noun
Place name referring to Taiwan as an island and commonly as the political/geographic entity. Written 台湾 in standard modern Japanese.
来月、台湾へ出張します。
I am going to Taiwan on a business trip next month.
台湾の料理が好きです。
I like Taiwanese food.
Standard modern Japanese spelling and the high-priority form.
Older or non-modern Japanese kanji form; also resembles traditional-character usage. In modern Japanese, 台湾 is the normal spelling.
Older full-form kanji spelling. Useful for recognition in historical or traditional-character contexts, but not the normal modern Japanese spelling.
The official state name used in some formal or political contexts; 台湾 is the ordinary place name in everyday Japanese.
Refers to a Taiwanese person or Taiwanese people, while 台湾 refers to the place.
Means China or mainland China depending on context; it should not be used as a direct synonym for 台湾.
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.