ไต้หวัน

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 臺灣 / 台湾 (Tāi-oân), 大員, 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, etc., from possibly Siraya.

Pronunciation

Orthographicไต้หวัน
ai t ˆ h w ạ n
Phonemic
ไต้-หฺวัน
ai t ˆ – h ̥ w ạ n
RomanizationPaiboondtâi-wǎn
Royal Institutetai-wan
(standard) IPA(key)/taj˥˩.wan˩˩˦/(R)

Proper noun

ไต้หวัน • (dtâi-wǎn)

  1. Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)
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