台
tái
typhoon
private (厶) + mouth (口) = platform, borrowed for typhoon
台 originally meant a raised platform or terrace, and its use for typhoon is a phonetic borrowing from the Taiwanese place name 颱 was simplified to 台. The components 厶 and 口 don't carry the typhoon meaning directly.
这次台风让很多树倒下了。
zhè cì tái fēng ràng hěn duō shù dǎo xià le。
This typhoon caused many trees to fall down.
台风来临前，大家都关好了窗户。
tái fēng lái lín qián，dà jiā dōu guān hǎo le chuāng hu。
Before the typhoon arrived, everyone had closed their windows properly.
Words with 台
台山
tái shān
see 台山市[Tai2 shan1 Shi4]
台股
tái gǔ
Taipei Stock Exchange, abbr. for 臺北股市|台北股市[Tai2 bei3 Gu3 shi4]
三台
sān tái
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[Mian2 yang2], north Sichuan
台西
tái xī
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
丰台区
fēng tái qū
Fengtai, an inner district of southwest Beijing
展台
zhǎn tái
display counter
天文台
tiān wén tái
astronomical observatory
郭台铭
guō tái míng
Guo "Terry" Taiming (1950-), prominent Taiwanese businessman, founder of Foxconn
紫金山天文台
zǐ jīn shān tiān wén tái
Purple Mountain Observatory
前台
qián tái
stage
球台
qiú tái
table (for games using balls)
国台办
guó tái bàn
Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Tai2 wan1 Shi4 wu4 Ban4 gong1 shi4])