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Đài Loan

Level ≈B2 (approx.) proper nounadjective Sino-Vietnamese Top 5,000 most common
Hanoi [ʔɗaːj˨˩ lwaːn˧˧]Huế [ʔɗaːj˦˩ lwaːŋ˧˧]Saigon [ʔɗaːj˨˩ l⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˧˧] browser voice
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đàifallinghuyềnloanlevelngang

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Đài Loan means Taiwan.

Chinese characters: 臺灣

Meanings of Đài Loan in English

Proper noun

  1. Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)
  2. Taiwan (an island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea in East Asia)

Adjective

  1. Taiwanese

Example sentences with Đài Loan

  • Có rất nhiều núi ở Đài Loan. There's a lot of mountains in Taiwan.
  • Bạn đã thử ăn lẩu ở Đài Loan chưa? Have you tried the hot pot in Taiwan?
  • Đài Loan thường có nguy cơ xảy ra động đất. Taiwan is prone to earthquakes.
  • Cao Hùng là thành phố cảng lớn nhất Đài Loan. Kaohsiung is Taiwan's largest port city.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, Đài Loan could be written as 台灣. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 臺灣, with 2nd element's pronunciation possibly descending from a dialectal Middle Chinese ancestor with initial *l- from Old Chinese *C.r-, instead of from *Cr- like 灣 (MC 'waen), whence Mandarin 灣 /湾 (wān), Cantonese 灣 /湾 (waan¹), etc.

Frequently asked questions

What does Đài Loan mean in English?

Đài Loan (proper noun) means "Taiwan".

How do you pronounce Đài Loan?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗaːj˨˩ lwaːn˧˧]; Saigon [ʔɗaːj˨˩ l⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˧˧]. Tones: đài — falling tone (huyền), loan — level tone (ngang).

Is Đài Loan a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. Đài Loan is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 臺灣.

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.