also: たいほく
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.
Taipei is the capital of Taiwan.
来月、台北に出張します。
I'm going on a business trip to Taipei next month.
Standard kanji spelling for Taipei; the reading タイペイ is the modern Japanese pronunciation.
Historical Japanese reading of the same kanji; rarely used today except in older texts or specific contexts.
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.