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See also: 後台 and 后台

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (後臺/後檯/後台)		後	臺/檯/台
simp. (后台)		后	台

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòutái

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ toi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ǎu-tâi / āu-tâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ao⁶ tai⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gheu-de

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòutái
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòutái
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-tʻai²
  - Yale: hòu-tái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howtair
  - Palladius: хоутай (xoutaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ toi⁴
  - Yale: hauh tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² tʰɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: ǎu-tâi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² tai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: āu-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auxdaai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ tai²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ tai¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ tai²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ao⁶ tai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ău thâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰai⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gheu-de
  - MiniDict: gheu^去 de
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hheu-de
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɤ²² de⁴⁴/

Noun

後臺

backstage
(figurative) behind-the-scenes supporter (including backstage musicians supporting a performance or political or economic backers or good connections)
(computing) background (type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user)
後臺運行／后台运行 ― hòutái yùnxíng ― to run in the background
(finance) back office

Synonyms

(backstage): (Hokkien) 鱟尾／鲎尾

Derived terms

後臺老闆 / 后台老板

See also

櫃檯／柜台 (guìtái)
中臺／中台 (zhōngtái)
前臺／前台 (qiántái)

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