臺灣

See also: 台湾 and 台灣

Chinese

		phonetic
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 ((deprecated template usage) 臺灣府). Derived from a phonetic transliteration of the Dutch term "Tayowan" / "Tayouan" (and other variants), which is thought to be derived from an ethnonym of the Taivoan tribe in the area of Anping, Tainan, southwest Taiwan. A Dutch missionary referred to this group as Taiouwang no later than 1636. Other phonetic transliterations in Chinese characters included 臺窩灣, 大員, 大圓, 臺員 and 臺圓.

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

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 臺灣

1. (～島) Taiwan (island)

   臺灣原住民族／台湾原住民族  ―  Táiwān yuánzhùmínzú  ―  Taiwanese aborigines

   臺灣文學專題／台湾文学专题  ―  Táiwān wénxué zhuāntí  ―  special topics on Taiwanese literature

2. (～省) Taiwan Province (administrative division in both the Republic of China and People's Republic of China)
3. (～海峽) Taiwan Strait
4. (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 Taiwan, and is the standard in Hong Kong.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (臺灣):

• → Japanese: 台(たい)湾(わん) (Taiwan)
• → Korean: 대만(臺灣) (Daeman)
• → Vietnamese: Đài Loan (臺灣)

• → English: Taiwan
  • → Korean: 타이완 (Taiwan)
• → French: Taïwan
• → Russian: Тайвань (Tajvanʹ)
• → Spanish: Taiwán
• → Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳᠸᠠᠨ (taiwan)

See also

• 中華民國／中华民国 (Zhōnghuá Mínguó)
• 中華臺北／中华台北 (Zhōnghuá Táiběi)

References

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

Proper noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 台湾

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Korean

Hanja in this term
臺	灣

Proper noun

臺灣 • (Daeman) (hangeul 대만)

1. Hanja form^? of 대만 (“Taiwan”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
臺	灣

Proper noun

臺灣

1. chữ Hán form of Đài Loan (“Taiwan”).