Save Type Settlement Usage English, Japanese Scripts 台北(Japanese Kanji) タイペイ(Japanese Katakana) Pronounced Pron. tie-PAY(English) TA-EE-PEH(Japanese) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Chinese 臺北 (Táiběi) derived from 臺 (tái) referring to Taiwan and 北 (běi) meaning "north". This is the name of the capital city of Taiwan.