太平

Mandarin · pinyin tài píng#

Meanings · tài píng

  1. peace and security
Mandarin · pinyin Tài píng#

Meanings · Tài píng

  1. see 太平區 Tài píng Qū
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太
tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
平
píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
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taai3 ping4

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adj

  1. peaceful and tranquil

noun

  1. peace and tranquility
  2. (Eastern Min) duck egg
  3. (Eastern Min) peeled boiled egg

name

  1. various place names, including: — (~府) (historical) Taiping (a prefecture of Anhui, during the Ming and Qing dynasties)
  2. various place names, including: — (~府) (historical) Taiping (a prefecture of Guangxi, during the Ming and Qing dynasties)
  3. various place names, including: — (~省) Thái Bình (a former province of Vietnam) (abolished in 2025)
  4. various place names, including: — (~市) Thái Bình (a city in Vietnam)
  5. various place names, including: — (~市) Taiping (a city in Larut, Matang and Selama district, Perak, Malaysia)
  6. various place names, including: — (~縣) Thới Bình district (a rural district of Cà Mau Province, Vietnam)
  7. various place names, including: — (~區, formerly ~市, ~鄉) Taiping (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)
  8. various place names, including: — (~區) Taiping (a district of Fuxin, Liaoning, China)
  9. various place names, including: — (~區) Taiping (a former district of Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang, China)
  10. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Tianjin, China)
  11. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Tongliang, Chongqing, China)
  12. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Dianjiang, Chongqing, China)
  13. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Jixian, Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China)
  14. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Shuangyang district, Changchun, Jilin, China)
  15. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Panshan, Panjin, Liaoning, China)
  16. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Shuangliu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
  17. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Wanyuan, Dazhou, Sichuan, China)
  18. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Lushan, Ya'an, Sichuan, China)
  19. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Gulin, Luzhou, Sichuan, China)
  20. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Xingwen, Yibin, Sichuan, China)
  21. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Xichong, Nanchong, Sichuan, China)
  22. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Jiangyou, Mianyang, Sichuan, China)
  23. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮, formerly ~鄉) Taiping (a former town in Youxian district, Mianyang, Sichuan, China, formerly a township)
  24. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Zizhong, Neijiang, Sichuan, China)
  25. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Huili, Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China)
  26. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Shawan district, Leshan, Yunnan, China)
  27. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Yao'an, Chuxiong prefecture, Yunnan, China)
  28. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Yingjiang, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan, China)
  29. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a former town in Anning, Kunming, Yunnan, China)
  30. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Sidian, Baoshan, Yunnan, China)
  31. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Sihong, Suqian, Jiangsu, China)
  32. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Zhao'an, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China)
  33. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Yanping district, Nanping, Fujian, China)
  34. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Yuanyang, Xinxiang, Henan, China)
  35. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Xixia, Nanyang, Henan, China)
  36. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)
  37. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮, formerly ~鄉) Taiping (a town in Guangshui, Suizhou, Hubei, China, formerly a township)
  38. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮, formerly ~鄉) Taiping (a town in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China, formerly a township)
  39. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Ningyuan, Yongzhou, Hunan, China)
  40. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Shimen, Changde, Hunan, China)
  41. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Conghua district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
  42. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Cixing, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China)
  43. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Majiang, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China)
  44. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Yangshan, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China)
  45. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Qingxin district, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China)
  46. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Luoding, Yunfou, Guangdong, China)
  47. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Xinxing, Yunfou, Guangdong, China)
  48. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Teng, Wuzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  49. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Wuming district, Nanning, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  50. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Jiangzhou district, Chongzuo, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  51. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Liucheng, Liuzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  52. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Lingshan, Qinzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  53. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Pingguo, Baise, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  54. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Juye, Heze, Shandong, China)
  55. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Zoucheng, Jining, Shandong, China)
  56. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Jiyang, Jinan, Shandong, China)
  57. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Wanli district, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China)
  58. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Jingyang, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China)
  59. various place names, including: — various towns: — (~鎮) Taiping (a town in Zhenyuan, Qingyang, Gansu, China)
  60. various place names, including: — various townships:
  61. various place names, including: — various townships: — (~鄉) Taiping (a town in Tuquan, Xing'an, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
  62. various place names, including: — various villages: — (~里, formerly ~村) an urban village in Linkou district, New Taipei City, Taiwan, formerly a rural village
  63. various place names, including: — various villages: — (~村) Taiping (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
  64. various place names, including: — various subdistricts:
  65. various place names, including: — various subdistricts: — (~街道, formerly ~鎮) Taiping (a subdistrict of Daoli district, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, formerly a town)
  66. various place names, including: — (~島) Taiping Island, Itu Aba (an island of the South China Sea)
  67. (historical) The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a 19th-century rebel group in southern, central, and eastern China.
  68. (historical) various Taiping regnal eras of different rulers throughout Chinese history.

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太平 · tai4 ping2 · Tai4 ping2
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Exact source records太平 太平 [tai4 ping2] /peace and security/太平 太平 [Tai4 ping2] /see 太平區|太平区[Tai4 ping2 Qu1]/