# 太平
## Chinese

* 太平 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Thài-pêng-khu (Southern Min)
* Taiping (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tàipíng
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тэпин (tepin, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): taai$^3$ ping$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-phìn
* Northern Min (KCR): tuo̿i-běng
* Eastern Min (BUC): tái-bàng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thài-pêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tai$^3$ pêng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tha-bin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tàipíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tàipíng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^4$-pʻing$^2$
*** Yale: tài-píng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taypyng
*** Palladius: тайпин (tajpin)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тэпин (tepin, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɛ⁴⁴ pʰiŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taai$^3$ ping$^4$
*** Yale: taai pìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taai$^3$ ping$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tai$^3$ ping$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɪŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-phìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai pin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ pin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ pʰin¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tuo̿i-běng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰuɛ³³ peiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tái-bàng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(p-)}$βaŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-pêng
*** Tâi-lô: thài-pîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tae'peeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tai$^3$ pêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thài phêng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pʰeŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tha-bin
*** MiniDict: tha$^去$ bin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tha-bin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ bin⁴⁴/

### Adjective

太平
* peaceful and tranquil

#### Synonyms

* 安全 (ānquán)
* 安好 (ānhǎo) (chiefly in phatic expressions)
* 安寧 / 安宁 (ānníng)
* 安平 (ānpíng)
* 安然 (ānrán)
* 平安 (píng'ān)
* 承平 (chéngpíng) (literary)

### Noun

太平
* peace and tranquility
* (Eastern Min) duck egg
* (Eastern Min) peeled boiled egg

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鴨卵, 鴨子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鴨子兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鴨蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鴨蛋, 鴨子兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鴨蛋, 鴨巴子蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鴨蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鴨蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鴨蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鴨蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鴨春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鴨春 |
| Cantonese | Gaozhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鴨蛋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鴨蛋 |
| Gan | Pengze | 鴨子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鴨蛋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鴨架架 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 鴨春, 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鴨嫲蛋 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 鴨嫲卵, 鴨春, 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 鴨卵, 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鴨卵, 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鴨卵, 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鴨卵, 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Hexingchang) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Yilong (Ma'an) | 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Xichang (Huanglianguan) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鴨子 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 鴨兒子 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang (Ehu) | 鴨兒子, 鴨子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鴨蛋 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 鴨蛋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鴨子蛋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鴨卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鴨卵, 太平 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鴨卵 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鴨卵 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鴨卵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鴨蛋 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鴨子, 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鴨卵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鴨卵 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 鴨子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鴨蛋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鴨蛋 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 鴨蛋 |

### Proper noun

太平
* various place names, including:
** (～府) (historical) Taiping (a prefecture of Anhui, during the Ming and Qing dynasties)
** (～府) (historical) Taiping (a prefecture of Guangxi, during the Ming and Qing dynasties)
** (～省) Thái Bình (a province of Vietnam)
** (～市) Thái Bình (a city in Vietnam)
** (～市) Taiping (a city in Larut, Matang and Selama district, Perak, Malaysia)
** (～縣) Thới Bình district (a rural district of Cà Mau, Vietnam)
** (～區, formerly ～市, ～鄉) Taiping (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)
** (～區) Taiping (a district of Fuxin, Liaoning, China)
** (～區) Taiping (a former district of Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang, China)
** various towns:
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Tianjin, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Tongliang, Chongqing, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Dianjiang, Chongqing, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Jixian, Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Shuangyang district, Changchun, Jilin, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Panshan, Panjin, Liaoning, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Shuangliu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Wanyuan, Dazhou, Sichuan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Lushan, Ya'an, Sichuan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Gulin, Luzhou, Sichuan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Xingwen, Yibin, Sichuan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Xichong, Nanchong, Sichuan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Jiangyou, Mianyang, Sichuan, China)
*** (～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Taiping (a former town in Youxian district, Mianyang, Sichuan, China, formerly a township)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Zizhong, Neijiang, Sichuan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Huili, Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Shawan district, Leshan, Yunnan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Yao'an, Chuxiong prefecture, Yunnan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Yingjiang, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a former town in Anning, Kunming, Yunnan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Sidian, Baoshan, Yunnan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Sihong, Suqian, Jiangsu, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Zhao'an, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Yanping district, Nanping, Fujian, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Yuanyang, Xinxiang, Henan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Xixia, Nanyang, Henan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)
*** (～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Taiping (a town in Guangshui, Suizhou, Hubei, China, formerly a township)
*** (～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Taiping (a town in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China, formerly a township)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Ningyuan, Yongzhou, Hunan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Shimen, Changde, Hunan, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Conghua district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Cixing, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Majiang, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Yangshan, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Qingxin district, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Luoding, Yunfou, Guangdong, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Xinxing, Yunfou, Guangdong, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Teng, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Wuming district, Nanning, Guangxi, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Jiangzhou district, Chongzuo, Guangxi, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Liucheng, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Lingshan, Qinzhou, Guangxi, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Pingguo, Baise, Guangxi, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Juye, Heze, Shandong, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Zoucheng, Jining, Shandong, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Jiyang, Jinan, Shandong, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Wanli district, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Jingyang, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China)
*** (～鎮) Taiping (a town in Zhenyuan, Qingyang, Gansu, China)
** various townships:
*** (～鄉) Taiping (a town in Tuquan, Xing'an, Inner Mongolia, China)
** various villages:
*** (～里, formerly ～村) An urban village in Linkou district, New Taipei, Taiwan, formerly a rural village
*** (～村) Taiping (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
** various subdistricts:
*** (～街道, formerly ～鎮) Taiping (a subdistrict of Daoli district, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, formerly a town)
** (～島) Taiping Island, Itu Aba (an island in the South China Sea)
* (historical) The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a 19th-century rebel group in southern, central, and eastern China.
* (historical) various Taiping regnal eras of different rulers throughout Chinese history.

### Derived terms

* 亂離人不及太平犬 / 乱离人不及太平犬
* 分過太平 / 分过太平
* 吃太平飯 / 吃太平饭
* 天下太平 (tiānxiàtàipíng)
* 太平之治 (tàipíng zhī zhì)
* 太平天國 / 太平天国 (Tàipíng Tiānguó)
* 太平天子
* 太平官
* 太平年
* 太平店 (Tàipíngdiàn)
* 太平御覽 / 太平御览 (Tàipíng Yùlǎn)
* 太平斧
* 太平日子
* 太平時世 / 太平时世
* 太平時節 / 太平时节
* 太平本是將軍定，不許將軍見太平 / 太平本是将军定，不许将军见太平
* 太平梯 (tàipíngtī)
* 太平歌詞 / 太平歌词
* 太平氣象 / 太平气象
* 太平水桶
* 太平水缸
* 太平洋 (Tàipíngyáng)
* 太平溪 (Tàipíngxī, “Taipingxi”)
* 太平無事 / 太平无事
* 太平盛世 (tàipíngshèngshì)
* 太平真君
* 太平紳士 / 太平绅士 (tàipíng shēnshì)
* 太平經 / 太平经 (Tàipíngjīng)
* 太平興國 / 太平兴国 (Tàipíng Xīngguó)
* 太平花
* 太平話 / 太平话
* 太平車 / 太平车
* 太平軍 / 太平军
* 太平道 (Tàipíngdào)
* 太平門 / 太平门 (tàipíngmén)
* 太平間 / 太平间 (tàipíngjiān)
* 太平鼓
* 太平龍頭 / 太平龙头
* 寧為太平犬，不做亂世人 / 宁为太平犬，不做乱世人 (nìng wéi tàipíng quǎn, bù zuò luànshì rén)
* 寧為太平犬，莫作亂離人 / 宁为太平犬，莫作乱离人
* 打太平拳
* 曠然太平 / 旷然太平
* 粉飾太平 / 粉饰太平 (fěnshìtàipíng)
* 說太平話兒 / 说太平话儿

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 太平(たいへい) (taihei)
* → Korean: 태평(太平) (taepyeong)
* → Vietnamese: thái bình (太平)
Others:
* → Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳᡶᡳᠨ (taifin)
* → Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠫᠢᠩ (tayiping)
** Mongolian: тайван (tajvan)
** → Tuvan: тайбың (taybıñ)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 太 | 平 |
| たい Grade: 2 | へい Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 泰平

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たいへー [tàíhéé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ta̠ihe̞ː]

### Adjective

太(たい)平(へい) • (taihei) -na (adnominal 太(たい)平(へい)な (taihei na), adverbial 太(たい)平(へい)に (taihei ni))
* peaceful

#### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | 太平だろ | たいへいだろ | taihei daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 太平で | たいへいで | taihei de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 太平だ | たいへいだ | taihei da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 太平な | たいへいな | taihei na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 太平なら | たいへいなら | taihei nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 太平であれ | たいへいであれ | taihei de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | 太平ではない 太平じゃない | たいへいではない たいへいじゃない | taihei de wa nai taihei ja nai |
| Informal past | 太平だった | たいへいだった | taihei datta |
| Informal negative past | 太平ではなかった 太平じゃなかった | たいへいではなかった たいへいじゃなかった | taihei de wa nakatta taihei ja nakatta |
| Formal | 太平です | たいへいです | taihei desu |
| Formal negative | 太平ではありません 太平じゃありません | たいへいではありません たいへいじゃありません | taihei de wa arimasen taihei ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 太平でした | たいへいでした | taihei deshita |
| Formal negative past | 太平ではありませんでした 太平じゃありませんでした | たいへいではありませんでした たいへいじゃありませんでした | taihei de wa arimasen deshita taihei ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 太平で | たいへいで | taihei de |
| Conditional | 太平なら（ば） | たいへいなら（ば） | taihei nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 太平だったら | たいへいだったら | taihei dattara |
| Volitional | 太平だろう | たいへいだろう | taihei darō |
| Adverbial | 太平に | たいへいに | taihei ni |
| Degree | 太平さ | たいへいさ | taiheisa |

### Noun

太(たい)平(へい) • (taihei)
* peace; tranquillity

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 太 | 平 |

### Noun

太平 • (taepyeong) (hangeul 태평)
* hanja form of 태평 (“peace”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 太 | 平 |

### Adjective

太平
* chữ Hán form of thái bình (“peaceful”).

### Proper noun

太平
* chữ Hán form of Thái Bình.
** Thái Bình (a province of Vietnam)
** Thái Bình (a city in Vietnam)
** (sông ~) A river in northern Vietnam.
    Synonyms: Hàm Giang, Phú Lương
** Pacific Ocean (an ocean)
    Synonym: 太平洋 (Thái Bình Dương)
** Taiping (a number of places and historical entities in East Asia)