Taipei
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- proper noun
- /taɪˈpeɪ/
- I'm out here in beautiful Taipei, Taiwan.
- Taipei, Taiwan
- the mayor of Taipei
- Taipei City
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Watch on YouTubeSo our embassies in Beijing, not in Taipei, Right?
- So our embassies in Beijing, not in Taipei, Right?
- We'll do more when we're in Taipei at Computex, so subscribe for that.
- There's a subplot sub character, an Indonesian housekeeper in Taipei.
- We did a studio in Taipei looking at the city centre.
- The mother character lives in Taipei, so she represents that part of the culture.
- We should not disrupt them by either gratuitous insults of Beijing or abandonment of Taipei.
- And so, so she says, well, you know, Next up Taipei.
- Silence took the film I did with Martin Scorsese and and Taipei.
Examples
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Despite numerous difficulties, Taipei has provided doctors and nurses to staff many Saudi hospitals.
Academic text (1993) -
And I found an extraordinary engineer in Taipei, Taiwan.
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You always wear a suit, even in Taipei in the middle of summer.
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The mother character lives in Taipei, so she represents that part of the culture.
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My girlfriend lives in Taiwan, in Taipei.
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Now, welcome to Taipei Marriott Hotel.
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We'll do more when we're in Taipei at Computex, so subscribe for that.
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Delegations from Southeast Asia are likewise beating a path to Taipei for aid.
Academic text (1993) -
He lives in Taipei.
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I'm out here in beautiful Taipei, Taiwan.
Synonyms
A different spelling of Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan
Surface Forms
Etymology
Taipei comes from the Chinese name 台北, which splits into Tai (used for 'Taiwan') and pei meaning 'north'. So the name literally means 'north Taiwan', which fits because the city is in the northern part of the island.