炮臺

See also: 砲臺, 砲台, and 炮台

Chinese

		cannon; gun; firecracker	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (炮臺/炮台/砲臺/砲台)		炮/砲	臺/台
simp. (炮台)		炮	台

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàotái

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ ㄊㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau³ toi⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phàu-tâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pao³ tai⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phau-de

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàotái
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàotái
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao⁴-tʻai²
    • Yale: pàu-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pawtair
    • Palladius: паотай (paotaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau³ toi⁴
    • Yale: paau tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau³ toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao³ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³³ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: phàu-tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phao'daai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ tai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ tai²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pao³ tai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phàu thâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵phau-de
    • MiniDict: phau^去 de
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phau-de
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰɔ³³ de⁴⁴/

Noun

炮臺

1. (military) barbette; battery
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “築”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 557:

     新築的炮臺 [Teochew, trad.]
     新筑的炮台 [Teochew, simp.]

     sing¹ dog⁴ gai⁵ pao³ tai⁵ [Peng'im]

     the newly made fort