平台 píngtái platform
platform; terrace; flat-roofed building
How to remember 平台: 平 level + 台 platform = platform.
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How it is used
- A platform - literal raised deck and, very commonly, a digital/business platform: 电商平台 (diànshāng píngtái) e-commerce platform; 社交平台.
- The tech/business sense dominates modern usage (直播平台, 交易平台).
- Also figurative "a stage/basis for doing things": 提供了一个平台 provides a platform.