台湾

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See also: 台灣 and 臺灣

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 台湾 – see 臺灣 (“Taiwan; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 臺灣).
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Japanese

Kanji in this term
台 湾
たい
Grade: 2 		わん
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
臺灣 (kyūjitai)
 台湾 on Japanese Wikipedia
台湾

Etymology

Borrowed from Literary Chinese 臺灣, which came from Hokkien 大員 (Tāi-oân), 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣, etc., a placename initially referring to a sandbank peninsula that later silted up now wholly part of the island in the area of modern-day Anping District, Tainan, and eventually became the name of the entire island. The original placename itself was likely originally a loanword transcription from possibly Siraya. Compare Dutch Tayouan, Mandarin 臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) たいわん (Nakadaka – )
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Proper noun

台(たい)湾(わん) • (Taiwan) 

  1. Taiwan

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