Definition & Meaning

1.backstage (or backroom) support; person or group engaged in behind-the-scenes manipulation and support

2.backstage; greenroom; background; backstage work

3.background properties of a web page

Word usage

hòu tái

后 台

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1
n.metabackstage (or backroom) support; person or group engaged in behind-the-scenes manipulation and support
- tā shì zhè cì lè suǒ àn de hòu tái
  他是这次勒索案的后台。
  He was the string-puller behind the scenes of the blackmail.
- hòu tái qiáng yìng
  后台强硬
  tough backstage
2
n.backstage; greenroom; background; backstage work
- kào jìn hòu tái
  靠进后台
  move into the background
- guān zhòng yǔn xǔ jìn rù hòu tái
  观众允许进入后台。
  The audience is allowed into backstage.
- biǎo yǎn jié shù hòu wǒ men bì xū qù hòu tái
  表演结束后我们必须去后台。
  We got to go backstage after the show.
antonym
qián tái前台
3
background properties of a web page
- hòu tái de chéng xù
  后台的程序
  background program
- hòu tái dǎ yìn zhuāng zhì
  后台打印装置
  background printing device
- hòu tái kòng zhì shè bèi
  后台控制设备
  background control equipment
synonym
bèi jǐng背景 hòu dùn后盾 kào shān靠山

Word usage

common measure word
"后台" is often matched with measure word "个".
- 一个后台
  one background

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