TSUMUGU · named-entity · 詞
台灣
ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ · Táiwān
proper noun — Taiwan, the island and the state governing it, off the southeast coast of mainland China
字源 FORM — what the parts do
台sound syllable in the name (台灣)táichosen for sound — the name transcribes an indigenous place-name, not its character meanings
台灣，台北的台，海灣的灣。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
「台灣」二字記的是聲音，源自南部原住民的地名。
The two characters 台灣 record a sound, not a meaning — the name traces back to an indigenous place-name from the island's south, later written with these Han characters.
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