yáng tái
balcony; terrace; gallery
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我在阳台上晒衣服。
Wǒ zài yángtái shàng shài yīfu.
I am drying clothes on the balcony.
阳台上的花真漂亮。
Yángtái shàng de huā zhēn piàoliang.
The flowers on the balcony are really beautiful.
我喜歡在阳台上看星星。
Wǒ xǐhuan zài yángtái shàng kàn xīngxīng.
I like to watch the stars on the balcony.
露台 (lùtái)
terrace
平台 (píngtái)
platform
室内 (shìnèi)
indoors
屋内 (wūnèi)
inside the house
The Chinese word 阳台 (yángtái) for "balcony" is composed of two characters: 阳 (yáng) and 台 (tái). The character 阳 originally meant "the sunny side of a hill" and later came to mean "sunlight" or "positive". The character 台 originally meant "a high platform" or "stage" and later came to mean "balcony" or "terrace". The combination of these two characters creates the word 阳台, which refers to a platform or terrace that is exposed to sunlight, typically attached to the exterior of a building.
