Taishan
English
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editFrom Mandarin 臺山/台山 (Táishān).
Proper noun
editTaishan
- A county-level city in Jiangmen, Guangdong, China; former county of Guangdong, China.
- 2019 April 30, Yanan Wang, “China sentences 6 foreigners for drugs; Canadian gets death”, in AP News[2], archived from the original on 18 August 2022[3]:
- According to the court, Fan Wei and Wu conspired to manufacture and sell the drugs in 2012, and brought the others — described as “drug-making technicians” — on board. Between July and November of that year, the court says, the group set up a “den” in Guangdong’s Taishan city, where they produced and sold more than 63 kilograms of methamphetamine and 365.9 grams of dimethyl amphetamine.
Synonyms
edit- (from Cantonese) Toishan, Toisan
- (from Taishanese) Hoisan
Derived terms
editTranslations
editcity in Guangdong