Taiyuan

[ tahy-yyahn ]

noun

, Pinyin, Wade-Giles.

1. a city in and the capital of Shanxi province, in northern China; a walled city.

Taiyuan

/ ˈtaɪjuːˈɑːn /

noun

1. a city in N China, capital of Shanxi: founded before 450 ad ; an industrial centre, surrounded by China's largest reserves of high-grade bituminous coal. Pop: 2 516 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

“Incidents in which guards beat up workers at Foxconn Taiyuan frequently occur, and the methods used are brutal,” the worker said.

From The Daily Beast

“Therefore, the culprit of this 10,000-worker riot at Foxconn Taiyuan is Foxconn itself,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

From Taiyuan, it proceeds northwestward through another rich iron and coal field of Shansi to Kolan.

From Project Gutenberg