daotai

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daotai

/daʊ.taɪ/
/taʊ.taɪ/

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

noun daotai · daotais · taotai · tao tai

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.
Similar: circuit intendant

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@misc{daotai_2026,
  title = {daotai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/daotai},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}