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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

台 tái
platform; unit; term of address
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 台面.

WordPinyinMeaning
平台 (平臺)píng táiplatform; terrace
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
电台 (電臺)diàn táitransmitter-receiver; broadcasting station
舞台 (舞臺)wǔ tái(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
出台 (出臺)chū táito officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear on stage
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
里面 (裏面)lǐ miànvariant of 里面 (lǐ miàn)
面积 (面積)miàn jīarea (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.

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