下台 [－－]

Jyutping haa6 toi4
Pinyin xià tái

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    離開身​處​嘅​職​位​，​特別​係​高​級​嘅​政府​官員
    to step down from power; to leave office; to fall out of power; literally "to step down from the stage"
    • 佢哋要求領袖下台。
      佢哋要求领袖下台。
      keoi5 dei6 jiu1 kau4 ling5 zau6 haa6 toi4.
      They demand their leader to step down from power.
  2. 近義詞
    落台
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #4465
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    人们不能通过选举把独裁者赶下台，只能服从他。
    人們不能通過選舉把獨裁者趕下台，只能服從他。
    rén men bù néng tōng guò xuǎn jǔ bǎ dú cái zhě gǎn xià tái ， zhǐ néng fú cóng tā 。
    • Dictators can't be voted out, they must be thrown out.
    • If the people cannot use elections to drag a dictator down from power, they'll have no choice but to obey him.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    下台阶
    下台階
    haa6 toi4 gaai1
    • a means of escape or an excuse
  2. Cantonese
    民主党发起市民网上联署要求立法会主席下台。
    民主黨發起市民網上聯署要求立法會主席下台。
    man4 zyu2 dong2 faat3 hei2 si5 man4 mong5 soeng6 lyun4 cyu5 jiu1 kau4 laap6 faat3 wui2 zyu2 zik6 haa6 toi4.
    • The Democratic Party started an online petition requesting the President of the LegCo to resign.
  3. Cantonese
    人要面树要皮，好好丑丑都要下台阶嘅。
    人要面樹要皮，好好醜醜都要下台階嘅。
    • X
  4. Cantonese
    佢哋要求领袖下台。
    佢哋要求領袖下台。
    keoi5 dei6 jiu1 kau4 ling5 zau6 haa6 toi4.
    • They demand their leader to step down from power.
  5. Cantonese
    近日有一连串要总统下台嘅呼声。
    近日有一連串要總統下台嘅呼聲。
    • Recently there's a groundswell of opinion which is asking the president to leave office.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    下台阶
    下台階
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    给他一个下台阶吧。
    給他一個下台階吧。
    gěi tā yī ge xià tái jiē ba ．
    • Give him an excuse to avoid him from embarrassing himself.