换台 換台

换 換

• 交换 交換 jiāo huàn ㄐㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄢˋ gaau1 wun6 to exchange
• 兑换 兌換 duì huàn ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ deoi3 wun6 to convert
• 换位 換位 huàn wèi ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ wun6 wai2 to swap places
• 换取 換取 huàn qǔ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄩˇ wun6 ceoi2 to obtain (sth) in exchange
• 换成 換成 huàn chéng ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ wun6 sing4 to exchange (sth) for (sth else)

台

• 上台 shàng tái ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ soeng5 toi4 to rise to power (in politics)
• 下台 下臺 xià tái ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ haa6 toi4 to go off the stage
• 出台 出臺 chū tái ㄔㄨ ㄊㄞˊ ceot1 toi4 to officially launch (a policy, program etc)
• 前台 前臺 qián tái ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ cin4 toi4 stage
• 台湾 台灣 Tái wān ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ toi4 waan1 variant of 台湾

• 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn ㄍㄞˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ goi2 tau4 wun6 min6 to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom)
• 鸟枪换炮 鳥槍換炮 niǎo qiāng huàn pào ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄠˋ niu5 coeng1 wun6 paau3 bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
• 汰旧换新 汰舊換新 tài jiù huàn xīn ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣ taai3 gau6 wun6 san1 out with the old and in with the new (idiom)

• 唱对台戏 唱對臺戲 chàng duì tái xì ㄔㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄒㄧˋ coeng3 deoi3 toi4 hei3 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
• 近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄡˊ ㄊㄞˊ gan6 seoi2 lau4 toi4 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
• 债台高筑 債臺高築 zhài tái gāo zhù ㄓㄞˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄍㄠ ㄓㄨˋ zaai3 toi4 gou1 zuk1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt