Daotai

//daʊ.taɪ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of circuit intendant: a local governor of late imperial China. countable, historical, uncountable

    "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."

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circuit intendantgovernor

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"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."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 道臺／道台 (dàotái).

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