太原市

Traditional form:

太原市

Pinyin (reading):

Tàiyuán Shì

Definitions:

• Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi Province 山西省 ( Shānxī Shěng)

Characters:

• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 原 - source, origin, beginning
• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade

Traditional characters:

• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 原 - source, origin, beginning
• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade