台
tái
typhoon
private (厶) + mouth (口) = platform, borrowed for typhoon
台 originally meant a raised platform or terrace, and its use for typhoon is a phonetic borrowing from the Taiwanese place name 颱 was simplified to 台. The components 厶 and 口 don't carry the typhoon meaning directly.
这次台风让很多树倒下了。
zhè cì tái fēng ràng hěn duō shù dǎo xià le。
This typhoon caused many trees to fall down.
台风来临前，大家都关好了窗户。
tái fēng lái lín qián，dà jiā dōu guān hǎo le chuāng hu。
Before the typhoon arrived, everyone had closed their windows properly.
Words with 台
登台表演
dēng tái biǎo yǎn
to go on stage
台甫
tái fǔ
(polite) courtesy name
邢台
xíng tái
see 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4]
道台
dào tái
(Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai (title for an official responsible for supervising a circuit 道|道[dao4]), aka taotai and circuit intendant
邢台市
xíng tái shì
Xingtai, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3]
邢台县
xíng tái xiàn
Xingtai, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei
郭台铭
guō tái míng
Guo "Terry" Taiming (1950-), prominent Taiwanese businessman, founder of Foxconn
金台
jīn tái
Jintai District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
金台区
jīn tái qū
Jintai District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
钓鱼台
diào yú tái
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
锥台
zhuī tái
(math.) frustum
锅台
guō tái
top of a kitchen range