Tai·yu·an (t??yo?o-än?, -ywän?) A city of northeast China southwest of Beijing. It is the capital of Shanxi province.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Taiyuan (?ta?ju????n) or T’ai-yüann (Placename) a city in N China, capital of Shanxi: founded before 450 ad; an industrial centre, surrounded by China’s largest reserves of high-grade bituminous coal. Pop: 2 516 000 (2005 est)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Tai?yuan (?ta??yü?n) n. the capital of Shanxi province, in N China. 1,960,000. Formerly, Yangkü. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.