

shàng tái

to rise to power (in politics)

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to rise to power (in politics)
  2. 2to go on stage (in the theater)

Stroke order

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上
台

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄞˊ

tái

ㄊ/ tㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 轮到他上台演讲时，他一点也不紧张。

    lún dào tā shàng tái yǎn jiǎng shí， tā yì diǎn yě bù jǐn zhāng。

    When it was his turn to go on stage to speak, he wasn't nervous at all.

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Related words

上

shàng

(bound form) up

台

tái

(classical) you (in letters)

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

上网

shàng wǎng

to go online

电台

diàn tái

transmitter-receiver

柜台

guì tái

sales counter

上当

shàng dàng

taken in (by sb's deceit)

台阶

tái jiē

steps

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