Taibei
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Taipei (capital city) alt-of, alternative
"A reliable estimate was made that about 700 students had been seized in Taibei by March 13. Two hundred are said to have been seized in Keelung. Fifty are reported to have been killed at Matsuyama and thirty at Kokuto (suburbs of Taibei) on the night of March 9."
- 2 Alternative form of Taipei (former county) alt-of, alternative
"The Dapenkeng culture was so named after one of its sites was discovered in 1964 at Dapenkeng near the township of Bali, Taibei county by teachers and students of Taiwan University."
Example
More examples"A reliable estimate was made that about 700 students had been seized in Taibei by March 13. Two hundred are said to have been seized in Keelung. Fifty are reported to have been killed at Matsuyama and thirty at Kokuto (suburbs of Taibei) on the night of March 9."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 臺北／台北 (Táiběi).
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