Taiping

American  

[tahy-ping] / ˈtaɪˈpɪŋ /

noun

1. a person who participated in the unsuccessful rebellion Taiping Rebellion, 1850–64, led by Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (Hong Xiuquan), who attempted to overthrow the Manchu dynasty.

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Taiping British  

/ ˈtaɪˈpɪŋ /

noun

1. history a person who supported or took part in the movement of religious mysticism and agrarian unrest in China between 1850 and 1864 ( Taiping rebellion ), which weakened the Manchu dynasty but was eventually suppressed with foreign aid

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Etymology

Origin of Taiping

From the Chinese word tàipíng literally, great peace

Example Sentences

It was in this period that suffered the Taiping Rebellion, often seen as the bloodiest civil war in human history, and ultimately collapsed completely in 1912 after 250 years of rule.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

Taiping now at most says hello in Mongolian.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

The constantly evolving landscape has also weighed on smaller-time streamers, like Taiping.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

By the time the Taiping Rebellion ended after Hong’s death in 1864, an estimated twenty to thirty million Chinese had died, and the south, China’s most populous region, had been devastated.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

One is the world of the thing they study: the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, the development of language in children, the Taiping Rebellion in China.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker