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daotai en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /taʊ.taɪ/
• /daʊ.taɪ/

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 道臺／道台 (dàotái).

Meanings

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) Synonym of circuit intendant: a local governor of late imperial China.
   • TAIWAN, or Chinese Formosa, is considered a Foo or district of the province of Fokien, and is governed by a Taoutai extraordinary, who, though responsible to the provincial viceroy, possesses the privilege of memorialising the Throne direct. [1864, Robert Swinhoe, “Notes on the Island of Formosa.”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume XXXIV, London: John Murray, published 1865, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:

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Synonyms

circuit intendant