太原

Traditional form:

太原

Pinyin (reading):

Tàiyuán

Definitions:

• Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省 ( Shānxi Shěng) in central north China

Characters:

• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 原 - source, origin, beginning

Traditional characters:

• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 原 - source, origin, beginning