Category:Taotai

Tao`tai", n. [chin. tao circuit + t'ai, a title of respect.]

Defn: in china, an official at the head of the civil and military Affairs of a circuit, which consists of two or more fu, or Territorial departments; --called also, by foreigners, intendant of Circuit. Foreign consuls and commissioners associated with taotais as Superintendants of trade at the treaty ports are ranked with the Taotai.