升降台

shēngjiàngtái

noun #34,259

Measure Word

一个升降台 gè

Meanings

1 lifting platform
2 elevating stage
3 lift table (industrial)
4 stage lift (theatre)

Characters

platform, stage

Examples

HSK 5

工人用升降台把货物搬到二楼。

Gōngrén yòng shēngjiàngtái bǎ huòwù bān dào èrlóu.

The workers used a lift platform to move the goods to the second floor.

HSK 7-9

舞台上的升降台缓缓升起。

Wǔtái shàng de shēngjiàngtái huǎnhuǎn shēngqǐ.

The lift on the stage slowly rose.

Tips

memory

升 (to rise) + 降 (to descend) + 台 (platform) - the device that goes up AND down. Chinese is fond of these 'A + opposite-of-A' compounds for things involving both directions: 开关 (open-close = switch), 买卖 (buy-sell = business), 来往 (come-go = contact).

Stroke Order

升 shēng

降 jiàng

台 tái