T'ai-nan

See also: Tainan, Táinán, and tai nạn

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 臺南／台南 (Táinán) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-nan².

Proper noun

T'ai-nan

1. Alternative spelling of Tainan
   • 1974, Stephan Feuchtwang, “City Temples in Taipei Under Three Regimes”, in Mark Elvin, G. William Skinner, editors, The Chinese City Between Two Worlds‎^[1], Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 265:

     At this time Meng-chia was approaching its heyday as Taiwan’s most important commercial center, leaving T’ai-nan and Lu-kang behind.

   • 1986 October 20, “Taiwan: The Winds of Change”, in Newsweek‎^[2], volume CVIII, number 16, page 40:

     A country that can no longer rely on cheap labor: Space-age lab in Hsin-chu, producing salt near T'ai-nan

   • 1998, “Introduction”, in No trace of the gardener : poems of Yang Mu‎^[3], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page xiv:

     Among his poems is “Zeelandia,” written in early 1975. The title refers to An-p’ing, a fortress in T’ai-nan, in southern Taiwan, where the Dutch landed more than three centuries ago.

   • 1999, Robert Gardella, “From Treaty Ports to Provincial Status, 1860-1894”, in Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History‎^[4], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 178:

     Taiwan’s principal urban centers, in traditional order of importance, consisted of T’ai-nan (modem Tainan), Lu-kang, and Meng-chia.

   • 2000, Chien-chao Hung, “Taiwan under the Ch’ing”, in A History of Taiwan‎^[5], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153:

     He chose Banka as the seat of his provincial government and named it T’ai-pei (Taipei) or the North of Taiwan. T’ai-wan fu was renamed T’ai-nan (Tainan) or the South of Taiwan.

   • 2001, Robert Green, Taiwan‎^[6], Lucent Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 88:

     As a candidate in 1985 in his native T'ai-nan county, his wife was struck by a speeding motorist and was paralyzed from the waist down.

   • 2003, “Hsü Shih-hsien”, in Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women‎^[7], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 233:

     Hsü Shih-hsien [Xu Shixian], 1908–83, was born in T’ai-nan city, Taiwan. Her father, Hsü Huan-ch’ang [Xu Huanchang], was a “cultivated talent” (hsiu-ts’ai) of the former Ch’ing [Qing] dynasty; her mother's name was Ch’en Fu.

   • 2010, Uncle John's Creature Feature Bathroom Reader For Kids Only (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)‎^[8], Ashland, Oregon: Bathroom Readers' Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 356:

     Frightened bus drivers in Taiwan have refused to drive to a remote village outside of T'ai-nan because of one ghostly girl. Drivers report stopping at a shadowy area near a sugarcane plantation. A young girl gets on the bus but never gets off. She simply vanishes before the bus gets to town.

   • 2023 January 29, Raeesa Sayyad, “Interesting and Fun Facts about Bubble Tea”, in Time Bulletin‎^[9], archived from the original on 05 February 2023:

     In Taiwan, where it originated, bubble tea is a popular beverage that is now enjoyed worldwide. In the middle of the 1980s, the city of T'ai-nan, Taiwan, was the birthplace of bubble tea.

Translations

Tainan — see Tainan

Further reading

• “T'ai-nan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• T'ai-nan, T'ainan, Tai-nan, Tai Nan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “T’ai-nan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “T'ai-nan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• Antian, naiant, tannia