Taiqian

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 台前.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtaɪˈt͡ʃjæn/, /ˌtaɪˈt͡ʃjɛn/

Proper noun

Taiqian

1. A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
   • 2003, Andrew H. Wedeman, “Export Protectionism”, in From Mao to Market: Rent Seeking, Local Protectionism, and Marketization in China‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 107:

     In Henan, out-of-plan cotton mills set up illegal purchasing stations in Taiqian County, bid up prices, and fought with official stations for farmers’ crops.

   • 2007 July 17, “Six killed in three China detonator blasts”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 18 August 2022, Latest Crisis‎^[3]:

     Six people were killed and six injured in three detonator blast accidents in a central Chinese province, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
     The first accident happened on Sunday when villagers in Taiqian county, Henan province, were making detonators in a residential building.

   • 2017 January 4, Liu Zhen, “Don’t pay over 60,000 yuan for a bride, say Chinese officials”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 January 2017, China‎^[5]:

     Taiqian county in Henan province has issued guidelines saying grooms should pay no more than 60,000 yuan (HK$67,000) as a “bride price”, the Chinese tradition that a male partner offers money to his fiancée’s family to secure their marriage.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 台前 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳ
  ᠴᡳᠶᠠᠨ (tai ciyan)