Meanings
- A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
In Henan, out-of-plan cotton mills set up illegal purchasing stations in Taiqian County, bid up prices, and fought with official stations for farmers’ crops.
2003, Andrew H. Wedeman, “Export Protectionism”, in From Mao to Market: Rent Seeking, Local Protectionism, and Marketization in China, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1072 more examples
Six people were killed and six injured in three detonator blast accidents in a central Chinese province, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. The first accident happened on Sunday when villagers in Taiqian county, Henan province, were making detonators in a residential building.
2007 July 17, “Six killed in three China detonator blasts”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022, Latest CrisisTaiqian county in Henan province has issued guidelines saying grooms should pay no more than 60,000 yuan (HK$67,000) as a “bride price”, the Chinese tradition that a male partner offers money to his fiancée’s family to secure their marriage.
2017 January 4, Liu Zhen, “Don’t pay over 60,000 yuan for a bride, say Chinese officials”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2017, China
Origin
- Mandarin台前
- EnglishTaiqian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 台前.
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 台前
- 台前county
Chinese Mandarin 台前
- 台前county
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Taiqian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taiqian
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