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臺灣

臺灣

See also: 台湾 and 台灣

Chinese

 
(measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
 bay; gulf
trad. (臺灣/台灣) 臺/台 灣
simp. (台湾) 台 湾

Proper noun

臺灣

  1. Taiwan
    臺灣原住民族 / 台湾原住民族  ―  Táiwān yuánzhùmínzú  ―  Taiwanese aborigines

Usage notes

  • Although use of this form is encouraged by the ROC Ministry of Education, the alternate form 台灣 is now more commonly used.[1]

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (臺灣):

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shih Hsiu-chuan (14 December 2010), “Premier respects ‘choice’ on spelling”, in Taipei Times, retrieved 8 January 2015

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臺 灣
たい
Hyōgaiji 		わん
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Proper noun

臺灣 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 台湾, hiragana たいわん, romaji Taiwan)

  1. Kyūjitai spelling of 台湾

Korean

Hanja in this term
臺 灣

Proper noun

臺灣 • ‎(Daeman) ‎(hangeul 대만)

  1. Hanja form? of 대만, “Taiwan”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
臺 灣

Proper noun

臺灣 (Đài Loan)

  1. Hán tự form of Đài Loan, “Taiwan”

Etymology

Officially, no later than 1684 with the creation of Taiwan Prefecture (臺灣府). A phonetic transliteration of an ethnonym of a tribe in the southwest part of the island in the area of Anping, Tainan, recorded in Dutch records as "Tayowan" (and other variants), and in Chinese characters as "臺窩灣／台窝湾" (and variants 大員／大员, 大圓／大圆, 臺員／台员, 臺圓／台圆). A Dutch missionary referred to this group as Taiouwang no later than 1636.

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