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台北たいぺい

also: たいほく

タ

イ

ペ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

Taipei

Refers to the capital city of Taiwan. In modern Japanese, the reading タイペイ is standard; たいほく is an older, historical reading.

台北たいぺいは台たい湾わんの首しゅ都とです。
Taipei is the capital of Taiwan.
来らい月げつ、台北たいぺいに出しゅっ張ちょうします。
I'm going on a business trip to Taipei next month.

Written forms

台北Usage98%
- タイペイ
  Standard kanji spelling for Taipei; the reading タイペイ is the modern Japanese pronunciation.
- たいほく
  Historical Japanese reading of the same kanji; rarely used today except in older texts or specific contexts.
タイペイUsage2%
たいほくUsage<1%

Kanji

台pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
北north

Etymology

From Chinese 臺北/台北 (Táiběi), meaning 'Taiwan north'. The Japanese reading たいほく is the on'yomi of the kanji, while タイペイ is a modern approximation of the Mandarin pronunciation.