Taiwan

/ˌtaɪ̯ˈwɑːn/

Anping District
Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)
Taiwan

The specific form "Taiwan" in English emerged from the letters of Wade–Giles Tʻai²-wan¹ romanization of Mandarin 臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān) and also possibly the romaji of Japanese 臺灣(たいわん) (taiwan), which both of whom are ultimately from Literary Chinese 臺灣, which came from Hokkien 大員 (Tāi-oân), 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣, etc., a placename initially referring to a sandbank peninsula that later silted up now wholly part of the island in the area of modern-day Anping District, Tainan, and eventually became the name of the entire island. The original placename itself was likely originally a loanword transcription from possibly Siraya. Cognate with Dutch Tayouan / Taioan / Taiwan / etc., and other early variant forms of Hokkien 臺窩灣／台窝湾 (Tâi-o-oân), etc. The name is sometimes folk-etymologized to supposedly originally mean "terraced bay" (臺灣／台湾) or "great bay" (大灣／大湾) or similar parsings from interpreting the meaning from the Chinese characters alone.

zh-l

臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān)

T'ai-wan

from Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin

The ports of Cháu-chau or Swatau, in the province of Kwangtung, and Taiwan on Formosa in the province of Fuhkien, will be opened to American commerce, and for Americans to reside with their families, on and after the first day of January, 1860.

1862 [1859], John E. Ward, “Proclamation of JOHN E. WARD announcing exchange of ratifications of Treaty”, in Treaties between the United States of America and China, Japan Lewchew and Siam, Acts of Congress, and the Attorney-General's Opinion, with the Decrees and Regulations Issued for the Guidance of U.S. Consular Courts in China, Hongkong, →OCLC, page 22:

In 1860 Mr. Swinhoe attended Gen. Napier, and afterwards Sir Hope Grant, the Commander-in-Chief, as interpreter, and received a medal for war service. At the end of the same year he was appointed Vice-Consul at Taiwan, Formosa, and in 1865 to the full Consulship.

1877 November 8, “Robert Swinhoe, F.R.S.”, in Nature, volume XVII, number 419, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 35, column 2:

Evidently the French blockade of Formosa is not very effective, or else the Pescadores are not included in the blockaded district. The Daily Press of 31st December states:—We learn by private letter that there have been no blockading ships at Taiwan or at Takao during the last seven days. The blockade is a purely paper one. Troops and treasure are pouring into South Formosa.

1885 January 7, “Summary of News”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XXXIV, number 913, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:

In 1885 Governor LIU determined to reconstruct Taipei and make it the temporary capital until, the railway having on its way to Taiwan reached the old town of Changhua, in about the middle of Formosa, he should build a city near that place and make it, under the name of Taiwan, the capital of the province of Taiwan.

1896, J. D. Clark, Formosa, Shanghai: Shanghai Mercury, →OCLC, page 44:

(historical) Synonym of Tainan, a city of Taiwan, former capital of Taiwan Province.

Tainan

Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan · Yunnan · Zhejiang


Taipei

19th c., from Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 臺北／台北 (Tʻai²-pei³, literally “Taiwan north”), composed of 臺／台 (tái) (short for Taiwan) and 北 (běi, “north”).

Radiotelephonic communications were established in November 1946 between Taipei and Canton, thus augmenting the line already existing between Taipei and Shanghai.
The Chinese National Aviation Corporation, which operated air service between Shanghai and Taipei three times a week, has added weekly air service between Foochow and Taipei. The Southwest Aviation Corp. is reportedly planning a Canton-Taipei air service, and damaged Japanese military transport aircraft have been under repair for use on this route.

1947 February 1, “China”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume XXVI, number 5, Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 2:

The “Beautiful Island” wears a necklace of rails and new roads dangling from Taipei, such as the 17-mile MacArthur Expressway linking the capital to the seaport of Chilung. Taiwan has two other international seaports —recently opened Hualien, on the east coast, and Kaohsiung, facing the mainland a scant 200 miles away.

1964 November, “New Look at Changing China”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume 126, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 641, column 2:

In my bid for re-election as mayor of Taipei, I lost to Ma Ying- jeou, representing the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's ruling party. Analysis of the election results revealed that the overwhelming majority of "mainlanders"² in Taipei cast their votes for Mr. Ma.

2000, Shui-Bian Chen, “Learning and Transformation”, in David J. Toman, transl., The Son of Taiwan: The Life of Chen Shui-Bian and His Dreams for Taiwan, Taiwan Publishing Co., Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19:

Years later, when I was governor, I found myself in the same hotel with Nureyev in Taipei, Taiwan.

2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume I, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 219:

We lived in the county of Taoyuan, in northern Taiwan, around twenty-five miles south of the capital of Taipei.

2014, Lu Hsiu-lien, Ashley Esarey, My Fight for a New Taiwan, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 19–20:

The bipartisan group, which will meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday morning on their two-day visit, arrived at Taipei's downtown Songshan airport on a U.S. Air Force aircraft and were greeted by Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.

2022 April 14, Ben Blanchard, “Six U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan on unannounced trip”, in Raissa Kasolowsky, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-04-14, Asia Pacific:

The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan.


台北

From Mandarin 臺北／台北 (Táiběi), possibly via English Taipei.


台北

台北 (canonical)
台北 (canonical)
Taihoku (romanization)

→ Bunun: Taihuku

→ English: Taihoku, Daihoku

→ Kanakanabu: Taihuku

→ Saisiyat: tayhoko'

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 臺北／台北 (Táiběi).

臺北／台北 (Táiběi)


Tainan

From Mandarin 臺南／台南 (Táinán), meaning "South Taiwan". Officially named ca. 1885 with the creation of Tainan Prefecture.

臺南／台南 (Táinán)

Camphora officinarum, Nees. The aggregate exports of camphor from China have increased considerably of late years. They were 22,231 cwt. in 1892, and 40,763 cwt. in 1893. The island of Formosa yields the principal quantities, the yearly output being now as much as 41,650 cwt., shipped from the ports of Tamsui and Tainan.

1895 March, P. L. Simmonds, “Notes on Some Saps and Secretions Used in Pharmacy”, in American Journal of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, page 128:

The Council of the Mission, at its headquarters in Tainan appeals to the Church at home to make the jubilee year worthy of the name by an endeavor to reach with the Gospel the yet unevangelized tribes of uncivilized aborigines on the eastern side of the island.

1914 October, “Unreached Aborigines of Formosa”, in Missionary Review of the World, volume XXXVII, number 10, page 790:

"Without him, what kind of life would we have today," sobbed an old man from Tainan.

1975 April 20, “President Chiang still lives in hearts of people”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 15, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8:

Taiwan was fighting against time on Sunday to rescue some 120 people believed to be trapped in a building, which collapsed on Saturday when a 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern city of Tainan.

2016 February 7, “After earthquake, Taiwan fighting against time to rescue trapped survivors”, in EFE, archived from the original on 2016-05-17:

A major city in southern Taiwan, dating to the 16th century


桃園

For the place in Taiwan, shortened from Hokkien 桃仔園／桃仔园 (Thô-á-hn̂g), which was used alongside 桃園／桃园 by the time of the Guangxu Emperor. Found in official Qing documents by 1888.

/tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

/tʰo⁵⁵ ʒan⁵⁵/

/tʰo⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾uoŋ⁵³/

/tʰo²⁴⁻²² hŋ̍²⁴/

/tʰɤ²³⁻³³ hŋ̍²³/

/tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ hŋ̍²⁴/

/tʰo¹³⁻²² huĩ¹³/

/tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

/tʰo⁵⁵ ʒan⁵⁵/

/tʰo⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾uoŋ⁵³/

/tʰo²⁴⁻²² hŋ̍²⁴/

/tʰɤ²³⁻³³ hŋ̍²³/

/tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ hŋ̍²⁴/

/tʰo¹³⁻²² huĩ¹³/

(～市, formerly ～縣) Taoyuan (a city and former county of Taiwan)


臺北

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (臺北):
* → Japanese: 台(たい)北(ほく) (Taihoku)
* → Korean: 대북(臺北) (Daebuk)
* → Vietnamese: Đài Bắc (臺北)

→ Amis: Taypak

→ Bunun: Taipak

→ English: Taipei, Taibei, Taipeh

→ Japanese: 台北 (Taipei)

→ Korean: 타이베이 (Taibei), 타이페이 (Taipei)

→ Thai: ไทเป (tai-bpee)

→ Kanakanabu: Taipe

→ Russian: Тайбэ́й (Tajbɛ́j)

→ Saaroa: taipakʉ

→ Saisiyat: taypae'

→ Sakizaya: Taypak

→ Tsou: taipahu

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɔːi̯²¹ pɐk̚⁵/

/tʰoɪ¹¹ pɛt̚¹/

/tai⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βɔyʔ²⁴/

/tai¹³⁻⁴² paʔ¹/

/tai¹³⁻⁴² paʔ²/

/tai²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/

/tai¹³⁻²² pak̚³²/

/tai²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²/

/tai²³⁻³³ pak̚³²/

/tʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pak̚²/

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɔːi̯²¹ pɐk̚⁵/

/tʰoɪ¹¹ pɛt̚¹/

/tai⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βɔyʔ²⁴/

/tai¹³⁻⁴² paʔ¹/

/tai¹³⁻⁴² paʔ²/

/tai²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/

/tai¹³⁻²² pak̚³²/

/tai²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²/

/tai²³⁻³³ pak̚³²/

/tʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pak̚²/

Officially, with the creation of Taipeh Prefecture (臺北府) in 1875.

(～縣) (historical) Taipei County (former county in Taiwan, now called New Taipei)


新竹

Sino-Xenic (新竹):
* → Japanese: 新竹(しんちく) (Shinchiku)
* → Vietnamese: Tân Trúc (新竹)

→ English: Hsinchu, Hsin-chu, Xinzhu

/ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

/siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nøyʔ²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔk̚³²/

/ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

/siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nøyʔ²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔk̚³²/

From 新 (xīn) + 竹塹／竹堑 (Zhúqiàn), from the 1878 reform of the administration of Qing-held Taiwan. Hsinchu included the former subprefecture of Tek-kham as well as its surrounding hinterland.

(～市) Hsinchu (a city in northern Taiwan)


Hsinchu

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 新竹 (Hsin¹-chu²).

A railway has been constructed from Kelung to Hsinchu near the W. ct., in 24° 50'N., and its continuation to Tainan is projected.

1895, George G. Chisholm, editor, Formosa (Longmans' Gazetteer of the World), Longmans, Green, and Co., page 538:

Now that the Imperial Body Guard was to be principally engaged to the south of Teckcham (Hsinchu) H.I.H. Prince Kitashirakawa removed his headquarters from Taipeh to Teckcham on the 31st of July. The arrival of His Highness was quite an event for the Teckham Chinese, and they turned out in large numbers at the station to welcome him.

1903, James W. Davidson, editor, The Island of Formosa Past and Present, page 331:

The removal of the capital of the island of Formosa from Tainanfu, on the coast, to Taipeh, gave Governor Liu Ming Chuan an excuse to construct a railway between the capital and the coast in spite of the opposition in Peking. In 1889 a twelve-mile line connecting Tuatutia and Saitingka was opened to traffic. The work was continued until 1893, at which time 62 miles were opened to traffic between Hsinchu and the northern port of Keelung. At this period the Peking government issued an order to suspend further construction work. All the collieries were closed, and, with the exception of passenger traffic there was little activity in transportation.

1912 January 19, “Imperial Taiwan Railways”, in Railway Age Gazette, volume 52, number 3, New York, page 94:

On the night of March 2, word reached Taipei that the Governor actually had attempted to get troops to the city. Citizens near Hsinchu city, however, were reported to have halted the troop carriers by removing rails from the main line.

1947 April 18, John Leighton Stuart, Memorandum on the Situation in Taiwan (United States Relations with China With Special Reference to the Period 1944-1949), number 169, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 929:

Because the new language school of Fu Jen University in the nearby city of Hsinchu was not yet completed, we were bused with other aspiring students of Chinese language to a farming village called Kuanhsi (Guanxi: West Pass), nestled against the tea growing hills of Hsinchu county.

1999, Michael Saso, Velvet Bonds: The Chinese Family, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page ix:

The city of Hsinchu, the capital of Hsinchu County, is known for two things: its wet and windy weather and the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park, the center of Taiwan's huge computer and electronics industry (see pp. 124-125).

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 123:

President Tsai Ing-wen traveled to Hsinchu City to take part in send-off activities for the Formosat-7 satellite on the morning of April 14. In addition to commending the hard work and accomplishments of the entire research and development team over the years, President Tsai also hailed Formosat-7 as a milestone in promoting Taiwan's technological diplomacy, noting that she expects it will display the brilliance of Taiwan's aerospace technology on the international stage.

2019 April 14, “President Tsai attends Formosat-7 send-off ceremony”, in Office of the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan):

The girl, who was identified by news outlets only by her last name, Lin, landed mostly unscathed at the Hsinchu International Kite Festival. She suffered abrasions around her neck and face, the mayor of Hsinchu, Lin Chih-chien, wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday. She was admitted to a hospital for a medical examination, he said.

2020 August 31, Tiffany May, “Girl in Taiwan Is Swept High by a Kite”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-31, ASIA PACIFIC:

A city in northern Taiwan, sixth largest city in Taiwan, southwest of Taipei.


台南

From Chinese 臺南／台南 (Táinán). Compare Mandarin 臺南／台南 (Táinán).


樹林

/syː²² lɐm²¹/

/t͡sʰiu³³⁻¹¹ nã²⁴/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ nã¹³/

/t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻²² nã²⁴/

/t͡sʰiu³³⁻²¹ nã²³/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ nã²⁴/

/t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻²² lim²⁴/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ lim¹³/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ lim²⁴/

/syː²² lɐm²¹/

/t͡sʰiu³³⁻¹¹ nã²⁴/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ nã¹³/

/t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻²² nã²⁴/

/t͡sʰiu³³⁻²¹ nã²³/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ nã²⁴/

/t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻²² lim²⁴/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ lim¹³/

/t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ lim²⁴/


Kaohsiung

Translingual: Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis

/ˈkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/

/ˈɡaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/

Late 1945, from Mandarin 高雄 (Gāoxióng) Wade–Giles romanization: Kao¹-hsiung², from 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao) (Takao), from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Although many factors in the industrial picture remain unfavorable, the Government reportedly is taking steps toward rehabilitation of industry. Repairs to the oil refinery at Kaohsiung (Takao) in Taiwan (Formosa) are being made, reportedly under the direction of engineers of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, under the auspices of the China Petroleum Corporation, a subsidiary of the National Resources Commission. This plant, formerly owned by the Japanese, was damaged during the war.

1946 December 14, John Stenhouse, “China's Economy Since the Japanese Surrender”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume XXV, number 11, Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:

The existing steel industry is centered at Kaohsiung and is based mainly on local and imported scrap. An integrated steelworks being built by CI&S, also at Kaohsiung, will have an annual ingot capacity of 1.5 million tons by 1977 and, it is hoped 6 million tons by 1983; the bulk of the raw materials needed will be from foreign sources. Meanwhile, large tonnages of finished steel produced are imported.

1978, Kung-Ping Wang, E. Chin, Mineral Economics and Basic Industries in Asia, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 309:

Kaohsiung is the second largest city in Taiwan and has the biggest seaport.

1998, Robert Storey, Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition (Travel), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 260:

The mayor of Kaohsiung, Chen Chi-mai, said the southern port city on Saturday also implemented new rules requiring face masks and social distancing.

2021 May 15, Lily Kuo, “Taiwan raises coronavirus alert level as residents stockpile toilet paper and food”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 2021-08-08:

On Friday, three months after she moved in, Ms. Huang was feeling grateful not to be among the dead after a fire tore through the partly abandoned 13-story mixed-used building on Thursday night in the southern port city of Kaohsiung.

2021 October 15, Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien, “A Last-Chance ‘Ghost’ Building in Taiwan Becomes a Deathtrap for Many”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-15:

Speaking to reporters in the southern city of Kaohsiung, Su said the "new Taiwan model" in combating COVID-19 was a "normal life, active epidemic prevention and steady opening".

2022 April 3, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan says new COVID cases won't affect re-opening plans”, in Simon Cameron-Moore, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-04-03:

Kaohsiung, a city on Taiwan's southern coast, is the 15th-busiest container port in the world. There would be global repercussions and immediate consequences for the Philippines should the port again be blocked by Chinese forces, as occurred temporarily in August following the visit of US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.

2023 March 18, Alexander Görlach, “Opinion: Facing China, Manila cozies up to US”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2023-03-18, CONFLICTS:

A city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan.


Kaohsiung

L’incendie d’un immeuble d’habitation a causé la mort, jeudi 14 octobre, d’au moins 46 personnes et a fait des dizaines de blessés à Kaohsiung, dans le sud de Taïwan.

2021 October 14, “À Taïwan, l'incendie d'un immeuble fait des dizaines de morts”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2021-10-14, Asie-Pacifique:

On Thursday 14 October, a fire in a block of flats caused the death of at least 46 people and injured dozens in Kaohsiung, in the south of Taiwan.

Kaohsiung (a city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan)


Kaohsiung

de-proper noun

Kaohsiung n (proper noun, genitive Kaohsiungs or (optionally with an article) Kaohsiung)

Kaohsiungs (genitive)
Kaohsiung (genitive with-article)

Im Süden Taiwans liegt die Hafenstadt Kaohsiung, Nummer 15 der größten Containerhäfen der Welt. Sollte er, wie schon im August 2022 nach dem Besuch der US-Politikerin Nancy Pelosi kurzzeitig geschehen, von der chinesischen Marine blockiert werden, hat dies Auswirkungen auf die gesamte Welt - und erst recht auf die Philippinen.

2023 March 14, Alexander Görlach, “Görlach Global: Philippinen und USA - Wiederbelebung einer alten Allianz zum Schutz vor China”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2023-03-14, ASIEN:

Kaohsiung, a city on Taiwan's southern coast, is the 15th-busiest container port in the world. There would be global repercussions and immediate consequences for the Philippines should the port again be blocked by Chinese forces, as occurred temporarily in August following the visit of US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.


Taichung

/ˈtaɪˈd͡ʒʊŋ/

/ˌtaɪˈt͡ʃʊŋ/

From the Wade–Giles romanization of 臺中／台中 (Tʻai²-chung¹).

The Jen Min Tao Pao, (consistently anti-American of recent months) on December 4 carried the following item, in full:
"According to information released by the American Consulate, a large section of the United States Air Force will be stationed in the province and the airfield near Taichung has been chosen as its base. The USAAF is also intending to build a B-29 factory at Taichung and is positively making all preparations, it is said."
A contract has been let to a Formosan firm to enlarge and repair an airfield and a factory near Taichung. It is, of course, assumed locally that in as much as China cannot produce airplanes, the United States government is behind the contract. Two Taichung persons called at the Consulate December 28 to confirm this, in order to plan "business" in connection with the expected influx of Americans.

1947 January 10, Ralph J. Blake, REPORTS ON THE SITUATION IN FORMOSA (TAIWAN), PARTICULARLY RESPECTING FORMOSAN DISSATISFACTION WITH ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT (Foreign Relations of the United States 1947), volume 7, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 424:

On Formosa the Maryknoll Fathers have charge of the Prefecture of Taichung, ocated^([sic – meaning located]) in the central part of the island. Some 1,500,000 people, mostly farmers, live there. The main crops in the area are rice, potatoes, vegetables, tobacco, sugar cane, tea, and fruit, while the chief industry is sugar refining.

1952 January 31, “West Newton Missioner In Formosa”, in The Newton Graphic, volume 80, Newton, Mass., page 1:

Robert I. Schroder (second from right), speaker of the Contra Costa County Council and Chen Keng-chin (third from left), Taichung County magistrate show the documents signed to set up sister relations at a ceremony held in Taichung in central Taiwan. Schroader^([sic – meaning Schroder]) headed a 40-member cultural and arts mission from California to attend the ceremony, the first of its kind held in Taichung County.

1983 April 10, “Sisterhood ties”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIV, number 14, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

A week earlier Tom and I had worn the same happy, uncomprehending faces as we stood in their home in Taichung for the Buddhist ceremony.

2002 September, Nancy Brenner, “Changing Places”, in House Beautiful, volume 144, number 9, page 77:

WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT ONE MILLION, TAICHUNG is Taiwan's third largest city.

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 210:

A businessman from Taiwan has been fined more than $35,000 after he was caught on camera repeatedly breaking rules requiring him to quarantine at home. The man, who returned to Taiwan last week from mainland China, left his home seven times when he was supposed to be in isolation, according to officials in the city of Taichung, where he lives. Taiwan has some of the strictest quarantine rules in the world, a critical part of its success in fighting the virus, and the government routinely punishes and shames people found to be violating regulations. “This misbehavior was serious and must be punished heavily,” Lu Shiow-yen, the mayor of Taichung, said at a news conference this week.

2021 January 28, Melissa Eddy, Richard C. Paddock, Javier C. Hernández, Mike Ives, Amy Chang Chien, “Germany says vaccine shortages are likely to last another 10 weeks, and other news from around the world”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 2021-01-29:

The industry’s vulnerability was on display in July last year, when Taiwan mobilized thousands of troops to fight off a simulated Chinese attack on the west coast industrial city of Taichung, home to TSMC’s Gigafab 15, one of the foundries that make cutting-edge chips.[...]In the counter-invasion exercise, “enemy” paratroopers dropped on Ching Chuan Kang air base and captured the control tower, just nine minutes’ drive from Gigafab 15. Off the coast, a virtual Chinese invasion flotilla steamed towards the city’s beaches. Fighting enveloped Taichung as Taiwanese troops and tanks counterattacked to regain control of the air base; commanders called in airstrikes, missiles and artillery, using live ammunition to pound the “invasion fleet.” The invasion was repulsed.

2021 December 27, Yimou Lee, Norihiko Shirouzu, David Lague, “Taiwan chip industry emerges as battlefront in U.S.-China showdown”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-12-27:


Tajpej

Tajpej (nominative singular)
Tajpejt (accusative singular)
Tajpejnek (dative singular)
Tajpejjel (instrumental singular)
Tajpejért (causal-final singular)
Tajpejjé (singular translative)
Tajpejig (singular terminative)
Tajpejként (essive-formal singular)
Tajpejben (inessive singular)
Tajpejen (singular superessive)
Tajpejnél (adessive singular)
Tajpejbe (illative singular)
Tajpejre (singular sublative)
Tajpejhez (allative singular)
Tajpejből (elative singular)
Tajpejről (delative singular)
Tajpejtől (ablative singular)
Tajpejé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Tajpejéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Tajpejem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Tajpejed (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Tajpeje (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Tajpejünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Tajpejetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Tajpejük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)


Tajpej

Tajpej (nominative singular)
Tajpeju (genitive singular)
Tajpejowi (dative singular)
Tajpej (accusative singular)
Tajpejem (instrumental singular)
Tajpeju (locative singular)
Tajpeju (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Mandarin 臺北／台北 (Tʻai²-pei³).


中壢

→ English: Chungli, Jhongli, Zhongli

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lɛːk̚²/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lɛːk̚²/

/tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/

(～區, formerly ～市) Zhongli, Jhongli, Chungli (a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan, formerly a county-controlled city)


嘉義

→ English: Ka-gi, Chiai, Chiayi, Jiayi

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ i⁵¹/

/kaː⁵⁵ jiː²²/

/ka²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi⁵⁵/

/ka⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ŋiɛ²⁴²/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²²/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²²/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡi³³/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡi³³/

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ i⁵¹/

/kaː⁵⁵ jiː²²/

/ka²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi⁵⁵/

/ka⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ŋiɛ²⁴²/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²²/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²²/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡi³³/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡi³³/

Conferred in 1787 by the Qing Emperor to commend the locals' righteous act of defending the fort (嘉其死守城池之忠義) during the Lin Shuangwen rebellion. The former name 諸羅／诸罗 (Chu-lô/Ti-ló) is from Tsulosan (諸羅山／诸罗山 (Chu-lô-san/Ti-ló-sán)).

(～市) Chiayi (a city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan)


高雄

desc

→ English: Kaohsiung, Kao Hsiung, Kao-hsiung, Gaosyong, Gaoxiong

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hiʊŋ¹¹/

/ko⁵⁵ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾yŋ⁵³/

/ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/

/ko³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/

/ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/

/ko⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/

/kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hiʊŋ¹¹/

/ko⁵⁵ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾yŋ⁵³/

/ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/

/ko³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/

/ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/

/ko⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/

/kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao) with the creation of Takao Prefecture in 1920, from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

(～市) Kaohsiung (special municipality located in southwestern Taiwan)

(～市) (historical) Kaohsiung City (former provincial city, now part of the special municipality)


高雄

ja-pos

高(たか)雄(お) or 高雄(タカオ) • (Takao) ^(←たかを (Takawo)?)

高雄 (canonical)
高雄 (canonical)
Takao (romanization)
Takawo (romanization)
たかを (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 高雄 (Gāoxióng)

→ Mandarin: 高雄 (Gāoxióng)

→ English: Kaohsiung

→ Korean: 가오슝 (Gaosyung)

→ Russian: Гаосюн (Gaosjun)

→ Min Nan: 高雄 (Ko-hiông)

→ Vietnamese: Cao Hùng

→ English: Takao

From Hokkien 打狗 (Táⁿ-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”). The kanji were borrowed from unrelated etymology 1.

Kaohsiung (a city in southwestern Taiwan)


Keelung

Translingual: Cryptococcus keelungensis, Cystobasidium keelungensis, Solicoccozyma keelungensis, Yarrowia keelungensis

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 雞籠 (Jīlóng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE HARBOR OF KEELUNG, ISLAND OF FORMOSA.
. . .
Keelung harbor, or Keelung-taw, head (or promontory) is situated near the northeastern point of the island of Formosa.
. . .
Making and keeping Keelung island well to the eastward, the entrance may be approached without fear, as the soundings are deep, and free from hidden dangers....The town of Keelung is situated at the head of the harbor, about a mile from this last anchorage, and surrounded by extensive mud flats, bare at low water, and can only be approached by small boats at high tides.
. . .
There is a covered market or bazaar at Sowan Point, near the junk anchorage, and another in the town of Keelung.

1857, George H. Preble, “Sailing Directions and Nautical Remarks by Officers of the Late United States Naval Expedition to Japan”, in Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Washington, D.C.: Alfred O. P. Nicholson, pages 377–378:

This trade is as yet undeveloped, but would increase were greater facilities for communication in existence. The principal imports at present are Coal and Rice, but in time of dearth the export from Formosa of the latter commodity is prevented by the Native authorities. Keelung Coal is brought over almost exclusively for the use of coasting steamers.

1866, Reports on Trade at the Ports in China Open by Treaty to Foreign Trade for the Year 1865, Shanghai: Imperial Maritime Customs' Press, page 57:

The mines of Keelung (Formosa) might also be made to furnish good coals, but they are for the present only used by steamers for want of better, and it was only towards the end of 1865, when other coals were very dear, that any Formosa coals were brought here and sold from 5 taels to 6½ taels.

1866 February 1, Reports from the Foreign Commissioners at the Various Ports in China, for the Year 1865, London: Harrison and Sons, page 127:

The Island of Formosa suffered greatly from an earthquake which took place on December 18, 1867. The shock pursued almost a direct course over the island from Keelung to Yamsin, at which latter place it was felt very severely, as well in loss of life as in the destruction of property and houses, including a temple which had just been completed at a cost of $30,000.

1873, “China”, in The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1868 (Annual Cyclopædia), number VIII, New York: D. Appleton & Company, page 115:

Keelung and Tamsui in the north of the island are the principal harbours ; the former town partly owes its prosperity to the proximity of some coal beds, which the Chinese have for a long time worked ' in the most primitive fashion ;' shafts were abandoned from having become flooded....The country round Keelung is charming in its rich green dress of bamboo groves and paddy ; but the odours of the town, which Mr. Taintor has stigmatised as the ' filthiest town in the universe,' are probably unrivalled.

1887 October, F. H. H. Guillemard, “The Cruise of the 'Marchesa' to Kamschatka and New Guinea”, in Edinburgh Review, number CCCXL, page 318:

Years ago, at Keelung, rumbling sounds were heard, and the waters of the harbor receded until fish of all sizes were left wriggling and floundering in the mud and pools. Women and children rushed out to secure such rare and enticing prizes, but shrieks from the shore warned them of the return of the water. Back it came, furious as a charge of battle, overleaping its appointed bounds, and sweeping away all the houses in the low-lying land along the shore. The story of that tidal wave is handed down as one of the great catastrophes in history.

1896 October 24, “Earthquakes in Formosa”, in The Friend, volume LXX, number 14, page 107:

The Japanese have made extensive preparations for the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores. [For a description of the Pescadores and a map, see THE INDEPENDENT for February 16th.] The Pescadores Islands have been supplied with provisions and ammunition for two years and heavy guns mounted in strategic positions. In Formosa the ports of Keelung and Tamsui are strongly protected by mines. The garrison is estimated at 15,000 men. The island is declared to be under martial law and in a state of siege.

1905 May 18, “The War on Sea and Land”, in The Independent, volume LVIII, number 2946, page 1096:

Good quality coal at present costs about 19 yen per ton at Keelung.

1919 December, “More Coal in the East”, in South African Mining and Engineering Journal, page 163:

Added to other drawbacks to shipping, violent typhoons occur from four to five times a year during which the wind has been known to blow at a velocity of 125 miles an hour, while the rain falls in torrents. Keelung in the north has known years when there were 242 days of rain.

1929, “Formosa, Japan's Island Province”, in R. Bruce Taylor, editor, Lands and Peoples : The World in Color, volume IV, page 234:

More than 100 ships, including one with 160 passengers aboard, sought shelter tonight in Keelung, the principal port of Formosa, from a typhoon reported approaching.

1935 July 29, “SCORES FLEE TYPHOON”, in Santa Ana Journal, volume 1, number 76, Santa Ana, Orange Co., Cal., page 1:

It required a week to make repairs in Keelung; then we went northward to the Loo Choo Islands, that "Forgotten Kingdom of the East."

1943, Roy Chapman Andrews, Under a Lucky Star, New York: Viking Press, page 78:

On the morning of 5 September Cooley approached Keelung in destroyer Gary; it was ticklish—the Japanese initially refused to answer radio messages and nobody could be certain whether the troops on Formosa would obey the Emperor's Rescript, or whether they had even heard of it.
The American ships got through the minefields all right, and were finally escorted to the dock by the Japanese, who decided to co-operate. With the help of a British colonel, a POW, who had organized the prisoners into companies, Cooley evacuated from Taipeh and Keelung 1,160 prisoners, mostly British, but also including 3 Australians, 12 Netherlanders, 69 Americans (of whom one was a corporal in the old 4th Marines). All prisoners were suffering from malnutrition, and 121 had to be left in hospitals for later evacuation.

1952, Robert Sherrod, History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II, Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces Press, page 417:

Helena's 1958 cruise in the Far East began 3 August. Her first port of call was Keelung, Taiwan, arriving 21 August. Next day students and faculty of the Taiwan National Defense College were received on board for a tour of the ship.

1968, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, volume 3, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, page 290:

Today Kaohsiung and Keelung are the two busiest harbors in Taiwan, handling modern containerized traffic. At the time of Retrocession, they could accommodate ships only up to 8,000 tons.
. . .
Taiwan's main railway has been electrified, and an expressway has been built. It now takes only four hours to go from Keelung in the north to Kaohsiung in the south by train, or five hours by car.

1980 October 26, “People enjoy modern lifestyle”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXI, number 42, Taipei, page 4:

It was not until early-March that China announced its new round of surface-to-surface missile tests near the Taiwanese ports of Keelung and Kaohsiung, to be held from 8 to 15 March, partly coinciding with a new round of air-sea live-ammunition exercises, to be held from 12 to 20 March.

1997, Willem van Kemenade, translated by Diane Webb, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc., New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 50:

In July 2002, the police in Taiwan seized 79 kilograms of high-grade heroin and arrested six suspects in a daring raid in the port city of Keelung.

2005, Bertil Lintner, Great Leader, Dear Leader: Demystifying North Korea under the Kim Clan, Silkworm Books, →ISBN, page 103:

A retired senior PLA official alleges that PLA analysis has concluded that unexpected Global Positioning System (GPS) disruption likely caused the PLA to lose track of the second and third missiles of a three-missile salvo fired into the East China Sea 18.5 kilometers from Taiwan's Keelung naval port in March 1996, as part of a larger effort to deter what Beijing perceived to be pro-Taiwan independence moves.

2014 February, Peter Dutton, Andrew S. Erickson, Ryan Martinson, editors, China's Near Seas Combat Capabilities, Newport, R.I.: Naval War College, →ISBN, page 103:

2. Keelung
Around 15 miles north east of Taipei proper, in oceanside Keelung City, Keelung Night Market is a great place for seafood. With more than 60 vendors spread out across multiple blocks, it’s expansive, with a huge amount of variety. Go there for barbecue-sauce-coated squid, creamy butter crabs, eel noodles and plump oyster pancakes.

2021 January 29, Clarissa Wei, “A city guide to Taipei, Taiwan's culinary capital”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 2021-01-29:

There are nearly 700 bomb shelters in this city of 360,000 people, leading officials to declare that Keelung has a higher density of places to hide than anywhere else in heavily fortified Taiwan. And for a loosely organized band of urban planners, artists and history lovers, Keelung’s bomb shelters have become a canvas — for creative urban renewal and civil defense.

2022 November 6, Damien Cave, Amy Chang Chien, “Taiwan’s Bomb Shelters: ‘A Space for Life. And a Space for Death.’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-06, Taiwan Dispatch:

Keelung
Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca)


타이페이

From English Taipei, from the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 臺北／台北 (Táiběi).

타이베이 타이베이#Korean

(nonstandard) Synonym of 타이베이 (taibei, “Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan”).


타이베이

zh-l

臺北／台北 (Táiběi)


Chiayi

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 嘉義／嘉义 (Jiāyì) Wade-Giles romanization: Chia¹-yi⁴.

嘉義／嘉义 (Jiāyì)

In Chiayi and Ilan peasant uprisings broke out and could not be put down until the army had taken more than 700 farmers into custody.

1939, “Formosans Fight for China”, in China at War, volumes 3-4, Chungking: China Information Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 74:

Since many factories have not been repaired or are operating at low capacity, there is much unemployment. Repatriation of overseas Taiwanese has aggravated the problem, which the government has made no real effort to solve. During the war the Japanese built at Chiayi a large factory for making high-octane gas. Now it is closed, and one-fifth of the town's population are out of work. It is not surprising that at Chiayi last month there was fierce fighting against the mainlanders.

1947 June 7, Peggy Durdin, “Taiwan : China's Unhappy Colony”, in The Nation, volume 164, number 23, New York, page 686:

Thus one of C. L. Yang's teams recently spent three months studying the efficiency of the PVC and polyurethane (PU) packaging divisions of Nan Ya. By the time they left, 272 jobs had been eliminated and $7.45 million saved per year on materials. The same approach halved the steam used by FCFC to produce a ton of rayon and tripled productivity over three years in Nan Ya's PVC pipe plant in Chiayi.

1985 July 15, Andrew Tanzer, “Y.C. Wang gets up very early in the morning”, in Forbes, volume 136, number 2, page 91:

Yeh Wang (1826-1889), a master craftsman born in Chiayi, founded the Taiwanese branch of the industry, and though his work is rare these days, you can still see some of his original figures in Ciji Temple in Syuejia near Tainan (see p.333).[...]Chiayi is still home to numerous koji craftsmen - in addition to its vibrant colours, koji is unique in that everything is handmade.

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “Central Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 287:

There would also be traditional dishes associated with different regions of Taiwan, which covers 36,000 square kilometers (an area comparable to the Netherlands) and is home to more than 23.5 million people. In central Chiayi City, that would be a rice bowl topped with local chicken that’s pulled into soft shreds, and dressed with its own juices and fat.

2019 June 11, Julia Moskin, “A New Generation of Chefs Reframes Taiwanese Cuisine in America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-06-11, Food:


Тайбэй

ru-proper noun+

Тайбэ́й • (Tajbɛ́j) m inan (genitive Тайбэ́я, relational adjective тайбэ́йский)

Тайбэ́й (canonical)
Tajbɛ́j (romanization)
Тайбэ́я (genitive)
тайбэ́йский (adjective relational)
Тайбэ́й (nominative singular)
Тайбэ́я (genitive singular)
Тайбэ́ю (dative singular)
Тайбэ́й (accusative singular)
Тайбэ́ем (instrumental singular)
Тайбэ́е (prepositional singular)
Тайбэ́й (dated nominative singular)
Тайбэ́я (dated genitive singular)
Тайбэ́ю (dated dative singular)
Тайбэ́й (accusative dated singular)
Тайбэ́емъ (dated instrumental singular)
Тайбэ́ѣ (dated prepositional singular)


Đài Bắc

[ʔɗaːj˨˩ ʔɓak̚˧˦]

[ʔɗaːj˦˩ ʔɓak̚˦˧˥]

[ʔɗaːj˨˩ ʔɓak̚˦˥]

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Տայբեյ

Taybey (romanization)
Տայբեյ (nominative singular singular-only)
Տայբեյի (dative singular singular-only)
Տայբեյից (ablative singular singular-only)
Տայբեյով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Տայբեյում (locative singular singular-only)
Տայբեյը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Տայբեյն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Տայբեյին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Տայբեյս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Տայբեյիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Տայբեյիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Տայբեյովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Տայբեյումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Տայբեյդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Տայբեյիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Տայբեյիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Տայբեյովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Տայբեյումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Տայբեյը/Տայբեյն

Տայբեյները/Տայբեյներն

Տայբեյներում

Տայբեյներիցս

Տայբեյներովս

Տայբեյներումս

Տայբեյներիցդ

Տայբեյներովդ

Տայբեյներումդ


Гаосюн

ru-proper noun+

Гаосю́н • (Gaosjún) m inan (genitive Гаосю́на)

Гаосю́н (canonical)
Gaosjún (romanization)
Гаосю́на (genitive)
Гаосю́н (nominative singular)
Гаосю́на (genitive singular)
Гаосю́ну (dative singular)
Гаосю́н (accusative singular)
Гаосю́ном (instrumental singular)
Гаосю́не (prepositional singular)


Тайчжун

Тайчжу́н • (Tajčžún) m inan (genitive Тайчжу́на)

Тайчжу́н (canonical)
Tajčžún (romanization)
Тайчжу́на (genitive)
Тайчжу́н (nominative singular)
Тайчжу́на (genitive singular)
Тайчжу́ну (dative singular)
Тайчжу́н (accusative singular)
Тайчжу́ном (instrumental singular)
Тайчжу́не (prepositional singular)


Tchaj-pej

Tchaj-pej (nominative singular)
Tchaj-peje (genitive singular)
Tchaj-peji (dative singular)
Tchaj-pej (accusative singular)
Tchaj-peji (singular vocative)
Tchaj-peji (locative singular)
Tchaj-pejí (instrumental singular)


Tchaj-pej

sk-proper noun

Tchaj-pej m inan (genitive singular Tchaj-peja)


水尾

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɵy̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/

/ʃui²⁴⁻³³ mui⁵³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɵy̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/

/ʃui²⁴⁻³³ mui⁵³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/

(Cantonese) end of an event, news, popularity, etc.


臺南

→ English: Tainan

→ Korean: 타이난 (Tainan)

→ Russian: Тайнань (Tajnanʹ)

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/

/tʰɔːi̯²¹ naːm²¹/

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/

/tʰɔːi̯²¹ naːm²¹/

Officially, with the creation of Tainan Prefecture (臺南府) in 1887.

(～市) (historical) Tainan City (former provincial city, now part of the special municipality)


Taoyuan

From Mandarin 桃園 (Táoyuán) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻao²-yüan².

One of the first 4-H members receives an official club banner during the inaugural meeting in Taoyuan.

1953 June, Cooperative Extension Service, “4-H Clubs Thrive in Formosa”, in Extension Service Review, volume 24, number 6, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 112:

An international seminar entitled "Land Consolidation: Its Potential for New Urbanization at the Rural Fringe" began June 7 at Taoyuan in northern Taiwan.

1979 June 10, “10 nations in talks on efficient use of land”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 22, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

Chen Shui-bian has been transferred from a detention center, in which he was held for over 700 days, to a prison in Taoyuan, right outside of Taipei.

2010 December 3, Sarah Berning, “Taiwan's ex-president formally begins 19-year jail term”, in Anne Thomas, editor, Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2023-07-16:

Unlike many influential politicians in Taiwan and elsewhere, Lu Hsiu-lien does not come from an elite family. Her father, Lu Shi-sheng, ran a medium-size shop in the city of Taoyuan in northern Taiwan, and her mother Lu Huang-chin, had more children than she could financially support.

2014, Jerome A. Cohen, Lu Hsiu-lien, Ashley Esarey, My Fight for a New Taiwan, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:

Taiwan carried out an unprecedented military drill Tuesday, a day ahead of its National Day celebrations, in Taoyuan in northern parts of the country.
The drill was attended by Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen, and President of Paraguay Mario Abdo Benitez, who is on a state visit to Taiwan until Thursday.

2018 October 9, “Taiwan conducts massive military drills ahead of National Day”, in EFE, archived from the original on 2022-08-18:

After Yu Hsin-Hsien was elected to the City Council that year in Taoyuan, a city near Taipei, mysterious strangers began inquiring about buying his Facebook page, which had around 280,000 followers. Mr. Yu, 30, immediately suspected China.

2020 January 6, Raymond Zhong, “Awash in Disinformation Before Vote, Taiwan Points Finger at China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-01-06, Technology:

A city in northwestern Taiwan, formerly a county.


New Taipei

c. 2008, calque of Chinese 新北 (Xīnběi) as New + Taipei, officially adopted in 2010.

Arson has not been ruled out in a fire that broke out Friday in Yungho, New Taipei, causing one death and 24 injuries, the city's fire department said that day.

2014 September 12, “Deadly New Taipei blaze: arson suspected”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-10-03, Society:

In what has been seen as a fiercely contested match, Hou faced stiff competition from Su, a veteran politician in Taiwan, who proved his mettle governing at the local level as the magistrate of Taipei County for two terms between 1997 and 2004. Taipei County was upgraded to the status as a special municipality in 2010 and renamed New Taipei.

2018 November 24, Tzu-ti Huang, “Taiwan elections: KMT candidate wins race for New Taipei mayor”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2018-11-24:

Housing prices have started to fall by about 5-10% since the beginning of 2015, and the house price-to-income ratios in Taipei and New Taipei are 14.9 and 12.43, respectively.

2019, International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China (Routledge Studies in International Real Estate), →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:

In July, the New Taipei city government organized a large-scale drill with its disaster services and the Defense Ministry. Included for the first time was urban warfare, such as how first responders would react to an attack on a train station or a port.

2022 September 4, Huizhong Wu, “Military reserves, civil defense worry Taiwan as China looms”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-09-05:

A special municipality in northern Taiwan

Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)
New Taipei City


Nantou

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 南投 (Nántóu) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-tʻou².

Mr. Chen had returned from Hong Kong in late October and was undergoing the required two-week quarantine at a friend’s home in the central city of Nantou when a group of debt collectors showed up one night, the Justice Ministry in Taiwan said last week.

2021 February 2, Amy Qin, “Covid-19 Live Updates: Virus Variants Continue to Evolve, Sometimes in Dangerous Ways”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-02-02:

A city in and the administrative seat of Nantou County, Taiwan.


Pingtung

c. 1940s, from Wade–Giles romanization of Chinese 屏東 (Píngdōng) Wade-Giles romanization: Pʻing²-tung¹.

Under Japanese colonial rule, Pingtung city and its environs had been famous for anti-Japanese activities. After retrocession, the KMT local cadres used local factions to establish their influence and control.

1998, Linda Chao, Ramon H. Myers, The First Chinese Democracy, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 85:

Ou Yang Li-hsing, deputy head of the military-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, was in the southern city of Pingtung on a work trip.

2022 August 6, “Taiwan says China's military drills a 'possible simulated attack'”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2022-08-06:

A city in and the administrative seat of Pingtung County, Taiwan


Hualien

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 花蓮／花莲 (Hua¹-lien²).

The industry is centred in Kaohsiung and Hualien, and "after the Japanese surrender the factories were taken over by the Chinese Government.

1946 September 14, “Aluminium in Formosa”, in The Chemical Age, volume LV, number 1420, London, page 327:

The Mei Lun industrial park near Hualien city in eastern Taiwan offers a good opportunity for local and overseas Chinese businessmen to establish factories.

1979 July 29, “Industrial park to aid progress in E. Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 29, Taipei, page 4:

There was a 408 train headed down the east side of Taiwan, uh, north of the city of Hualien, and what apparently happened is, judging by some of the aerial images we've seen, some kind of a vehicle was on a road above the railroad, as it was coming along a steep mountain, a coastline, and some kind of construction truck skidded down the side of this mountain close to the railroad tracks, and the train hit it.

2021 April 3, Ivan Watson, 0:19 from the start, in Passenger train carrying 490 derails in Taiwan, killing at least 50 and injuring dozens, CNN, archived from the original on 2021-04-04:

A city in and the administrative seat of Hualien County, Taiwan.


Hualien

de-proper noun

Hualien n (proper noun, genitive Hualiens or (optionally with an article) Hualien)

Hualiens (genitive)
Hualien (genitive with-article)


Taitung

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 臺東／台東 (Táidōng, literally “eastern Taiwan”) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-tung¹, from Taitung Prefecture (臺東直隸州), created ca. 1887.

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Early in the morning the group left by train for Taitung, the port of exit from where they would take a boat over the choppy ocean.

1958 August 12, Mrs. Peter J. Pankratz, “Visit to Orchid Island”, in The Mennonite, volume 73, number 31, page 485:

The "other cities" of Taiwan have their unique attractions: Hualien and Taitung on the remote east coast, quiet and friendly.

1973 October 8, “Island Beautiful With Much to See and Do”, in Newsweek, page 21A:

Before the widening of the eastern line, trains from Taipei could only travel as far as Hualien. Passengers going on to Taitung, had to either change trains or take a bus, which meant an additional three and a half hours journey.

1982 July 4, “Newly widened railway boost for East Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 26, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

As of 11 p.m. local time (11 a.m. Eastern) Thursday, Nepartak was positioned about 225 miles south-southeast of Taipei and was headed northwest at nine miles per hour. The latest forecast information suggests landfall should occur about 5 a.m. local time close to Taitung City, which has a population of just over 100,000.

2016 July 7, Jason Samenow, “‘Exceptionally strong’ typhoon to slam Taiwan early Friday”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-07-08:

The Puyuma express train was carrying more than 300 passengers toward Taitung, a city on Taiwan's southeast coast when the accident took place.

2018 October 21, “Taiwan train accident leaves several dead, many injured”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2018-10-21, NEWS:

“We are trying very hard to keep our rights here,” First Lieutenant Kai-Lin Chiang, 24, told NBC News during a visit to 7th Wing Airforce Base in Taitung, a city on the southeast coast.

2023 July 5, Richard Engel, Charlotte Gardiner, Larissa Gao, “Taiwan doesn’t see conflict as ‘imminent,’ but it’s preparing anyway”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 2023-07-05, WORLD:

A city in and the administrative seat of Taitung County, in eastern Taiwan.


Taitung

de-proper noun

Taitung n (proper noun, genitive Taitungs or (optionally with an article) Taitung)

Taitungs (genitive)
Taitung (genitive with-article)


Zhubei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 竹北 (Zhúběi).

A migrant worker from the Philippines was arrested in Zhubei early Sunday on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend after she rejected his marriage proposal, according to the Hsinchu County Police Bureau.

2022 August 14, Kang-chun Lu, Matthew Mazzettta, “Migrant worker allegedly kills girlfriend after failed marriage proposal”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-08-14, Society:

A city in and county seat of Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan.


Douliu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 斗六 (Dǒuliù).

On March 5, all the government and military institutions in Gaoxiong were occupied, and over 700 Kuomintang troops were held captive. The people’s forces from Taizhong, Douliu, Dounan, and Zhushan converged on Huwei, and regrouped into a combined force to capture Huwei airport. All the Chiang troops there surrendered.

1979 April, “The Turning Point in the Civil War”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVIII, number 4, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 41, column 2:

In Chapter 2, I briefly mentioned a women I interviewed who paid her Daoist master NT$20,000 for a three-day ceremony. She attended all three days of this ceremony at an apartment temple in the city of Douliu, about 70 kilometers south of Taizhong.

1999, Marc L. Moskowitz, Fetus-Spirits: New Ghosts in Modern Taiwan, →OCLC, page 98:

Supporters of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen wave flags during a campaign rally in Douliu, Taiwan, January 11, 2016.

2016 January 12, “In Taiwan's south, calls for independence from China entrenched as poll looms”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-10-08, 8 / 16:

A restaurant in Douliu City, Yunlin County debuted its "Godzilla" ramen featuring crocodile meat as its main ingredient.

2023 June 26, Lyla Liu, “Taiwan restaurant launches 'Godzilla' crocodile ramen”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2023-06-26, Travel & Cuisine:

A city, the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan.


臺中

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰoi̯¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/

/tai²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tai²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³/

/tai¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tai²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tai²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰoi̯¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/

/tai²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tai²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³/

/tai¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tai²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tai²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Officially, with the creation of Japanese 臺(たい)中(ちゅう)縣(けん) (Taichū-ken) in March 1896.

(～市) (historical) Taichung City (former provincial city of Taiwan)


基隆

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (基隆):
* → Vietnamese: Cơ Long (基隆)

→ English: Keelung, Jilong

→ Japanese: 基隆 (キールン, Kīrun)

→ Korean: 지룽(基隆) (jirung)

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/kei̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/

/kie⁵⁵ l̃øyŋ⁵³/

/ke⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/

/kue⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/

/ki³³ liɔŋ²⁴/

/ki⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/

/ki⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/

/ki⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/

/ki⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ loŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/kei̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/

/kie⁵⁵ l̃øyŋ⁵³/

/ke⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/

/kue⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/

/ki³³ liɔŋ²⁴/

/ki⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/

/ki⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/

/ki⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/

/ki⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ loŋ²¹/

Homophonous replacement for 雞籠／鸡笼 (Ke-lâng, Koe-lâng) from 1875; intended to convey the meaning 基地昌隆 ('prosperous place').


基隆

ja-pos

基隆(キールン) • (Kīrun)


南投

/nän³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/naːm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/nˡaŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nau⁵³/

/lam¹³⁻²² tɔ¹³/

/lam²⁴⁻²² tɔ²⁴/

/nän³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/naːm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/nˡaŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nau⁵³/

/lam¹³⁻²² tɔ¹³/

/lam²⁴⁻²² tɔ²⁴/

(～縣) Nantou (a county in central Taiwan)

(～市) Nantou (city in Nantou, central Taiwan)


花蓮

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (花蓮／花莲 (Huālián)):
* → Japanese: 花蓮(かれん) (Karen)
* → Vietnamese: Hoa Liên (花蓮)

→ English: Hualien, Hualian, Hua-lien

/xu̯ä⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/

/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/

/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn⁴⁴/

/hue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn⁴⁴/

/xu̯ä⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/

/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/

/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn⁴⁴/

/hue⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn⁴⁴/

Shortened from Japanese 花(か)蓮(れん)港(こう) (Karenkō), from Hokkien 洄瀾／洄澜 (Hôe-liân) during Qing-era settlement in 1851. Formerly named 奇萊／奇莱 (Kî-lâi), referring to the Sakiraya Taiwanese aborigines and their settlement.

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奇萊／奇莱 (Kî-lâi)

(～市) Hualien City (city in Hualien County, Taiwan)


花蓮

Hualien (a city and county on the east coast of Taiwan)


屏東

desc

→ English: Pingtung, P'ing-tung, Ping Tung, Pingdong

/pʰiŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/piŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nøyŋ⁵⁵/

/pin²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/pin²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ³³/

/pin¹³⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/pin²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/pin²³⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/pʰiŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/piŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nøyŋ⁵⁵/

/pin²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/pin²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ³³/

/pin¹³⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/pin²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/pin²³⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

From Japanese 屏東(へいとう) (Heitō) in 1920, referring to its relative position to 半屏山 (Poàⁿ-pêng-soaⁿ, “Mount Banping”).

(～市) Pingtung (a city in Pingtung County, Taiwan)


宜蘭

→ English: Yilan, Ilan

/ŋie⁵³⁻³³ l̃aŋ⁵³/

/ɡi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/

/ɡi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/

/ɡi¹³⁻²² lan¹³/

/ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/

/ɡi²³⁻³³ lan²³/

/ŋie⁵³⁻³³ l̃aŋ⁵³/

/ɡi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/

/ɡi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/

/ɡi¹³⁻²² lan¹³/

/ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/

/ɡi²³⁻³³ lan²³/

With 1875 renaming from Komalan Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳), from Hokkien 噶瑪蘭 (Kat-má-lán), 蛤仔蘭 (Kap-á-lân) or 蛤仔難 (Kap-á-lān), names given to sites of the Kavalan tribe of Taiwanese aborigines.

(～市) Yilan (a city in Yilan County, Taiwan)


彰化

/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/

/t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ faː³³/

/t͡soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fa⁵⁵/

/t͡suoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋuɑ²¹³/

/t͡siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua¹¹/

/t͡siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²¹/

/t͡siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²¹/

/t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²¹/

/t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua¹¹/

/t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/

/t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ faː³³/

/t͡soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fa⁵⁵/

/t͡suoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋuɑ²¹³/

/t͡siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua¹¹/

/t͡siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²¹/

/t͡siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²¹/

/t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua²¹/

/t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hua¹¹/

/t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hua²¹/

(～市) Changhua (a city in Changhua County, Taiwan)


臺東

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰɔːi̯²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰoi̯¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/

/tai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾løyŋ⁵⁵/

/tai²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ⁴⁴/

/tai²³⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

/tai¹³⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tai²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ³³/

/tai²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰɔːi̯²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰoi̯¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/

/tai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾løyŋ⁵⁵/

/tai²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ⁴⁴/

/tai²³⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

/tai¹³⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tai²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ³³/

/tai²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/

(～市) Taitung (a city in Taitung County, Taiwan)


苗栗

→ English: Miaoli, Miao-li

/mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹/

/miːu̯²¹ lɵt̚²/

/miãu²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/

/miãu²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/

/biau¹³⁻²² lit̚¹²¹/

/mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹/

/miːu̯²¹ lɵt̚²/

/miãu²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/

/miãu²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/

/biau¹³⁻²² lit̚¹²¹/

Alternation of 貓貍 (Bâ-lî, literally “viverrid”) or 貓里／貓裏 (Bâ-lí), from Babuza Bari (“name of a tribe”).

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貓里／貓裏 (Bâ-lí)

(～市) Miaoli (a city in Miaoli County, Taiwan)


苗栗

Miaoli (a county-administered city in Miaoli County, Taiwan)


馬公

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/maː¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ³³/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/maː¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ³³/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

From Japanese 馬(ま)公(こう) (Makō), from Hokkien 媽宮／妈宫 (Má-keng, literally “Mazu palace”).

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The sunset clouds of Xiyu, O bustling Magong City, when will those who left their homelands come back here?

2007, 詹雅雯, 澎湖戀歌

Sai-sū ê lo̍h-hâ, nāu-lia̍t ê Má-keng-chhī--ah, lī-hiong ê lâng tī-tang-sî tńg--lâi chia?

西嶼的落霞，鬧熱的馬公市啊，離鄉的人治凍時返來這？

2007, 詹雅雯, 澎湖戀歌

西屿的落霞，闹热的马公市啊，离乡的人治冻时返来这？

(～市) Magong (a county-administered city in Penghu County, Taiwan)


太保

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰaːi̯³³ pou̯³⁵/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/

/tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ pɤ⁴¹/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰaːi̯³³ pou̯³⁵/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/

/tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ pɤ⁴¹/

(～市, formerly ～鄉, ～區) Taibao (a city in Chiayi County, Taiwan)


新北

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (新北):
* → Japanese: 新(しん)北(ほく) (Shinhoku)
* → Korean: 신북(新北) (Sinbuk)
* → Vietnamese: Tân Bắc (新北)

→ English: New Taipei (partial calque)

→ Korean: 신베이 (sinbei)

/ɕin⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵/

/siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mɔyʔ²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²/

/ɕin⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵/

/siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mɔyʔ²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²/

(～市) New Taipei (a special municipality in Taiwan)


斗六

→ English: Douliou, Douliu, Touliu

/toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/tɐu̯³⁵ lʊk̚²/

/tau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lak̚²⁴/

/tau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lak̚¹²¹/

/toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/tɐu̯³⁵ lʊk̚²/

/tau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lak̚²⁴/

/tau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lak̚¹²¹/

(～市) Douliu, Douliou, Touliu (a county-controlled city, the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan)


竹北

→ English: Chupei, Zhubei

/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʊk̚⁵ pɐk̚⁵/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pak̚³²/

/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʊk̚⁵ pɐk̚⁵/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pak̚³²/

(～市) Zhubei, Chupei (a county-administered city in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)


Daizbwz

/taːi˧˩ pɯ˧˩/

zh-l

臺北／台北 (Táiběi)

Taipei (a special municipality, the capital city of Taiwan)


Đài Trung

[ʔɗaːj˨˩ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

[ʔɗaːj˦˩ ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

[ʔɗaːj˨˩ ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧]


Yilan

From 1920 to 1940, the Taiwanese population of the nine major cities (excluding Hualien and Yilan¹³) increased from 365 thousand to 808 thousand.

1954, George W. Barclay, A Report on Taiwan's Population to the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, Princeton, N.J., page 66:

At an information session on Wednesday, the ministry suggested a fifth possible location in Yilan City, which is 350m south of the Yilan County Hall, Wang said.

2021 November 22, Shelley Shan, “MOTC might soon decide Yilan HSR station’s location”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-21, Taiwan News, page 3:


ထိုင်ပေ

my:ထိုင်ပေမြို့


តៃប៉ិ

km-proper noun

តៃប៉ិ • (taypeʼ)


ไทเป

From English Taipei, from Mandarin 臺北／台北 (Táiběi).

zh-l

臺北／台北 (Táiběi)


朴子

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰu³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰɔːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/

/pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/

/pʰo(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

/pʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

/pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/

/pʰo(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

/pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/

/pʰo(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

/pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴¹/

/pʰɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰu³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰɔːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/

/pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/

/pʰo(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

/pʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

/pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/

/pʰo(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

/pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/

/pʰo(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

/pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴¹/

/pʰɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

(～市) Puzi (a city in Chiayi County, Taiwan)


員林

/ɥɛn³⁵ lin³⁵/

/ɥɛn³⁵ lin³⁵/

(～市, formerly ～鎮) Yuanlin (a city in Changhua County, Taiwan, formerly an urban township)


頭份

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ fən⁵¹/

/tʰɐu̯²¹ fɐn²²/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² hun²²/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² hun⁴¹/

/tʰau¹³⁻²² hun²²/

/tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ hun³³/

/tʰau²³⁻³³ hun³³/

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ fən⁵¹/

/tʰɐu̯²¹ fɐn²²/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² hun²²/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² hun⁴¹/

/tʰau¹³⁻²² hun²²/

/tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ hun³³/

/tʰau²³⁻³³ hun³³/

(～市) Toufen (a city in Miaoli County, Taiwan)


媽宮

/mä⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/ma⁵²⁻³⁵ keŋ³³/

/mä⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/ma⁵²⁻³⁵ keŋ³³/

(historical) Old name for 馬公／马公 (Mǎgōng, “Magong”).


Puzi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 朴子 (Pǔzǐ).

Young people in the country are welcome to come to Puzi to enjoy the event, Chen said. The Santaizi-inspired Electric Techno Neon Gods originated from Puzi, and has been one of the most distinct elements of religious culture in Chiayi County, he added.

2022 October 19, George Liao, “Tai Zi Culture Festival in Taiwan’s Chiayi caters to youths”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-10-20, Travel & Cuisine:

Of those, a receipt for a NT$10 million Special Prize was issued at the PX Mart branch in Chiayi's Puzi City, to a customer who spent NT$339 on a cake, soy milk, and other snacks, the MOF said.

2024 September 25, Tseng Chih-yi, Matthew Mazzetta, “Winning numbers for July-August uniform invoice lottery released”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2024-09-25, Business:

A county-administered city in Chiayi County, Taiwan.


Tajpeo

臺北／台北 (Táiběi)


Тајпеј

mk-proper noun

Тајпеј • (Tajpej) m (relational adjective тајпејски)

Tajpej (romanization)
тајпејски (adjective relational)


Cao Hùng

[kaːw˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

[kaːw˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˦˩]

[kaːw˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˨˩]


Magong

My first stop upon disembarking from the plane was the Magong Teacher's Hostel in "downtown" Magong. This was to be my home for several weeks during my first and third trips. The city of Magong, the political, economic, and cultural capital of the Pescadores, is a sleepy fishing harbor of about 30,000 residents. In appearance much more like a Mediterranean fishing village than a Chinese city, Magong is the center of the important fishing industry in the Pescadores.

1979 July, Cornelius C. Kubler, “Life in the Pescadores”, in The Asia Mail, page 12, column 2:

Last July, a TransAsia ATR 72 flying to Magong, in the outlying Penghu Islands of Taiwan, crashed as it was attempting to land in rain and wind shortly after a typhoon passed through the area.

2015 July 2, Austin Ramzy, “TransAsia Pilot Acknowledged Cutting Wrong Engine, Crash Report Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-07-02, Asia Pacific:

Andy Huang, who runs an ice cream shop in the main town of Magong, has more experience than most in facing Beijing’s belligerence.

2022 June 17, Sean Chang, “'Life goes on' for unfazed Taiwanese on front-line islands”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 2022-06-17, Asia Pacific:

A county-administered city in Penghu County, Taiwan.


তাইপে

Borrowed from English Taipei, from Chinese 臺北／台北 (Táiběi, literally “north Taiwan”).

der

Taipei (the capital and largest city of Taiwan)


Cơ Long

[kəː˧˧ lawŋ͡m˧˧]

[kəː˧˧ lawŋ͡m˧˧]

[kəː˧˧ lɔŋ˧˧]

[kəː˧˧ lawŋ͡m˧˧]


Tân Trúc

[tən˧˧ t͡ɕʊwk͡p̚˧˦]

[təŋ˧˧ ʈʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]

[təŋ˧˧ ʈʊwk͡p̚˦˥]


Hoa Liên

[hwaː˧˧ liəŋ˧˧]

[waː˧˧ liəŋ˧˧]


Тайбей

uk-proper noun

Тайбе́й • (Tajbéj) m inan (genitive Тайбе́ю or Тайбе́я¹, uncountable) (¹Nonstandard.)

Тайбе́й (canonical)
Tajbéj (romanization)
Тайбе́ю (genitive)
Тайбе́я¹ (genitive)
Тайбе́й (nominative singular)
Тайбе́ю (genitive singular)
Тайбе́я (genitive nonstandard singular)
Тайбе́ю (dative singular)
Тайбе́єві (dative singular)
Тайбе́й (accusative singular)
Тайбе́єм (instrumental singular)
Тайбе́ю (locative singular)
Тайбе́ї (locative singular)
Тайбе́ю (singular vocative)

Taipei (the capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan)