Tʻai-pei

English

Map including TʻAI-PEI SHIH (TAIHOKU) 台北市) (AMS, 1950)

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 臺北／台北 (Tʻai²-pei³).

Proper noun

Tʻai-pei

1. Alternative spelling of Taipei
   • 1953, Norton S. Ginsburg, The Economic Resources and Development of Formosa‎^[1], Institute of Pacific Relations, page 4:

     Although all of the island receives 40 inches of rainfall a year, except for a very narrow strip along the west coast, precipitation is seasonally and locally variable. Most of it falls between May and September, except in the northeast where 60-100 inches is fairly well distributed throughout the year. Here the prevailing winds are northerly and northeasterly and bring rain to T'ai-pei and I-lan hsien.

   • 1968, Norton S. Ginsburg, “T’AI-PEI”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 21, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 627, column 2:

     Situated in the centre of the largest agricultural basin in northern Formosa, T’ai-pei (population in 1964 was estimated to be 1,117,000) forms the nucleus of a major industrial area. The T’ai-pei industrial complex includes light and heavy industies within the urbanized area and also in several industrial suburbs, including Pan-ch’iao and Nan-chiang.

   • 1973, Clifton W. Pannell, “Preface and Acknowledgements”, in T’ai-chung, T’ai-wan: Structure and Function‎^[2], number 144, University of Chicago Department of Geography, →LCCN, →OCLC, page iii:

     In addition to SEADAG, I am also indebted to the University of Chicago, Committee on Far Eastern Studies, for supporting a year of additional language study in T'ai-wan and to the Inter-University Program for Chinese Languages Studies in T'ai-pei (administered by Stanford University) for round trip travel assistance to T'ai-wan.

   • 1974, D. E. H. Russell, Rebellion, Revolution, and Armed Force‎^[3], Academic Press, →ISBN, page 111:

     On Dec. 8, 1949, T'ai-pei, on the island of Formosa, to which Chiang Kai-shek and many of his followers had fled, was declared the Nationalist Capital.

   • 2000, Cathering Field, China (Nations of the World)‎^[4], Raintree Steck-Vaughn, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 23:

     After the communists came to power on the Chinese mainland in 1949, the nationalists fled to the island and set up a rival government of China in T'ai-pei.

   • 2006, Philip Dodd, Ben Donald, The Book of Cities‎^[5], New York (printed in China): MJF Books, →ISBN, page 236:

     "T’ai-pei is still as Chinese as a spring roll - with barbecue sauce on top." - Peter Biddlecombe

Translations

Taipei — see Taipei

Further reading

• “T'ai-pei” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.