Taipei

American  

[tahy-pey, tahy-bey] / 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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Shanghai, Taipei, and Manila were all down more than one percent, while there were also losses in Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and Jakarta.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Coast Guard vessel in a photo publicized recently by the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

An exercise in the underground carpark of a hospital near Taipei on Thursday demonstrated a war-time medical facility.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Li studied political science at a Taipei university but doesn’t talk politics with his friends, to avoid conflict given the rancor of Taiwan’s political scene.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Much further work is now published by Ling Shun-sheng, Rui Yi-fu and other anthropologists in Taipei.

From A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard