(wǔ tái) - stage in Mandarin
wǔtáiTraditional: 舞臺
Translation
stage
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Word origin
A compound of 舞 (wǔ, dance) and 台 (tái, platform, terrace), the raised platform on which dancing and performance take place.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 舞 (wǔ, dance) + 台 (tái, platform)
Stroke order
舞
台
Examples
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She was not nervous the first time she stood on stage.
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All the lights on the stage came on.
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This stage is bigger than I thought.
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After the performance, the audience was still standing in front of the stage.
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The school gives the children a stage to perform on.
舞台 (wǔ tái) is a stage: the raised platform in a theatre, a concert hall or a school assembly. The 舞 is historical rather than literal, so a stage is 舞台 whether anyone dances on it or not.
The figurative use carries over neatly from English. 国际舞台 is the international stage, and 给年轻人一个舞台 means giving young people a platform. That parallel makes it one of the easier abstract nouns to pick up.
The position word matters. You stand 在舞台上, on the stage, and Chinese needs that 上 where English can drop it. 在舞台 on its own sounds unfinished, so drill the whole phrase 在舞台上 as a unit.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 31, lesson 4: 舞台, 饼干, 名叫 and 7 more words.