# 下台 (xiàtái)

In Mandarin Chinese, 下台 (xiàtái) means “to step down; to leave the stage; to get off the hook”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to step down; to leave the stage; to get off the hook
- Pinyin: xiàtái (xia4 tai2)
- Traditional: 下臺
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 演员向观众鞠躬后下台了。
  Yǎnyuán xiàng guānzhòng jūgōng hòu xiàtái le.
  The actor bowed to the audience and left the stage.

## Characters

- [下](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-down/) (xià): down; below
- [台](https://hanziro.com/word/tai-platform-stage/) (tái): platform, stage; (measure word) for machines

https://hanziro.com/word/xia-tai-step-down/

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