敵臺
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Chinese
| enemy; match | (measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (敵臺/敵台) | 敵 | 臺/台 | |
| simp. (敌台) | 敌 | 台 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dítái
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ ㄊㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dítái
- Wade–Giles: ti2-tʻai2
- Yale: dí-tái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyitair
- Palladius: дитай (ditaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dik6 toi4
- Yale: dihk tòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dik9 toi4
- Guangdong Romanization: dig6 toi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɪk̚² tʰɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
敵臺
- enemy's broadcasting (station)
- 2008, Ye Weili with Ma Xiaodong (oral account), chapter 4, in 动荡的青春：红色大院的女儿们 , page 196:
- 我们很多人都有半导体收音机，很早我们就开始收听“敌台”。我们那个地方很奇怪，不用费劲去找，就可以收到美国之音、BBC、NHK、莫斯科广播电台，而且都挺清楚。
- Wǒmen hěnduō rén dōu yǒu bàndǎotǐshōuyīnjī, hěn zǎo wǒmen jiù kāishǐ shōutīng “dítái”. Wǒmen nàge dìfāng hěn qíguài, bùyòng fèijìn qù zhǎo, jiù kěyǐ shōudào měiguózhīyīn, BBC, NHK, mòsīkēguǎngbōdiàntái, érqiě dōu tǐng qīngchǔ.
- Many of us had short-wave radios. It was amazing how easily we could receive foreign broadcasts such as VOA (Voice of America), BBC, NHK and Radio Moscow in that region.
我們很多人都有半導體收音機，很早我們就開始收聽“敵臺”。我們那個地方很奇怪，不用費勁去找，就可以收到美國之音、BBC、NHK、莫斯科廣播電臺，而且都挺清楚。
- 2025 March 20, Lianhe Zaobao, 沈泽玮：中国的境外“敌台”消音了:
- 部分中國中老年網民的心情較為複雜。他們在冷戰時期曾偷聽包括美國之音在內等「敵臺」，通過這些窗口探知外部「自由世界」。
- Bùfēn zhōngguó zhōng lǎonián wǎngmín de xīnqíng jiàowèi fùzá. Tāmen zài lěngzhàn shíqī céng tōutīng bāokuò měiguózhīyīn zàinèi děng “dítái”, tōngguò zhèxiē chuāngkǒu tànzhī wàibù “zìyóushìjiè”.
- Some older Chinese netizens have more complex feelings: they secretly listened to "enemy broadcasting" like the Voice of America during the Cold War, and understood the free world through these outlets.
部分中国中老年网民的心情较为复杂。他们在冷战时期曾偷听包括美国之音在内等「敌台」，通过这些窗口探知外部「自由世界」。
- watchtower (e.g. on the Great Wall of China, as part of the capital city wall, etc.)