daotai

See also: dàotái

English

Alternative forms

• taotai, tao tai

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 道臺／道台 (dàotái).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daʊ.taɪ/, /taʊ.taɪ/

Noun

daotai (countable and uncountable, plural daotai or daotais)

1. (historical) Synonym of circuit intendant: a local governor of late imperial China.
   • [1864, Robert Swinhoe, “Notes on the Island of Formosa.”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London‎^[1], volume XXXIV, London: John Murray, published 1865, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:

     TAIWAN, or Chinese Formosa, is considered a Foo or district of the province of Fokien, and is governed by a Taoutai extraordinary, who, though responsible to the provincial viceroy, possesses the privilege of memorialising the Throne direct.]

Translations

circuit intendant — see circuit intendant