台风 táifēng stage presence, poise
stage presence, poise; typhoon
How to remember 台风: 台 platform + 风 wind = stage presence, poise.
Characters
How it is used
- Two unrelated senses on the same characters: a typhoon (weather), and a performer's stage presence - 台风稳健 (táifēng wěnjiàn) has a steady, poised stage manner.
- Context disambiguates; the weather sense is the more common everyday one.
Example sentences
- 台风袭击了关东地区。 Táifēng xíjī le guāndōngdìqū.The typhoon struck the Kanto district.