Meanings
Taishan1
alternative T'ai-shan
- A county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
The Chinese Communist power struggle has not benefited the people. The following verse started circulating in the Taishan area near Canton not long ago.
1978 January 8, L. Chen, “What they say of Peiping rule”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIX, number 2, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31 more example
According to the court, Fan Wei and Wu conspired to manufacture and sell the drugs in 2012, and brought the others — described as “drug-making technicians” — on board. Between July and November of that year, the court says, the group set up a “den” in Guangdong’s Taishan city, where they produced and sold more than 63 kilograms of methamphetamine and 365.9 grams of dimethyl amphetamine.
2019 April 30, Yanan Wang, “China sentences 6 foreigners for drugs; Canadian gets death”, in AP News, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022
Taishan2
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
Origin
Taishan · proper noun
- Mandarin臺山 /台山
- EnglishTaishan
From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Taishan · proper noun
- Mandarin泰山
- EnglishTaishan
From Mandarin 泰山 (Tàishān).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 臺山 /台山
- 臺山 /台山 (toi⁴ saan¹)city in Guangdong
Chinese Mandarin 臺山 /台山
- 臺山 /台山 (Táishān)city in Guangdong
Vietnamese Đài Sơn
- Đài Sơncity in Guangdong
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Taishan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taishan
“Taishan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taishan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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