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抬

擡
tái
HSK 5freq #3574

Meanings

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tái
  1. 1.variant of 抬[tái]
tái
  1. 1.to lift
  2. 2.to raise
  3. 3.(of two or more persons) to carry

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to lift; to heave
  2. 2.to carry on hands or shoulders together
  3. 3.to argue for the sake of arguing or for no reason; to bicker
  4. 4.Classifier for things carried by several people.

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Etymology

Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l'ɯː): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ).

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Stroke order

Components

抬扌台

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Example sentences

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Synonyms

奮起奋起拿起掀揚扬提起舉起举起抬槓抬杠

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Derived terms

不中抬舉不中抬举不受抬舉不受抬举不識抬舉不识抬举八抬八簇八抬轎八抬轿哄抬哄抬物價哄抬物价大抬其槓大抬其杠平抬廝抬廝敬厮抬厮敬抬價抬价抬到天上抬帖抬愛抬爱抬槓抬杠抬眼抬秤抬肩抬舉抬举

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Related words

抬头 to raise one's head; to look up抬举 to lift sth up拉抬 (Tw) to pull sth up; (fig.) to give a boost to; to support抬爱 to hold in high regard哄抬 to artificially inflate抬显 head-up display (HUD) (abbr. for 抬头显示[tái tóu xiǎn shì])抬杠 to bicker高抬 to speak highly of sb抬高 to raise (price etc)抬起 to lift up抬秤 large steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to adjust the counterweight担架抬 stretcher (for the injured)