台たい湾わん

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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noun

Taiwan

Place name referring to Taiwan as an island and commonly as the political/geographic entity. Written 台湾 in standard modern Japanese.

来らい月げつ、台たい湾わんへ出しゅっ張ちょうします。

I am going to Taiwan on a business trip next month.

台たい湾わんの料りょう理りが好すきです。

I like Taiwanese food.

Kanji

台pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
湾gulf, bay, inlet
灣gulf, bay, inlet
臺stand, counter for vehicles

Related words

中ちゅう華か民みん国こく
中華民国 is the official state name used in formal or political contexts, while 台湾 is the everyday place name people use in ordinary speech.

Don't confuse with

中ちゅう国ごくN5
台湾 refers to Taiwan itself, whereas 中国 usually means China (the mainland); learners should not use them interchangeably despite their historical connection.

Word family· 20

台たい湾わん人じん
Taiwanese person; Taiwanese people
台たい湾わん犬けん
Taiwan dog; Formosan mountain dog
タイワンザル
Formosan rock macaque; Taiwanese macaque
台たい湾わん茶ちゃ
Taiwanese tea; oolong tea

Written forms

台たい湾わんUsage99%
Standard modern Japanese spelling and the high-priority form.
タイワンUsage1%
台たい灣わん
out-dated kanji form
Older or non-modern Japanese kanji form; also resembles traditional-character usage. In modern Japanese, 台湾 is the normal spelling.
臺たい灣わん
out-dated kanji form
Older full-form kanji spelling. Useful for recognition in historical or traditional-character contexts, but not the normal modern Japanese spelling.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese place name written in modern Japanese as 台湾. The older forms 台灣 and 臺灣 use traditional or older character shapes; this note describes the spelling, not a precise historical origin of the name.

台たい湾わん語ご

Taiwanese; Taiwanese Hokkien

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台たい湾わん鹿じか
Formosan sika deer; Taiwan sika deer
台たい湾わんドル
Taiwan dollar; New Taiwan dollar
台たい湾わんハゲ
hair loss; baldness; alopecia
台たい湾わん坊ぼう主ず
Taiwan low; cyclone from Taiwan · spot baldness; alopecia areata
台たい湾わん山やま芋いも
water yam; winged yam; purple yam

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