Taiwan
台湾
解説 Definition
台湾
An island in East Asia located near southeastern China, Japan, and the Philippines. Taiwan is used as a proper noun in phrases such as visit Taiwan, live in Taiwan, and products from Taiwan.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Taiwan は国・地域名の固有名詞で、語頭を大文字にします。Japan と地理的に結び付け、Taiwan is near Japan、visit Taiwan、live in Taiwan の形で覚えましょう。移動を表す visit は直後に Taiwan を置き、visit to Taiwan とはしない点にも注意します。形容詞・人を表す語は Taiwanese です。
Remember Taiwan as an East Asian place name near Japan, and learn it through useful patterns: Taiwan is near Japan, visit Taiwan, and live in Taiwan. The verb visit takes the place directly, so say visit Taiwan, not visit to Taiwan. Because it is a proper noun, Taiwan begins with a capital letter. Link it with Taiwanese, the adjective for things connected with Taiwan and the noun for a person from Taiwan.
例文
Taiwan is near Japan.
台湾は日本の近くにあります。
My family visits Taiwan in spring.
家族で春に台湾を訪れます。
Taiwan の類義語・関連語
派生語
紛らわしい語
Taiwan の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語の Taiwan は、中国語の「台湾」という地名を英語のつづりで表したものです。
The English name Taiwan represents the Chinese place name written as 台灣 or 台湾. Its spelling entered European languages through earlier romanized forms of a local place name and later came to designate the island as a whole. For elementary use, the important point is that Taiwan is the established English spelling of the East Asian geographical name, not a newly formed English compound.
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