Meaning of daotai | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of circuit intendant: a local governor of late imperial China.

countable, historical, uncountable

Examples

“TAIWAN, or Chinese Formosa, is considered a Foo or district of the province of Fokien, and is governed by a Taoutai extraordinary, who, though responsible to the provincial viceroy, possesses the privilege of memorialising the Throne direct.”

CEFR level