臺灣

See also: 台湾 and 台灣

Chinese

 
(measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
 bay; gulf
trad. (臺灣/台灣) 臺/台 灣
simp. (台湾) 台 湾

Etymology

Officially, no later than 1684 with the creation of Taiwan Prefecture (臺灣府). A phonetic transliteration of an ethnonym of a tribe in the southwest part of the island in the area of Anping, Tainan, recorded in Dutch records as "Tayowan" (and other variants), and in Chinese characters as "臺窩灣" (and variants 大員, 大圓, 臺員, 臺圓). A Dutch missionary referred to this group as Taiouwang no later than 1636.

Possibily derived from Siraya tayw (“man”) and an (“place”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

臺灣

  1. Taiwan (island)
    臺灣原住民族 / 台湾原住民族  ―  Táiwān yuánzhùmínzú  ―  Taiwanese aborigines
  2. (～省) Taiwan Province (administrative division in both Republic of China and People's Republic of China)
  3. (informal) Alternative term for 中華民國／中华民国 (Zhōnghuá Mínguó, “Republic of China (after 1949)”).

Usage notes

  • Although use of the full traditional form 臺 is encouraged by the ROC Ministry of Education, the alternate traditional form 台 is now more commonly used in its place.[1]

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (臺灣):

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shih Hsiu-chuan (14 Dec 2010), “Premier respects ‘choice’ on spelling”, in Taipei Times‎, retrieved 8 Jan 2015

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臺 灣
たい
Hyōgaiji		 わん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Proper noun

臺灣 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 台湾, hiragana たいわん, rōmaji Taiwan)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 台湾

Korean

Hanja in this term
臺灣

Proper noun

臺灣 • (Daeman) (hangeul 대만)

  1. Hanja form? of 대만 (“Taiwan”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
臺灣

Proper noun

臺灣 (Đài Loan)

  1. Hán tự form of Đài Loan, “Taiwan”
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