Tâi-oân
See also: Tāi-oân
Min Nan
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Quanzhou" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [ tai˨˩uan˧˥ ]
- Homophones: Tāi-oân
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Zhangzhou" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [ tai˧˧uan˧˥ ]
Proper noun
- 臺灣/台灣: Taiwan
- 臺員/臺圓: (historical) Tayoan (peninsula near present-day Tainan, Taiwan, as well as Taiwan itself)
Usage notes
- In isolation, the character "灣" is usually read as "oan" (e.g., 海灣). The reading of "oân" here is an exception stemming from the historical variants 臺員 and 臺圓, properly read as "Tâi-oân".