T'ai-p'ing

A form of Taiping — A member of the Taiping rebels during the mid-19th century.

OriginMandarin 太平 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Taiping.

    Chiang-su was the main centre of the great Tʻai Pʻing rebellion, Nanking being the rebel capital from 1853 to 1864.

    1898, Harlan P. Beach, Dawn on the Hills of Tʻang, New York, →OCLC, page 154
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    From the age of thirteen, Huang Pin-hung was able to study paintings in private collections that were being dispersed in the area around his ancestral home in She-hsien, An-hui Province, in the wake of the T’ai-p’ing Rebellion; he was particularly impressed by the works of Tung Ch’i-ch’ang (1555-1636) and Cha Shih-piao (1615-98).

    2004, Jason C. Kuo, “Introduction”, in Transforming Traditions in Modern Chinese Painting: Huang Pin-hung's Late Work, Peter Lang, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 6

Origin

  1. Mandarin太平
  2. EnglishT'ai-p'ing

From Mandarin 太平 (Tàipíng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-pʻing².

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APA

T'ai-p'ing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T'ai-p'ing

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