Taipei
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- Also Pinyin, Tai·bei [tahy-bey]; /ˈtaɪˈbeɪ/; Older Spelling, Tai·peh .
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How to use Taipei in a sentence
Many offices have sent workers home, the streets of the capital Taipei have cleared out and the government has begun scrambling to secure vaccines to improve one of the worst inoculation rates in the developed world.
How a False Sense of Security, and a Little Secret Tea, Broke Down Taiwan's COVID-19 Defenses | Gladys Tsai / Taipei | May 21, 2021 | TimeTaiwan’s current community outbreak began in April with cargo plane crews at the Novotel at Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport.
How a False Sense of Security, and a Little Secret Tea, Broke Down Taiwan's COVID-19 Defenses | Gladys Tsai / Taipei | May 21, 2021 | TimeShe is part of a “new Renaissance” of technology in T City, which is not quite future Taipei.
Politics and the pandemic have changed how we imagine cities | Joanne McNeil | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewA 30-year-old woman was confirmed to have caught Covid-19 in Taiwan, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said at a briefing in Taipei Tuesday.
A Taipei, Taiwan based innovative computer hardware company, was established in 1976 by Chen Jung Shih.
In Taipei, Taiwan, a Bach flash mob consisting of cellists and tuba players took over a train.
Prescriptivist grammarians will have a boisterous time reading Taipei.
Taipei is exactly the kind of book I hoped Tao Lin would one day write.
After 30 years in the United States, his parents have moved to a 14th-floor apartment in Taipei.
Designed by Jason Wu, who was born in Taipei, Taiwan, it celebrated the next generation of American designers.
British Dictionary definitions for Taipei
T'ai-pei
/ (ˈtaɪˈpeɪ) /
the capital of Taiwan (the Republic of China), at the N tip of the island: became capital in 1885; industrial centre; two universities. Pop: 2 473 000 (2005 est)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Taipei
[ (teye-pay, teye-bay) ]
Capital of Taiwan and largest city in the country, located in northern Taiwan.
Notes for Taipei
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