Meanings
alternative Lake Taiye · alternative T'ai-yeh Lake
- one of several artificial lakes located in the imperial Chinese gardens of Chang'an and Beijing
the emperor and his family live on an island in the Taiye Lake, which is all that remains of the Jin city
2008, Richard Platt, Beijing, Kingfisher, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 16Synonyms: Taiye Pond, T'ai-yeh Pond
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounone of several artificial lakes located in the imperial Chinese gardens of Chang'an and Beijing
Origin
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 太液池 (Tàiyèchí) (Tàiyèchí, "Great Flowing Pond").
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 太液池
- 太液池district
Chinese Mandarin 太液池
- 太液池 (Tàiyèchí)district
Japanese 太液池
- 太液池 (Taiekichi)district
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Taiye Lake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taiye%20Lake
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