大台

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 大台 – see 大臺 (“Television Broadcasts Limited; etc.”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 大臺).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	台
おお Grade: 1	だい Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
大臺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːda̠i]

Noun

大(おお)台(だい) • (ōdai) 

1. a benchmark; an important level, measurement, or standard; a mark
   • 1987 May 20, “Sen-oku en no ōdai o waru: sakunen Meiko kara no tōjiki yushutsu [Breaking the hundred billion mark: ceramic exports from Nagoya Port last year]”, in Chunichi Shimbun, page 9:

     名(な)古(ご)屋(や)港(こ)からの陶(とう)磁(じ)器(き)輸(ゆ)出(しゅつ)は大(おお)幅(はば)に減(げん)少(しょう)、昨(さく)年(ねん)は七(しち)年(ねん)ぶりに一(いっ)千(せん)億(おく)円(えん)の大(おお)台(だい)を割(わ)り込(こ)んだことが、名(な)古(ご)屋(や)税(ぜい)関(かん)のまとめで十(じゅう)九(きゅう)日(にち)、分(わ)かった。

     Nagoya-ko kara no tōjiki yushutsu wa ōhaba ni genshō, sakunen wa shichi-nen buri ni issen'oku en no ōdai o warikonda koto ga, Nagoya Zeikan no matome de jūkyū-nichi, wakatta.

     Exports of ceramics and porcelain from the Port of Nagoya have declined significantly, last year falling below the 100 billion yen mark for the first time in seven years, Nagoya Customs House reported on the 19th.

   • 2022 February 5, “Gasorin hojo jōgen no go en ni [Gasoline subsidy capped at five yen]”, in Tokyo Shimbun, page 3:

     四(よっ)日(か)は一(いち)時(じ)一(いち)バレル＝(＝)九二(きゅうじゅうに)ドル台(だい)に上(じょう)昇(しょう)した。市(し)場(じょう)では一(いち)バレル＝(＝)一〇〇(ひゃく)ドルの大(おお)台(だい)を今(こん)後(ご)突(とっ)破(ぱ)するとの観(かん)測(そく)が高(たか)まっている。

     Yokka wa ichiji ichi bareru - kyūjūni doru dai ni jōshō shita. Shijō de wa ichi bareru - hyaku doru no ōdai o kongo toppa suru to no kansoku ga takamatte-iru.

     On the fourth the price briefly topped ninety-two dollars a barrel. There is growing expectation in the market that it will soon break the hundred dollar per barrel benchmark.