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Tai-pan
A tai-pan (,〔Andrew J. Moody, "Transmission Languages and Source Languages of Chinese Borrowings in English", ''American Speech'', Vol. 71, No. 4 (Winter, 1996), pp. 414-415.〕 literally 'top class',〔汉英词典 — ''A Chinese-English Dictionary'' 1988 新华书店北京发行所发行 (Beijing Xinhua Bookshop).〕 or 'big shot') is a senior business executive or entrepreneur operating in China or Hong Kong.
== History ==
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, ''tai-pans'' were foreign-born businessmen who headed large ''Hong'' trading houses such as Jardine, Matheson & Co. and Dent & Co. amongst others.
The first recorded use of the term in English is in the ''Canton Register'' of 28October 1834.〔''Oxford English Dictionary'' (2nd edn, 1989).〕 Historical variant spellings include ''taepan'' (first appearance), ''typan'', and ''taipan''.〔 The term gained wide currency outside China after the publication of Somerset Maugham's 1922 short story "The Taipan" and James Clavell's 1966 novel ''Tai-Pan''.
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