T'ai-chou

A form of Taizhou — A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in eastern China.

OriginMandarin 台州 →
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T'ai-chou1

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Taizhou, Zhejiang.

    He was a native of Tʻai-chou (modern Lin-hai) on the central Chekiang coast, from a family that engaged in sea transport of salt.

    1962, F. W. Mote, “Fang Kuo-chen”, in The Poet Kao Chʻi, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 19
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    At that time the surrounding country constantly harried by banditti who had occupied a stronghold in the mountains between Tʻai-chou and Chin-hua.

    1889 January 25, “Abstract of Peking Gazette.”, in North-China Herald, volume XLII, number 1121, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 89, column 3

T'ai-chou2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Taizhou, Jiangsu.

    About 700 tan of barley were collected and sold in Tʻai-chou, while 450 tan of wheat were dispatched to the monastery from I-cheng and elsewhere.

    1967, Holmes Welch, The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900-1950, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, published 1973, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 223
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    At this time Wang Shou-ken, while governor of Kiangsi province, was discussing philosophical problems related to his theory of liang-chih. He already had many followers south of the Yangtze, but Wang Ken in far off T'ai-chou knew nothing about this.

    1962, Carsun Chang, The Development of Neo-Confucian Thought, volume 2, Bookman Associates, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114

Origin

T'ai-chou · proper noun

  1. Mandarin台州
  2. EnglishT'ai-chou

From Mandarin 台州 Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai¹-chou¹.

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T'ai-chou · proper noun

  1. Mandarin泰州
  2. EnglishT'ai-chou

From Mandarin 泰州 (Tàizhōu) Wade-Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-chou¹.

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