T'ai-chou

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^[1], 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^[2], 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.

Translations

Taizhou — see Taizhou

Etymology 2

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

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

Proper noun

T'ai-chou

1. Alternative form of Taizhou, Jiangsu.
   • 1962, Carsun Chang, The Development of Neo-Confucian Thought‎^[3], 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^[4], 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.

Translations

Taizhou — see Taizhou

Further reading

• “T’ai-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.