Taai-oaan (Harnji)

Taai-oaan 🔊 (taai+oaan; 臺灣/臺員/臺圓; Taiwan) hit'nng ji si:

• taai 🔊 (tai5)
• oaan 🔊 (oan5)

Pronunciation

• (Zoanciw) IPA: tai˨˩uan˧˥ Taix,oaan 🔊
• (Ciangciw) IPA: tai˧˧uan˧˥ Tai,oaan 🔊

Proper noun

臺灣 (tr., MTL Taioaan, MTLP Taai 🔊+oaan 🔊, POJ Tâi-ôan, s. 台湾)

1. Taiwan

Usage notes

• Harnji "灣" (oafn 🔊) is usually read in high tone (#1). The reading of "oaan 🔊" (curving up tone, #5) here is an exception.

• Historical variants 臺員 and 臺圓 (Taai oaan 🔊) are both properly read as "Template:Tts2". However, they may be read as Taixoaan 🔊 in the northern accent, historically found in Zoanciw, Hokkiexn.

Derived terms

• 臺灣海峽 (Taioaan Haykiab)
• 臺灣人 (Taioaan-laang)