Taiping
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A member of the Taiping rebels during the mid-19th century. historical
"Under the Taipings, the Chinese language was simplified, and equality between men and women was decreed."
- 1 The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a rebel state in southern, eastern, and central China during the mid-19th century. historical
"Chiang-su was the main centre of the great Tʻai Pʻing rebellion, Nanking being the rebel capital from 1853 to 1864."
- 2 Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.; Taiping Island.
"Taiwan’s coastguard has said it plans to hold rescue drills in waters around Taipei’s sole territorial holding in the disputed South China Sea at the end of this month, and that the drills could involve its navy. The exercises to be held around Itu Aba, known by Taiwan as Taiping, would include drills in rescuing shipwrecked personnel, the coastguard said. More details would be released later, it said in a statement on its website late on Sunday. “Currently the navy regularly patrols near Taiping Island. We don’t rule out the navy playing a supporting role in future humanitarian rescue drills being held near Taiping,” the Coast Guard Administration said in the statement."
- 3 Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.; A city in Perak, Malaysia.
"Parit is a small town of roughly 2,000 people in the state of Perak, deep in the rural heartland of Malaysia, with no distinguishing feature other than its attractive location on the banks of a muddy river, which served as the backdrop to a few scenes in the 1999 movie “Anna and the King.” Once a convenient and bustling stopping-off point on the winding road from Ipoh, the state capital, to Taiping in the north, Parit suffered from the construction of the North-South Expressway in the 1990s, which diverted passing trade away from the town."
- 4 Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.; A district of Taichung, Taiwan.
"In Taiwan province, a gathering attended by 10,000 people was held at Pingling military camp in Taiping village, Taichung county."
- 5 Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.; A district of Fuxin, Liaoning, China.
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- 6 Taiping Prefecture, a former prefecture of China located west of Nanjing during the Ming and Qing dynasties. historical
- 7 Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. uncommon
"When the pandemic fades, let’s go hiking on Taiping Mountain and enjoy the picturesque scenery of the “Pearl of the Orient” together."
Example
More examples"Chiang-su was the main centre of the great Tʻai Pʻing rebellion, Nanking being the rebel capital from 1853 to 1864."
Etymology
From Mandarin Chinese 太平 (Tàipíng, literally “Great Peace, Great Pacified Region”).