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Taishan

Syllables: Tai·shan

Taishan proper noun: a county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.

Proper noun (1)

Taishan

  1. A county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
    • The Chinese Communist power struggle has not benefited the people. The following verse started circulating in the Taishan area near Canton not long ago.1978 January 8, L. Chen, “What they say of Peiping rule”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIX, number 2, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
    • According to the court, Fan Wei and Wu conspired to manufacture and sell the drugs in 2012, and brought the others — described as “drug-making technicians” — on board. Between July and November of that year, the court says, the group set up a “den” in Guangdong’s Taishan city, where they produced...2019 April 30, Yanan Wang, “China sentences 6 foreigners for drugs; Canadian gets death”, in AP News, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022
    Synonyms:
    Toishan, Toisan, Hoisan

Proper noun (2)

Taishan

  1. A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Taishan meaning in Vietnamese

Taishan in Vietnamese

city in Guangdong
Đài Sơn

Synonyms of Taishan

Forms of Taishan

alternative formT'ai-shan

Origin of Taishan

From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān).

From Mandarin 泰山 (Tàishān).

Words formed from Taishan

Questions about Taishan

What does Taishan mean?
Taishan means a county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
What is Taishan in Vietnamese?
Taishan in Vietnamese is Đài Sơn. See Taishan meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Taishan?
Taishan is a proper noun.

Words near Taishan in the dictionary

  1. tairs
  2. tais
  3. Taisan
  4. taisch
  5. taish
  6. Taishan
  7. Taishanese
  8. Taishun
  9. Taisiya
  10. Taistoist
  11. Taistoists

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