Taipei

American  

[tahy-pay, tahy-bay] / ˈtaɪˈpeɪ, ˈtaɪˈbeɪ /

Pinyin, Taibei

noun

Wade-Giles.

1. a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.

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Taipei British  

/ ˈtaɪˈpeɪ /

noun

1. the capital of Taiwan (the Republic of China), at the N tip of the island: became capital in 1885; industrial centre; two universities. Pop: 2 473 000 (2005 est)

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Taipei Cultural  

1. Capital of Taiwan and largest city in the country, located in northern Taiwan.

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In 1949, Taipei became the headquarters of Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalists, who had been forced to flee mainland China.

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Taipei

"We do not seek hegemony, nor do we seek to dominate others," Lai said in his annual address in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei where thousands of people, including foreign diplomats, were gathered.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Cheng said during a party meeting in Taipei.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Also monitor whether the arms package for Taipei moves through Congress untethered from trade issues with Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Steven Chen, spokesman for the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee, the name for the Taiwan team, said previous experience prepared them for the worst.

From Barron's

Upon landing in Taipei, the microbe attaches itself to an impoverished octogenarian who lives in an overpopulated 1 room apartment over a fish store.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau