Taiye Lake

English

Alternative forms

• Lake Taiye
• T'ai-yeh Lake

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 太液池 (Tàiyèchí) (Tàiyèchí, "Great Flowing Pond").

Proper noun

Taiye Lake

1. one of several artificial lakes located in the imperial Chinese gardens of Chang'an and Beijing
   • 2008, Richard Platt, Beijing‎^[1], Kingfisher, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 16:

     the emperor and his family live on an island in the Taiye Lake, which is all that remains of the Jin city

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太液池 (zh) (Tàiyèchí)

• Japanese: 太液池 (たいえきち, Taiekichi)

Synonyms

• Taiye Pond
• T'ai-yeh Pond

Anagrams

• Lake Taiye