T'ai-yuan

A form of Taiyuan — A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Shanxi, in northern China.

OriginMandarin 太原 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Taiyuan.

    From T’ai-yuan, Wang could have made a trip to the Great Wall in northern Shansi.

    1982, Joseph J. Lee, Wang Chʻang-ling, Boston: Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2
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    Farmers husking corn at the Ming Chien People’s Commune in T’ai-yuan, Shan-hsi, are using their new electrical machine.

    1966, Theodore Herman, China (Around the World Program), American Geographical Society, Nelson Doubleday, Inc., →OCLC, page 54

Origin

  1. Mandarin太原
  2. EnglishT'ai-yuan

From Mandarin 太原 (Tàiyuán), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-yüan².

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APA

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

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“T'ai-yuan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T'ai-yuan. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “T'ai-yuan,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T'ai-yuan.

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