Tai'an

See also: taian, and T'ai-an

English

Alternative forms

• Taian
• T'ai-an (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 泰安 (Tài'ān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪˌɑn/, /-æn/

Proper noun

Tai'an

1. A prefecture-level city in Shandong, China.
   • 2007 August 31, “Police uncover China's largest online pyramid scam”, in Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 September 2020, Internet News‎^[2]:

     Chinese police have uncovered the country’s largest alleged on-line pyramid selling scheme, involving 170,000 people and 1.36 billion yuan ($180 million), state media said on Friday.
     Authorities in Tai’an city, in the eastern Shandong province, uncovered the scheme named “Swiss Mutual Fund” in May, which was found to be illegal after investigation, xinhua said. […]
     The uncovered scheme in Tai’an is just part of China’s campaign against pyramid selling from July 16 to August 15 this year, xinhua said.

   • 2012, Aminta Arrington, “Gate”, in Home is a Roof over a Pig: An American Family's Journey in China‎^[3], New York: The Overlook Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 17–18:

     Our medical college lay nestled beneath the famed Taishan (pronounced Tie-shawn), or Mount Tai, the foremost of China’s five sacred mountains and the pride of the city of Tai’an, even all of Shandong province. We lived on the university’s old campus at the foot of Mount Tai, just at the edge of downtown Tai’an.

2. A village in Beiwan, Jingyuan, Baiyin, Gansu, China.

Synonyms

• (historical) Tai-ngan
• (prefecture-level city): Taianfu (obsolete)

Translations

prefecture-level city in China; village in western China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰安 (zh) (Tài'ān)

• Hungarian: Tajan (hu)

Anagrams

• Anita, NAATI, Tania, Tiaan, Tiana, tania