Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

t'ai-an

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: t'ai-an
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Tai'an.

Example Sentences

"A group of inscriptions on three precipices, including an incantation and partial text of the Paramita sutra and the Maha-prajna-paramita sutra, was engraved in A.D. 570 on the Tsu-lai Mountain in T’ai-an."
"On the morning of 6 May Chiang and his armies withdrew southward toward T'ai-an, where a new Kuomintang regime in Shantung was established."
"When climbing the 7,000 steps of T'ai Shan, from the town of T'ai-an to the Temple of the Jade Emperor at its peak, the visitor encounters temples, groves of cypress and pine, waterfalls and cascades."

Etymology

From Mandarin 泰安 (Tài'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-an¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 泰安, -

Questions

What does t'ai-an mean?: Alternative form of Tai'an.
Where does t'ai-an come from?: From Mandarin 泰安 (Tài'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-an¹.

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