Chinese symbol for “countertop”
台面
tái miàn
Traditional: 檯面
tabletop; countertop; (fig.) public view; plain sight
The closest CC-CEDICT match for countertop is 台面 (tái miàn), defined as: tabletop; countertop; (fig.) public view; plain sight; (gambling) stake.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 台面.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 电台 (電臺) | diàn tái | transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station |
| 舞台 (舞臺) | wǔ tái | (lit. and fig.) stage; arena |
| 出台 (出臺) | chū tái | to officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear on stage |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect; aspect |
| 里面 (裏面) | lǐ miàn | variant of 里面 (lǐ miàn) |
| 面积 (面積) | miàn jī | area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area |
See also: Japanese symbol for “countertop”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.