Dictionary

Lake Tai en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• tī
• /leɪk ˈtaɪ/

Etymology

Partial calque from Mandarin 太湖 (Tài Hú, “the Great Lake”).

Meanings

1. a large freshwater lake west of Shanghai in eastern China
   • SOUTCHEOU, a city of the firſt rank, in the province of Kiangnan, in China, beautifully and agreeably ſituated on a river which communicates with the Lake Tai. 1801, John Walker, The Universal Gazetteer, 3rd edition, London, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/universalgazette00walk_0/page/n775/:
   • The village chosen for my investigation is called Kaihsienkung, locally pronounced kejiug’on. It is situated on the south-east bank of Lake Tai, in the lower course of the Yangtze River and about eighty miles west of Shanghai. 1939, Hsiao-tung (費孝通) Fei, 江村經濟 [Peasant Life in China], London: George Routledge and Sons, →OCLC, →OL, pages 9–10:
   • At Lake Tai on the border of the wealthy coastal provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, water levels hit 4.49 metres on Wednesday, 0.69 metres above the official warning level, according to government data.[…] Though still short of the 4.97-metre record set in 1999, Lake Tai is on the rise. Nearby Shanghai is already taking precautions, opening its sluice gates to discharge excess floodwaters. 2020 July 15, David Stanway, “Residents at China's giant lake unfazed as rainfall breaks records”, in Giles Elgood, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, Environment:

Forms

Synonyms

Tai Hu · Lake Taihu · Taihu · Taihu Lake

Translations (2)

ja 太湖 (lake) · cmn 太湖 (lake)