taiping means the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a rebel state in southern, eastern, and central China during the mid-19th century. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
taiping is pronounced /taɪˈpɪŋ/.
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- The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a rebel state in southern, eastern, and central China during the mid-19th century.“Chiang-su was the main centre of the great Tʻai Pʻing rebellion, Nanking being the rebel capital from 1853 to 1864.”
- Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.; Taiping Island.“Taiwan’s coastguard has said it plans to hold rescue drills in waters around Taipei’s sole territorial holding in the disputed South China Sea at the end of this month, and that the drills could involve its navy.
The exercises to be held around Itu Aba, known by Taiwan as Taiping, would include drills in rescuing shipwrecked personnel, the coastguard said. More details would be released later, it ”
- Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.; A city in Perak, Malaysia.“Parit is a small town of roughly 2,000 people in the state of Perak, deep in the rural heartland of Malaysia, with no distinguishing feature other than its attractive location on the banks of a muddy river, which served as the backdrop to a few scenes in the 1999 movie “Anna and the King.” Once a convenient and bustling stopping-off point on the winding road from Ipoh, the state capital, to Taipin”
- Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.; A district of Taichung, Taiwan.“In Taiwan province, a gathering attended by 10,000 people was held at Pingling military camp in Taiping village, Taichung county.”
- Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.; A district of Fuxin, Liaoning, China.
- Taiping Prefecture, a former prefecture of China located west of Nanjing during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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- A member of the Taiping rebels during the mid-19th century.“Under the Taipings, the Chinese language was simplified, and equality between men and women was decreed.”