台北 (臺北)
Tái běi
Pinyin

Definition

台北 (臺北)
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Tái běi
  1. Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
台北
 - 
Tái běi
  1. Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

北
běi
  1. 1 north
  2. 2 (classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
  1. 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
  2. 2 Peking
  3. 3 PRC government
台
Tái
  1. 1 Taiwan (abbr.)
  2. 2 surname Tai
台湾
Tái wān
  1. 1 variant: 台湾 Tái wān
平台
píng tái
  1. 1 platform
  2. 2 terrace
  3. 3 flat-roofed building

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis

Sample Sentences

我什么音乐都听。这次是她出道以来第一次来台北开演唱会，说什么也想去看看。
wǒ shénme yīnyuè dōu tīng 。zhècì shì tā chūdào yǐlái dì yī cì lái Táiběi kāi yǎnchànghuì ，shuō shénme yě xiǎng qù kànkan 。
I listen to all kinds of music. This will be the first time she's held a concert in Taipei since she debuted. Whatever happens I really want to go and see it.
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我的地址是台北市大安区大学路100号8楼
wǒ de dìzhǐ shì Táiběishì Dàānqū dàxué lù 100 hào 8 lóu
My address is 8th floor, No. 100, University Road, Da An District, Taipei City.
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我住在台北101旁边。
wǒ zhù zài Táibéi 101 pángbiān 。
I live next to Taipei 101 (the skyscraper).
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台北
Táiběi
Taipei
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是啊，北京冬天是冰天雪地，台北冬天是细雨绵绵。
shì a ，Běijīng dōngtiān shì bīngtiānxuědì ，Táiběi dōngtiān shì xì yǔ miánmián 。
Really, Beijing is an ice palace in winter, it drizzles continuously in Taipei in winter.
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台北的气候真是太让人抓狂啦！忒潮湿呀！让人心烦气躁。
Táiběi de qìhòu zhēn shì tài ràngrén zhuākuáng la ！tè cháoshī ya ！ràngrén xīnfánqìzào 。
The weather in Taipei really does drive you crazy! It's so humid! It really makes you irritable.
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哈哈，不过北京就真的是四季分明，不像台北似乎只有两个季节。
hāhā ，bùguò Běijīng jiù zhēnde shì sì jì fēnmíng ，bù xiàng Táiběi sìhu zhǐyǒu liǎng gè jìjié 。
Haha, but Beijing really has a clear difference between the four seasons, not like Taipei were it seems like there are only two seasons.
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今年的第九号台风大象台风已经形成，从卫星云图上，可以看到台风的中心位置在台北的东北东方，大约三百三十公里的海面上。
jīnnián de dì jiǔ hào táifēng dàxiàng táifēng yǐjīng xíngchéng ，cóng wèixīngyúntú shàng ，kěyǐ kàndào táifēng de zhōngxīn wèizhi zài Táiběi de dōngběidōng fāng ，dàyuē sānbǎi sānshí gōnglǐ de hǎimiàn shàng 。
The ninth typhoon of this year Typhoon Chan-hom has already taken form. As you can see from the satellite image of the cloud patterns, the typhoon's center is located east-northeast of Taipei, at around 330 kilometers out to sea.
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四月二十一号台北飞上海已经没有票了，但是二十二日有早上十点十分和晚上八点的。
sìyuè èrshíyī hào Táiběi fēi Shànghǎi yǐjīng méiyǒu piào le ，dànshì èrshí èr rì yǒu zǎoshàng shífēnshídiǎn hé wǎnshang bādiǎn de 。
There are currently no tickets left from Taipei to Shanghai on April 21, but there is a flight at 10:10 am and 8 pm on April 22.
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台北到上海。
Táiběi dào Shànghǎi 。
Taipei to Shanghai.
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