taan

noun

1. A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.

   “Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.”

name

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Daan.

   “Also, a county and municipality pretest was conducted in selected Taan District, in Taipei municipality and Taishan township in Taipei county to test the feasibility and soundness of all designs.”

   “As far as the Taipei Islamic center is concerned, no firm decision has been made so far, according to Hsu. But space has been allocated for the center in front of the existing Taipei Grand Mosque in the Taan district on an area of more than 36,000 square feet.”

   “In truth, Yeh Shan's footprints in the Taan district are only thinly scattered. His hometown is, naturally, at the water's margin, in Hualien.”

   “We know the “ethnic” distribution between Taiwanese and mainland Chinese households in each district (ch’ü) of Taipei. In 1963, the percent of Taiwanese households varied from only 28.8% in Taan district to 86% in Chiencheng district. In 1991, Taan again had the lowest percent of Taiwanese households (63%) and Tatung the highest (86%).”

   “My family lived in Taipei's Taan District where many mainlanders were clustered amid the Taiwanese[...]”