前台

Traditional form:

前臺

Pinyin (reading):

qiántái

Definitions:

• stage
• proscenium
• foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.)
• front desk
• reception desk
• (computing) front-end
• foreground

Characters:

• 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
• 台 - platform; unit; term of address

Traditional characters:

• 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
• 臺 - platform; unit; term of address