Meanings
plural daotais · alternative taotai · alternative tao tai
- countablehistoricaluncountableSynonym of circuit intendant: a local governor of late imperial China.
TAIWAN, or Chinese Formosa, is considered a Foo or district of the province of Fokien, and is governed by a Taoutai extraordinary, who, though responsible to the provincial viceroy, possesses the privilege of memorialising the Throne direct.
[1864, Robert Swinhoe, “Notes on the Island of Formosa.”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume XXXIV, London: John Murray, published 1865, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6Synonyms: circuit intendant
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of circuit intendant: a local governor of late imperial China.
Origin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 道臺／道台 (dàotái).
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