타이완

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Taiwan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Taiwan
McCune–Reischauer?T'aiwan
Yale Romanization?thaiwan
Form from
Sino-Korean 		대만(臺灣) (Daeman)
Form from
Standard Mandarin 		타이완 (Taiwan)

Proper noun

타이완 • (Taiwan)

  1. (South Korea) Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)
  2. Taiwan (an island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea in East Asia)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia: 아시아의 나라 (asia-ui nara) (appendix)edit
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