垮臺

Chinese

		collapse	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (垮臺)		垮	臺
simp. (垮台)		垮	台

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuǎtái

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚˇ ㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹ toi⁴
Min Nan (POJ): khoa-tâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuǎtái
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚˇ ㄊㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuǎtái
  - Wade–Giles: kʻua³-tʻai²
  - Yale: kwǎ-tái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koatair
  - Palladius: куатай (kuataj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwaa¹ toi⁴
  - Yale: kwā tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: khua-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoa'daai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² tai¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ tai²⁴/

Verb

垮臺

(figuratively) to fall from power; to collapse

Synonyms

Synonyms of 垮臺

倒冧 (Cantonese)
倒塌 (dǎotā)
坍塌 (tāntā)
垮 (kuǎ)
塌 (tā)
崩坍 (bēngtān)
崩塌 (bēngtā)
崩裂 (bēngliè)

崩陷 (bēngxiàn) (literary, Min Nan)
瓦解 (wǎjiě)
陷落 (xiànluò)
傾覆／倾覆 (qīngfù)
塌臺／塌台 (tātái) (figurative)
崩敗／崩败 (Min Nan)
崩潰／崩溃 (bēngkuì)
解體／解体 (jiětǐ)

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