Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A high provincial officer in China, who has control over all civil and military affairs of a tao, or circuit, containing two or more fu, or departments, the officers of which are accountable to him.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In China, an official at the head of the civil and military affairs of a circuit, which consists of two or more
fu , or territorial departments; -- called also, by foreigners,intendant of circuit . Foreign consuls and commissioners associated with taotais as superintendants of trade at the treaty ports are ranked with the taotai.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word taotai.
Examples
-
Page 69 but the minister -- he was a mere taotai then -- was on his native heath.
Idle Comments 1905
-
Kinshun, who had now been joined by Liu Kintang, the taotai of the
China Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890
-
No attention being given to his protest, though supported by the _taotai_ or local governor, a mob of riff-raff from beyond the limits burst into the settlement, put the foreign police to flight, and began to burn and pillage.
-
The local governor (taotai in Wade-Giles) declined the SMC's request for Chinese government investment in the construction of the new Garden Bridge, which replaced Wills Bridge in 1907.
Shanghaiist 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.