Taishi (surname)
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Taishi in regular script
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| Pronunciation | Tàishǐ (Pinyin) |
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| Language(s) | Chinese |
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| Language(s) | Chinese language |
| Word/Name | name of an office in imperial China |
| Meaning | grand historian |
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| Variant(s) | Taishi (Mandarin) |
Taishi ([tʰâi̯ʂɻ̩̀], Chinese: 太史; pinyin: Tàishǐ; Wade–Giles: T'ai4-shih3) is a Chinese compound surname. Taishi literally means Grand Historian, a high official in ancient imperial China. For example, Sima Qian was the Grand Historian in Han Dynasty.
Notable people named Taishi
- Taishi Ci, military general of Eastern Wu
