T'ai-chou

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English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 台州 Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai¹-chou¹.

Proper noun

T'ai-chou

  1. Alternative form of Taizhou, Zhejiang.
    • 1889 January 25, “Abstract of Peking Gazette.”, in North-China Herald‎, volume XLII, number 1121, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 89, column 3:
      At that time the surrounding country constantly harried by banditti who had occupied a stronghold in the mountains between Tʻai-chou and Chin-hua.
    • 1962, F. W. Mote, “Fang Kuo-chen”, in The Poet Kao Chʻi‎, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 19:
      He was a native of Tʻai-chou (modern Lin-hai) on the central Chekiang coast, from a family that engaged in sea transport of salt.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:T'ai-chou.
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Etymology 2

Map including T'AI-CHOU (DMA, 1975)

From Mandarin 泰州 (Tàizhōu) Wade-Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-chou¹.[1]

Proper noun

T'ai-chou

  1. Alternative form of Taizhou, Jiangsu.
    • 1962, Carsun Chang, The Development of Neo-Confucian Thought‎, volume 2, Bookman Associates, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:
      At this time Wang Shou-ken, while governor of Kiangsi province, was discussing philosophical problems related to his theory of liang-chih. He already had many followers south of the Yangtze, but Wang Ken in far off T'ai-chou knew nothing about this.
    • 1967, Holmes Welch, The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900-1950‎, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, published 1973, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 223:
      About 700 tan of barley were collected and sold in Tʻai-chou, while 450 tan of wheat were dispatched to the monastery from I-cheng and elsewhere.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:T'ai-chou.
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References

  1. ^ Taizhou, Wade-Giles romanization T’ai-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica

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