太平

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
simp. and trad. (太平)		太	平
alternative forms		泰平

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 太平 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Thài-pêng-khu (Southern Min)
• Taiping (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tàipíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тэпин (tepin, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ ping⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-phìn
• Northern Min (KCR): tuo̿i-běng
• Eastern Min (BUC): tái-bàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-pêng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tha-bin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàipíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàipíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-pʻing²
    • Yale: tài-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taypyng
    • Palladius: тайпин (tajpin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тэпин (tepin, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛ⁴⁴ pʰiŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ ping⁴
    • Yale: taai pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-phìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai pin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ pin²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ pʰin¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tuo̿i-běng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuɛ³³ peiŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tái-bàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-pêng
    • Tâi-lô: thài-pîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'peeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tha-bin
    • MiniDict: tha^去 bin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tha-bin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ bin⁴⁴/

Adjective

太平

1. peaceful and tranquil

Synonyms

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• 安全 (ānquán)
• 安好 (ānhǎo) (chiefly in phatic expressions)
• 安寧／安宁 (ānníng)
• 安平 (ānpíng)
• 安然 (ānrán)
• 平安 (píng'ān)
• 承平 (chéngpíng) (literary)

 

Noun

太平

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

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴨卵, 鴨子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鴨蛋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鴨子兒
	Taiwan	鴨蛋
	Harbin	鴨蛋
	Singapore	鴨蛋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鴨蛋, 鴨子兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鴨蛋, 鴨巴子蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鴨蛋
	Xi'an	鴨蛋
	Xining	鴨蛋
	Xuzhou	鴨蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鴨蛋
	Lanzhou	鴨蛋
	Ürümqi	鴨蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鴨蛋
	Wuhan	鴨蛋
	Guiyang	鴨蛋
	Guilin	鴨蛋
	Liuzhou	鴨蛋
	Nanning (Wuming)	鴨蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鴨蛋
	Yangzhou	鴨蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鴨春
	Hong Kong	鴨蛋
	Dongguan	鴨春
	Gaozhou	鴨蛋
	Nanning	鴨蛋
	Nanning (Tanka)	鴨蛋
	Wuzhou	鴨蛋
	Yulin	鴨蛋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鴨蛋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鴨蛋
Gan	Nanchang	鴨蛋
	Pengze	鴨子
	Lichuan	鴨蛋
	Pingxiang	鴨架架
Hakka	Meixian	鴨卵
	Xingning	鴨春
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鴨春, 鴨蛋
	Changting	鴨嫲蛋
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	鴨嫲卵, 鴨春, 鴨蛋
	Yudu	鴨蛋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鴨卵
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鴨卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鴨卵
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鴨卵
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鴨春
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鴨卵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鴨卵
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鴨蛋
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	鴨蛋
	Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	鴨蛋
	Yilong (Ma'an)	鴨春
	Xichang (Huanglianguan)	鴨蛋
	Bangkok (Meixian)	鴨卵
Huizhou	Jixi	鴨子
	Fuliang	鴨兒子
Jin	Taiyuan	鴨蛋
	Pingyao	鴨蛋
	Xinzhou	鴨子蛋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴨卵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鴨卵, 太平
	Fuqing	鴨卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴨卵, 鴨母卵
	Quanzhou	鴨卵, 鴨母卵
	Zhangzhou	鴨卵, 鴨母卵
	Zhao'an	鴨卵
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鴨卵
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鴨卵
	Kaohsiung	鴨卵
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鴨卵
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鴨卵
	Yilan (Luodong)	鴨卵
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鴨卵
	Changhua (Yongjing)	鴨卵
	Tainan (Anping)	鴨卵
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	鴨卵
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鴨卵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨卵
	Manila (Hokkien)	鴨卵
	Longyan	鴨卵
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鴨卵
	Jieyang	鴨卵
	Haifeng	鴨卵
	Singapore (Teochew)	鴨卵
	Leizhou	鴨卵
	Haikou	鴨卵
Puxian Min	Putian	鴨卵
	Xianyou	鴨卵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鴨卵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鴨蛋
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鴨蛋
Wu	Shanghai	鴨蛋
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	鴨蛋
	Shanghai (Jiading)	鴨蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鴨蛋
	Suzhou	鴨蛋
	Danyang	鴨子, 鴨蛋
	Hangzhou	鴨蛋
	Ningbo	鴨蛋
	Wenzhou	鴨卵
	Jinhua	鴨卵
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	鴨子
Xiang	Changsha	鴨蛋
	Loudi	鴨蛋
	Quanzhou	鴨蛋
Xiangnan Tuhua	Dong'an	鴨蛋

Dialectal synonyms of 鴨蛋 (“duck egg”) [map]

Proper noun

太平

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

Derived terms

• 亂離人不及太平犬／乱离人不及太平犬
• 分過太平／分过太平
• 吃太平飯／吃太平饭
• 天下太平 (tiānxiàtàipíng)
• 太平之治 (tàipíng zhī zhì)
• 太平天國／太平天国 (Tàipíng Tiānguó)
• 太平天子
• 太平官
• 太平年
• 太平店 (Tàipíngdiàn)
• 太平御覽／太平御览 (Tàipíng Yùlǎn)
• 太平斧
• 太平日子
• 太平時世／太平时世
• 太平時節／太平时节
• 太平本是將軍定，不許將軍見太平／太平本是将军定，不许将军见太平
• 太平梯 (tàipíngtī)
• 太平歌詞／太平歌词
• 太平氣象／太平气象
• 太平水桶
• 太平水缸
• 太平洋 (Tàipíngyáng)
• 太平溪 (Tàipíngxī, “Taipingxi”)
• 太平無事／太平无事
• 太平盛世 (tàipíngshèngshì)
• 太平真君
• 太平紳士／太平绅士 (tàipíng shēnshì)
• 太平經／太平经 (Tàipíngjīng)
• 太平興國／太平兴国 (Tàipíng Xīngguó)
• 太平興國／太平兴国 (Tàipíng Xīngguó)
• 太平花
• 太平話／太平话
• 太平車／太平车
• 太平軍／太平军
• 太平道 (Tàipíngdào)
• 太平門／太平门 (tàipíngmén)
• 太平間／太平间 (tàipíngjiān)
• 太平鼓
• 太平龍頭／太平龙头
• 寧為太平犬，不做亂世人／宁为太平犬，不做乱世人 (nìng wéi tàipíng quǎn, bù zuò luànshì rén)
• 寧為太平犬，莫作亂離人／宁为太平犬，莫作乱离人
• 打太平拳
• 曠然太平／旷然太平
• 粉飾太平／粉饰太平 (fěnshìtàipíng)
• 說太平話兒／说太平话儿

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太平):

• → Japanese: 太平(たいへい) (taihei)
• → Korean: 태평(太平) (taepyeong)
• → Vietnamese: thái bình (太平)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳᡶᡳᠨ (taifin)
• → Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠫᠢᠩ (tayiping)
  • Mongolian: тайван (tajvan)
  • → Tuvan: тайбың (taybıñ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	平
たい Grade: 2	へい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
泰平

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいへー [tàíhéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ihe̞ː]

Adjective

太(たい)平(へい) • (taihei) -na (adnominal 太(たい)平(へい)な (taihei na), adverbial 太(たい)平(へい)に (taihei ni))

1. peaceful

Inflection

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	太平だろ	たいへいだろ	taihei daro
Continuative (連用形)	太平で	たいへいで	taihei de
Terminal (終止形)	太平だ	たいへいだ	taihei da
Attributive (連体形)	太平な	たいへいな	taihei na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	太平なら	たいへいなら	taihei nara
Imperative (命令形)	太平であれ	たいへいであれ	taihei de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	太平ではない 太平じゃない	たいへいではない たいへいじゃない	taihei de wa nai taihei ja nai
Informal past	太平だった	たいへいだった	taihei datta
Informal negative past	太平ではなかった 太平じゃなかった	たいへいではなかった たいへいじゃなかった	taihei de wa nakatta taihei ja nakatta
Formal	太平です	たいへいです	taihei desu
Formal negative	太平ではありません 太平じゃありません	たいへいではありません たいへいじゃありません	taihei de wa arimasen taihei ja arimasen
Formal past	太平でした	たいへいでした	taihei deshita
Formal negative past	太平ではありませんでした 太平じゃありませんでした	たいへいではありませんでした たいへいじゃありませんでした	taihei de wa arimasen deshita taihei ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	太平で	たいへいで	taihei de
Conditional	太平なら（ば）	たいへいなら（ば）	taihei nara (ba)
Provisional	太平だったら	たいへいだったら	taihei dattara
Volitional	太平だろう	たいへいだろう	taihei darō
Adverbial	太平に	たいへいに	taihei ni
Degree	太平さ	たいへいさ	taiheisa

Inflection of 太平

Noun

太(たい)平(へい) • (taihei) 

1. peace; tranquillity

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
太	平

Noun

太平 • (taepyeong) (hangeul 태평)

1. hanja form^? of 태평 (“peace”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	平

Adjective

太平

1. chữ Hán form of thái bình (“peaceful”).

Proper noun

太平

1. chữ Hán form of Thái Bình (“Thái Bình”).