Taipei

[ tahy-pey; Chinese tahy-bey ]

/ ˈtaɪˈpeɪ; Chinese ˈtaɪˈbeɪ /

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noun Wade-Giles.

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

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Also Pinyin, Tai·bei

[tahy-bey]; /ˈtaɪˈbeɪ/; Older Spelling, Tai·peh .

Words nearby Taipei

Taíno, taint, tainted, taintless, taipan, Taipei, Taiping, Taira, Taisho, T'ai Tsu, T'ai Tsung

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How to use Taipei in a sentence

Many offices have sent workers home, the streets of the capital Taipei have cleared out and the government has begun scrambling to secure vaccines to improve one of the worst inoculation rates in the developed world.
How a False Sense of Security, and a Little Secret Tea, Broke Down Taiwan's COVID-19 Defenses|Gladys Tsai / Taipei|May 21, 2021|Time
Taiwan’s current community outbreak began in April with cargo plane crews at the Novotel at Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport.
How a False Sense of Security, and a Little Secret Tea, Broke Down Taiwan's COVID-19 Defenses|Gladys Tsai / Taipei|May 21, 2021|Time
She is part of a “new Renaissance” of technology in T City, which is not quite future Taipei.
Politics and the pandemic have changed how we imagine cities|Joanne McNeil|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
A 30-year-old woman was confirmed to have caught Covid-19 in Taiwan, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said at a briefing in Taipei Tuesday.
The world’s longest COVID-19 free streak is over|kdunn6|December 22, 2020|Fortune

A Taipei, Taiwan based innovative computer hardware company, was established in 1976 by Chen Jung Shih.
Best Chromebooks: Five things to consider|Eric Alt|December 9, 2020|Popular-Science
In Taipei, Taiwan, a Bach flash mob consisting of cellists and tuba players took over a train.
Can Bach Make It on NYC’s Subways?|Tom Teodorczuk|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Prescriptivist grammarians will have a boisterous time reading Taipei.
The Gpistolary Novel: Tao Lin’s ‘Taipei’|Emily Witt|June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Taipei is exactly the kind of book I hoped Tao Lin would one day write.
The Gpistolary Novel: Tao Lin’s ‘Taipei’|Emily Witt|June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
After 30 years in the United States, his parents have moved to a 14th-floor apartment in Taipei.
The Gpistolary Novel: Tao Lin’s ‘Taipei’|Emily Witt|June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Designed by Jason Wu, who was born in Taipei, Taiwan, it celebrated the next generation of American designers.
First Lady Fashion Fatigue|Robin Givhan|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Taipei

Taipei

T'ai-pei

/ (ˈtaɪˈpeɪ) /

noun

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)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Taipei

Taipei

[ (teye-pay, teye-bay) ]

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

notes for Taipei

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