Taipei

[ tahy-pey; Chinese tahy-bey ]

noun

, Wade-Giles.

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

Taipei

/ 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)

Taipei

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

Notes

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

Example Sentences

In Taipei, Taiwan, a Bach flash mob consisting of cellists and tuba players took over a train.

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Prescriptivist grammarians will have a boisterous time reading Taipei.

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Taipei is exactly the kind of book I hoped Tao Lin would one day write.

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After 30 years in the United States, his parents have moved to a 14th-floor apartment in Taipei.

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Designed by Jason Wu, who was born in Taipei, Taiwan, it celebrated the next generation of American designers.

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